New York Islanders vs. Anaheim DucksMar 4, 2026

FinalWednesday, Mar 4, 2026· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	1	0	0	1		NYI	17	13	13	43
ANA	3	0	2	5		ANA	12	4	10	26

: NYI 76ANA 62
: NYI 3.63ANA 3.97
PP goals: NYI 1ANA 1
Hits: NYI 19ANA 28
Blocks: NYI 16ANA 13
PIM: NYI 8ANA 8
: NYI 51%ANA 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Anaheim Ducks rout New York Islanders 5–1

Anaheim Ducks beat New York Islanders 5–1 at home. Cutter Gauthier (ANA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. ANA's first power-play unit (Kreider, LaCombe, Gauthier, Carlsson and Sennecke) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:08 together.

Points
Cutter Gauthier had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:02.Gauthier
Points
Beckett Sennecke had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:06.Sennecke
Points
Chris Kreider had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:38.Kreider
PP1
ANA's first power-play unit (Kreider, LaCombe, Gauthier, Carlsson and Sennecke) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:08 together.Kreider LaCombe Gauthier Carlsson Sennecke
Goalie
Ville Husso (ANA) faced 43 shots and stopped 42 (.977), +16 against a season average of 26.7; the win.Husso
New line
New look for ANA: Strome–Vatrano–Poehling skated 7:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Strome Vatrano Poehling
Luck
NYI scored 1 goal on 3.62 expected goals (76 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for ANA: Johnston–Viel–Washe skated 6:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johnston Viel Washe

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)ANA attacks right (top on phones) →

ANA
NYI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 138 of 138 attempts · ANA 62 · NYI 76

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

ANA
NYI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ANA 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, ANA 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

ANA

NYI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

ANA 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	ANA
	58	61
	2.28	2.91
	2.02	2.72
	17	12
	1	6
	24	23
	+0.031	−0.031
	31%	34%

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
8:2255% CF
L2Cizikas – MacLean – Gatcomb
8:1865% CF
L3Drouin – Heineman – Ritchie
7:1653% CF
L4Lee – Pageau – Holmstrom
7:0943% CF
D1Pelech – DeAngelo
8:1648% CF
D2Mayfield – Soucy
7:2744% CF
D3Boqvist – Schaefer
6:2013% CF

PP1Horvat – Barzal – Holmstrom – Ritchie – Schaefer
4:26100% CF
PP2Lee – Palat – Drouin – DeAngelo – Heineman
2:32100% CF
PK1FPageau – Holmstrom
4:02
PK2FCizikas – Horvat
1:35
PK1DPelech – Schaefer
1:35
PK2DMayfield – Soucy
1:06

Current NYI line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Kreider – Gauthier – Carlsson
9:4643% CF
L2Strome – Vatrano – Poehling
7:2458% CF
L3Johnston – Viel – Washe
6:4650% CF
L4Killorn – McTavish – Sennecke
6:0356% CF
D1Gudas – Zellweger
12:4962% CF
D2Trouba – LaCombe
10:4928% CF
D3Moore – Mintyukov
9:3873% CF

PP1Kreider – LaCombe – Gauthier – Carlsson – Sennecke
4:0867% CF
PP2Killorn – Strome – Trouba – McTavish – Mintyukov
2:16
PK1FKillorn – Poehling
3:44
PK1DTrouba – Zellweger
1:44
PK2DGudas – Mintyukov
0:34

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:58
NYIAnders LeePP (Tony DeAngelo, Jonathan Drouin)snap0.10 xG
NYI: Lee, Palat, Drouin, DeAngelo, HeinemanANA: Killorn, Trouba, Poehling, Mintyukov
NYI 1 – 0 ANA
12:56
ANACutter GauthierPP (Beckett Sennecke, Chris Kreider)snap0.15 xG
NYI: Cizikas, Pelech, Soucy, HorvatANA: Kreider, LaCombe, Gauthier, Carlsson, Sennecke
NYI 1 – 1 ANA
16:05
ANACutter Gauthier (Leo Carlsson, Chris Kreider)snap0.15 xG
NYI: Palat, Mayfield, Horvat, Barzal, SchaeferANA: Trouba, Johnston, Zellweger, Gauthier, Carlsson
NYI 1 – 2 ANA
18:40
ANABeckett Sennecke (Mason McTavish, Ian Moore)snap0.37 xG
NYI: Lee, Pageau, Mayfield, Soucy, HolmstromANA: Killorn, Moore, McTavish, Mintyukov, Sennecke
NYI 1 – 3 ANA

3rd period

2:11
ANARyan Poehling (Ryan Strome)backhand0.15 xG
NYI: Drouin, Boqvist, Heineman, Ritchie, SchaeferANA: Gudas, Strome, Vatrano, Poehling, Zellweger
NYI 1 – 4 ANA
15:49
ANAFrank VatranoEN (Jacob Trouba)wrist0.50 xG
NYI: Lee, Palat, DeAngelo, Barzal, Holmstrom, RitchieANA: Strome, Trouba, Vatrano, LaCombe, McTavish
NYI 1 – 5 ANA

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	0	0	0	-1	5	0.72	3	1	0	22:33	—	—	48	47
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.21	0	0	2	20:58	—	—	48	52
Ondrej Palat L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.24	2	1	0	16:08	—	—	55	55
Casey Cizikas C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	1	2	2	14:33	—	—	56	62
Marc Gatcomb C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	4	0	0	11:11	—	—	52	54
Kyle MacLean C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	1	1	0	10:33	—	—	57	60
Calum Ritchie C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	0	1	0	15:41	—	—	52	40
Emil Heineman L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	2	0	0	15:03	—	—	50	37
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.22	1	1	0	13:25	—	—	44	31
Simon Holmstrom R	L4	0	0	0	-2	4	0.50	0	0	0	19:28	—	—	40	32
Anders Lee L	L4	1	0	1	-2	4	0.55	0	1	0	15:02	—	—	42	37
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	14:18	—	—	40	32
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	22:11	—	—	39	44
Tony DeAngelo D	D1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.16	1	4	2	18:51	—	—	47	54
Scott Mayfield D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	1	0	0	15:16	—	—	66	50
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	14:48	—	—	36	6
Matthew Schaefer D	D3	0	0	0	-2	5	0.14	0	2	2	24:13	—	—	57	57
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	13:40	—	—	33	40

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	2.80	55:26

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cutter Gauthier L	L1	2	0	2	+1	4	0.62	1	1	2	18:02	—	—	52	56
Leo Carlsson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.31	0	0	0	17:08	—	—	46	46
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	2	2	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	44	44
Ryan Poehling C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.28	0	1	0	15:33	—	—	57	71
Ryan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:01	—	—	54	53
Frank Vatrano R	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	1.02	0	0	0	13:50	—	—	45	49
Tim Washe C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	2	0	0	12:34	—	—	57	45
Ross Johnston L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	7	0	0	11:10	—	—	60	54
Jeffrey Viel L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	1	0	9:55	—	—	55	35
Beckett Sennecke R	L4	1	1	2	+1	3	0.86	5	1	0	15:06	—	—	46	66
Alex Killorn L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	57	69
Mason McTavish C	L4	0	1	1	+2	2	0.23	1	0	4	14:06	—	—	50	66
Olen Zellweger D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.02	0	0	0	20:36	—	—	65	71
Radko Gudas D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.13	1	4	0	19:56	—	—	51	52
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.04	2	1	0	23:19	—	—	36	33
Jackson LaCombe D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:22	—	—	31	29
Pavel Mintyukov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	2	2	20:06	—	—	53	61
Ian Moore D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	1	0	0	16:10	—	—	74	96

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ville Husso(start)	W	43	42	1	.977	3.63	59:04

Goal anatomy

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

Anders Lee (NYI PP) 1st 4:58 · assists Tony DeAngelo, Jonathan Drouin · Rebound · 39.7 mph shot.

Anders Lee · 1st 4:58 · NYI PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 39.7 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Ryan Poehling · 3rd 2:11 · ANA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.2 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 6.5 s

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Cutter Gauthier · 1st 12:56 · ANA PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 1
Shot: 51.1 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 6.4 s
Type: one-timer

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Cutter Gauthier · 1st 16:05 · ANA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 80.1 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Beckett Sennecke · 1st 18:40 · ANA

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.5 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: rebound

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Frank Vatrano · 3rd 15:49 · ANA EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.0 mph
Distance: 82 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.