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Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Nov 17, 2010 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 33
Washington Capitals 4 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
12:31 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (1) PP Alexander Semin (1), Brooks Laich (1) 0 - 1
17:04 WSH Matt Bradley (1) Jason Chimera (1), Karl Alzner (1) 0 - 2
2nd Period
02:45 WSH David Steckel (1) Jason Chimera (2), Matt Bradley (1) 0 - 3
12:07 BUF Derek Roy (1) PP Thomas Vanek (1), Tim Connolly (1) 1 - 3
12:55 BUF Jordan Leopold (1) Cody McCormick (1), Rob Niedermayer (1) 2 - 3
3rd Period
19:56 WSH Alexander Semin (1) Unassisted 2 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:41 WSH Tyler Sloan Slashing 2
10:55 BUF Chris Butler Hooking 2
11:08 BUF Tyler Myers Holding 2
2nd Period
11:32 WSH Mike Green Holding 2
14:19 WSH Alex Ovechkin Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd Period
11:17 WSH Jason Chimera Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 58 42 33 2 3.3 46.1
Washington Capitals 58 38 29 4 3.1 53.9

How the game went

4202468Start2nd3rdWashington Capitals aheadBuffalo Sabres 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 Washington Capitals had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.3 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.1 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 12:07 of 2nd, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 12:55 of 2nd, a 8% chanceWSH goal, 12:31 of 1st, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 17:04 of 1st, a 12% chanceWSH goal, 2:45 of 2nd, a 15% chanceWSH goal, 19:56 of 3rd, a 53% chanceBUF 3.3WSH 3.1

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

Buffalo Sabres
Washington Capitals

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.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Rob Niedermayer · Mike Grier · Cody McCormick14:3242.136.51-0
Jochen Hecht · Tim Connolly · Jason Pominville11:1261.554.50-1
Derek Roy · Thomas Vanek · Tyler Ennis11:1243.552.30-0
Paul Gaustad · Matt Ellis · Nathan Gerbe8:0046.217.40-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Steve Montador19:1344.739.80-1
Andrej Sekera · Tyler Myers14:1250.049.20-0
Shaone Morrisonn · Chris Butler12:4345.562.30-1

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
8 Derek Roy C 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 19:12 0.29 10-14 0.70-0.66
33 Jordan Leopold D 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 25:01 0.13 19-22 0.63-0.84
8 Cody McCormick C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:47 0.04 8-16 0.24-0.54
12 Tim Connolly C 0 1 1 -2 0 3 0 18:47 0.20 16-11 0.69-0.61
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:01 8-11 0.24-0.41
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 18:39 0.51 10-15 0.70-0.69
5 Steve Montador D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 22:35 0.05 17-23 0.53-1.11
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:58 0.09 13-12 0.48-0.47
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:56 0.01 7-7 0.06-0.17
25 Mike Grier R 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:35 0.09 8-12 0.24-0.50
25 Chris Butler D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:35 0.03 11-14 0.68-0.67
27 Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:57 0.06 10-12 0.60-0.36
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 09:51 0.02 6-12 0.04-0.29
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -2 0 6 1 19:07 0.94 16-11 0.69-0.61
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:02 6-11 0.04-0.21
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 14:49 0.51 17-11 0.71-0.60
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 21:01 0.03 12-13 0.46-0.51
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:44 0.32 11-13 0.72-0.64
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller 28 25 3 58:47 2.55 -0.45

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Knuble · Alex Ovechkin · Marcus Johansson11:3331.819.50-0
Matt Bradley · Jason Chimera · David Steckel10:1184.295.82-0
Brooks Laich · Alexander Semin · Nicklas Backstrom9:5457.135.80-0
Matt Hendricks · Boyd Gordon · Eric Fehr7:4458.362.90-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Schultz · Mike Green17:1044.725.50-1
Karl Alzner · John Carlson16:5161.966.11-0
John Erskine · Tyler Sloan11:3658.377.21-0

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
13 Alexander Semin R 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 18:30 0.11 14-11 0.30-0.45
22 Matt Bradley R 1 1 2 2 0 5 0 11:17 0.50 17-3 0.87-0.04
20 Jason Chimera L 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 12:40 0.08 17-4 0.87-0.06
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 16:39 0.09 15-12 0.23-0.50
20 David Steckel C 1 0 1 2 0 2 3 13:48 0.27 16-7 0.86-0.09
25 Brooks Laich C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 17:12 0.37 15-11 0.38-0.49
27 Karl Alzner D 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 21:59 13-8 0.52-0.27
4 John Erskine D 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 12:06 14-10 0.93-0.28
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 1 2 4 4 19:04 0.13 9-19 0.17-0.79
9 Mike Knuble R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:51 10-20 0.25-0.85
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:40 0.14 7-6 0.56-0.35
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 10:55 0.44 7-7 0.56-0.35
27 Boyd Gordon C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 12:08 0.02 8-6 0.63-0.35
27 Mike Green D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 25:04 0.16 18-22 0.51-1.13
55 Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:13 0.05 20-22 0.39-1.12
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 22:52 0.01 13-10 0.52-0.31
89 Tyler Sloan D 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 13:25 0.01 18-10 1.08-0.28
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:04 0.17 9-17 0.26-0.77
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Michal Neuvirth 33 31 2 59:58 3.33 +1.33