New York Islanders vs. Washington CapitalsNov 2, 2023

FinalThursday, Nov 2, 2023· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	2	1	0	3		NYI	2	7	12	21
WSH	0	0	0	0		WSH	9	13	10	32

: NYI 42WSH 84
: NYI 2.98WSH 4.23
PP goals: NYI 0WSH 0
Hits: NYI 27WSH 14
Blocks: NYI 23WSH 6
PIM: NYI 6WSH 4
: NYI 52%WSH 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat Washington Capitals 3–0

New York Islanders beat Washington Capitals 3–0 at WSH. Brock Nelson (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Adam Pelech (NYI) played 3:24, −17:11 down on his 20:35 season average over 57 games.

Points
Brock Nelson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:00.Nelson
Usage
Adam Pelech (NYI) played 3:24, −17:11 down on his 20:35 season average over 57 games.Pelech
Luck
WSH scored 0 goals on 4.23 expected goals (84 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for WSH: Mantha–Phillips–McMichael skated 8:01 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Mantha Phillips McMichael
New line
New look for NYI: Pageau–Fasching–Holmstrom skated 6:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pageau Fasching Holmstrom
Usage
Hudson Fasching (NYI) played 8:50, −3:17 down on his 12:07 season average over 44 games.Fasching
Usage
Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) played 22:18, +4:49 up on his 17:29 season average over 62 games.Kuznetsov
Usage
Alexander Romanov (NYI) played 25:16, +4:29 up on his 20:47 season average over 80 games.Romanov

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 126 of 126 attempts · WSH 84 · NYI 42

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 19% of the game, WSH 58%.

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
	43	79
	2.35	3.89
	2.21	3.55
	11	20
	1	1
	18	17
	+0.020	−0.019
	19%	58%

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
11:3045% CF
L2Lee – Horvat – Barzal
11:1233% CF
L3Clutterbuck – Martin – Cizikas
6:2827% CF
L4Pageau – Fasching – Holmstrom
6:1527% CF
D1Pulock – Romanov
10:2636% CF
D2Aho – Dobson
6:4013% CF
D3Mayfield – Pelech
1:000% CF

PP1Palmieri – Nelson – Horvat – Barzal – Dobson
2:17
PP2Lee – Pageau – Pulock – Engvall – Aho
0:3967% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:55
PK2FPageau – Holmstrom
1:50
PK1DPulock – Romanov
1:37
PK2DMayfield – Aho
0:57

Current NYI line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome
8:5956% CF
L2Mantha – Phillips – McMichael
8:0188% CF
L3Oshie – Kuznetsov – Milano
6:2280% CF
L4Malenstyn – Protas – Lapierre
4:1289% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Sandin
10:5670% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
7:2378% CF
D3Jensen – Haman Aktell
4:3393% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Strome
4:03100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Wilson – Milano – Phillips – Sandin
0:57100% CF
PK1FKuznetsov – Malenstyn
1:34
PK2FWilson – McMichael
1:00
PK1DCarlson – Jensen
2:11
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
1:00

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:22
NYIRyan Pulock (Brock Nelson, Kyle Palmieri)wrist0.02 xG
NYI: Palmieri, Nelson, Pulock, Engvall, RomanovWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome, Fehérváry
NYI 1 – 0 WSH
10:41
NYISimon Holmstrom (Hudson Fasching, Jean-Gabriel Pageau)snap0.24 xG
NYI: Pageau, Mayfield, Fasching, Romanov, HolmstromWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome, Haman Aktell
NYI 2 – 0 WSH

2nd period

11:15
NYIBrock Nelson (Pierre Engvall, Scott Mayfield)wrist0.10 xG
NYI: Nelson, Mayfield, Engvall, Barzal, DobsonWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Strome, Fehérváry
NYI 3 – 0 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	1	1	2	+2	2	0.27	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	51	45
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:17	—	—	44	49
Pierre Engvall L	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.59	1	0	0	15:49	—	—	47	44
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	19:22	—	—	36	58
Mathew Barzal C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	1	2	18:56	—	—	36	39
Anders Lee L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.89	1	2	0	14:46	—	—	30	56
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	0	0	14:34	—	—	18	16
Cal Clutterbuck R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	3	0	0	13:24	—	—	25	23
Matt Martin L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	9:36	—	—	37	24
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.48	5	1	0	13:36	—	—	15	24
Simon Holmstrom R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.24	0	1	0	11:53	—	—	28	27
Hudson Fasching R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	8:50	—	—	23	27
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.03	0	4	0	25:16	—	—	32	26
Ryan Pulock D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.15	1	4	0	24:44	—	—	40	44
Noah Dobson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	3	0	26:31	—	—	35	41
Sebastian Aho D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	16:41	—	—	31	36
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.03	1	3	0	21:21	—	—	42	49
Adam Pelech D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	3:24	—	—	0	0

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	W	32	32	0	.1000	4.23	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	-3	3	0.65	1	0	0	19:29	—	—	57	54
Tom Wilson R	L1	-3	3	0.84	3	0	0	18:13	—	—	61	58
Dylan Strome C	L1	-3	3	0.80	0	0	0	18:02	—	—	59	57
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	4	0.44	1	0	0	15:23	—	—	74	73
Anthony Mantha R	L2	0	0	0.05	0	0	2	14:46	—	—	70	70
Matthew Phillips R	L2	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	11:53	—	—	80	79
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	4	0.20	0	1	0	22:18	—	—	75	85
T.J. Oshie R	L3	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:41	—	—	71	81
Sonny Milano L	L3	0	2	0.45	1	0	0	12:49	—	—	61	55
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	1	0.17	0	1	0	16:22	—	—	65	76
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	2	0.15	3	0	0	11:28	—	—	55	40
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:49	—	—	53	44
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	2	0.11	0	2	2	22:57	—	—	57	47
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	3	0.02	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	68	70
John Carlson D	D2	-3	2	0.10	0	0	0	25:46	—	—	71	70
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:05	—	—	66	71
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:58	—	—	57	54
Hardy Haman Aktell D	D3	-1	1	0.14	2	1	0	10:49	—	—	69	72

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	21	18	3	.857	2.18	57:58

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Ryan Pulock (NYI) 1st 0:22 · assists Brock Nelson, Kyle Palmieri · Forecheck turnover · 67.5 mph shot.

Ryan Pulock · 1st 0:22 · NYI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 67.5 mph
Distance: 57 ft

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Simon Holmstrom · 1st 10:41 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.6 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Brock Nelson · 2nd 11:15 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.7 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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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.