Nashville Predators vs. New York IslandersJan 31, 2026

FinalSaturday, Jan 31, 2026· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	2	1	1	4		NSH	11	22	9	42
NYI	2	1	0	3		NYI	10	13	7	30

: NSH 71NYI 45
: NSH 5.18NYI 2.91
PP goals: NSH 1NYI 0
Hits: NSH 25NYI 23
Blocks: NSH 6NYI 10
PIM: NSH 18NYI 6
: NSH 43%NYI 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge New York Islanders 4–3

Nashville Predators beat New York Islanders 4–3 at NYI. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Marchessault and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 1:57 together.

Points
Filip Forsberg had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:58.Forsberg
Points
Mathew Barzal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:04.Barzal
Points
Matthew Wood had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 8:02.Wood
Points
Roman Josi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 29:15.Josi
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Marchessault and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 1:57 together.Stamkos Josi O'Reilly Marchessault Forsberg
New line
New look for NSH: Haula–Bunting–Evangelista skated 9:24 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (78.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Haula Bunting Evangelista
Goalie
Ilya Sorokin (NYI) faced 42 shots and stopped 38 (.905), +14 against a season average of 27.8; the loss.Sorokin
New line
New look for NYI: Duclair–Barzal–Shabanov skated 11:27 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Duclair Barzal Shabanov

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

← NSH attacks left (bottom on phones)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →

NYI
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · NYI 45 · NSH 71

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYI
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYI pressure
NSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NSH 47% of the game, NYI 16%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYI

NSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NYI 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	NSH	NYI
	71	49
	5.18	3.09
	4.69	2.95
	22	14
	4	5
	28	17
	−0.037	+0.037
	47%	16%

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.

Nashville Predators

L1Haula – Bunting – Evangelista
9:2478% CF
L2McCarron – Smith – Wiesblatt
6:12100% CF
L3Stamkos – O'Reilly – Marchessault
4:1950% CF
L4Forsberg – Jost – Wood
3:2957% CF
D1Josi – Skjei
17:5060% CF
D2Perbix – Wilsby
12:0435% CF
D3Englund – Barron
10:5475% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg
1:57100% CF
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
2:24
PK2FO'Reilly – Haula
1:06
PK1DSkjei – Perbix
2:24
PK2DJosi – Barron
0:43

Current NSH line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Palat – Horvat – Heineman
12:4952% CF
L2Duclair – Barzal – Shabanov
11:2737% CF
L3Lee – Pageau – Holmstrom
10:4524% CF
L4Cizikas – MacLean – Gatcomb
7:3546% CF
D1Pulock – Schaefer
14:2754% CF
D2Pelech – DeAngelo
14:1219% CF
D3Mayfield – Soucy
13:4438% CF

PP1Lee – Duclair – DeAngelo – Barzal – Shabanov
2:0533% CF
PP2Palat – Horvat – Holmstrom – Heineman – Schaefer
1:320% CF
PK1FCizikas – Horvat
1:14
PK2FPageau – Holmstrom
0:31
PK1DPelech – Pulock
1:51

Current NYI 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.

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Luke Evangelista R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.45	0	0	0	17:15	—	—	64	65
Erik Haula L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.67	0	1	0	17:14	—	—	72	74
Michael Bunting L	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.87	0	1	0	15:20	—	—	74	83
Michael McCarron C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	4	0	2	15:59	—	—	78	70
Cole Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	5	1	2	15:24	—	—	69	33
Ozzy Wiesblatt C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	11:08	—	—	53	27
Ryan O'Reilly C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	19:05	—	—	23	26
Steven Stamkos C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.32	2	0	0	15:15	—	—	53	84
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	0	1	1	0	5	0.34	2	0	12	12:17	—	—	58	71
Filip Forsberg L	L4	2	0	2	+1	4	0.50	1	0	0	16:58	—	—	48	56
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.10	1	0	0	9:31	—	—	56	66
Matthew Wood R	L4	1	1	2	0	2	0.34	0	1	0	8:02	—	—	38	43
Roman Josi D	D1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.22	2	1	0	29:15	—	—	62	76
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.15	2	0	0	27:39	—	—	60	71
Adam Wilsby D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.46	1	0	2	18:35	—	—	46	44
Nick Perbix D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	0	0	0	17:49	—	—	41	35
Justin Barron D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	12:43	—	—	79	80
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	12:31	—	—	79	79

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	30	27	3	.900	2.91	60:00

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	0	0	0	20:18	—	—	58	48
Emil Heineman L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.40	3	0	0	19:13	—	—	57	49
Ondrej Palat L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.56	1	0	0	17:31	—	—	60	51
Mathew Barzal C	L2	1	1	2	0	3	0.26	1	1	0	19:04	—	—	38	34
Anthony Duclair L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	0	0	0	16:07	—	—	39	38
Max Shabanov R	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.28	1	1	0	14:12	—	—	39	38
Simon Holmstrom R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	0	1	0	16:45	—	—	31	28
Anders Lee L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	13:44	—	—	27	21
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.20	0	1	0	13:21	—	—	24	18
Casey Cizikas C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	0	0	10:37	—	—	47	43
Kyle MacLean C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.31	3	0	0	10:00	—	—	46	40
Marc Gatcomb C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	8:52	—	—	50	43
Matthew Schaefer D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.23	0	0	0	23:25	—	—	54	43
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	1	0	0	19:16	—	—	55	41
Tony DeAngelo D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	22:36	—	—	19	24
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	3	4	19:18	—	—	30	34
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:30	—	—	44	45
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	15:15	—	—	39	35

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	L	42	38	4	.905	5.18	58:50

Goal anatomy

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

Mathew Barzal (NYI) 1st 1:29 · assists Anthony Duclair, Tony DeAngelo · Cycle · 6.9 mph shot.

Mathew Barzal · 1st 1:29 · NYI

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 6.9 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Jean-Gabriel Pageau · 2nd 7:21 · NYI

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.3 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 3.2 s
Type: rebound

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Matthew Schaefer · 1st 5:57 · NYI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 64.2 mph
Distance: 25 ft

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Filip Forsberg · 1st 9:59 · NSH PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 53.3 mph
Distance: 37 ft

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Matthew Wood · 1st 12:53 · NSH

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.3 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 8.6 s
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Filip Forsberg · 2nd 14:11 · NSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 5.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Roman Josi · 3rd 18:46 · NSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 69.9 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Entry to goal: 5.2 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.

Nashville Predators vs. New York IslandersJan 31, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Nashville Predators edge New York Islanders 4–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Nashville Predators

New York Islanders

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Nashville Predators

New York Islanders

Goal anatomy

Mathew Barzal · 1st 1:29 · NYI

Jean-Gabriel Pageau · 2nd 7:21 · NYI

Matthew Schaefer · 1st 5:57 · NYI

Filip Forsberg · 1st 9:59 · NSH PP

Matthew Wood · 1st 12:53 · NSH

Filip Forsberg · 2nd 14:11 · NSH

Roman Josi · 3rd 18:46 · NSH