New York Islanders vs. Washington CapitalsFeb 2, 2026

FinalMonday, Feb 2, 2026· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	1	0	0	1		NYI	12	9	9	30
WSH	0	2	2	4		WSH	6	8	11	25

: NYI 73WSH 48
: NYI 2.84WSH 3.03
PP goals: NYI 0WSH 0
Hits: NYI 18WSH 27
Blocks: NYI 12WSH 23
PIM: NYI 13WSH 9
: NYI 50%WSH 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat New York Islanders 4–1

Washington Capitals beat New York Islanders 4–1 at home. Nic Dowd (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NYI: Drouin–Holmstrom–Heineman skated 11:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (76% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nic Dowd had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:24.Dowd
New line
New look for NYI: Drouin–Holmstrom–Heineman skated 11:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (76% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Drouin Holmstrom Heineman
New line
New look for NYI: Palat–Horvat–Barzal skated 10:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palat Horvat Barzal
New line
New look for NYI: Lee–Pageau–Duclair skated 7:29 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lee Pageau Duclair
Luck
NYI scored 1 goal on 2.84 expected goals (73 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Brandon Duhaime (WSH) played 15:22, +4:21 up on his 11:01 season average over 81 games.Duhaime
Usage
Ondrej Palat (NYI) played 17:28, +4:42 up on his 12:46 season average over 79 games.Palat
Usage
Simon Holmstrom (NYI) played 21:22, +4:42 up on his 16:40 season average over 78 games.Holmstrom

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 121 of 121 attempts · WSH 48 · NYI 73

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 30% of the game, WSH 26%.

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
	67	43
	1.94	2.35
	1.91	2.28
	13	11
	4	6
	22	22
	−0.014	+0.014
	30%	26%

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

L1Drouin – Holmstrom – Heineman
11:0676% CF
L2Palat – Horvat – Barzal
10:4647% CF
L3Cizikas – MacLean – Gatcomb
8:3987% CF
L4Lee – Pageau – Duclair
7:2946% CF
D1Pelech – DeAngelo
13:4167% CF
D2Pulock – Schaefer
12:3651% CF
D3Mayfield – Soucy
9:0379% CF

PP1Palat – Horvat – Barzal – Holmstrom – Schaefer
2:12100% CF
PP2Lee – Duclair – Drouin – DeAngelo – Heineman
0:57100% CF
PK1FPageau – Holmstrom
2:53
PK2FCizikas – Horvat
1:49
PK1DPelech – Pulock
3:20
PK2DSoucy – Schaefer
0:40

Current NYI line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Protas – Sourdif
8:1045% CF
L2Ovechkin – Strome – Beauvillier
8:0950% CF
L3Dowd – Frank – Leonard
4:5123% CF
L4Milano – Duhaime – Lapierre
3:5644% CF
D1Roy – Chychrun
14:2047% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
12:0813% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Sandin
10:4752% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Strome – Chychrun – Sourdif – Leonard
4:2160% CF
PP2van Riemsdyk – Milano – Duhaime – Sandin – Lapierre
1:09100% CF
PK1FDowd – Beauvillier
0:49
PK2FWilson – Protas
0:36
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:07
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
1:09

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	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Simon Holmstrom R	L1	0	0	-1	2	0.27	0	1	0	21:22	—	—	79	63
Emil Heineman L	L1	0	0	0	5	0.18	4	2	0	16:09	—	—	72	61
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:22	—	—	71	51
Bo Horvat C	L2	0	0	-2	2	0.57	0	0	0	20:00	—	—	48	34
Mathew Barzal C	L2	1	1	-1	1	0.19	0	0	0	18:22	—	—	44	39
Ondrej Palat L	L2	0	0	-2	1	0.27	1	1	0	17:28	—	—	46	34
Casey Cizikas C	L3	0	0	0	5	0.51	0	1	0	13:56	—	—	75	82
Marc Gatcomb C	L3	0	0	0	2	0.17	3	0	0	11:02	—	—	74	71
Kyle MacLean C	L3	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	0	0	10:50	—	—	77	81
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:24	—	—	41	39
Anders Lee L	L4	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	11:35	—	—	43	27
Anthony Duclair L	L4	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	1	2	11:34	—	—	44	34
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	21:14	—	—	61	32
Tony DeAngelo D	D1	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	1	0	20:56	—	—	74	57
Matthew Schaefer D	D2	0	0	-2	1	0.25	0	2	2	23:23	—	—	51	38
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:05	—	—	49	33
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	2	14:33	—	—	67	66
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	0	7	13:28	—	—	73	70

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	2.69	57:08

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	2	1	0	18:06	—	—	43	61
Justin Sourdif C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.67	4	0	0	17:23	—	—	42	64
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.35	4	3	7	16:50	—	—	42	70
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.11	0	1	0	19:29	—	—	39	36
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.27	2	2	0	18:28	—	—	41	57
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.06	2	0	0	17:15	—	—	47	57
Nic Dowd C	L3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.16	2	1	2	14:24	—	—	32	55
Ryan Leonard R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	1	0	0	13:50	—	—	27	20
Ethen Frank R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	13:46	—	—	39	56
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	15:22	—	—	29	20
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	1	0	8:42	—	—	44	48
Sonny Milano L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	7:21	—	—	50	75
Jakob Chychrun D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	1	3	0	23:19	—	—	40	58
Matt Roy D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	3	0	0	19:23	—	—	41	58
John Carlson D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.34	0	1	0	21:36	—	—	17	22
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.07	1	2	0	19:00	—	—	25	24
Rasmus Sandin D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	52	76
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	4	0	15:21	—	—	53	90

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Clay Stevenson(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.84	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Nic Dowd (WSH) 3rd 8:46 · assists Rasmus Sandin, Ethen Frank · Cycle · carried in · 13.8 mph shot · 7.3 s from entry to goal.

Nic Dowd · 3rd 8:46 · WSH

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 13.8 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 7.3 s

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John Carlson · 3rd 17:35 · WSH EN

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 74.4 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: deflection

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Mathew Barzal · 1st 16:38 · NYI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.3 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 8.9 s

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Martin Fehérváry · 2nd 5:29 · WSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 65.2 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Type: one-timer

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Anthony Beauvillier · 2nd 6:00 · WSH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 1.2 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 9.2 s
Type: rebound

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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 CapitalsFeb 2, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals beat New York Islanders 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Islanders

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New York Islanders

Washington Capitals

Goal anatomy

Nic Dowd · 3rd 8:46 · WSH

John Carlson · 3rd 17:35 · WSH EN

Mathew Barzal · 1st 16:38 · NYI

Martin Fehérváry · 2nd 5:29 · WSH

Anthony Beauvillier · 2nd 6:00 · WSH