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Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 13, 2010 · HSBC Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 2 25
Buffalo Sabres 3 27

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:03 WSH Karl Alzner (1) Alexander Semin (1) 1 - 0
2nd Period
10:10 BUF Steve Montador (1) Mike Grier (1), Jordan Leopold (1) 1 - 1
16:29 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) PP Jordan Leopold (2), Tim Connolly (1) 1 - 2
3rd Period
07:09 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (1) Jason Chimera (1), John Erskine (1) 2 - 2
Overtime
04:00 BUF Thomas Vanek (2) Derek Roy (1), Jordan Leopold (3) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:38 WSH David Steckel Delaying game puck over glass 2
11:04 BUF Tim Connolly Slashing 2
2nd Period
03:46 WSH Jason Chimera Cross checking 2
03:46 WSH Jason Chimera Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
16:05 WSH Tomas Fleischmann High sticking double minor 4
16:05 BUF Derek Roy Hooking 2
3rd Period
17:06 WSH Nicklas Backstrom High sticking double minor 4

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 42 31 25 2 1.5 50.0
Buffalo Sabres 55 38 27 3 2.8 50.0

How the game went

1050510Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo Sabres aheadWashington Capitals ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 1.5 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.8 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTWSH goal, 8:03 of 1st, a 2% chanceWSH goal, 7:09 of 3rd, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 10:10 of 2nd, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 16:29 of 2nd, a 34% chanceBUF goal, 4:00 of overtime, a 11% chanceBUF 2.8WSH 1.5

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. 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.

Where the attempts came from

Washington Capitals
Buffalo Sabres

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Chimera · Tomas Fleischmann · Eric Fehr7:2755.638.00-0
Alexander Semin · Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom7:2556.353.41-1
Mike Knuble · Brooks Laich · Marcus Johansson5:5554.568.00-0
Matt Bradley · Matt Hendricks · David Steckel5:1825.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Karl Alzner · John Carlson19:1653.834.31-0
Jeff Schultz · Mike Green15:5050.035.00-0
John Erskine · Tyler Sloan10:4343.568.01-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 1 4 4 1 18:57 0.30 11-10 0.44-0.37
27 Karl Alzner D 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 22:45 0.02 7-6 0.17-0.33
4 John Erskine D 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 13:50 11-14 0.57-0.30
13 Alexander Semin R 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 17:48 0.13 12-10 0.38-0.33
20 Jason Chimera L 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 15:36 0.05 8-10 0.36-0.36
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 17:38 0.16 12-8 0.46-0.30
9 Mike Knuble R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:19 7-9 0.33-0.29
12 Tomas Fleischmann L 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 11:37 0.02 6-7 0.15-0.30
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 14:00 0.05 5-6 0.07-0.19
20 David Steckel C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 12:28 2-7 0.02-0.17
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 14:30 0.27 11-7 0.38-0.27
22 Matt Bradley R 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 08:51 1-6 0.00-0.17
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:57 0.02 10-11 0.28-0.34
27 Mike Green D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25:53 0.08 12-11 0.35-0.43
55 Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 24:25 0.02 14-12 0.37-0.43
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24:32 10-7 0.31-0.41
89 Tyler Sloan D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:20 0.03 10-14 0.45-0.21
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:25 0.29 11-5 0.47-0.10
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby OTL 27 24 3 64:00 2.83 -0.17

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rob Niedermayer · Mike Grier · Cody McCormick10:1754.553.71-2
Derek Roy · Thomas Vanek · Tyler Ennis10:0928.641.90-0
Jochen Hecht · Tim Connolly · Jason Pominville9:2366.757.40-0
Paul Gaustad · Matt Ellis · Patrick Kaleta8:3938.526.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrej Sekera · Tyler Myers15:0152.053.70-1
Jordan Leopold · Steve Montador14:5947.133.11-0
Shaone Morrisonn · Chris Butler12:1140.037.90-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 3 3 2 0 1 1 23:33 0.02 10-9 0.30-0.31
26 Thomas Vanek L 2 0 2 1 0 3 0 21:30 0.86 4-9 0.31-0.47
5 Steve Montador D 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 20:30 0.02 9-11 0.17-0.45
8 Derek Roy C 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 19:22 0.26 2-7 0.21-0.34
12 Tim Connolly C 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 18:15 0.25 14-10 0.42-0.46
25 Mike Grier R 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 17:10 0.02 9-5 0.15-0.07
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 21:28 0.02 14-12 0.49-0.36
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 13:13 6-6 0.08-0.07
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:01 0.14 9-7 0.28-0.07
25 Chris Butler D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:22 8-10 0.28-0.29
27 Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:24 8-9 0.32-0.29
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11:24 6-9 0.08-0.24
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 17:55 0.29 13-7 0.42-0.33
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:46 0.25 6-11 0.16-0.24
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:07 0.16 6-8 0.16-0.22
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 17:16 0.30 17-8 0.50-0.36
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 26:12 0.02 15-13 0.56-0.51
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:32 0.21 4-9 0.38-0.46
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W 25 23 2 64:00 1.45 -0.55