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Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Jan 27, 2013 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 24
Washington Capitals 3 30

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
09:34 BUF Tyler Ennis (1) Steve Ott (1), Drew Stafford (1) 1 - 0
16:02 WSH Joel Ward (1) Jason Chimera (1), Mike Ribeiro (1) 1 - 1
2nd Period
03:18 WSH John Erskine (1) Joel Ward (1), Jason Chimera (2) 1 - 2
3rd Period
05:11 WSH Alex Ovechkin (1) PP Mike Green (1), Mike Ribeiro (2) 1 - 3
10:13 BUF Marcus Foligno (1) Andrej Sekera (1), Tyler Ennis (1) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:49 BUF Steve Ott Boarding 2
19:27 WSH John Erskine Tripping 2
2nd Period
06:32 BUF Andrej Sekera Interference 2
3rd Period
04:28 BUF Alexander Sulzer Delaying game puck over glass 2
06:58 WSH Joey Crabb Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 52 34 24 2 1.9 54.3
Washington Capitals 48 39 30 3 3.1 45.7

How the game went

108642024Start2nd3rdWashington 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: 1.9 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.1 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 9:34 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 10:13 of 3rd, a 21% chanceWSH goal, 16:02 of 1st, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 3:18 of 2nd, a 1% chanceWSH goal, 5:11 of 3rd, a 9% chanceWSH 3.1BUF 1.9

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
Steve Ott · Drew Stafford · Tyler Ennis12:4152.635.11-0
Jochen Hecht · Marcus Foligno · Mikhail Grigorenko10:1664.783.50-0
Jason Pominville · Nathan Gerbe · Cody Hodgson9:3341.213.70-1
Matt Ellis · Patrick Kaleta · John Scott3:27100.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera14:2241.742.60-1
Christian Ehrhoff · Alexander Sulzer12:3166.743.70-0
Jordan Leopold · Tyler Myers12:0156.355.81-1

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
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 1 2 2 0 4 1 18:40 0.37 18-10 0.71-0.47
17 Marcus Foligno L 1 0 1 1 0 3 6 16:57 0.39 16-8 0.73-0.18
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 19:48 13-16 0.57-0.29
18 Drew Stafford R 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 19:15 0.29 14-12 0.42-0.50
92 Steve Ott C 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 21:09 0.03 14-13 0.50-0.61
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 18:44 0.06 9-13 0.16-0.69
22 John Scott L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 05:12 0.02 5-0 0.13-0.00
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 11:08 0.02 8-13 0.09-0.50
25 Mikhail Grigorenko C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:10 0.28 15-13 0.57-0.38
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 19:03 0.08 9-12 0.16-0.68
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 19:12 0.04 12-11 0.78-0.46
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 09:50 0.04 8-2 0.45-0.01
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 05:44 2-4 0.07-0.26
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 17:25 0.06 10-17 0.22-0.67
52 Alexander Sulzer D 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16:41 0.05 19-13 0.26-0.70
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:47 0.14 15-11 0.57-0.35
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23:47 20-9 0.49-0.42
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 18:56 0.00 13-8 0.67-0.55
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller L 30 27 3 58:44 2.72 -0.28

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Troy Brouwer · Nicklas Backstrom8:3358.340.40-0
Jason Chimera · Mike Ribeiro · Joel Ward8:2456.361.62-0
Matt Hendricks · Eric Fehr · Mathieu Perreault6:2260.065.40-0
Wojtek Wolski · Troy Brouwer · Nicklas Backstrom4:2450.087.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Green · Karl Alzner20:3660.663.30-1
John Erskine · John Carlson16:2336.054.41-1
Jeff Schultz · Tomas Kundratek8:3940.06.00-0

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
42 Joel Ward R 1 1 2 2 0 2 1 15:23 0.19 10-13 0.59-0.45
20 Jason Chimera L 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 12:44 0.26 12-10 0.61-0.41
63 Mike Ribeiro C 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 13:46 0.24 9-10 0.57-0.40
4 John Erskine D 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 20:56 0.05 11-22 0.60-0.47
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 1 -1 0 5 3 18:29 0.37 9-11 0.31-0.43
27 Mike Green D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 27:58 0.07 22-17 1.02-0.56
10 Joey Crabb R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 15:05 0.02 8-14 0.33-0.47
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15:22 9-11 0.16-0.18
17 Wojtek Wolski L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 13:09 0.42 7-13 0.47-0.51
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:42 0.06 13-11 0.51-0.30
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:25 0.08 7-6 0.14-0.26
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 25:03 0.03 20-15 0.92-0.55
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 18:40 0.50 13-11 0.51-0.30
36 Tomas Kundratek D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:34 0.12 6-9 0.03-0.51
55 Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 09:46 0.03 6-9 0.03-0.51
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:18 0.07 9-18 0.50-0.44
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:31 0.17 8-15 0.36-0.53
85 Mathieu Perreault C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:09 6-5 0.09-0.26
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Michal Neuvirth W 24 22 2 60:00 1.89 -0.11