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Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Apr 2, 2011 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 38
Washington Capitals 5 35

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:37 WSH Mike Knuble (1) John Carlson (1), Alex Ovechkin (1) 0 - 1
04:41 WSH Alexander Semin (1) Nicklas Backstrom (1), Marco Sturm (1) 0 - 2
06:30 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) Jason Pominville (1), Chris Butler (1) 1 - 2
09:28 BUF Drew Stafford (1) Brad Boyes (1), Tyler Myers (1) 2 - 2
3rd Period
12:35 BUF Paul Gaustad (1) Nathan Gerbe (1), Mike Weber (1) 3 - 2
14:18 WSH Mike Knuble (2) PP Brooks Laich (1), Nicklas Backstrom (2) 3 - 3
16:39 BUF Drew Stafford (2) PP Tim Connolly (1) 4 - 3
19:08 WSH Jason Arnott (1) PP Alex Ovechkin (2), Alexander Semin (1) 4 - 4
Overtime
03:19 WSH Alex Ovechkin (1) John Carlson (2), Nicklas Backstrom (3) 4 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
3rd Period
07:59 WSH Team Too many men on the ice 2
12:53 BUF Brad Boyes High sticking 2
15:48 WSH Scott Hannan Holding 2
18:35 BUF Paul Gaustad High sticking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 66 48 38 4 2.0 48.3
Washington Capitals 70 49 35 5 3.1 51.7

How the game went

4202468Start2nd3rdOTWashington 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: 2.0 expected, 4 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.1 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 6:30 of 1st, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 9:28 of 1st, a 1% chanceBUF goal, 12:35 of 3rd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 16:39 of 3rd, a 8% chanceWSH goal, 0:37 of 1st, a 17% chanceWSH goal, 4:41 of 1st, a 38% chanceWSH goal, 14:18 of 3rd, a 12% chanceWSH goal, 19:08 of 3rd, a 25% chanceWSH goal, 3:19 of overtime, a 6% chanceWSH 3.1BUF 2.0

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
Tim Connolly · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek14:1738.728.01-1
Brad Boyes · Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis13:3345.223.31-1
Paul Gaustad · Cody McCormick · Nathan Gerbe8:5070.097.31-0
Paul Gaustad · Mark Mancari · Nathan Gerbe7:0758.364.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andrej Sekera · Mike Weber20:1041.745.12-0
Chris Butler · Tyler Myers18:4550.037.51-1
Steve Montador · Marc-Andre Gragnani12:2569.259.50-0

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
18 Drew Stafford R 2 0 2 0 0 6 2 19:36 0.28 17-19 0.46-1.24
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 17:49 0.21 14-19 0.23-0.58
28 Paul Gaustad C 1 0 1 1 2 3 6 17:40 0.32 22-11 0.71-0.14
6 Mike Weber D 0 1 1 2 0 1 5 22:51 0.00 15-21 0.36-0.44
12 Tim Connolly C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 19:08 0.01 13-19 0.23-0.58
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 17:49 0.12 22-11 0.73-0.14
25 Chris Butler D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 23:13 0.09 23-27 0.68-1.56
28 Brad Boyes R 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 17:34 0.06 17-19 0.46-1.24
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 -1 0 3 1 19:29 0.07 12-19 0.23-0.58
57 Tyler Myers D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 22:58 0.16 23-25 0.68-1.14
5 Steve Montador D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 14:35 0.10 18-14 0.56-0.84
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 24:30 0.09 15-23 0.36-0.48
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 14:25 0.10 18-11 0.56-0.31
20 Rob Niedermayer C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:38 0.05 5-12 0.26-0.47
24 Mark Mancari R 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 11:22 0.21 9-11 0.36-0.29
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 07:41 4-11 0.21-0.46
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:33 0.01 18-10 0.56-0.38
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 15:27 0.13 15-18 0.38-1.24
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth 35 30 5 63:19 3.15 -1.85

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Knuble · Alex Ovechkin · Marcus Johansson13:1146.744.31-3
Marco Sturm · Alexander Semin · Nicklas Backstrom12:1170.879.31-0
Jason Arnott · Brooks Laich · Eric Fehr11:3545.552.90-0
Matt Bradley · Jason Chimera · Boyd Gordon8:5638.956.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Karl Alzner · John Carlson19:1452.561.71-1
Scott Hannan · Jeff Schultz17:5352.673.61-1
Tyler Sloan · Sean Collins10:5247.164.50-0

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
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 2 3 -1 0 7 4 20:06 0.30 17-19 0.61-0.75
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 3 3 2 0 4 2 17:58 0.62 21-8 1.14-0.28
9 Mike Knuble R 2 0 2 -2 0 2 4 18:59 0.29 15-20 0.58-0.77
13 Alexander Semin R 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 18:10 0.67 27-7 1.22-0.26
74 John Carlson D 0 2 2 1 0 1 2 25:19 0.16 26-20 0.89-0.47
44 Jason Arnott C 1 0 1 0 0 4 2 15:32 0.41 14-14 0.45-0.42
16 Marco Sturm L 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 15:16 0.07 19-9 1.04-0.26
25 Brooks Laich C 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 20:04 0.03 16-15 0.56-0.38
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 09:23 0.08 8-13 0.22-0.21
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:12 0.24 10-13 0.40-0.37
22 Matt Bradley R 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 10:59 0.07 8-15 0.22-0.20
27 Scott Hannan D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 22:29 0.01 21-26 1.07-0.79
27 Boyd Gordon C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:01 0.04 7-17 0.19-0.19
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 26:37 0.05 26-23 0.83-0.74
55 Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 22:44 0.03 25-19 1.21-0.50
62 Sean Collins D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:07 14-15 0.46-0.50
89 Tyler Sloan D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:52 8-9 0.38-0.21
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 16:18 0.09 18-18 0.64-0.71
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Michal Neuvirth 38 34 4 62:38 2.01 -1.99