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Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Dec 30, 2011 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 26
Washington Capitals 3 21

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:42 WSH Alex Ovechkin (1) PP Tomas Vokoun (1) 0 - 1
2nd Period
03:52 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (1) Alexander Semin (1), Roman Hamrlik (1) 0 - 2
15:02 BUF Jochen Hecht (1) Thomas Vanek (1), Jason Pominville (1) 1 - 2
3rd Period
14:10 WSH Alex Ovechkin (2) Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alexander Semin (2) 1 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:27 BUF Mike Weber Boarding 2
03:52 WSH Joel Ward Slashing 2
10:27 BUF Brayden McNabb Hooking 2
12:26 WSH Jason Chimera Fighting 5
12:26 BUF Mike Weber Fighting 5
16:49 BUF Christian Ehrhoff Fighting 5
16:49 WSH Troy Brouwer Fighting 5

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 63 40 26 1 3.1 63.6
Washington Capitals 40 29 21 3 1.5 36.4

How the game went

20151050510Start2nd3rdWashington 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: 3.1 expected, 1 scored · Washington Capitals: 1.5 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 15:02 of 2nd, a 30% chanceWSH goal, 1:42 of 1st, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 3:52 of 2nd, a 10% chanceWSH goal, 14:10 of 3rd, a 9% chanceBUF 3.1WSH 1.5

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
Jochen Hecht · Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek13:3868.084.21-0
Paul Gaustad · Matt Ellis · Zack Kassian8:1464.344.60-1
Derek Roy · Drew Stafford · Patrick Kaleta7:5475.091.40-0
Brad Boyes · Cody McCormick · Luke Adam5:0777.891.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Robyn Regehr · Mike Weber14:1345.061.10-2
Jordan Leopold · Marc-Andre Gragnani9:2578.673.60-0
Jordan Leopold · Brayden McNabb6:3560.082.30-0

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
55 Jochen Hecht C 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 19:37 0.81 20-9 1.64-0.28
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 17:02 0.66 18-9 1.59-0.34
29 Jason Pominville R 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 18:34 0.21 19-8 1.69-0.28
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 21:29 0.01 25-12 1.56-0.40
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 7 0 2 22:49 21-13 1.56-0.62
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:28 0.10 13-9 0.49-0.36
8 Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:54 0.08 8-4 0.19-0.09
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:35 0.08 16-8 0.36-0.22
25 Luke Adam C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:22 0.05 11-5 0.25-0.07
28 Brad Boyes R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:06 0.04 11-8 0.30-0.22
28 Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 13:51 0.21 11-8 0.44-0.48
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25:58 0.03 29-12 1.07-0.30
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 15:17 0.18 10-7 0.19-0.17
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 13:14 0.42 15-10 0.68-0.55
38 Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:54 20-7 0.57-0.23
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 21:25 0.04 15-14 0.86-0.57
44 Zack Kassian R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 16:18 0.15 16-11 0.64-0.55
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 0 5 0 1 07:23 2-6 0.00-0.28
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller L 21 18 3 58:29 1.48 -1.52

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alexander Semin · Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom14:3144.029.72-0
Jason Chimera · Joel Ward · Brooks Laich10:5528.014.80-1
Jeff Halpern · Troy Brouwer · Marcus Johansson9:4440.047.80-0
Mike Knuble · Matt Hendricks · Jay Beagle6:2622.253.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Karl Alzner · John Carlson17:2741.425.30-1
Roman Hamrlik · Dennis Wideman14:3845.833.01-0
John Erskine · Dmitry Orlov11:1040.043.80-0

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
8 Alex Ovechkin L 2 0 2 2 0 4 4 19:59 0.39 14-16 0.56-1.04
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 20:32 0.17 12-18 0.46-1.20
13 Alexander Semin R 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 17:12 0.07 12-15 0.44-1.04
40 Roman Hamrlik D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:31 0.02 12-18 0.49-0.99
4 John Erskine D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:36 6-13 0.24-0.47
6 Dennis Wideman D 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 24:39 0.12 13-21 0.53-1.14
9 Mike Knuble R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:37 0.15 3-11 0.19-0.31
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:14 7-13 0.24-0.35
14 Jeff Halpern C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13:34 8-9 0.29-0.20
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 08:07 0.07 2-8 0.17-0.20
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 -1 5 1 2 14:38 0.06 7-19 0.21-1.31
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:50 0.15 10-21 0.28-1.27
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 22:38 13-22 0.46-1.29
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 0 5 1 1 16:02 0.05 10-12 0.37-0.26
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 15:31 0.06 9-19 0.28-1.21
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:08 0.01 13-25 0.43-1.40
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:35 0.02 2-8 0.17-0.15
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 17:40 0.15 7-12 0.19-0.26
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
92 Tomas Vokoun W 26 25 1 59:57 3.05 +2.05