Chicago Blackhawks vs New York Islanders — October 8, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The New York Islanders defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on October 8, 2026. A close game in the analytics too — NYI and CHI were nearly dead even in expected goals at 5-on-5 (1.71 vs 1.82). CHI had a big edge in high-danger chances, 9-5 over NYI at 5-on-5. Smith was the most dangerous skater at 5-on-5, racking up 0.44 individual expected goals on 2 shots. Horvat put up 2 goals. CHI outshot NYI 23-19.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Chicago Blackhawks vs New York Islanders progressed on Oct 8, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

CHI1 - 4NYI

Oct 8, 2026 · Regular Season

Strength:

Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
NYI	P1	10	17	37.0	8	11	42.1	6	5	54.5	7	15	31.8	1	4	20.0	0.92	0.70	56.8	1	0	100.0
	P2	13	16	44.8	10	12	45.5	7	11	38.9	8	12	40.0	1	3	25.0	0.83	0.84	49.8	2	0	100.0
	P3	14	21	40.0	9	12	42.9	6	7	46.2	14	18	43.8	4	3	57.1	0.67	0.89	42.9	1	1	50.0
	Total	37	54	40.7	27	35	43.5	19	23	45.2	29	45	39.2	6	10	37.5	2.42	2.43	49.9	4	1	80.0
CHI	P1	17	10	63.0	11	8	57.9	5	6	45.5	15	7	68.2	4	1	80.0	0.70	0.92	43.2	0	1	0.0
	P2	16	13	55.2	12	10	54.5	11	7	61.1	12	8	60.0	3	1	75.0	0.84	0.83	50.2	0	2	0.0
	P3	21	14	60.0	12	9	57.1	7	6	53.8	18	14	56.3	3	4	42.9	0.89	0.67	57.1	1	1	50.0
	Total	54	37	59.3	35	27	56.5	23	19	54.8	45	29	60.8	10	6	62.5	2.43	2.42	50.1	1	4	20.0

Win Probability

NYI Favored

CHI Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

NYI

CHI

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

CHI Attempts

NYI Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

CHI ShootNYI Shoot

Shot on Net

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Shot Blocked

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (NYI) performed against every skater on the away team (CHI) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = NYI players, Columns = CHI players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the NYI player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

NYI ↓ / CHI →	Frondell	Nazar	Moore	Greene	Donato	Toninato	Bertuzzi	Greenway	Lardis	Kantserov	Kane	Smith	Byram	Rinzel	Vlasic	Cole	Levshunov	Kaiser
Horvat	0	75	70	100	57	71	0	100	67	25	83	100	64	60	100	100	75	100
Pageau	30	60	57	40	50	—	30	0	57	30	46	50	30	38	40	50	75	56
Schenn	20	57	33	36	50	50	20	22	57	25	50	33	38	29	50	47	57	11
Palmieri	0	100	78	100	67	71	0	100	100	33	100	100	64	63	100	100	75	100
Cizikas	44	50	38	13	25	0	40	14	67	40	33	25	38	33	0	13	67	44
Ritchie	25	40	0	20	50	50	33	20	57	50	40	14	29	40	25	43	38	17
Heineman	0	75	60	100	50	56	0	—	100	25	75	—	55	63	33	33	67	100
Duclair	33	56	50	40	33	—	40	0	50	40	63	40	33	29	40	50	67	56
Maccelli	44	75	50	63	0	0	40	60	100	40	67	75	58	50	50	57	70	60
Palat	57	100	100	40	—	—	50	50	100	50	100	60	83	40	33	0	86	71
Holmstrom	20	45	38	33	33	—	22	0	50	22	40	20	15	17	40	50	45	50
Eklund	25	40	0	11	50	50	33	11	57	50	40	9	29	29	17	27	38	14
Schaefer	14	42	42	36	50	57	13	27	57	14	36	36	44	29	45	46	42	9
Pelech	33	73	54	43	44	60	33	0	67	33	57	50	38	42	44	50	71	60
Pulock	27	70	44	50	44	50	25	—	67	25	64	100	33	44	33	44	78	54
Stanley	40	38	44	33	57	57	33	25	50	43	36	40	53	50	25	25	55	40
DeAngelo	0	100	67	20	0	0	0	22	67	—	100	18	20	33	17	25	50	40
Mayfield	100	67	100	25	100	100	100	20	100	100	100	20	50	100	25	0	80	100