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Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 30, 2013 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 4 38
Buffalo Sabres 3 23

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:01 BUF Christian Ehrhoff (1) Jochen Hecht (1) 0 - 1
2nd Period
01:19 BUF Ville Leino (1) Tyler Ennis (1), Andrej Sekera (1) 0 - 2
02:21 WSH Alex Ovechkin (1) PP Mike Green (1), Brooks Laich (1) 1 - 2
10:16 BUF Ville Leino (2) PP Marcus Foligno (1), Tyler Myers (1) 1 - 3
3rd Period
02:43 WSH Troy Brouwer (1) SH Braden Holtby (1) 2 - 3
19:20 WSH Mike Green (1) Nicklas Backstrom (1), Troy Brouwer (1) 3 - 3
Shootout
WSH Matt Hendricks Shootout winner 5 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
13:17 BUF Mike Weber High sticking double minor 4
2nd Period
01:47 BUF Tyler Ennis Tripping 2
03:13 WSH Steve Oleksy Boarding 2
03:13 BUF Nathan Gerbe Roughing 2
08:19 WSH Jack Hillen Holding 2
3rd Period
01:28 WSH John Carlson Delaying game puck over glass 2
05:50 BUF Tyler Myers Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 66 52 38 3 2.8 61.3
Buffalo Sabres 41 31 23 3 1.8 38.8

How the game went

25201510505Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo 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: 2.8 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.8 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTWSH goal, 2:21 of 2nd, a 3% chanceWSH goal, 2:43 of 3rd, a 7% chanceWSH goal, 19:20 of 3rd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 3:01 of 1st, a 1% chanceBUF goal, 1:19 of 2nd, a 34% chanceBUF goal, 10:16 of 2nd, a 15% chanceWSH 2.8BUF 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

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
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson12:4470.070.10-0
Mike Ribeiro · Brooks Laich · Troy Brouwer10:0343.843.20-1
Jason Chimera · Joel Ward · Mathieu Perreault8:0670.080.90-0
Matt Hendricks · Wojtek Wolski · Jay Beagle5:2050.073.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Green · Karl Alzner17:0262.124.90-1
Jack Hillen · John Carlson15:2947.468.80-1
Jeff Schultz · Steve Oleksy8:5281.389.80-0

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

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
27 Mike Green D 1 1 2 0 0 5 3 27:16 0.16 20-15 0.33-0.87
36 Troy Brouwer R 1 1 2 0 0 5 4 20:37 0.41 14-14 0.50-0.65
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 1 1 0 10 3 25:57 0.89 20-8 0.76-0.37
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 21:57 0.23 16-8 0.57-0.59
25 Brooks Laich C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 1 19:33 11-11 0.35-0.40
15 Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:05 0.15 8-7 0.43-0.13
17 Wojtek Wolski L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 08:23 0.06 11-7 0.50-0.13
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10:39 0.17 9-5 0.34-0.08
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 21:45 0.05 19-11 0.39-0.84
38 Jack Hillen D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 25:19 0.05 13-16 0.74-0.28
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13:52 10-3 0.48-0.05
55 Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:05 13-3 0.54-0.06
61 Steve Oleksy D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 13:44 0.04 18-6 0.85-0.07
63 Mike Ribeiro C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 21:14 0.25 17-11 0.55-0.40
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 2 24:55 0.07 13-11 0.81-0.26
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 10:54 0.11 8-6 0.33-0.12
85 Mathieu Perreault C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:06 0.14 8-5 0.23-0.08
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:23 0.05 17-8 0.66-0.59
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 23 20 3 64:19 1.86 -1.14

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Drew Stafford · Ville Leino · Tyler Ennis11:5756.570.61-0
Kevin Porter · Nathan Gerbe · Brian Flynn7:4850.045.40-0
Steve Ott · Jason Pominville · Cody Hodgson6:2223.113.30-0
Jochen Hecht · Patrick Kaleta · Marcus Foligno4:2550.062.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Tyler Myers15:1266.771.71-0
Robyn Regehr · Andrej Sekera10:5135.751.91-0
Mike Weber · Mark Pysyk6:0830.824.70-0

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
23 Ville Leino L 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 17:32 0.49 14-13 0.59-0.37
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 1 0 1 1 0 2 4 26:19 0.07 17-13 0.33-0.42
5 Andrej Sekera D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 24:22 0.06 8-20 0.65-1.03
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 09:03 0.13 8-8 0.35-0.32
55 Jochen Hecht C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 13:04 0.18 6-13 0.34-0.45
57 Tyler Myers D 0 1 1 1 2 1 4 28:13 0.05 19-15 0.45-0.44
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 20:08 0.22 15-12 0.59-0.36
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 15:33 7-22 0.15-0.86
11 Kevin Porter C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 10:20 6-4 0.12-0.11
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 15:11 0.13 3-14 0.09-0.68
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:52 0.03 5-15 0.13-0.47
18 Drew Stafford R 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 21:07 0.18 15-17 0.64-0.61
24 Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 12:22 0.11 5-9 0.14-0.24
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 18:39 0.07 4-17 0.10-0.80
32 Brian Flynn C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:18 0.05 7-6 0.17-0.11
36 Patrick Kaleta R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:28 0.03 6-10 0.33-0.35
44 Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 21:43 6-17 0.67-0.72
92 Steve Ott C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 6 22:44 0.02 4-20 0.10-1.02
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth 38 35 3 65:00 2.87 -0.13