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Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Mar 17, 2013 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 30
Washington Capitals 5 25

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:19 WSH Alex Ovechkin (1) Marcus Johansson (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1) 0 - 1
2nd Period
00:12 BUF Cody Hodgson (1) Thomas Vanek (1), Jason Pominville (1) 1 - 1
05:06 WSH Troy Brouwer (1) PP Mike Ribeiro (1), Nicklas Backstrom (2) 1 - 2
09:45 WSH Jason Chimera (1) Troy Brouwer (1), Mike Ribeiro (2) 1 - 3
10:28 WSH Marcus Johansson (1) Mathieu Perreault (1), Joel Ward (1) 1 - 4
13:27 BUF Brian Flynn (1) Marcus Foligno (1), Tyler Ennis (1) 2 - 4
3rd Period
05:30 BUF Cody Hodgson (2) PP Tyler Ennis (2), Jason Pominville (2) 3 - 4
15:05 WSH Mathieu Perreault (1) Joel Ward (2) 3 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:53 WSH Jack Hillen Hooking 2
2nd Period
03:52 BUF Tyler Myers Holding 2
19:02 BUF Christian Ehrhoff Tripping 2
3rd Period
02:11 WSH Alex Ovechkin Roughing 2
02:11 BUF Steve Ott Roughing 2
04:55 WSH Jason Chimera Slashing 2
07:53 BUF Ville Leino Tripping 2
12:48 WSH Steve Oleksy Roughing 2
18:40 BUF Steve Ott Unsportsmanlike conduct 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 56 40 30 3 1.8 48.3
Washington Capitals 60 39 25 5 3.0 51.7

How the game went

420246810Start2nd3rdWashington 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: 1.8 expected, 3 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.0 expected, 5 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 0:12 of 2nd, a 1% chanceBUF goal, 13:27 of 2nd, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 5:30 of 3rd, a 25% chanceWSH goal, 0:19 of 1st, a 3% chanceWSH goal, 5:06 of 2nd, a 8% chanceWSH goal, 9:45 of 2nd, a 8% chanceWSH goal, 10:28 of 2nd, a 15% chanceWSH goal, 15:05 of 3rd, a 7% chanceWSH 3.0BUF 1.8

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 · Ville Leino · Tyler Ennis11:3356.564.30-0
Kevin Porter · Marcus Foligno · Brian Flynn10:1453.833.80-1
Jason Pominville · Thomas Vanek · Cody Hodgson9:1544.432.91-1
Jochen Hecht · Drew Stafford · Nathan Gerbe7:5143.840.90-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Robyn Regehr · Mike Weber12:3748.156.72-2
Christian Ehrhoff · Tyler Myers12:1352.446.80-1
Jordan Leopold · Mark Pysyk11:0644.436.40-0

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
11 Cody Hodgson C 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 17:47 0.27 9-10 0.10-0.21
29 Jason Pominville R 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 18:32 0.01 8-15 0.10-0.31
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 2 2 1 0 4 0 16:06 0.41 17-11 0.77-0.27
32 Brian Flynn C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 12:06 0.17 10-6 0.37-0.29
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 12:39 0.12 9-9 0.37-0.38
26 Thomas Vanek L 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 14:44 0.07 8-11 0.10-0.24
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 20:17 15-18 0.70-0.54
11 Kevin Porter C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 13:19 8-9 0.15-0.38
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:55 0.02 10-16 0.13-0.44
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 -2 0 5 1 13:54 0.43 10-12 0.34-0.40
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 17:56 0.02 15-15 0.55-0.34
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:34 0.04 8-11 0.22-0.33
33 Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 23:40 0.11 14-13 0.37-0.23
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:39 0.01 16-14 0.70-0.47
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:46 7-12 0.22-0.37
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 21:01 0.04 12-17 0.22-0.56
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 20:48 17-12 0.47-0.32
92 Steve Ott C 0 0 0 0 4 4 4 19:02 0.14 17-14 0.61-0.34
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
30 Ryan Miller L 25 20 5 58:41 2.18 -2.82

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Ribeiro · Eric Fehr · Troy Brouwer12:4056.375.30-0
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson11:2855.652.31-1
Jason Chimera · Joel Ward · Mathieu Perreault10:4547.445.91-1
Matt Hendricks · Joey Crabb · Jay Beagle5:5330.026.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jack Hillen · John Carlson16:3451.956.91-0
Karl Alzner · Steve Oleksy13:1476.993.72-1
Tom Poti · Jeff Schultz7:0130.814.40-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
36 Troy Brouwer R 1 1 2 1 0 2 2 19:00 0.17 10-7 0.27-0.06
85 Mathieu Perreault C 1 1 2 2 0 1 1 11:59 0.12 14-10 0.62-0.40
90 Marcus Johansson L 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 18:57 0.51 19-12 0.49-0.26
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 20:27 16-14 0.29-0.32
42 Joel Ward R 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 14:47 0.20 14-11 0.55-0.44
63 Mike Ribeiro C 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 18:47 0.05 10-9 0.20-0.09
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 1 0 2 5 3 20:11 0.31 16-14 0.29-0.32
20 Jason Chimera L 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 13:33 0.14 12-13 0.43-0.50
3 Tom Poti D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 07:38 4-12 0.08-0.74
10 Joey Crabb R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 06:44 0.06 3-9 0.14-0.42
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:52 0.09 5-8 0.18-0.45
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:06 0.20 11-9 0.22-0.09
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:56 22-7 0.75-0.10
38 Jack Hillen D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 23:03 0.01 17-18 0.39-0.56
55 Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:13 6-17 0.15-0.67
61 Steve Oleksy D 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 21:09 0.02 24-12 0.75-0.15
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 30:15 0.12 17-19 0.45-0.43
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:48 5-9 0.18-0.49
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 30 27 3 60:00 1.88 -1.12