New York IslandersNYI 1–4 Final Washington CapitalsWSH

Monday, February 2, 2026

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
New York IslandersNYI 100 1 30
Washington CapitalsWSH 022 4 25

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
16:38 NYI Mathew Barzal (15) Unassisted · wrist xG 0.22 1–0 ▶
2nd Period
5:29 WSH Martin Fehérváry (4) Tom Wilson (26), Nic Dowd (12) · snap xG 0.07 1–1 ▶
6:00 WSH Anthony Beauvillier (11) Matt Roy (14), Alex Ovechkin (25) · wrap-around xG 0.04 1–2 ▶
3rd Period
8:46 WSH Nic Dowd (4) Rasmus Sandin (16), Ethen Frank (12) · snap xG 0.16 1–3 ▶
17:35 WSH John Carlson (10)EN Aliaksei Protas (19) · snap xG 0.38 1–4 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

NYI 58%Deserve to win42% WSH
NYIWSH
3.13Expected goals3.05
1Goals (no shootout)4
2.01Expected goals, 5 on 51.98
73Shot attempts48
50Unblocked attempts35
30Shots on goal25

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

1st Period
19:58 NYI Deserve to win Deserve to win · NYI takes the lead, 62–38%
WSH had led since 11:08 of the 1st, by as much as 63%
2nd Period
3:40 NYI xG swing xG swing · Out-chanced WSH 1.18–0.02
In xG over 10 minutes, 14:10 of the 1st to 4:10 of the 2nd; goals 1–0
3rd Period
14:43 NYI Pulled goalie Pulled goalie · Pulled Rittich, down 3–1
With 5:17 left; WSH scored at 17:35 of the 3rd (1–4)
15:28 WSH Goalie Goalie · Stevenson +2.0 goals saved
1 goal on 3.04 xG, 29 shots on goal

Shot map

NYI shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ WSH shoots
Carson Soucy: slap, 65 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 0:13) Scott Mayfield: snap, 74 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 0:16) Adam Pelech: slap, 66 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 1:58) Ryan Leonard: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.11 (P1 2:23) Emil Heineman: slap, 41 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 3:33) Tony DeAngelo: snap, 57 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 3:39) Anthony Duclair: slap, 49 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 3:49) Tony DeAngelo: wrist, 55 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 4:16) Tony DeAngelo: wrist, 56 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 4:23) Justin Sourdif: snap, 10 ft, xG 0.25 (P1 4:38) Ryan Pulock: snap, 50 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 7:59) Aliaksei Protas: snap, 70 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 8:07) Justin Sourdif: backhand, 5 ft, xG 0.10 (P1 8:15) Jonathan Drouin: backhand, 13 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 10:21) Alex Ovechkin: slap, 47 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 10:56) Tom Wilson: tip-in, 11 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 11:08) Bo Horvat: backhand, 9 ft, xG 0.18 (P1 11:34) Anthony Beauvillier: backhand, 7 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 12:57) Casey Cizikas: snap, 8 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 14:47) Kyle MacLean: slap, 52 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 15:16) Marc Gatcomb: tip-in, 24 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 15:17) Casey Cizikas: snap, 7 ft, xG 0.09 (P1 15:18) Anthony Duclair: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 15:45) Emil Heineman: snap, 47 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 16:51) Trevor van Riemsdyk: slap, 58 ft, xG 0.02 (P1 17:51) Ondrej Palat: snap, 19 ft, xG 0.17 (P1 19:39) Bo Horvat: snap, 19 ft, xG 0.16 (P1 19:58) Emil Heineman: slap, 36 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 1:30) Casey Cizikas: tip-in, 6 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 3:33) Casey Cizikas: snap, 8 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 3:34) Casey Cizikas: snap, 10 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 3:34) Simon Holmstrom: backhand, 15 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 4:02) Anthony Beauvillier: tip-in, 13 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 5:52) Matt Roy: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 5:54) Hendrix Lapierre: wrist, 38 ft, xG 0.06 (P2 6:28) Emil Heineman: wrist, 58 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 6:56) Emil Heineman: wrist, 28 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 7:01) Ondrej Palat: snap, 53 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 7:08) Anders Lee: deflected, 11 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 8:41) Nic Dowd: tip-in, 14 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 9:29) Kyle MacLean: snap, 21 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 12:52) Bo Horvat: snap, 32 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 15:19) Brandon Duhaime: backhand, 7 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 16:29) Matt Roy: snap, 60 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 16:37) Justin Sourdif: deflected, 23 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 16:51) Justin Sourdif: wrist, 16 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 17:25) Rasmus Sandin: snap, 58 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 17:35) Brandon Duhaime: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 18:15) Simon Holmstrom: snap, 16 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 19:08) Marc Gatcomb: snap, 93 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 19:58) Tom Wilson: slap, 45 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 0:13) Tom Wilson: snap, 40 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 0:24) Jakob Chychrun: snap, 18 ft, xG 0.21 (P3 0:26) Carson Soucy: snap, 55 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 1:24) Carson Soucy: snap, 45 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 1:45) Jakob Chychrun: snap, 46 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 2:27) Casey Cizikas: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 2:35) Ryan Leonard: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 3:08) Justin Sourdif: slap, 15 ft, xG 0.14 (P3 3:25) Dylan Strome: wrist, 31 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 3:34) Bo Horvat: snap, 37 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 4:04) Ryan Leonard: poke, 9 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 4:52) Matthew Schaefer: snap, 20 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 5:12) Matthew Schaefer: backhand, 38 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 5:22) Sonny Milano: wrist, 12 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 5:30) Marc Gatcomb: snap, 32 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 7:32) Simon Holmstrom: snap, 27 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 10:14) Aliaksei Protas: snap, 34 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 10:38) Tom Wilson: deflected, 15 ft, xG 0.22 (P3 10:41) Casey Cizikas: tip-in, 18 ft, xG 0.06 (P3 11:48) Kyle MacLean: deflected, 7 ft, xG 0.14 (P3 12:12) Rasmus Sandin: snap, 60 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 12:46) Alex Ovechkin: wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 12:50) Ondrej Palat: snap, 20 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 14:18) Scott Mayfield: snap, 31 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 14:38) Scott Mayfield: backhand, 15 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 14:40) Matthew Schaefer: snap, 56 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 15:06) Simon Holmstrom: slap, 45 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 15:28) Matthew Schaefer: snap, 60 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 17:27) Marc Gatcomb: snap, 42 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 17:52) Mathew Barzal: GOAL, wrist, 17 ft, xG 0.22 (P1 16:38) Martin Fehérváry: GOAL, snap, 39 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 5:29) Anthony Beauvillier: GOAL, wrap-around, 5 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 6:00) Nic Dowd: GOAL, snap, 14 ft, xG 0.16 (P3 8:46) John Carlson: GOAL, snap, 181 ft, xG 0.38 (P3 17:35)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

New York Islanders

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
92 Simon Holmstrom 000 -1 60.27 0121:22
14 Bo Horvat 000 -2 60.49 0020:00
13 Mathew Barzal 101 -1 10.22 0018:22
81 Ondrej Palat 000 -2 30.30 1117:28
51 Emil Heineman 000 0 60.22 4216:09
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau 000 -2 10.00 3115:24
92 Jonathan Drouin 000 0 20.02 1014:22
53 Casey Cizikas 000 0 70.59 0113:56
72 Anders Lee 000 -1 10.10 0011:35
11 Anthony Duclair 000 -2 20.07 1111:34
17 Marc Gatcomb 000 0 40.18 3011:02
32 Kyle MacLean 000 0 50.20 2010:50
Defense
48 Matthew Schaefer 000 -2 70.24 0223:23
3 Adam Pelech 000 -2 30.01 0021:14
77 Tony DeAngelo 000 -1 50.09 1120:52
6 Ryan Pulock 000 0 20.00 0220:09
7 Carson Soucy 000 0 70.03 2014:33
24 Scott Mayfield 000 0 50.08 0013:28
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
David Rittich 24321 .875 2.68 -0.32

Washington Capitals

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
17 Dylan Strome 000 +3 10.07 0119:29
72 Anthony Beauvillier 101 +2 30.27 2218:28
21 Aliaksei Protas 011 +1 20.03 2118:06
34 Justin Sourdif 000 -1 50.72 4017:23
8 Alex Ovechkin 011 +2 40.08 2017:15
43 Tom Wilson 011 0 40.39 4316:50
24 Brandon Duhaime 000 0 30.07 1115:22
26 Nic Dowd 112 +1 20.18 2114:24
9 Ryan Leonard 000 0 50.31 1013:50
53 Ethen Frank 011 +1 00.00 0313:46
22 Hendrix Lapierre 000 0 30.06 2108:42
15 Sonny Milano 000 0 20.08 1007:21
Defense
6 Jakob Chychrun 000 0 30.26 1323:19
74 John Carlson 101 +2 10.38 0121:36
3 Matt Roy 011 0 30.05 3019:23
42 Martin Fehérváry 101 +2 20.07 1219:00
38 Rasmus Sandin 011 +1 20.03 1016:25
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk 000 +1 30.02 0415:21
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Clay Stevenson 30129 .967 3.13 +2.13

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

New York Islanders

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
53 Casey Cizikas C +1.04 0.00 +0.38 +0.63 0.00 +0.03 -0.01 — 13:56
32 Kyle MacLean C +0.67 0.00 +0.13 +0.53 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 10:50
13 Mathew Barzal C +0.63 +0.75 +0.15 -0.25 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 18:22
10 Simon Holmstrom R +0.47 0.00 +0.18 +0.25 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 21:22
51 Emil Heineman L +0.46 0.00 +0.14 +0.23 0.00 -0.01 +0.10 — 16:09
16 Marc Gatcomb C +0.45 0.00 +0.12 +0.34 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 11:02
24 Scott Mayfield D +0.28 0.00 +0.05 +0.41 -0.15 0.00 -0.02 — 13:28
77 Tony DeAngelo D +0.19 0.00 +0.06 +0.11 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 20:56
4 Carson Soucy D +0.12 0.00 +0.02 +0.27 -0.15 0.00 -0.02 — 14:33
29 Jonathan Drouin L -0.04 0.00 +0.01 -0.03 0.00 -0.03 0.00 — 14:22
44 Jean-Gabriel Pageau C -0.13 0.00 0.00 -0.24 0.00 +0.06 +0.05 — 15:24
33 David Rittich G -0.17 0.00 — — +0.15 — — -0.32 57:08
48 Matthew Schaefer D -0.19 0.00 +0.16 -0.31 -0.15 0.00 +0.12 — 23:23
27 Anders Lee L -0.21 0.00 +0.06 -0.28 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 11:35
81 Ondrej Palat L -0.29 0.00 +0.20 -0.64 +0.15 0.00 +0.01 — 17:28
6 Ryan Pulock D -0.35 0.00 0.00 -0.42 0.00 0.00 +0.06 — 20:05
14 Bo Horvat C -0.38 0.00 +0.32 -0.64 0.00 -0.06 0.00 — 20:00
11 Anthony Duclair L -0.59 0.00 +0.05 -0.54 -0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 11:34
3 Adam Pelech D -0.76 0.00 +0.01 -0.79 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 21:14

Washington Capitals

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
33 Clay Stevenson G +2.13 0.00 — — 0.00 — — +2.13 60:00
26 Nic Dowd C +1.66 +1.30 +0.12 +0.19 0.00 -0.02 +0.07 — 14:24
43 Tom Wilson R +1.64 +0.70 +0.26 +0.57 0.00 0.00 +0.11 — 16:50
38 Rasmus Sandin D +1.61 +0.70 +0.02 +0.86 0.00 0.00 +0.04 — 16:25
21 Aliaksei Protas C +1.04 +0.70 +0.02 +0.28 0.00 +0.01 +0.03 — 18:06
72 Anthony Beauvillier L +1.03 +0.75 +0.17 +0.03 0.00 0.00 +0.08 — 18:28
53 Ethen Frank C +1.00 +0.55 0.00 +0.28 0.00 0.00 +0.17 — 13:46
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D +0.96 0.00 +0.01 +0.75 0.00 0.00 +0.20 — 15:21
34 Justin Sourdif R +0.93 0.00 +0.47 +0.31 +0.15 -0.01 +0.02 — 17:23
8 Alex Ovechkin L +0.90 +0.55 +0.05 +0.30 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 17:15
3 Matt Roy D +0.71 +0.70 +0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 19:23
42 Martin Fehérváry D +0.44 +0.75 +0.04 -0.42 0.00 0.00 +0.06 — 19:00
6 Jakob Chychrun D +0.38 0.00 +0.17 +0.11 0.00 0.00 +0.11 — 23:19
74 John Carlson D +0.32 +0.75 +0.24 -0.74 0.00 0.00 +0.07 — 21:36
15 Sonny Milano L +0.21 0.00 +0.05 +0.18 0.00 +0.01 -0.04 — 7:21
29 Hendrix Lapierre C +0.03 0.00 +0.04 -0.02 0.00 -0.03 +0.03 — 8:42
17 Dylan Strome C -0.10 0.00 +0.05 -0.21 0.00 +0.03 +0.03 — 19:29
9 Ryan Leonard R -0.25 0.00 +0.20 -0.56 +0.15 0.00 -0.04 — 13:50
22 Brandon Duhaime R -0.44 0.00 +0.04 -0.53 0.00 +0.01 +0.03 — 15:22

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.