New York Islanders vs. Washington CapitalsApr 26, 2022

FinalTuesday, Apr 26, 2022· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	1	0	3	4		NYI	13	5	8	26
WSH	1	0	0	1		WSH	10	9	14	33

: NYI 50WSH 65
: NYI 2.87WSH 2.43
PP goals: NYI 2WSH 0
Hits: NYI 18WSH 21
Blocks: NYI 17WSH 12
PIM: NYI 8WSH 4
: NYI 48%WSH 52%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

New York Islanders beat Washington Capitals 4–1

New York Islanders beat Washington Capitals 4–1 at WSH. Ryan Pulock (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NYI's first power-play unit (Bailey, Lee, Pageau, Barzal and Dobson) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:03 together.

PP1
NYI's first power-play unit (Bailey, Lee, Pageau, Barzal and Dobson) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:03 together.Bailey Lee Pageau Barzal Dobson
Usage
Johan Larsson (WSH) played 7:38, −8:28 down on his 16:06 season average over 42 games.Larsson
Usage
Mathew Barzal (NYI) played 24:05, +6:09 up on his 17:56 season average over 72 games.Barzal
New line
New look for NYI: Bailey–Lee–Pageau skated 5:45 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bailey Lee Pageau
New line
New look for WSH: Kuznetsov–Wilson–McMichael skated 8:55 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuznetsov Wilson McMichael
Usage
Conor Sheary (WSH) played 18:32, +3:18 up on his 15:14 season average over 70 games.Sheary
Usage
Oliver Wahlstrom (NYI) played 6:09, −6:00 down on his 12:09 season average over 72 games.Wahlstrom
Usage
Robin Salo (NYI) played 12:40, −4:14 down on his 16:54 season average over 20 games.Salo

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← NYI attacks left (bottom on phones)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
NYI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · WSH 65 · NYI 50

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
NYI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH pressure
NYI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYI 35% of the game, WSH 27%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

WSH

NYI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NYI	WSH
	46	65
	2.17	1.99
	2.15	1.91
	8	7
	7	5
	14	20
	−0.035	+0.035
	35%	27%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

New York Islanders

L1Martin – Cizikas – Johnston
9:4454% CF
L2Parise – Palmieri – Barzal
8:5640% CF
L3Bailey – Lee – Pageau
5:4542% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
13:2764% CF
D2Greene – Aho
13:1724% CF
D3Salo – Dobson
11:3031% CF

PP1Bailey – Lee – Pageau – Barzal – Dobson
2:03100% CF
PP2Parise – Palmieri – Pulock – Barzal – Bellows
0:5480% CF
PK1FBailey – Cizikas
4:08
PK2FParise – Pageau
2:40
PK1DGreene – Dobson
2:40
PK2DPelech – Pulock
2:28

Current NYI line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Backstrom – Johansson – Sheary
11:2171% CF
L2Oshie – Eller – Mantha
10:1573% CF
L3Kuznetsov – Wilson – McMichael
8:5550% CF
L4Dowd – Larsson – Hathaway
6:2667% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
13:5564% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
9:1864% CF
D3Schultz – van Riemsdyk
7:4622% CF

PP1Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Schultz – Kuznetsov
5:0480% CF
PP2Johansson – Orlov – Wilson – Mantha – Sheary
2:2350% CF
PK1FKuznetsov – Hathaway
0:57
PK2FDowd – Wilson
0:38
PK1DJensen – van Riemsdyk
2:01
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
0:57

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:24
WSHConor Sheary (Marcus Johansson, Nick Jensen)tip-in0.05 xG
NYI: Martin, Cizikas, Pelech, Johnston, SaloWSH: Backstrom, Johansson, Orlov, Jensen, Sheary
NYI 0 – 1 WSH
16:18
NYIRyan PulockPP (Kieffer Bellows, Kyle Palmieri)slap0.06 xG
NYI: Parise, Palmieri, Pulock, Barzal, BellowsWSH: Carlson, Kuznetsov, Hathaway, Fehérváry
NYI 1 – 1 WSH

3rd period

2:56
NYINoah DobsonPP (Josh Bailey, Mathew Barzal)slap0.05 xG
NYI: Bailey, Lee, Pageau, Barzal, DobsonWSH: Jensen, Dowd, van Riemsdyk, Hathaway
NYI 2 – 1 WSH
8:42
NYICasey CizikasSHbackhand0.24 xG
NYI: Bailey, Cizikas, Pelech, DobsonWSH: Carlson, Johansson, Orlov, Kuznetsov, Wilson
NYI 3 – 1 WSH
15:17
NYIAnders Leeslap0.03 xG
NYI: Lee, Pelech, Pulock, Barzal, BellowsWSH: Jensen, Kuznetsov, Wilson, Fehérváry, McMichael
NYI 4 – 1 WSH

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Casey Cizikas C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.61	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	50	73
Matt Martin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	4	0	2	14:57	—	—	46	76
Ross Johnston L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	3	0	0	13:14	—	—	43	69
Mathew Barzal C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	24:05	—	—	49	51
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.56	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	42	41
Zach Parise L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	15:22	—	—	38	44
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	6	1	0	21:11	—	—	29	44
Josh Bailey R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	19:08	—	—	39	58
Anders Lee L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.46	0	3	0	17:39	—	—	42	38
Ryan Pulock D	D1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.19	1	1	0	21:49	—	—	61	60
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	0	2	2	21:33	—	—	59	51
Andy Greene D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	5	2	20:32	—	—	17	54
Sebastian Aho D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	17:46	—	—	42	65
Noah Dobson D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	0	2	0	23:03	—	—	28	36
Robin Salo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	1	0	12:40	—	—	28	37
Kieffer Bellows L	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.24	1	0	0	8:57	—	—	38	40
Oliver Wahlstrom R	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	2	6:09	—	—	44	77

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	2.43	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Conor Sheary L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.23	2	1	0	18:32	—	—	65	27
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	17:57	—	—	69	34
Marcus Johansson L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	75	41
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	2	1	0	17:03	—	—	70	71
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	1	1	0	16:15	—	—	68	84
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	2	13:46	—	—	59	62
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.11	0	0	0	17:53	—	—	50	56
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	2	17:27	—	—	48	52
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	0	0	10:58	—	—	50	51
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	12:58	—	—	44	33
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	4	3	0	12:25	—	—	38	46
Johan Larsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	1	0	7:38	—	—	46	39
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.31	0	0	0	22:23	—	—	62	54
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	5	2	0	19:38	—	—	58	67
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	1	0	21:05	—	—	64	36
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	58	49
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.33	1	1	0	19:00	—	—	58	55
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	52	28

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Samsonov(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	2.87	59:53

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.