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Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 28, 2015 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 2 26
Buffalo Sabres 0 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
00:19 WSH Alex Ovechkin (18) Nicklas Backstrom (22), T.J. Oshie (10) 1 - 0
12:55 WSH Jay Beagle (6) Tom Wilson (9) 2 - 0

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:17 BUF Mike Weber Interference 2
2nd Period
05:57 WSH Jay Beagle Slashing 2
10:49 WSH Michael Latta Fighting 5
10:49 BUF Nicolas Deslauriers Fighting 5
14:10 WSH Taylor Chorney Interference 2
3rd Period
07:50 WSH Tom Wilson Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 50 42 26 2 1.5 54.0
Buffalo Sabres 56 44 31 0 1.8 46.0

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 1.5 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.8 expected, 0 scored

00.511.5Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 0:19 of 2nd, a 16% chanceWSH goal, 12:55 of 2nd, a 13% chanceBUF 1.8WSH 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

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
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom13:3250.061.11-0
Jason Chimera · Jay Beagle · Tom Wilson10:1450.052.11-0
Justin Williams · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov9:3353.353.20-0
Brooks Laich · Michael Latta · Andre Burakovsky4:3477.877.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner19:2445.739.21-0
Dmitry Orlov · Nate Schmidt16:1245.241.50-0
Taylor Chorney · Connor Carrick7:4490.981.71-0

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
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 1 1 0 4 4 19:30 0.43 19-16 0.66-0.36
83 Jay Beagle C 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 13:56 0.13 9-7 0.37-0.38
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 1 0 3 1 18:21 0.12 16-15 0.62-0.39
43 Tom Wilson R 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 14:16 0.02 7-11 0.33-0.47
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 19:11 0.06 13-15 0.37-0.28
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19:45 18-19 0.66-0.53
14 Justin Williams R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:45 11-7 0.43-0.17
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 27:25 0.04 18-21 0.44-0.60
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 14:06 0.15 8-7 0.32-0.27
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:16 0.07 11-5 0.25-0.10
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 26:23 0.01 18-20 0.42-0.58
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:51 0.08 15-9 0.37-0.33
44 Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 12:14 0.04 10-1 0.44-0.10
46 Michael Latta C 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 06:19 7-7 0.13-0.19
58 Connor Carrick D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 09:19 0.06 13-1 0.66-0.10
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:07 0.07 17-18 0.40-0.51
90 Marcus Johansson L 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 13:41 0.16 10-9 0.29-0.31
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:35 0.11 15-12 0.39-0.37
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 31 31 0 60:00 1.80 +1.80

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jamie McGinn · Ryan O'Reilly · Sam Reinhart14:2055.654.80-1
Tyler Ennis · Evander Kane · Jack Eichel10:0535.042.20-0
Brian Gionta · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons7:5350.043.20-0
David Legwand · Matt Moulson · Nicolas Deslauriers6:0333.321.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe16:4457.162.70-0
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen16:0342.929.90-2
Cody Franson · Mike Weber11:4933.342.80-0

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
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 18:45 16-20 0.38-0.82
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 12:56 5-11 0.22-0.31
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 17:03 0.21 8-16 0.42-0.58
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:14 0.01 8-11 0.36-0.33
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 15:48 0.15 9-8 0.26-0.21
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 20:57 0.13 17-16 0.43-0.56
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:54 4-7 0.05-0.15
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:31 0.01 11-6 0.31-0.18
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:58 0.19 17-13 0.48-0.33
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 20:38 0.15 17-15 0.49-0.34
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 09:43 0.10 4-9 0.15-0.38
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:23 0.23 9-8 0.30-0.21
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 5 0 4 07:15 4-7 0.19-0.15
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 25:03 0.08 16-24 0.36-0.89
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:43 0.05 9-17 0.31-0.60
88 Jamie McGinn L 0 0 0 -2 0 3 2 20:00 0.12 16-13 0.39-0.45
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 24:32 0.13 18-18 0.44-0.60
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 20:20 0.27 12-16 0.47-0.47
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark 26 24 2 58:17 1.52 -0.48