New York Islanders vs. Washington CapitalsDec 20, 2023

Final / OTWednesday, Dec 20, 2023· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NYI	0	1	1	0	2		NYI	7	9	16	0	32
WSH	1	1	0	1	3		WSH	14	12	8	2	36

: NYI 61WSH 68
: NYI 2.29WSH 3.69
PP goals: NYI 0WSH 1
Hits: NYI 19WSH 17
Blocks: NYI 19WSH 17
PIM: NYI 6WSH 6
: NYI 50%WSH 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals edge New York Islanders 3–2 (OT)

Washington Capitals beat New York Islanders 3–2 in overtime at home. Hendrix Lapierre (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Semyon Varlamov (NYI) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +6 against a season average of 29.9; the overtime loss.

Points
Hendrix Lapierre had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 9:00.Lapierre
Goalie
Semyon Varlamov (NYI) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +6 against a season average of 29.9; the overtime loss.Varlamov
Usage
Anthony Mantha (WSH) played 9:30, −4:47 down on his 14:17 season average over 73 games.Mantha
New line
New look for NYI: Pageau–Wahlstrom–Holmstrom skated 6:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pageau Wahlstrom Holmstrom
New line
New look for WSH: Kuznetsov–Phillips–Miroshnichenko skated 7:54 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kuznetsov Phillips Miroshnichenko
New line
New look for WSH: Mantha–Protas–Lapierre skated 7:09 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Mantha Protas Lapierre
Usage
Nicolas Aube-Kubel (WSH) played 18:08, +6:02 up on his 12:06 season average over 59 games.Aube-Kubel
Usage
Noah Dobson (NYI) played 28:19, +3:51 up on his 24:28 season average over 78 games.Dobson

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 129 of 129 attempts · WSH 68 · NYI 61

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 31% of the game, WSH 39%.

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
	61	58
	2.01	3.00
	1.96	2.83
	16	12
	7	5
	19	8
	+0.020	−0.020
	31%	39%

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

L1Lee – Horvat – Barzal
11:5754% CF
L2Palmieri – Nelson – Engvall
9:2357% CF
L3Pageau – Wahlstrom – Holmstrom
6:1769% CF
L4Clutterbuck – Cizikas – Fasching
5:4956% CF
D1Dobson – Romanov
14:3264% CF
D2Reilly – Aho
10:5652% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Bolduc
7:4671% CF

PP1Palmieri – Nelson – Horvat – Barzal – Dobson
4:0763% CF
PP2Lee – Pageau – Reilly – Engvall – Wahlstrom
1:20100% CF
PK1FClutterbuck – Cizikas
1:36
PK2FPageau – Holmstrom
1:18
PK1DBortuzzo – Romanov
2:31
PK2DAho – Dobson
0:40

Current NYI line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
11:5945% CF
L2Ovechkin – Wilson – Strome
9:4340% CF
L3Kuznetsov – Phillips – Miroshnichenko
7:5447% CF
L4Mantha – Protas – Lapierre
7:0956% CF
D1Jensen – Edmundson
14:1053% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Sandin
13:4932% CF
D3Carlson – Fehérváry
13:4245% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Strome
2:58100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Mantha – Phillips – Sandin – Miroshnichenko
0:51
PK1FDowd – Malenstyn
2:08
PK2FKuznetsov – Wilson
1:51
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:37
PK2DEdmundson – van Riemsdyk
1:12

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.18	0	1	0	21:53	—	—	52	34
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.22	2	0	0	19:51	—	—	53	40
Anders Lee L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.36	2	1	0	16:36	—	—	55	37
Pierre Engvall L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	2	2	17:31	—	—	38	36
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	2	0	2	17:30	—	—	41	39
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.64	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	55	51
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.33	1	0	0	16:20	—	—	42	36
Simon Holmstrom R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:57	—	—	61	63
Oliver Wahlstrom R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	11:39	—	—	65	61
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:55	—	—	63	34
Hudson Fasching R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	0	1	0	11:07	—	—	57	31
Cal Clutterbuck R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	2	0	9:35	—	—	62	39
Noah Dobson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	1	1	2	28:19	—	—	49	46
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.03	2	4	0	24:18	—	—	60	53
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	1	1	0	18:21	—	—	51	33
Sebastian Aho D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.07	0	2	0	18:04	—	—	42	30
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	2	0	15:13	—	—	74	57
Samuel Bolduc D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	1	0	12:14	—	—	46	42

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov(start)	O	36	33	3	.917	3.69	61:33

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	18:30	—	—	50	74
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.51	2	0	2	18:08	—	—	47	72
Beck Malenstyn L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	1	1	2	16:41	—	—	46	75
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.46	4	0	0	19:37	—	—	41	40
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	1	1	-2	5	0.39	1	0	0	19:01	—	—	48	45
Dylan Strome C	L2	1	0	1	-2	2	0.41	0	1	0	18:08	—	—	39	40
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	18:53	—	—	46	52
Matthew Phillips R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	11:23	—	—	60	64
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	3	0	0	10:14	—	—	57	60
Aliaksei Protas L	L4	0	1	1	+2	2	0.17	1	0	0	13:10	—	—	48	65
Anthony Mantha R	L4	0	1	1	+2	6	0.43	1	0	0	9:30	—	—	61	69
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	1	1	2	+2	3	0.29	0	1	0	9:00	—	—	55	66
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	19:13	—	—	46	60
Joel Edmundson D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.04	1	1	0	17:53	—	—	55	59
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	3	0	20:24	—	—	43	51
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	17:04	—	—	38	64
John Carlson D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.24	0	3	0	24:11	—	—	53	52
Martin Fehérváry D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	4	0	19:01	—	—	51	67

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.29	61:41

Goal anatomy

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

Hendrix Lapierre (WSH) 1st 9:56 · assists Aliaksei Protas · Forecheck turnover · 24.4 mph shot.

Hendrix Lapierre · 1st 9:56 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.4 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Type: one-timer

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Hudson Fasching · 2nd 1:03 · NYI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.9 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Joel Edmundson · 2nd 13:12 · WSH

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3
Shot: 80.0 mph
Distance: 55 ft
Type: one-timer

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Anders Lee · 3rd 12:02 · NYI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.3 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Dylan Strome · OT 1:41 · WSH PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 66.5 mph
Distance: 27 ft

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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.

New York Islanders vs. Washington CapitalsDec 20, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals edge New York Islanders 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Islanders

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

New York Islanders

Washington Capitals

Goal anatomy

Hendrix Lapierre · 1st 9:56 · WSH

Hudson Fasching · 2nd 1:03 · NYI

Joel Edmundson · 2nd 13:12 · WSH

Anders Lee · 3rd 12:02 · NYI

Dylan Strome · OT 1:41 · WSH PP