Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Nov 22, 2014 · Verizon Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	2	26
Washington Capitals	1	44

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
10:15	BUF	Matt Moulson (3)	Tyler Ennis (7), Zemgus Girgensons (5)	1 - 0
3rd Period
05:54	WSH	Matt Niskanen (1) PP	Nicklas Backstrom (14), Marcus Johansson (5)	1 - 1
12:18	BUF	Torrey Mitchell (3)	Brian Gionta (5), Mike Weber (3)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
17:18	WSH	Michael Latta	Fighting	5
17:18	BUF	Marcus Foligno	Fighting	5
3rd Period
05:26	BUF	Mike Weber	Hooking	2
15:32	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	46	31	26	2	3.2	36.8
Washington Capitals	76	55	44	1	3.3	63.2

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: 3.2 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.3 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

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	12:51	37.5	37.8	1-0
Drew Stafford · Cody Hodgson · Nicolas Deslauriers	12:22	39.3	53.9	0-0
Brian Gionta · Torrey Mitchell · Brian Flynn	11:03	44.0	67.9	1-0
Cody McCormick · Chris Stewart · Marcus Foligno	4:10	60.0	100.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Nikita Zadorov	16:54	54.1	53.6	1-0
Tyson Strachan · Tyler Myers	16:47	21.4	24.3	0-0
Andrej Meszaros · Mike Weber	13:59	38.1	66.1	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
26	Matt Moulson	L	1	0	1	1	0	4	3	14:33	0.83	9-15	0.55-0.91
71	Torrey Mitchell	C	1	0	1	1	0	4	1	13:00	0.58	13-15	0.85-0.48
6	Mike Weber	D	0	1	1	1	2	0	3	16:21		10-16	1.02-0.56
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	13:00	0.11	11-14	0.83-0.39
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	21:13		10-24	0.70-1.37
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	18:13	0.07	11-18	0.65-1.09
8	Cody McCormick	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	05:07		3-2	0.02-0.00
11	Cody Hodgson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	17:21	0.09	11-24	0.73-0.80
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	13:50	0.16	8-14	0.29-0.66
18	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	17:10	0.79	11-19	0.73-0.73
28	Tyson Strachan	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	23:07		7-33	0.28-1.31
32	Brian Flynn	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	14:01	0.22	13-16	0.93-0.58
41	Andrej Meszaros	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	18:50	0.05	9-21	0.95-0.75
44	Chris Stewart	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	14:30	0.02	6-16	0.19-0.62
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	17:34	0.09	11-24	0.73-0.87
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	20:45	0.02	21-21	1.10-1.15
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21:47	0.10	9-25	0.35-0.93
91	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	19:10	0.02	22-18	1.10-0.96

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Jhonas Enroth	44	43	1	60:00	3.25	+2.25

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson	16:58	80.5	84.3	0-0
Troy Brouwer · Marcus Johansson · Andre Burakovsky	11:48	50.0	33.9	0-0
Jason Chimera · Joel Ward · Jay Beagle	10:53	50.0	53.2	0-2
Eric Fehr · Michael Latta · Evgeny Kuznetsov	5:23	60.0	34.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson	17:41	64.3	61.5	0-1
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner	14:26	73.9	76.9	0-0
Mike Green · Nate Schmidt	10:30	54.5	66.6	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
15	Matt Niskanen	D	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	24:16	0.33	22-9	0.94-0.38
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	4	21:56	0.17	34-11	0.99-0.28
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	16:57	0.30	16-10	0.67-0.80
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	20:06	0.65	34-10	1.01-0.25
20	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	-2	0	4	1	14:09	0.27	11-14	1.08-1.11
21	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:11	0.10	11-6	0.33-0.32
27	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	10:56	0.08	12-10	0.35-0.17
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	19:48	0.05	22-10	0.86-1.15
28	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:43	0.14	11-11	0.43-0.86
36	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18:34	0.12	15-12	0.68-0.87
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	16:30	0.15	12-15	1.09-1.21
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	19:28	0.12	34-8	0.99-0.18
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	6	22:37	0.06	30-17	1.58-0.93
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	06:50		6-4	0.07-0.14
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	24:16		34-18	1.59-1.38
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	12:20	0.64	11-11	1.08-0.95
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	17:39	0.05	14-14	0.35-0.78
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	07:07	0.04	6-5	0.07-0.24

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
70	Braden Holtby	26	24	2	58:37	3.13	+1.13