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Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 28, 2014 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 5 35
Buffalo Sabres 4 27

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:49 WSH Alex Ovechkin (1) PP Nicklas Backstrom (1), Troy Brouwer (1) 1 - 0
04:42 WSH Alex Ovechkin (2) Mike Green (1), Marcus Johansson (1) 2 - 0
13:45 BUF Christian Ehrhoff (1) Matt Moulson (1), Tyler Ennis (1) 2 - 1
2nd Period
01:41 BUF Cody Hodgson (1) PP Matt Moulson (2), Tyler Ennis (2) 2 - 2
10:09 WSH Mike Green (1) Dmitry Orlov (1), Jay Beagle (1) 3 - 2
11:11 BUF Phil Varone (1) Marcus Foligno (1), Brian Flynn (1) 3 - 3
16:57 WSH Troy Brouwer (1) PP Martin Erat (1), Alex Ovechkin (1) 4 - 3
3rd Period
06:48 BUF Cody Hodgson (2) Unassisted 4 - 4
Overtime
01:00 WSH Mike Green (2) Alex Ovechkin (2), Martin Erat (2) 5 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:18 BUF Matt Ellis Tripping 2
2nd Period
00:52 WSH Dmitry Orlov Tripping 2
05:41 BUF Mike Weber Interference 2
15:14 BUF Henrik Tallinder Hooking 2
3rd Period
02:53 WSH Mike Green Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 55 45 35 5 2.6 50.0
Buffalo Sabres 53 38 27 4 2.5 50.0

How the game went

1510505Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo 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: 2.6 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTWSH goal, 3:49 of 1st, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 4:42 of 1st, a 10% chanceWSH goal, 10:09 of 2nd, a 3% chanceWSH goal, 16:57 of 2nd, a 12% chanceWSH goal, 1:00 of overtime, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 13:45 of 1st, a 32% chanceBUF goal, 1:41 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 11:11 of 2nd, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 6:48 of 3rd, a 8% chanceWSH 2.6BUF 2.5

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
Martin Erat · Brooks Laich · Troy Brouwer11:3066.766.41-0
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson10:2047.844.11-0
Jason Chimera · Jay Beagle · Tom Wilson6:2866.792.40-0
Joel Ward · Eric Fehr · Casey Wellman6:1350.034.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Green · Dmitry Orlov19:5857.170.12-0
Karl Alzner · John Carlson17:0865.445.60-2
John Erskine · Connor Carrick13:1831.326.40-1

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
8 Alex Ovechkin L 2 2 4 1 0 7 2 18:02 0.44 11-19 0.54-1.62
27 Mike Green D 2 1 3 3 2 5 0 23:43 0.29 20-15 0.99-0.42
36 Troy Brouwer R 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 18:40 0.24 14-11 0.46-0.47
10 Martin Erat R 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 17:22 0.08 15-7 0.47-0.19
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 3 2 1 0 20:54 0.02 20-15 0.99-0.42
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 17:32 0.34 13-17 0.62-1.55
83 Jay Beagle C 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 13:23 0.27 12-11 0.77-0.22
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:38 12-17 0.54-0.93
4 John Erskine D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 15:05 0.04 10-22 0.43-1.19
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 15:13 0.34 10-12 0.60-0.25
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 13:32 0.05 9-12 0.29-1.01
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:52 0.24 16-12 0.59-0.45
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 20:39 0.04 17-9 0.62-0.74
42 Joel Ward R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:00 10-12 0.20-0.15
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 11:11 0.03 12-5 0.84-0.13
48 Casey Wellman C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:01 0.11 7-7 0.18-0.15
58 Connor Carrick D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:12 10-22 0.43-1.19
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 23:12 0.10 17-10 0.62-0.76
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 27 23 4 61:00 2.52 -1.48

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marcus Foligno · Phil Varone · Brian Flynn12:3750.040.71-1
Steve Ott · Ville Leino · Cody Hodgson12:3057.163.01-0
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Zemgus Girgensons12:1857.767.21-0
Zenon Konopka · Matt Ellis · John Scott4:5628.613.90-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Christian Ehrhoff · Chad Ruhwedel15:3350.065.52-1
Henrik Tallinder · Alexander Sulzer15:2638.142.11-0
Mike Weber · Tyler Myers15:2053.127.70-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
11 Cody Hodgson C 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 16:54 0.22 13-11 0.42-0.27
26 Matt Moulson L 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 18:50 0.75 18-14 1.36-0.75
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 17:36 0.11 17-14 1.36-0.70
44 Phil Varone C 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 15:03 0.31 12-12 0.53-0.64
55 Christian Ehrhoff D 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 21:23 0.39 20-15 1.68-0.60
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 1 1 0 0 3 6 18:33 0.22 14-12 0.55-0.64
32 Brian Flynn C 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16:41 0.01 11-12 0.41-0.62
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 19:58 0.09 16-17 1.13-0.73
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -2 2 4 2 18:33 0.07 19-16 0.40-0.89
20 Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 21:46 0.03 9-16 0.30-0.55
22 John Scott L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 06:18 0.02 3-11 0.05-0.46
23 Ville Leino L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 16:18 13-14 0.54-0.44
24 Zenon Konopka C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 08:04 2-9 0.03-0.36
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 17:16 0.11 20-15 1.37-0.76
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 08:19 4-6 0.04-0.18
52 Alexander Sulzer D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 18:24 12-14 0.77-0.43
57 Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 22:10 0.02 19-16 0.47-0.87
92 Steve Ott C 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 17:40 0.16 13-11 0.43-0.27
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Jhonas Enroth OTL 35 30 5 61:00 2.64 -2.36