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Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Mar 7, 2015 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 17
Washington Capitals 6 45

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:35 BUF Johan Larsson (2) Marcus Foligno (8), Zach Bogosian (14) 1 - 0
05:15 WSH Curtis Glencross (11) Mike Green (32), Jay Beagle (10) 1 - 1
2nd Period
05:27 WSH Jay Beagle (10) Troy Brouwer (16), Curtis Glencross (20) 1 - 2
09:31 WSH Alex Ovechkin (44) PP John Carlson (36), Nicklas Backstrom (50) 1 - 3
13:53 WSH Brooks Laich (6) Tom Wilson (11) 1 - 4
3rd Period
03:41 WSH Joel Ward (16) PP Curtis Glencross (21), Mike Green (33) 1 - 5
17:01 WSH Marcus Johansson (17) Alex Ovechkin (25), Nicklas Backstrom (51) 1 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
12:47 WSH Jason Chimera Interference 2
2nd Period
06:40 BUF Zach Bogosian High sticking 2
09:08 BUF Brian Gionta Boarding 2
19:21 BUF Andre Benoit Ps hooking on breakaway 0
3rd Period
01:19 WSH Jason Chimera Fighting 5
01:19 BUF Mike Weber Fighting 5
02:07 BUF Tim Schaller Cross checking 2
05:40 WSH Brooks Laich Tripping 2
09:15 WSH Matt Niskanen Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 43 30 17 1 1.5 32.4
Washington Capitals 84 64 45 6 4.3 67.6

How the game went

010203040Start2nd3rdWashington Capitals aheadBuffalo Sabres 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 Washington Capitals had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 1.5 expected, 1 scored · Washington Capitals: 4.3 expected, 6 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 2:35 of 1st, a 15% chanceWSH goal, 5:15 of 1st, a 13% chanceWSH goal, 5:27 of 2nd, a 17% chanceWSH goal, 9:31 of 2nd, a 4% chanceWSH goal, 13:53 of 2nd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 3:41 of 3rd, a 18% chanceWSH goal, 17:01 of 3rd, a 32% chanceWSH 4.3BUF 1.5

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

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson11:1638.146.81-0
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Phil Varone10:4018.511.10-1
Cody Hodgson · Nicolas Deslauriers · Tim Schaller8:4554.535.10-1
Matt Ellis · Zac Dalpe · Jerry D'Amigo4:2933.332.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Andre Benoit · Zach Bogosian15:0322.734.01-1
Mike Weber · Rasmus Ristolainen10:0337.528.80-0
Tyson Strachan · Mike Weber6:5137.518.60-1

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
22 Johan Larsson L 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 16:34 0.25 11-22 0.36-0.83
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 17:20 11-20 0.35-0.54
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 20:20 9-24 0.37-0.82
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 5 0 1 20:12 15-26 0.53-1.58
11 Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -3 0 3 1 16:39 0.29 12-23 0.48-1.36
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 1 2 4 1 22:19 0.24 12-18 0.37-0.53
22 Zac Dalpe C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 06:10 0.09 3-6 0.09-0.26
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 19:42 0.03 9-24 0.27-1.38
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 4 17:22 0.03 10-22 0.26-1.16
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:52 0.11 3-9 0.07-0.26
41 Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 03:05 1-6 0.03-0.19
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 17:57 0.04 15-21 0.46-1.04
44 Phil Varone C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 14:26 7-25 0.17-1.32
49 Jerry D'Amigo R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:00 6-16 0.30-0.98
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 25:35 0.05 16-26 0.52-1.56
59 Tim Schaller L 0 0 0 -2 2 1 4 14:21 0.19 11-14 0.52-1.01
61 Andre Benoit D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 25:41 0.03 10-29 0.29-1.02
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 19:28 0.14 9-24 0.27-1.28
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Matt Hackett 23 19 4 33:53 2.12 -1.88
39 Anders Lindback 22 20 2 26:07 2.19 +0.19

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson13:1780.087.61-0
Jason Chimera · Joel Ward · Eric Fehr10:2465.073.50-0
Curtis Glencross · Troy Brouwer · Jay Beagle9:4681.894.22-0
Brooks Laich · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson9:2671.450.51-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson17:4172.982.42-1
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner13:4071.465.40-0
Tim Gleason · Mike Green13:1954.567.32-0

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
22 Curtis Glencross L 1 2 3 2 0 2 1 11:41 0.32 18-5 1.27-0.09
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 1 2 0 0 8 2 18:29 0.55 28-10 1.28-0.37
83 Jay Beagle C 1 1 2 2 0 4 0 12:29 0.64 18-4 1.27-0.08
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 18:50 0.28 30-9 1.33-0.26
27 Mike Green D 0 2 2 2 0 3 1 16:56 0.13 17-11 0.59-0.25
25 Brooks Laich C 1 0 1 1 2 3 3 14:13 0.14 11-8 0.39-0.45
42 Joel Ward R 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 16:55 0.26 13-12 0.48-0.25
90 Marcus Johansson L 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 18:11 0.60 30-12 1.33-0.44
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 1 1 2 0 2 2 15:42 0.39 19-5 1.27-0.08
43 Tom Wilson R 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 10:34 0.12 10-6 0.34-0.37
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 23:40 0.36 36-15 2.26-0.51
6 Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 17:05 15-13 0.71-0.40
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 19:19 0.07 20-9 0.59-0.31
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 12:10 0.30 13-10 0.48-0.23
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 16:00 0.09 13-14 0.48-0.28
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 17:25 0.02 16-7 0.53-0.37
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 22:24 0.06 38-14 2.17-0.47
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:57 10-6 0.34-0.50
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 17 16 1 60:00 1.46 +0.46