New York Islanders vs. Nashville PredatorsJan 8, 2026

Final / SOThursday, Jan 8, 2026· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NYI	0	1	0	0	0	1		NYI	10	9	7	5	31
NSH	0	1	0	0	1	2		NSH	10	9	7	1	27

: NYI 59NSH 71
: NYI 2.44NSH 2.87
PP goals: NYI 0NSH 0
Hits: NYI 20NSH 19
Blocks: NYI 23NSH 16
PIM: NYI 8NSH 10
: NYI 47%NSH 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge New York Islanders 2–1 (SO)

Nashville Predators beat New York Islanders 2–1 in a shootout at home. Simon Holmstrom (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NSH scored 1 goal on 2.87 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.

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NSH scored 1 goal on 2.87 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.
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Mathew Barzal (NYI) played 24:51, +4:14 up on his 20:37 season average over 80 games.Barzal
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Emil Heineman (NYI) played 22:45, +6:13 up on his 16:32 season average over 81 games.Heineman
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Ryan O'Reilly (NSH) played 23:52, +3:31 up on his 20:21 season average over 80 games.O'Reilly
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Matthew Wood (NSH) played 7:26, −4:57 down on his 12:23 season average over 70 games.Wood
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Nick Blankenburg (NSH) played 21:55, +5:12 up on his 16:43 season average over 60 games.Blankenburg
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Tyson Jost (NSH) played 7:22, −5:07 down on his 12:29 season average over 68 games.Jost
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Calum Ritchie (NYI) played 8:52, −4:40 down on his 13:32 season average over 64 games.Ritchie

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)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
NYI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · NSH 71 · NYI 59

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
NYI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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 24% of the game, NSH 35%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

NYI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NSH 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	NSH
	50	68
	1.59	2.33
	1.52	2.20
	7	16
	6	4
	18	30
	−0.035	+0.035
	24%	35%

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 – Barzal – Heineman
12:4048% CF
L2Cizikas – Duclair – Shabanov
9:2033% CF
L3Pageau – Drouin – Holmstrom
8:4957% CF
L4MacLean – Gatcomb – Ritchie
6:3429% CF
D1Pulock – Schaefer
12:4532% CF
D2Pelech – DeAngelo
11:1964% CF
D3Mayfield – McWard
8:1030% CF

PP1Drouin – Barzal – Heineman – Ritchie – Schaefer
2:0060% CF
PP2Lee – Duclair – DeAngelo – Holmstrom – Shabanov
1:2450% CF
PK1FCizikas – Heineman
0:49
PK1DPelech – Pulock
1:00
PK2DMayfield – Schaefer
0:23

Current NYI line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Haula – Bunting – Evangelista
9:5440% CF
L2Stamkos – O'Reilly – Forsberg
9:2656% CF
L3McCarron – Smith – Schaefer
7:4858% CF
L4Jost – Svechkov – Wood
5:4778% CF
D1Hague – Blankenburg
14:0763% CF
D2Skjei – Wilsby
13:5252% CF
D3Josi – Perbix
13:3760% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
1:20100% CF
PP2Haula – Skjei – Bunting – Blankenburg – Wood
0:32
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
1:06
PK2FO'Reilly – Haula
0:37
PK1DSkjei – Perbix
2:10
PK2DHague – Blankenburg
0:49

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

12:14
NYISimon Holmstrom (Scott Mayfield, Mathew Barzal)wrist0.10 xG
NYI: Lee, Mayfield, Barzal, Holmstrom, McWardNSH: Stamkos, O'Reilly, Skjei, Forsberg, Wilsby
NYI 1 – 0 NSH
19:19
NSHRyan O'ReillySH (Cole Smith)wrist0.21 xG
NYI: Drouin, Barzal, Heineman, Ritchie, SchaeferNSH: Josi, O'Reilly, Hague, Smith
NYI 1 – 1 NSH

Decided in the shootout: NYI 1 – 2 NSH.

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	1	1	0	2	0.28	1	0	0	24:51	—	—	60	58
Emil Heineman L	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.36	2	2	0	22:45	—	—	50	42
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.42	2	0	0	16:27	—	—	53	50
Max Shabanov R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	45	55
Casey Cizikas C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	3	2	2	13:57	—	—	35	25
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:39	—	—	37	34
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	2	0	0	17:50	—	—	37	33
Simon Holmstrom R	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.39	0	0	2	16:10	—	—	52	48
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	15:42	—	—	38	34
Kyle MacLean C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	9:52	—	—	24	26
Marc Gatcomb C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	9:03	—	—	24	26
Calum Ritchie C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	0	0	0	8:52	—	—	29	35
Matthew Schaefer D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	1	0	28:53	—	—	33	32
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	5	0	20:42	—	—	36	14
Tony DeAngelo D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	0	0	2	22:34	—	—	56	51
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	3	0	21:44	—	—	55	55
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	2	2	0	17:01	—	—	30	38
Cole McWard D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	3	0	11:10	—	—	28	42

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	O	27	26	1	.963	2.87	65:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Erik Haula L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	2	0	17:18	—	—	46	46
Luke Evangelista R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	16:35	—	—	54	72
Michael Bunting L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	56	70
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.47	0	1	0	23:52	—	—	53	49
Steven Stamkos C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.42	3	0	0	20:24	—	—	52	45
Filip Forsberg L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	0	0	18:48	—	—	57	51
Cole Smith R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	3	0	2	15:17	—	—	67	71
Michael McCarron C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	6	1	2	14:18	—	—	40	36
Reid Schaefer L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	11:04	—	—	48	43
Fedor Svechkov C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	0	1	0	11:46	—	—	88	97
Matthew Wood R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:26	—	—	82	77
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	7:22	—	—	75	77
Nick Blankenburg D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	0	1	0	21:55	—	—	61	76
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:51	—	—	61	77
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	1	2	0	21:00	—	—	50	38
Adam Wilsby D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	1	0	19:22	—	—	52	37
Roman Josi D	D3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.30	0	3	0	23:11	—	—	61	65
Nick Perbix D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	3	0	19:07	—	—	60	65

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.44	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Simon Holmstrom (NYI) 2nd 12:14 · assists Scott Mayfield, Mathew Barzal · Rebound · 55.4 mph shot.

Simon Holmstrom · 2nd 12:14 · NYI

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.4 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Ryan O'Reilly · 2nd 19:19 · NSH SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.1 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 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.