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Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 20, 2011 · HSBC Arena

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 2 39
Buffalo Sabres 1 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
06:09 WSH Mathieu Perreault (1) Matt Hendricks (1), Jason Chimera (1) 1 - 0
08:52 BUF Jason Pominville (1) PP Thomas Vanek (1), Tim Connolly (1) 1 - 1
3rd Period
10:20 WSH Marcus Johansson (1) PP Mathieu Perreault (1), Alex Ovechkin (1) 2 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
11:13 BUF Jochen Hecht Elbowing 2
13:39 BUF Tyler Myers Boarding 2
14:05 BUF Paul Gaustad Cross checking 2
18:06 BUF Shaone Morrisonn Cross checking 2
2nd Period
08:20 WSH Brooks Laich Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd Period
02:23 WSH Mathieu Perreault Hooking 2
09:15 BUF Shaone Morrisonn Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 68 51 39 2 3.5 50.0
Buffalo Sabres 51 39 29 1 1.4 50.0

How the game went

2520151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 3.5 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.4 expected, 1 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 6:09 of 2nd, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 10:20 of 3rd, a 19% chanceBUF goal, 8:52 of 2nd, a 5% chanceWSH 3.5BUF 1.4

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
Mike Knuble · Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom11:5047.625.70-0
Brooks Laich · Alexander Semin · Marcus Johansson10:3647.854.40-0
Matt Bradley · David Steckel · Boyd Gordon8:3764.387.00-0
Jason Chimera · Matt Hendricks · Mathieu Perreault7:4145.538.91-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Scott Hannan · Jeff Schultz16:3550.062.11-0
Karl Alzner · John Carlson12:3957.933.00-0
John Erskine · Tyler Sloan11:1545.545.10-0

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

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
85 Mathieu Perreault C 1 1 2 1 2 2 0 12:04 0.10 9-9 0.52-0.25
90 Marcus Johansson L 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 15:52 0.34 13-17 0.24-0.30
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 1 1 0 0 6 1 24:11 0.51 15-15 0.24-0.64
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 09:26 0.01 5-7 0.14-0.22
20 Jason Chimera L 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 10:56 0.42 9-11 0.53-0.26
4 John Erskine D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 14:04 0.02 13-13 0.34-0.32
9 Mike Knuble R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:36 0.05 15-13 0.59-0.62
13 Alexander Semin R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 19:33 0.16 14-17 0.24-0.24
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 20:59 0.36 12-13 0.25-0.57
20 David Steckel C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:16 0.15 10-6 0.36-0.10
22 Matt Bradley R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:38 0.04 11-8 0.40-0.14
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 19:12 0.60 12-14 0.24-0.27
27 Scott Hannan D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 20:38 0.01 19-18 0.57-0.51
27 Boyd Gordon C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:43 0.18 11-5 0.37-0.05
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:43 11-9 0.17-0.35
55 Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22:07 20-21 0.86-0.35
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 24:29 0.12 13-11 0.18-0.56
89 Tyler Sloan D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:05 13-18 0.63-0.36
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Semyon Varlamov W 29 28 1 59:56 1.42 +0.42

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Tim Connolly · Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis10:4568.854.70-1
Jochen Hecht · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek10:3559.367.70-0
Rob Niedermayer · Mike Grier · Paul Gaustad9:1652.957.60-0
Cody McCormick · Patrick Kaleta · Nathan Gerbe3:420.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Steve Montador15:0751.644.60-1
Chris Butler · Tyler Myers14:5361.554.70-0
Shaone Morrisonn · Mike Weber13:1042.162.80-0

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
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 17:54 0.10 17-15 0.64-0.35
12 Tim Connolly C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 19:00 0.15 13-8 0.34-0.41
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 19:12 0.46 20-17 0.68-0.41
5 Steve Montador D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:25 0.08 17-21 0.53-0.89
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19:22 12-18 0.48-0.60
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:30 1-7 0.01-0.10
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 19:22 0.05 15-13 0.38-0.75
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:08 10-11 0.20-0.17
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 07:56 0.03 3-6 0.03-0.10
25 Mike Grier R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:10 0.09 12-10 0.19-0.17
25 Chris Butler D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 18:33 0.03 19-10 0.40-0.30
27 Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 16:23 0.03 8-11 0.30-0.18
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 17:41 0.02 12-13 0.25-0.20
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 23:21 0.09 17-18 0.38-0.48
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:27 0-7 0.00-0.10
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 18:26 0.07 19-17 0.61-0.66
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 18:46 0.07 17-12 0.36-0.30
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:58 0.16 13-11 0.34-0.70
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller L 39 37 2 58:21 3.06 +1.06