New York Islanders vs. New Jersey DevilsFeb 5, 2026

FinalThursday, Feb 5, 2026· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	0	1	2	3		NYI	2	5	7	14
NJD	0	1	0	1		NJD	5	13	6	24

: NYI 46NJD 51
: NYI 2.95NJD 1.96
PP goals: NYI 0NJD 0
Hits: NYI 25NJD 13
Blocks: NYI 12NJD 14
PIM: NYI 2NJD 2
: NYI 67%NJD 33%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat New Jersey Devils 3–1

New York Islanders beat New Jersey Devils 3–1 at NJD. Bo Horvat (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NJD: Dadonov–Bratt–Hischier skated 12:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:50.Horvat
New line
New look for NJD: Dadonov–Bratt–Hischier skated 12:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Bratt Hischier
New line
New look for NJD: Brown–Meier–Mercer skated 11:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (38.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brown Meier Mercer
New line
New look for NYI: Drouin–Heineman–Ritchie skated 12:07 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Drouin Heineman Ritchie
New line
New look for NJD: Bjugstad–Cotter–Tsyplakov skated 7:36 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bjugstad Cotter Tsyplakov
Usage
Ondrej Palat (NYI) played 17:44, +4:59 up on his 12:45 season average over 79 games.Palat
Usage
Evgenii Dadonov (NJD) played 14:41, +4:12 up on his 10:29 season average over 23 games.Dadonov

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)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
NYI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 97 of 97 attempts · NJD 51 · NYI 46

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
NYI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD 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 33% of the game, NJD 27%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NJD

NYI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NJD 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	NJD
	53	49
	2.54	1.87
	2.42	1.77
	11	11
	1	1
	31	22
	+0.090	−0.090
	33%	27%

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

L1Palat – Horvat – Barzal
14:4750% CF
L2Drouin – Heineman – Ritchie
12:0745% CF
L3Lee – Pageau – Holmstrom
10:3774% CF
L4Cizikas – MacLean – Gatcomb
8:3060% CF
D1Pelech – DeAngelo
17:1166% CF
D2Pulock – Schaefer
15:5141% CF
D3Mayfield – Soucy
11:3535% CF

PP1Horvat – Barzal – Holmstrom – Ritchie – Schaefer
1:11
PP2Lee – Palat – Drouin – DeAngelo – Heineman
0:3850% CF
PK1FCizikas – Horvat
1:35
PK2FPageau – Holmstrom
0:21
PK1DMayfield – Soucy
1:02
PK2DPelech – Pulock
0:54

Current NYI line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Dadonov – Bratt – Hischier
12:4143% CF
L2Brown – Meier – Mercer
11:5639% CF
L3Glass – Gritsyuk – Hameenaho
10:0250% CF
L4Bjugstad – Cotter – Tsyplakov
7:3638% CF
D1Siegenthaler – Kovacevic
15:4944% CF
D2Hamilton – Pesce
15:4642% CF
D3Dillon – Nemec
13:3067% CF

PP1Hamilton – Brown – Bratt – Hischier – Gritsyuk
2:00100% CF
PK1FBjugstad – Bratt
0:46
PK2FBrown – Glass
0:37
PK1DDillon – Pesce
1:15
PK2DSiegenthaler – Kovacevic
0:39

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

6:30
NYICasey Cizikas (Kyle MacLean, Marc Gatcomb)wrist0.25 xG
NYI: Cizikas, Pulock, MacLean, Gatcomb, SchaeferNJD: Bjugstad, Siegenthaler, Kovacevic, Cotter, Tsyplakov
NYI 1 – 0 NJD
18:26
NJDNico Hischier (Jesper Bratt, Jake Allen)wrist0.12 xG
NYI: Drouin, Horvat, Pulock, DeAngelo, BarzalNJD: Dadonov, Hamilton, Bratt, Hischier, Nemec
NYI 1 – 1 NJD

3rd period

16:33
NYIBo Horvatbackhand0.38 xG
NYI: Palat, Pelech, Horvat, DeAngelo, BarzalNJD: Dadonov, Siegenthaler, Bratt, Hischier, Kovacevic
NYI 2 – 1 NJD
19:36
NYIMathew BarzalEN (Bo Horvat)wrist0.71 xG
NYI: Palat, Horvat, Pulock, Barzal, SchaeferNJD: Brown, Bratt, Hischier, Gritsyuk, Mercer, Nemec
NYI 3 – 1 NJD

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
Bo Horvat C	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.38	3	1	0	20:50	—	—	42	47
Mathew Barzal C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.71	2	0	0	18:44	—	—	46	49
Ondrej Palat L	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.20	2	3	0	17:44	—	—	42	52
Emil Heineman L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	5	0	0	16:49	—	—	36	47
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	0	0	0	16:13	—	—	46	53
Calum Ritchie C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:54	—	—	46	55
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:44	—	—	64	54
Simon Holmstrom R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	14:39	—	—	70	55
Anders Lee L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	2	0	0	14:32	—	—	64	46
Casey Cizikas C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.63	0	1	0	12:05	—	—	60	78
Kyle MacLean C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	3	0	2	10:22	—	—	60	78
Marc Gatcomb C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	2	0	0	9:20	—	—	63	79
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	2	0	0	22:31	—	—	66	84
Tony DeAngelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	1	0	20:32	—	—	63	75
Matthew Schaefer D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	24:17	—	—	49	32
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	1	0	19:40	—	—	42	29
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:26	—	—	36	35
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	2	0	14:38	—	—	46	44

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	1.96	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.34	1	1	0	20:02	—	—	42	45
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.28	1	0	0	18:44	—	—	46	44
Evgenii Dadonov L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	14:41	—	—	46	46
Dawson Mercer C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	1	0	19:22	—	—	36	44
Connor Brown R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	0	2	0	19:02	—	—	52	58
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	0	2	18:46	—	—	48	55
Arseny Gritsyuk R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:30	—	—	58	46
Lenni Hameenaho R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	52	49
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	13:34	—	—	60	54
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	3	0	0	10:42	—	—	56	29
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	9:18	—	—	47	26
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	4	1	0	8:37	—	—	39	26
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.04	1	2	0	19:18	—	—	47	27
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:09	—	—	45	15
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.34	0	2	0	22:47	—	—	44	51
Brett Pesce D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:44	—	—	43	57
Simon Nemec D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:03	—	—	58	81
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:04	—	—	58	44

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	13	11	2	.846	2.25	57:59

Goal anatomy

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

Casey Cizikas (NYI) 2nd 6:30 · assists Kyle MacLean, Marc Gatcomb · Rebound · carried in · 27.5 mph shot · 7.4 s from entry to goal.

Casey Cizikas · 2nd 6:30 · NYI

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 7.4 s
Type: rebound

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Nico Hischier · 2nd 18:26 · NJD

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 57.1 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

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Bo Horvat · 3rd 16:33 · NYI

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.4 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Mathew Barzal · 3rd 19:36 · NYI EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.8 mph
Distance: 63 ft
Entry to goal: 0.8 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.