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Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 16, 2015 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 4 38
Buffalo Sabres 3 33

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:02 BUF Tyler Ennis (18) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (8), Brian Gionta (13) 0 - 1
09:23 WSH Curtis Glencross (13) PP Joel Ward (14), Matt Niskanen (19) 1 - 1
10:08 BUF Cody Hodgson (5) Tim Schaller (1) 1 - 2
2nd Period
06:09 WSH Mike Green (6) Marcus Johansson (22), Brooks Laich (10) 2 - 2
3rd Period
05:55 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (8) PP Matt Niskanen (20) 3 - 2
13:50 BUF Johan Larsson (4) Chad Ruhwedel (1), Matt Moulson (24) 3 - 3
Shootout
WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Shootout winner 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:28 BUF Mike Weber Roughing 2
03:28 WSH Alex Ovechkin Roughing 2
03:28 WSH Alex Ovechkin Roughing 2
07:36 BUF Jerry D'Amigo Hooking 2
2nd Period
01:50 WSH Eric Fehr Holding 2
3rd Period
04:10 BUF Nikita Zadorov Delaying game 2
09:49 WSH Troy Brouwer Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 78 52 38 3 2.7 60.6
Buffalo Sabres 55 46 33 3 2.8 39.4

How the game went

201510505Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo 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: 2.7 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.8 expected, 3 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTWSH goal, 9:23 of 1st, a 35% chanceWSH goal, 6:09 of 2nd, a 3% chanceWSH goal, 5:55 of 3rd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 5:02 of 1st, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 10:08 of 1st, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 13:50 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBUF 2.8WSH 2.7

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
Curtis Glencross · Troy Brouwer · Evgeny Kuznetsov13:0771.443.60-0
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson8:5070.656.20-0
Jason Chimera · Joel Ward · Eric Fehr7:3437.522.20-1
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson6:4253.327.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner17:1946.722.00-1
John Carlson · Nate Schmidt12:0669.669.70-1
Tim Gleason · Mike Green9:2163.650.31-0

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
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 2 2 -1 0 0 2 26:00 16-17 0.30-0.88
22 Curtis Glencross L 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 18:23 0.37 18-8 0.33-0.38
27 Mike Green D 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 21:57 0.12 27-14 0.37-0.49
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 0 0 8 1 18:07 0.34 19-7 0.30-0.34
25 Brooks Laich C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 12:14 0.04 11-9 0.29-0.25
42 Joel Ward R 0 1 1 -2 0 1 1 12:45 0.24 6-12 0.15-0.61
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 17:54 21-8 0.41-0.20
6 Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:34 16-10 0.28-0.26
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 0 4 9 3 22:30 0.67 24-12 0.40-0.42
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 22:58 0.20 24-12 0.43-0.42
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 11:16 7-11 0.15-0.58
21 Eric Fehr C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 11:06 6-11 0.15-0.57
23 Chris Conner R 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 10:06 0.18 13-8 0.31-0.20
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 23:49 0.02 14-16 0.24-0.85
36 Troy Brouwer R 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 18:15 0.13 18-6 0.33-0.34
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 12:24 0.01 13-13 0.26-0.41
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 26:16 0.32 29-12 0.65-0.39
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:52 18-9 0.50-0.28
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 33 30 3 65:00 2.82 -0.18

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Phil Varone14:0226.751.50-0
Matt Moulson · Tyler Ennis · Johan Larsson13:3658.677.11-0
Cody Hodgson · Nicolas Deslauriers · Tim Schaller10:3025.024.11-0
Matt Ellis · Zac Dalpe · Jerry D'Amigo3:0122.234.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Weber · Rasmus Ristolainen19:3825.642.00-0
Andre Benoit · Tyson Strachan17:1142.962.50-1
Chad Ruhwedel · Nikita Zadorov11:4552.270.02-0

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
11 Cody Hodgson C 1 0 1 1 0 7 0 14:48 0.21 6-13 0.09-0.22
22 Johan Larsson L 1 0 1 1 0 4 1 23:10 0.56 18-15 0.88-0.34
63 Tyler Ennis R 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 23:22 0.53 18-15 0.90-0.29
5 Chad Ruhwedel D 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 13:13 12-11 0.48-0.20
12 Brian Gionta R 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 23:59 0.46 12-23 0.44-0.37
26 Matt Moulson L 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 20:39 0.35 19-15 0.91-0.32
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 28:11 0.02 11-29 0.43-0.57
59 Tim Schaller L 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 14:43 0.06 9-14 0.16-0.21
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 26:39 0.02 10-29 0.42-0.57
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 20:34 0.21 12-23 0.46-0.40
22 Zac Dalpe C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 04:35 4-7 0.14-0.25
28 Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 22:31 0.02 15-20 0.65-0.39
37 Matt Ellis L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 04:02 0.13 3-8 0.13-0.25
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 16:21 0.01 5-16 0.08-0.25
44 Phil Varone C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:52 0.10 9-23 0.40-0.37
49 Jerry D'Amigo R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 05:13 2-8 0.13-0.25
61 Andre Benoit D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 20:58 0.11 17-20 0.68-0.39
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 13:53 0.06 13-11 0.49-0.20
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
39 Anders Lindback 38 35 3 64:45 2.63 -0.37