New York Islanders vs. Washington CapitalsOct 31, 2025

FinalFriday, Oct 31, 2025· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	1	2	3		NYI	6	10	7	23
WSH	0	1	0	1		WSH	13	6	4	23

: NYI 54WSH 52
: NYI 3.43WSH 2.46
PP goals: NYI 0WSH 0
Hits: NYI 12WSH 14
Blocks: NYI 16WSH 13
PIM: NYI 8WSH 8
: NYI 63%WSH 37%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat Washington Capitals 3–1

New York Islanders beat Washington Capitals 3–1 at WSH. Bo Horvat (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH) played 6:02, −11:10 down on his 17:12 season average over 28 games.

Usage
Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH) played 6:02, −11:10 down on his 17:12 season average over 28 games.Dubois
New line
New look for NYI: Cizikas–Duclair–MacLean skated 6:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cizikas Duclair MacLean
New line
New look for WSH: Milano–Beauvillier–Lapierre skated 4:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Milano Beauvillier Lapierre
New line
New look for NYI: Palmieri–Barzal–Ritchie skated 4:47 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (14.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palmieri Barzal Ritchie
Usage
Matthew Schaefer (NYI) played 17:58, −6:48 down on his 24:46 season average over 81 games.Schaefer
Usage
Emil Heineman (NYI) played 12:44, −3:56 down on his 16:40 season average over 81 games.Heineman
Usage
Jakob Chychrun (WSH) played 20:21, −3:02 down on his 23:23 season average over 79 games.Chychrun
Usage
Hendrix Lapierre (WSH) played 13:51, +5:05 up on his 8:46 season average over 73 games.Lapierre

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 106 of 106 attempts · WSH 52 · NYI 54

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 43% of the game, WSH 32%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

WSH skaters (rows) against NYI skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the WSH side.

Matchup matrix

WSH xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	NYI	WSH
	40	50
	1.96	1.87
	1.83	1.83
	8	14
	1	1
	30	22
	+0.062	−0.062
	43%	32%

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 – Pageau – Holmstrom
8:4567% CF
L2Cizikas – Duclair – MacLean
6:3542% CF
L3Drouin – Horvat – Heineman
4:5040% CF
L4Palmieri – Barzal – Ritchie
4:4714% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
12:2361% CF
D2Mayfield – Schaefer
8:4544% CF
D3DeAngelo – Romanov
8:1026% CF

PP1Palmieri – Drouin – Horvat – Barzal – Schaefer
5:0283% CF
PP2Lee – DeAngelo – Holmstrom – Heineman – Ritchie
3:1583% CF
PK1FPageau – Holmstrom
3:07
PK2FPalmieri – Horvat
3:05
PK1DPelech – Pulock
3:45
PK2DMayfield – Romanov
2:27

Current NYI line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Dowd – Duhaime – Sourdif
7:5762% CF
L2Milano – Beauvillier – Lapierre
4:3069% CF
L3Wilson – Dubois – Protas
4:2150% CF
L4Ovechkin – McMichael – Leonard
4:030% CF
D1Roy – Chychrun
12:3165% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
12:1748% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Chisholm
8:2153% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Beauvillier – McMichael
2:08100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Carlson – McMichael – Protas – Lapierre
1:53100% CF
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
2:44
PK2FWilson – McMichael
2:16
PK1Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
3:14
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
3:05

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:48
WSHTom Wilson (Jakob Chychrun, Matt Roy)snap0.31 xG
NYI: Mayfield, Horvat, Barzal, Heineman, SchaeferWSH: Wilson, Roy, Chychrun, McMichael, Protas
NYI 0 – 1 WSH
14:58
NYIJean-Gabriel PageauSH (Simon Holmstrom)tip-in0.13 xG
NYI: Pageau, Pelech, Pulock, HolmstromWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Beauvillier, McMichael, Protas
NYI 1 – 1 WSH

3rd period

4:29
NYIBo Horvat (Emil Heineman, Ryan Pulock)snap0.12 xG
NYI: Pelech, Horvat, Pulock, Barzal, HeinemanWSH: Ovechkin, Roy, Chychrun, Sourdif, Lapierre
NYI 2 – 1 WSH
18:44
NYIMathew BarzalEN (Adam Pelech)snap0.57 xG
NYI: Pelech, Horvat, Pulock, Barzal, HeinemanWSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Wilson, Chychrun, McMichael, Protas
NYI 3 – 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
Simon Holmstrom R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	0	0	0	17:45	—	—	64	71
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.54	0	0	2	15:21	—	—	46	64
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	0	1	0	13:35	—	—	57	35
Kyle MacLean C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	0	0	10:09	—	—	24	37
Casey Cizikas C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	2	9:59	—	—	30	67
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:13	—	—	40	60
Bo Horvat C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.48	0	0	0	20:34	—	—	50	47
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	67	69
Emil Heineman L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.43	4	0	0	12:44	—	—	43	51
Kyle Palmieri C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	2	0	0	20:02	—	—	42	45
Mathew Barzal C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.69	0	0	0	18:04	—	—	39	41
Calum Ritchie C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	1	4	16:17	—	—	43	48
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.03	0	3	0	20:06	—	—	61	84
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	1	1	+3	0	0.19	0	0	0	19:29	—	—	57	83
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	1	0	18:56	—	—	32	27
Matthew Schaefer D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	2	0	17:58	—	—	54	60
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	4	0	19:43	—	—	28	32
Tony DeAngelo D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	1	0	15:42	—	—	39	35

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	2.46	60:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	5	2	2	15:56	—	—	60	45
Brandon Duhaime L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	0	0	2	14:04	—	—	64	58
Justin Sourdif C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:52	—	—	64	53
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.28	0	0	0	14:21	—	—	75	66
Hendrix Lapierre C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	2	13:51	—	—	65	36
Sonny Milano L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	9:13	—	—	72	45
Tom Wilson R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.31	3	2	0	19:47	—	—	48	58
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.29	2	0	0	19:26	—	—	46	55
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	6:02	—	—	60	68
Connor McMichael L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	0	0	18:27	—	—	35	57
Alex Ovechkin L	L4	0	0	0	-3	2	0.35	0	0	0	18:17	—	—	41	16
Ryan Leonard R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:04	—	—	42	15
Matt Roy D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	1	1	0	21:21	—	—	68	48
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.24	0	0	2	20:21	—	—	61	42
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	0	3	0	25:08	—	—	44	43
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	20:27	—	—	52	61
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	1	0	14:26	—	—	52	58
Declan Chisholm D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	12:25	—	—	58	49

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	L	22	20	2	.909	2.86	59:32

Goal anatomy

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

Tom Wilson (WSH) 2nd 4:48 · assists Jakob Chychrun, Matt Roy · Forecheck turnover · 55.1 mph shot.

Tom Wilson · 2nd 4:48 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.1 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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Jean-Gabriel Pageau · 2nd 14:58 · NYI SH

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.5 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s
Type: one-timer

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Bo Horvat · 3rd 4:29 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 65.6 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Mathew Barzal · 3rd 18:44 · NYI EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.8 mph
Distance: 108 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.