Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Jan 12, 2014 · Verizon Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	2	31
Washington Capitals	1	29

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
11:01	WSH	Jason Chimera (1)	Joel Ward (1), Connor Carrick (1)	0 - 1
18:09	BUF	Tyler Ennis (1) PP	Cody Hodgson (1), Christian Ehrhoff (1)	1 - 1
Shootout
	BUF	Cody Hodgson	Shootout winner	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
12:02	BUF	Zenon Konopka	Interference goalkeeper	2
17:28	WSH	Tom Wilson	Charging	2
2nd Period
07:38	WSH	John Carlson	Hooking	2
15:03	WSH	Troy Brouwer	Roughing	2
18:53	WSH	Troy Brouwer	High sticking	2
3rd Period
01:30	BUF	Mike Weber	Holding the stick	2
19:07	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	61	42	31	1	2.1	44.3
Washington Capitals	59	40	29	1	1.8	55.7

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 Washington Capitals had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.1 expected, 1 scored · Washington Capitals: 1.8 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

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons	11:31	45.0	57.8	0-0
Linus Omark · Ville Leino · Brian Flynn	9:57	33.3	23.0	0-1
Steve Ott · Matt D'Agostini · Cody Hodgson	9:34	45.0	27.2	0-0
Zenon Konopka · Matt Ellis · Marcus Foligno	8:15	75.0	81.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alexander Sulzer · Mike Weber	16:30	41.2	30.7	0-0
Christian Ehrhoff · Mark Pysyk	14:35	36.0	36.1	0-1
Jamie McBain · Brayden McNabb	11:49	50.0	50.9	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

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	0	1	0	0	3	2	20:04	0.25	9-16	0.33-0.28
11	Cody Hodgson	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	17:16	0.05	12-13	0.30-0.23
55	Christian Ehrhoff	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	25:59	0.06	16-20	0.54-0.59
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	18:13	0.04	7-8	0.18-0.18
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	21:26	0.05	16-22	0.31-0.66
13	Mark Pysyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	18:17	0.03	9-18	0.31-0.55
17	Linus Omark	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	14:38	0.16	6-10	0.17-0.54
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	13:59	0.10	12-10	0.23-0.37
21	Jamie McBain	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	19:52	0.07	13-10	0.44-0.20
23	Ville Leino	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	15:49	0.09	6-12	0.17-0.56
24	Zenon Konopka	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	11:55		12-7	0.23-0.07
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	19:23	0.50	12-12	0.54-0.26
27	Matt D'Agostini	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	17:24	0.26	13-17	0.31-0.55
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	15:51		9-15	0.33-0.26
32	Brian Flynn	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	14:03	0.02	5-12	0.16-0.56
37	Matt Ellis	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:28	0.10	12-4	0.23-0.05
52	Alexander Sulzer	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	22:08	0.12	17-21	0.29-0.67
92	Steve Ott	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	18:15	0.22	9-18	0.09-0.53

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Ryan Miller	W	29	28	1	65:00	1.76	+0.76

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Eric Fehr · Alex Ovechkin · Mikhail Grabovski	12:57	66.7	66.8	0-0
Brooks Laich · Troy Brouwer · Nicklas Backstrom	11:03	45.5	31.7	0-0
Jason Chimera · Joel Ward · Marcus Johansson	8:28	58.3	75.4	1-0
Jay Beagle · Aaron Volpatti · Tom Wilson	6:19	42.9	30.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Green · Dmitry Orlov	17:45	81.8	86.5	0-0
John Erskine · Connor Carrick	15:42	32.1	47.4	1-0
Karl Alzner · John Carlson	10:06	62.5	81.8	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
20	Jason Chimera	L	1	0	1	1	0	3	3	13:28	0.46	14-6	0.65-0.11
42	Joel Ward	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	15:35	0.11	12-6	0.62-0.13
58	Connor Carrick	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	19:30	0.02	11-20	0.55-0.59
4	John Erskine	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	19:28	0.01	9-21	0.51-0.60
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	21:24	0.26	17-12	0.51-0.32
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	21:49	0.03	21-8	0.44-0.33
17	Aaron Volpatti	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	07:37	0.02	3-9	0.05-0.22
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	18:13	0.05	14-16	0.14-0.47
21	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16:49	0.24	16-12	0.53-0.45
25	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	20:32	0.20	15-13	0.17-0.25
27	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	24:10	0.04	21-6	0.47-0.09
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20:17	0.07	19-10	0.47-0.11
36	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	20:09	0.03	18-15	0.47-0.45
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	07:01		4-5	0.09-0.13
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	21:39	0.12	17-13	0.41-0.35
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	09:17	0.03	5-10	0.10-0.20
84	Mikhail Grabovski	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18:34	0.08	18-7	0.55-0.24
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	15:47		11-6	0.40-0.13

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Philipp Grubauer	OTL	31	30	1	65:00	2.14	+1.14