Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 29, 2013 · First Niagara Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	1	50
Buffalo Sabres	2	17

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
18:18	BUF	Drew Stafford (1)	Christian Ehrhoff (1)	0 - 1
3rd Period
05:34	WSH	Troy Brouwer (1)	Mikhail Grabovski (1), Eric Fehr (1)	1 - 1
Shootout
	BUF	Steve Ott	Shootout winner	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
05:53	BUF	Steve Ott	Cross checking	2
2nd Period
13:49	BUF	Marcus Foligno	Instigator	2
13:49	BUF	Marcus Foligno	Fighting	5
13:49	WSH	Tom Wilson	Fighting	5
13:49	BUF	Marcus Foligno	Misconduct	10
3rd Period
16:53	WSH	Jay Beagle	Roughing	2
16:53	BUF	Mike Weber	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	78	65	50	1	3.3	59.6
Buffalo Sabres	39	28	17	1	1.3	40.4

How the game went

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: 3.3 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.3 expected, 1 scored

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson	14:05	50.0	41.3	0-0
Jason Chimera · Martin Erat · Joel Ward	12:47	60.0	61.9	0-1
Eric Fehr · Mikhail Grabovski · Troy Brouwer	10:48	75.0	62.1	1-0
Jay Beagle · Aaron Volpatti · Tom Wilson	7:22	50.0	54.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Green · Dmitry Orlov	18:06	66.7	47.9	0-0
John Erskine · Steve Oleksy	16:14	51.9	43.7	0-1
Karl Alzner · John Carlson	15:33	60.7	78.9	1-0

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
36	Troy Brouwer	R	1	0	1	1	0	5	2	17:21	0.51	19-6	0.77-0.44
21	Eric Fehr	C	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	16:07	0.16	20-8	0.86-0.54
84	Mikhail Grabovski	C	0	1	1	1	0	4	0	16:58	0.27	20-6	0.78-0.44
4	John Erskine	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	17:29	0.06	15-15	0.28-0.29
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	21:40	0.69	11-11	0.24-0.34
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	23:12	0.07	22-11	0.77-0.71
10	Martin Erat	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	17:04	0.14	12-10	0.31-0.22
17	Aaron Volpatti	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:14		7-9	0.12-0.10
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	20:01	0.24	14-11	0.47-0.34
20	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	16:38	0.07	19-11	0.73-0.30
27	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	23:43	0.20	21-12	0.71-0.73
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	20:16	0.10	19-12	0.79-0.19
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	18:45	0.25	17-12	0.56-0.22
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	08:24	0.05	7-8	0.12-0.11
61	Steve Oleksy	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	17:12	0.03	17-13	0.46-0.29
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	24:12	0.11	18-13	0.66-0.18
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	11:31	0.14	11-11	0.28-0.20
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18:13	0.20	11-11	0.24-0.34

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Philipp Grubauer	OTL	17	16	1	65:00	1.29	+0.29

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Steve Ott · Drew Stafford · Brian Flynn	14:55	42.3	35.9	1-0
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons	12:34	34.6	48.0	0-0
Linus Omark · Ville Leino · Marcus Foligno	8:10	40.0	37.2	0-0
Matt Ellis · Matt D'Agostini · John Scott	7:11	62.5	39.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Henrik Tallinder · Tyler Myers	15:26	38.9	19.5	0-0
Christian Ehrhoff · Mark Pysyk	15:00	39.3	33.4	1-1
Mike Weber · Jamie McBain	14:33	38.7	57.6	0-0

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
18	Drew Stafford	R	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	20:35	0.13	12-20	0.21-0.59
55	Christian Ehrhoff	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	24:56	0.18	16-21	0.50-0.69
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	19:41	0.01	14-26	0.55-0.71
13	Mark Pysyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22:17	0.04	12-19	0.28-0.61
17	Linus Omark	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:45	0.08	9-14	0.16-0.28
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	17	0	1	09:42	0.01	7-9	0.09-0.12
20	Henrik Tallinder	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21:05		8-11	0.15-0.55
21	Jamie McBain	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	17:41	0.03	15-21	0.74-0.43
22	John Scott	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	08:43		6-5	0.12-0.19
23	Ville Leino	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:30		10-12	0.19-0.17
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	17:03	0.51	9-18	0.66-0.75
27	Matt D'Agostini	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:17	0.07	10-6	0.24-0.28
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	17:27	0.07	10-22	0.68-0.98
32	Brian Flynn	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	19:41		12-16	0.21-0.39
37	Matt Ellis	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:24	0.09	6-4	0.15-0.22
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	24:46		11-14	0.18-0.66
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	18:44	0.02	11-22	0.68-0.94
92	Steve Ott	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	8	20:43	0.04	12-20	0.21-0.58

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Ryan Miller	W	50	49	1	65:00	3.29	+2.29