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Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 26, 2011 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 1 27
Buffalo Sabres 5 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
10:47 BUF Luke Adam (1) Paul Szczechura (1) 0 - 1
15:23 BUF Jason Pominville (1) Thomas Vanek (1), Christian Ehrhoff (1) 0 - 2
2nd Period
06:39 WSH Jason Chimera (1) Unassisted 1 - 2
07:06 BUF Zack Kassian (1) Andrej Sekera (1), Derek Roy (1) 1 - 3
3rd Period
01:12 BUF Luke Adam (2) Paul Szczechura (2), Ville Leino (1) 1 - 4
14:39 BUF Jochen Hecht (1) SH Nathan Gerbe (1), Christian Ehrhoff (2) 1 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
02:21 WSH Jeff Schultz Holding 2
2nd Period
03:42 BUF Andrej Sekera Slashing 2
12:00 BUF Paul Gaustad Tripping 2
12:28 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Cross checking 2
18:38 BUF Ville Leino Tripping 2
18:38 WSH Alexander Semin Diving 2
3rd Period
13:36 BUF Zack Kassian High sticking 2
16:50 BUF Derek Roy Closing hand on puck 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 50 40 27 1 1.6 51.3
Buffalo Sabres 45 35 28 5 2.0 48.7

How the game went

6420246Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 1.6 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.0 expected, 5 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 6:39 of 2nd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 10:47 of 1st, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 15:23 of 1st, a 23% chanceBUF goal, 7:06 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 1:12 of 3rd, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 14:39 of 3rd, a 14% chanceBUF 2.0WSH 1.6

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
Alex Ovechkin · Troy Brouwer · Nicklas Backstrom9:1835.715.10-2
Jason Chimera · Joel Ward · Brooks Laich7:0446.238.30-1
Mike Knuble · Alexander Semin · Marcus Johansson6:0654.554.50-0
Jeff Halpern · Matt Hendricks · Mathieu Perreault5:1533.368.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Karl Alzner · John Carlson14:4865.075.30-0
Dennis Wideman · Jeff Schultz10:0652.972.80-1
Roman Hamrlik · Dmitry Orlov8:4647.413.60-1

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
20 Jason Chimera L 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 15:25 0.13 12-14 0.30-0.51
6 Dennis Wideman D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 22:00 0.11 11-15 0.34-0.59
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 -4 0 2 2 19:49 0.07 12-11 0.29-0.29
9 Mike Knuble R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:12 0.45 11-8 0.16-0.52
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 17:47 0.09 12-14 0.15-0.62
13 Alexander Semin R 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 13:31 0.04 8-6 0.13-0.12
14 Jeff Halpern C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 10:07 5-6 0.17-0.08
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:25 6-4 0.18-0.06
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -4 2 2 0 18:29 0.01 10-11 0.25-0.29
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 4 17:46 0.21 15-9 0.49-0.41
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 21:06 0.02 15-8 0.39-0.17
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 -3 0 1 4 16:47 0.01 8-13 0.07-0.35
40 Roman Hamrlik D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 15:45 0.02 13-17 0.14-1.07
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:05 0.18 11-12 0.27-0.80
55 Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 16:58 0.02 12-12 0.38-0.18
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 22:53 0.10 15-8 0.40-0.14
85 Mathieu Perreault C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:22 0.17 9-7 0.22-0.51
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:33 10-10 0.18-0.21
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
92 Tomas Vokoun 28 23 5 60:00 2.00 -3.00

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jochen Hecht · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek11:5548.047.31-0
Derek Roy · Nathan Gerbe · Zack Kassian10:0055.648.71-0
Paul Gaustad · Matt Ellis · Corey Tropp8:4433.345.80-0
Paul Szczechura · Ville Leino · Luke Adam8:1864.792.92-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Marc-Andre Gragnani14:3848.463.61-0
Jordan Leopold · Andrej Sekera13:3457.178.03-0
TJ Brennan · Brayden McNabb9:2225.042.50-0

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
25 Luke Adam C 2 0 2 2 0 2 1 12:17 0.21 13-9 0.81-0.09
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 27:32 0.09 18-18 0.95-0.65
58 Paul Szczechura C 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 09:33 0.19 12-7 0.77-0.07
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 20:58 0.31 12-14 0.40-0.47
44 Zack Kassian R 1 0 1 1 2 3 5 11:35 0.06 7-6 0.11-0.23
55 Jochen Hecht C 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 16:40 0.30 12-15 0.40-0.48
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 17:28 0.02 13-10 0.34-0.10
8 Derek Roy C 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 16:12 0.02 7-5 0.09-0.10
23 Ville Leino L 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 14:41 0.36 15-10 0.83-0.10
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 15:05 0.01 8-6 0.11-0.22
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:20 0.25 12-16 0.40-0.50
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 13:42 0.05 4-12 0.11-0.27
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 15:45 0.01 4-11 0.06-0.24
29 TJ Brennan D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:12 6-11 0.09-0.15
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 23:14 0.05 15-9 0.38-0.09
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 10:39 0.03 5-9 0.11-0.10
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 24:17 0.02 18-18 0.89-0.54
41 Corey Tropp R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:50 4-9 0.06-0.09
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth 27 26 1 60:00 1.62 +0.62