New York Islanders vs. Washington CapitalsApr 10, 2023

FinalMonday, Apr 10, 2023· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	0	2	2		NYI	14	9	17	40
WSH	3	0	2	5		WSH	10	10	5	25

: NYI 94WSH 49
: NYI 3.77WSH 3.03
PP goals: NYI 0WSH 0
Hits: NYI 16WSH 17
Blocks: NYI 13WSH 27
PIM: NYI 2WSH 6
: NYI 61%WSH 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat New York Islanders 5–2

Washington Capitals beat New York Islanders 5–2 at home. Dylan Strome (WSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for WSH: Backstrom–Smith–Snively skated 11:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Dylan Strome had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:06.Strome
Points
Craig Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:17.Smith
Points
Tom Wilson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:31.Wilson
New line
New look for WSH: Backstrom–Smith–Snively skated 11:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Backstrom Smith Snively
Goalie
Darcy Kuemper (WSH) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +11 against a season average of 29.4; the win.Kuemper
Usage
Conor Sheary (WSH) played 20:37, +4:55 up on his 15:42 season average over 81 games.Sheary
New line
New look for WSH: Aube-Kubel–Malenstyn–Protas skated 6:15 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Aube-Kubel Malenstyn Protas
Luck
WSH scored 5 goals on 3.03 expected goals (49 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 143 of 143 attempts · WSH 49 · NYI 94

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 51% of the game, WSH 17%.

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
	92	53
	3.72	1.98
	3.57	1.94
	18	10
	6	4
	29	18
	+0.074	−0.074
	51%	17%

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

L1Palmieri – Nelson – Engvall
10:5064% CF
L2Lee – Horvat – Holmstrom
6:2764% CF
L3Parise – Pageau – Fasching
5:4731% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
4:5433% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
10:4354% CF
D2Mayfield – Aho
7:4063% CF
D3Dobson – Bolduc
4:2663% CF

PP1Palmieri – Lee – Nelson – Horvat – Dobson
3:2586% CF
PP2Parise – Pageau – Pulock – Engvall – Bolduc
2:29100% CF

Current NYI line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Backstrom – Smith – Snively
11:1348% CF
L2Wilson – Sheary – Strome
10:2146% CF
L3Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn – Protas
6:1547% CF
D1Jensen – Sandin
14:4931% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
14:1137% CF
D3Irwin – Alexeyev
12:3259% CF

PK1FSheary – Protas
2:05
PK2FKuznetsov – Wilson
1:57
PK1DJensen – Fehérváry
3:20
PK2DCarlson – Alexeyev
1:27

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:36
WSHDylan Strome (John Carlson)snap0.06 xG
NYI: Parise, Pageau, Pelech, Fasching, PulockWSH: Carlson, Wilson, Sheary, Strome, Fehérváry
NYI 0 – 1 WSH
1:03
WSHRasmus Sandin (Craig Smith, Nicklas Backstrom)snap0.02 xG
NYI: Lee, Mayfield, Pelech, Horvat, HolmstromWSH: Backstrom, Smith, Jensen, Sandin, Snively
NYI 0 – 2 WSH
13:13
WSHCraig Smith (Martin Fehérváry)snap0.28 xG
NYI: Cizikas, Lee, Pelech, Pulock, HolmstromWSH: Backstrom, Carlson, Smith, Fehérváry, Snively
NYI 0 – 3 WSH

3rd period

14:52
NYIHudson Fasching (Cal Clutterbuck, Noah Dobson)wrist0.03 xG
NYI: Clutterbuck, Nelson, Fasching, Aho, DobsonWSH: Backstrom, Milano, Alexeyev, Sandin, Protas
NYI 1 – 3 WSH
15:44
WSHTom WilsonENwrist0.20 xG
NYI: Parise, Nelson, Pageau, Pulock, Engvall, DobsonWSH: Jensen, Wilson, Sheary, Strome, Sandin
NYI 1 – 4 WSH
16:43
NYICasey Cizikas (Bo Horvat, Sebastian Aho)wrist0.13 xG
NYI: Cizikas, Lee, Pageau, Horvat, Aho, DobsonWSH: Carlson, Smith, Kuznetsov, Fehérváry, Protas
NYI 2 – 4 WSH
18:50
WSHDylan StromeEN (Conor Sheary, Tom Wilson)wrist0.46 xG
NYI: Parise, Palmieri, Nelson, Engvall, Dobson, BolducWSH: Carlson, Wilson, Sheary, Strome, Fehérváry
NYI 2 – 5 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
Brock Nelson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	1	0	0	19:51	—	—	67	67
Pierre Engvall L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.18	0	0	2	18:14	—	—	69	65
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.46	2	0	0	17:18	—	—	66	57
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.56	0	0	0	20:30	—	—	79	91
Anders Lee L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.42	1	0	0	20:01	—	—	73	76
Simon Holmstrom R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.11	1	1	0	10:19	—	—	48	44
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	4	1	0	19:07	—	—	50	57
Zach Parise L	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.19	0	0	0	15:03	—	—	47	36
Hudson Fasching R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.27	0	1	0	11:33	—	—	62	67
Casey Cizikas C	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.20	2	1	0	13:48	—	—	64	34
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:44	—	—	76	91
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:00	—	—	64	65
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.25	0	0	0	24:49	—	—	59	57
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	-3	5	0.15	0	1	0	22:12	—	—	61	53
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	0	4	0	16:33	—	—	54	51
Sebastian Aho D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.17	0	0	0	16:15	—	—	69	75
Noah Dobson D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.19	0	2	0	20:58	—	—	74	81
Samuel Bolduc D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	2	0	15:53	—	—	67	69

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	1.73	56:52

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.14	0	1	0	17:34	—	—	41	40
Craig Smith C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	1.20	0	2	0	15:17	—	—	40	43
Joe Snively C	L1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	0	1	0	14:26	—	—	48	50
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	1	1	+3	3	0.27	1	1	0	20:37	—	—	37	33
Tom Wilson R	L2	1	1	2	+3	3	0.36	5	1	4	19:31	—	—	38	41
Dylan Strome C	L2	2	0	2	+3	4	0.67	0	1	0	15:06	—	—	44	46
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:41	—	—	31	26
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	13:38	—	—	37	38
Beck Malenstyn L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	4	2	0	12:46	—	—	39	47
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.17	1	0	0	22:04	—	—	31	39
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.02	0	4	0	21:46	—	—	30	36
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	4	0	22:33	—	—	34	42
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	2	2	21:07	—	—	31	40
Alexander Alexeyev D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	2	3	0	18:55	—	—	40	18
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	2	0	13:45	—	—	58	30
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:43	—	—	13	4
Sonny Milano L	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:31	—	—	17	4

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	40	38	2	.950	3.77	60:00

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.