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Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Mar 27, 2012 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 5 31
Washington Capitals 1 45

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
08:45 BUF Cody McCormick (1) Brad Boyes (1) 1 - 0
18:05 BUF Drew Stafford (1) Tyler Myers (1), Tyler Ennis (1) 2 - 0
2nd Period
02:31 BUF Thomas Vanek (1) Cody Hodgson (1), Corey Tropp (1) 3 - 0
05:07 WSH Alexander Semin (1) Jason Chimera (1), Mathieu Perreault (1) 3 - 1
17:32 BUF Jason Pominville (1) SH Unassisted 4 - 1
3rd Period
09:29 BUF Drew Stafford (2) Tyler Ennis (2), Robyn Regehr (1) 5 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
11:26 BUF Patrick Kaleta Interference 2
2nd Period
10:01 WSH Dennis Wideman Hooking 2
16:53 BUF Robyn Regehr Hooking 2
3rd Period
04:22 BUF Tyler Myers Holding 2
09:42 BUF Andrej Sekera Holding 2
19:45 WSH Troy Brouwer Roughing 2
19:45 BUF Tyler Ennis Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 58 44 31 5 3.2 43.0
Washington Capitals 84 59 45 1 4.1 57.0

How the game went

0510152025Start2nd3rdWashington 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: 3.2 expected, 5 scored · Washington Capitals: 4.1 expected, 1 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 8:45 of 1st, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 18:05 of 1st, a 27% chanceBUF goal, 2:31 of 2nd, a 17% chanceBUF goal, 17:32 of 2nd, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 9:29 of 3rd, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 5:07 of 2nd, a 2% chanceWSH 4.1BUF 3.2

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
Derek Roy · Jason Pominville · Ville Leino13:2144.047.30-0
Thomas Vanek · Corey Tropp · Cody Hodgson11:2850.053.61-0
Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis · Marcus Foligno11:1151.974.42-1
Brad Boyes · Cody McCormick · Patrick Kaleta7:1622.224.71-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Leopold · Tyler Myers12:1641.461.91-0
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera11:2946.745.81-0
Alexander Sulzer · Tyler Myers5:3055.667.40-0

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 1 0 5 2 17:34 0.83 15-17 1.05-0.60
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 11:38 0.16 15-14 1.04-0.48
8 Cody McCormick C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 08:54 0.09 2-12 0.09-0.39
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 14:36 0.83 20-18 1.01-0.79
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 20:17 0.38 12-21 0.45-0.75
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 18:00 0.33 19-18 0.97-0.79
28 Brad Boyes R 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 10:22 3-13 0.14-0.44
41 Corey Tropp R 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 13:26 18-20 0.91-0.89
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 23:29 0.02 18-32 0.55-0.99
57 Tyler Myers D 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 22:04 0.02 18-24 1.20-0.86
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 17:58 0.06 18-21 0.85-0.78
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:26 0.09 11-20 0.40-0.72
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 13:39 0.13 16-14 1.10-0.37
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 15:58 0.26 14-16 0.56-0.61
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 28:23 19-34 1.04-1.08
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 08:07 2-8 0.09-0.28
52 Alexander Sulzer D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 21:08 0.02 19-18 1.12-0.90
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 05:46 0.02 6-5 0.45-0.45
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller W 45 44 1 60:00 4.10 +3.10

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Chimera · Alexander Semin · Mathieu Perreault10:0050.035.61-3
Matt Hendricks · Troy Brouwer · Jay Beagle8:4255.655.20-0
Brooks Laich · Alex Ovechkin · Marcus Johansson5:5169.249.00-0
Keith Aucoin · Alex Ovechkin · Marcus Johansson3:0933.362.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Hamrlik · Mike Green15:4361.458.21-1
Dennis Wideman · Karl Alzner15:4051.946.40-0
John Carlson · Dmitry Orlov6:3650.043.90-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
13 Alexander Semin R 1 0 1 -3 0 5 0 18:04 0.27 18-17 0.82-1.54
20 Jason Chimera L 0 1 1 -2 0 3 2 13:42 0.58 18-18 0.93-1.54
85 Mathieu Perreault C 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 16:16 20-16 1.06-1.46
6 Dennis Wideman D 0 0 0 -1 2 6 2 24:18 0.14 18-16 0.50-0.57
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 4 25:07 0.33 26-19 0.78-0.55
9 Mike Knuble R 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 11:12 0.26 13-9 0.40-0.13
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:30 10-9 0.73-0.69
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:44 0.10 16-11 0.46-0.46
15 Keith Aucoin C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 13:43 0.37 13-11 0.27-0.32
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 17:06 0.52 16-9 0.39-0.41
27 Mike Green D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:47 0.10 33-17 1.10-0.62
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:09 0.03 17-13 0.48-0.47
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 -1 2 4 2 19:54 0.50 18-13 0.66-0.47
40 Roman Hamrlik D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:45 0.06 34-20 1.42-0.72
55 Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 05:07 3-11 0.03-1.07
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 12:45 0.03 15-13 0.61-1.13
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 14:12 0.25 16-13 0.72-0.41
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:24 0.59 21-10 0.82-0.45
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Michal Neuvirth 13 11 2 37:29 1.16 -0.84
70 Braden Holtby L 18 15 3 22:31 2.05 -0.95