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Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 26, 2011 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 2 22
Buffalo Sabres 4 23

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:51 BUF Jason Pominville (1) PP Drew Stafford (1), Jordan Leopold (1) 0 - 1
03:10 BUF Matt Ellis (1) Unassisted 0 - 2
11:15 BUF Christian Ehrhoff (1) Jochen Hecht (1), Thomas Vanek (1) 0 - 3
14:14 BUF Brayden McNabb (1) PP Brad Boyes (1), Derek Roy (1) 0 - 4
2nd Period
19:43 WSH Matt Hendricks (1) Mathieu Perreault (1) 1 - 4
3rd Period
09:51 WSH Alex Ovechkin (1) PP Nicklas Backstrom (1), Dennis Wideman (1) 2 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:09 WSH Roman Hamrlik Delaying game puck over glass 2
08:11 BUF Patrick Kaleta Tripping 2
12:39 WSH Alex Ovechkin Tripping 2
19:16 BUF Mike Weber Tripping 2
2nd Period
05:23 WSH Joel Ward Hooking 2
08:53 BUF Brayden McNabb High sticking 2
3rd Period
09:07 BUF Patrick Kaleta Tripping 2
10:11 WSH Brooks Laich Tripping 2
17:06 WSH Mathieu Perreault Charging 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 54 39 22 2 1.4 50.7
Buffalo Sabres 50 42 23 4 4.0 49.3

How the game went

4202468Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 1.4 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 4.0 expected, 4 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 19:43 of 2nd, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 9:51 of 3rd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 0:51 of 1st, a 17% chanceBUF goal, 3:10 of 1st, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 11:15 of 1st, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 14:14 of 1st, a 9% chanceBUF 4.0WSH 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 · Matt Hendricks · Mathieu Perreault4:4733.324.51-1
Brooks Laich · Alex Ovechkin · Troy Brouwer3:5871.477.80-0
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson3:0057.123.10-0
Jason Chimera · Brooks Laich · Alexander Semin2:4740.025.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Hamrlik · Dennis Wideman14:1256.332.71-1
John Erskine · Dmitry Orlov11:5960.039.40-0
Karl Alzner · John Carlson11:2943.832.60-0

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
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 1 0 2 5 5 22:02 0.34 16-12 0.22-0.48
15 Matt Hendricks C 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 09:27 0.11 8-9 0.19-0.43
6 Dennis Wideman D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 24:39 0.03 18-14 0.37-0.76
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 19:49 0.14 13-10 0.18-0.58
85 Mathieu Perreault C 0 1 1 0 2 1 2 12:41 0.09 9-9 0.17-0.41
4 John Erskine D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:00 9-6 0.10-0.15
9 Mike Knuble R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:57 0.02 7-10 0.17-0.45
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:49 0.10 12-12 0.17-0.50
13 Alexander Semin R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:25 0.11 15-13 0.40-0.61
14 Jeff Halpern C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:51 3-2 0.02-0.07
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13:01 0.05 5-6 0.13-0.49
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 16:59 0.18 10-10 0.33-0.60
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:15 0.02 7-12 0.21-0.56
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 16:59 0.06 7-5 0.12-0.16
40 Roman Hamrlik D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 20:49 21-18 0.44-1.04
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 09:58 0.02 5-9 0.02-0.41
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20:15 0.04 7-10 0.21-0.49
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:27 0.11 13-13 0.31-0.57
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
92 Tomas Vokoun 17 16 1 47:08 2.38 +1.38
30 Michal Neuvirth L 6 3 3 11:15 0.53 -2.47

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brad Boyes · Derek Roy · Drew Stafford9:4844.469.80-0
Jochen Hecht · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek8:2952.675.20-0
Paul Gaustad · Cody McCormick · Patrick Kaleta8:2346.756.90-1
Matt Ellis · Luke Adam · Zack Kassian6:4044.467.21-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Mike Weber13:2650.078.21-0
Christian Ehrhoff · Brayden McNabb12:2436.457.00-1
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera11:0557.968.70-0

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
3 Brayden McNabb D 1 0 1 -1 2 3 2 17:57 0.20 8-14 0.39-0.30
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 18:01 0.19 10-10 0.67-0.23
37 Matt Ellis L 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 09:14 0.12 5-6 0.12-0.06
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 22:19 0.17 9-15 0.41-0.31
8 Derek Roy C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 20:55 0.12 12-12 0.59-0.20
18 Drew Stafford R 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 16:40 0.35 8-10 0.45-0.20
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:30 0.15 13-11 0.81-0.24
28 Brad Boyes R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 15:51 0.27 9-12 0.53-0.21
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 24:20 12-13 0.79-0.27
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 12:30 0.28 13-10 0.74-0.23
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:21 0.27 12-10 0.43-0.23
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 17:41 0.17 15-12 0.91-0.21
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 11:23 0.03 10-10 0.37-0.26
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 11:38 4-5 0.12-0.06
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 13:57 0.23 7-10 0.31-0.27
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 13:02 0.04 7-9 0.31-0.25
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17:47 16-10 0.57-0.19
44 Zack Kassian R 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11:10 10-6 0.24-0.06
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W 22 20 2 60:00 1.41 -0.59