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New York Islanders, 2020-21

Be the GM of the New York Islanders Take over the 2020-21 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

MassMutual East Division Made the playoffs

2020-21 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
12 56 32-17-7 71 0.634 156 128 +28 21-4-3 11-13-4

Records are wins, then losses, then losses in overtime or a shootout.

Analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Five-on-five, from 56 games. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones. What these numbers mean

48.5Corsi for %20th of 31 · 2,319 attempts for, 2,458 against
49.4Fenwick for %16th of 31 · unblocked attempts
50.2Shots for %14th of 31 · shots on goal
53.0Expected goals for %10th of 31 · 113.1 expected for, 100.4 against
55.7Goals for %6th of 31 · 112 for, 89 against
101.7PDO8.6% shooting + 93.1% saves

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 31 teams: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO is left plain, since it is neither good nor bad on its own.

Form through the season

Share of expected goals Share of shot attempts

40%45%50%55%60%Game 20Game 40Expected goalsShot attemptsThe team's share over its last 10 games

Each point looks back over the last 10 games at five-on-five. Above 50% the team was getting the better of play, below it the worse. The expected goals line counts each chance for what it was worth, and the shot attempts line counts them all alike.

Lines and pairings

The three forwards and the two defencemen who spent the most time on the ice together at five-on-five, and how the team did while they were out: its share of the shot attempts and of the expected goals, and the goals for and against. Time is minutes and seconds across the season.

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Cal Clutterbuck · Matt Martin · Casey Cizikas48377:1544.950.813-13
Josh Bailey · Brock Nelson · Anthony Beauvillier40358:5950.258.018-6
Jordan Eberle · Anders Lee · Mathew Barzal26223:3058.064.315-8
Leo Komarov · Jordan Eberle · Mathew Barzal19163:4355.062.09-3
Josh Bailey · Anders Lee · Mathew Barzal1195:2049.153.05-1
Jean-Gabriel Pageau · Anthony Beauvillier · Oliver Wahlstrom1986:5243.347.74-1
Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Adam Pelech · Ryan Pulock56776:0953.560.436-22
Nick Leddy · Scott Mayfield55700:3446.650.223-24
Andy Greene · Noah Dobson45444:2850.050.516-11
Andy Greene · Ryan Pulock46102:5146.857.44-1
Nick Leddy · Noah Dobson4394:2847.049.24-7

The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines and pairs that played a fair amount together: at least a tenth of the time of the busiest one. Hover over one for its percentile.

Where the shots come from

Shots for
Shots against

Every attempt in all situations, with the net being shot at on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot. Click a line in a key to see only that kind; Goals marks where each one was scored from.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
1st Round Pittsburgh Penguins Won 4-2
2nd Round Boston Bruins Won 4-2
Stanley Cup Semifinals Tampa Bay Lightning Lost 3-4

Value for money

$75.9MCap space usedthe cap hits of its 23 ranked players
$84.7MWorth at the going rate93.7 goals above replacement
+$8.8MValue13th of 31 · worth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

What the team got for its cap space in the regular season, counting the players with enough games to be ranked and a known contract. A player's season is worth what teams as a whole paid for one like it, and value is that less his cap hit. A player who changed teams is shared out by the games he played for each. How value is worked out

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it. Colours show where each number ranks in the league, from green (top fifth) to red (bottom fifth). Hover over a number for its percentile.

Cap hit is what a player counts against the salary cap this season. A star beside it means a former team pays part of it, and the amount shown is this team's share. Value is what his season was worth at the going rate, minus his cap hit. It appears once he has played enough to be ranked.

CF% and xGF% are the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals while he was on the ice at five-on-five. Rating is goals above replacement: the goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player who played the same minutes. For a player who changed teams, these numbers cover his whole season.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits CF% xGF% Rating Cap hit Value
Mathew Barzal C 55 17 28 45 15 48 134 22 54.1 58.6 +8.6 $7M+$2.4M
Josh Bailey R 54 8 27 35 12 4 77 13 46.8 52.4 +2.3 $5M-$2M
Brock Nelson C 56 18 15 33 -5 14 121 36 47.9 51.6 +4.7 $6M-$561K
Jordan Eberle R 55 16 17 33 9 16 128 30 56.0 60.3 +7.8 $5.5M+$3.1M
Nick Leddy D 56 2 29 31 -3 8 79 58 46.4 50.9 -0.2 $5.5M-$5M
Anthony Beauvillier R 47 15 13 28 15 12 109 39 47.4 54.3 +4.1 $2.1M+$2.7M
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C 54 14 14 28 10 10 81 111 45.7 49.6 +2.6 $5M-$1.7M
Oliver Wahlstrom R 44 12 9 21 2 21 94 57 48.7 52.0 +3.3 $894K+$3.2M
Anders Lee L 27 12 7 19 11 12 80 39 55.7 59.0 +4.4 $7M-$1.8M
Ryan Pulock D 56 2 15 17 15 8 121 97 51.3 57.4 +8.0 $5M+$3.8M
Scott Mayfield D 56 2 13 15 2 38 79 76 47.2 51.3 +0.4 $1.45M-$341K
Adam Pelech D 56 4 10 14 15 18 82 66 52.1 58.9 +9.3 $1.6M+$8.5M
Casey Cizikas C 56 7 7 14 -2 27 72 112 44.1 49.4 +2.0 $3.35M-$655K
Noah Dobson D 46 3 11 14 1 8 69 40 49.0 50.1 +1.2 $894K+$1.1M
Cal Clutterbuck R 50 4 7 11 -5 10 50 191 44.4 49.1 +0.7 $3.5M-$2.1M
Matt Martin L 54 6 5 11 -2 36 68 181 45.0 50.2 +0.0 $1.5M-$796K
Leo Komarov R 33 1 7 8 7 15 27 83 48.5 55.7 -0.3 $3M-$2.6M
Andy Greene D 55 1 4 5 9 6 50 41 46.7 49.1 -0.8 $700K-$813K
Kyle Palmieri C 17 2 2 4 -3 2 31 25 49.7 48.2 +0.7 $4.65M-$3.2M
Michael Dal Colle L 26 1 3 4 1 4 19 32 50.9 54.7 -0.4 $700K-$379K
Kieffer Bellows L 14 3 0 3 0 4 19 36 49.4 46.0 0.0 $894K
Sebastian Aho D 3 1 1 2 -1 2 4 1 41.5 43.8 +0.2 $725K
Thomas Hickey D 5 0 2 2 5 0 2 10 49.6 59.1 +0.6 $2.5M
Travis Zajac C 13 1 1 2 -1 0 16 10 49.7 45.7 +0.0 $5.75M-$5M
Ross Johnston L 12 0 1 1 -3 35 5 43 39.4 45.4 -1.2 $1M
Austin Czarnik C 4 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 50.0 46.2 -0.4 $725K
Braydon Coburn D 3 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 42.8 42.0 -2.5 $1.7M
Dmytro Timashov L 1 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 30.8 11.7 -0.2 $700K
Goalie GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Saved above xG Rating Cap hit Value
Semyon Varlamov 36 191147 1020 948 72 2.04 0.929 +15.4 +24.3 $5M+$3M
Ilya Sorokin 22 13633 563 517 46 2.17 0.918 +6.0 +11.3 $2M+$2.1M

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
May 10, 2021 @ BOS L 2-3 (OT) 18 38
May 8, 2021 vs NJD W 5-1 27 24
May 6, 2021 vs NJD L 1-2 33 25
May 4, 2021 @ BUF L 3-4 (SO) 48 31
May 3, 2021 @ BUF L 2-4 36 40
May 1, 2021 vs NYR W 3-0 25 28
Apr 29, 2021 @ NYR W 4-0 27 25
Apr 27, 2021 @ WSH L 0-1 18 33
Apr 24, 2021 vs WSH L 3-6 24 30
Apr 22, 2021 vs WSH L 0-1 (SO) 26 28
Apr 20, 2021 vs NYR W 6-1 28 26
Apr 18, 2021 @ PHI W 1-0 (OT) 28 30
Apr 16, 2021 @ BOS L 0-3 25 28
Apr 15, 2021 @ BOS L 1-4 23 45
Apr 11, 2021 vs NYR W 3-2 (OT) 32 26
Apr 9, 2021 vs NYR L 1-4 32 36
Apr 8, 2021 vs PHI W 3-2 (SO) 23 27
Apr 6, 2021 vs WSH W 1-0 39 29
Apr 3, 2021 vs PHI W 3-2 (SO) 24 32
Apr 1, 2021 vs WSH W 8-4 33 22
Mar 29, 2021 @ PIT L 1-2 25 22
Mar 27, 2021 @ PIT L 3-6 32 21
Mar 25, 2021 @ BOS W 4-3 (OT) 27 32
Mar 22, 2021 @ PHI W 2-1 (OT) 20 37
Mar 20, 2021 vs PHI W 6-1 28 24
Mar 18, 2021 vs PHI L 3-4 25 31
Mar 16, 2021 @ WSH L 1-3 22 22
Mar 14, 2021 @ NJD W 3-2 (SO) 34 31
Mar 13, 2021 @ NJD W 3-2 29 28
Mar 11, 2021 vs NJD W 5-3 33 22
Mar 9, 2021 vs BOS W 2-1 (SO) 27 33
Mar 7, 2021 vs BUF W 5-2 30 26
Mar 6, 2021 vs BUF W 5-2 29 22
Mar 4, 2021 vs BUF W 5-2 45 18
Mar 2, 2021 @ NJD W 2-1 20 29
Feb 28, 2021 vs PIT W 2-0 30 20
Feb 27, 2021 vs PIT L 3-4 (OT) 27 31
Feb 25, 2021 vs BOS W 7-2 37 36
Feb 22, 2021 vs BUF W 3-2 23 36
Feb 20, 2021 @ PIT L 2-3 35 18
Feb 18, 2021 @ PIT L 1-4 32 37
Feb 16, 2021 @ BUF W 3-0 24 20
Feb 15, 2021 @ BUF W 3-1 29 21
Feb 13, 2021 vs BOS W 4-2 42 30
Feb 11, 2021 vs PIT L 3-4 (SO) 29 35
Feb 8, 2021 @ NYR W 2-0 30 30
Feb 6, 2021 vs PIT W 4-3 26 31
Jan 31, 2021 @ PHI L 3-4 (OT) 36 29
Jan 30, 2021 @ PHI L 2-3 (OT) 28 17
Jan 28, 2021 @ WSH L 3-6 30 23
Jan 26, 2021 @ WSH L 2-3 34 37
Jan 24, 2021 @ NJD L 0-2 28 24
Jan 21, 2021 vs NJD W 4-1 35 31
Jan 18, 2021 vs BOS W 1-0 17 27
Jan 16, 2021 @ NYR L 0-5 23 32
Jan 14, 2021 @ NYR W 4-0 33 24