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Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Dec 30, 2015 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 27
Washington Capitals 5 43

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:48 BUF Brian Gionta (4) Jack Eichel (10), Zemgus Girgensons (4) 1 - 0
2nd Period
14:08 WSH Justin Williams (11) Unassisted 1 - 1
18:53 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (3) Jack Eichel (11) 2 - 1
3rd Period
01:24 WSH Alex Ovechkin (19) Evgeny Kuznetsov (21), T.J. Oshie (11) 2 - 2
08:32 WSH Marcus Johansson (8) PP Evgeny Kuznetsov (22), Matt Niskanen (12) 2 - 3
09:56 WSH Andre Burakovsky (3) Marcus Johansson (14) 2 - 4
18:47 WSH Alex Ovechkin (20) Unassisted 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:27 WSH Alex Ovechkin Roughing 2
12:10 BUF Tyler Ennis Tripping 2
17:30 WSH Tom Wilson Roughing 2
17:30 BUF Zach Bogosian Roughing 2
17:30 WSH Tom Wilson Roughing 2
2nd Period
05:55 BUF Johan Larsson Hooking 2
3rd Period
03:44 WSH Marcus Johansson Boarding 2
04:54 BUF Evander Kane Tripping 2
05:15 WSH Alex Ovechkin High sticking 2
07:26 BUF Evander Kane Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 55 39 27 2 2.6 39.2
Washington Capitals 76 57 43 5 4.2 60.8

How the game went

505101520Start2nd3rdWashington 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: 2.6 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 4.2 expected, 5 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 5:48 of 1st, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 18:53 of 2nd, a 27% chanceWSH goal, 14:08 of 2nd, a 8% chanceWSH goal, 1:24 of 3rd, a 7% chanceWSH goal, 8:32 of 3rd, a 12% chanceWSH goal, 9:56 of 3rd, a 7% chanceWSH goal, 18:47 of 3rd, a 55% chanceWSH 4.2BUF 2.6

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
Jamie McGinn · Ryan O'Reilly · Sam Reinhart10:5633.328.50-0
Brian Gionta · Zemgus Girgensons · Jack Eichel8:1165.071.72-1
Tyler Ennis · Evander Kane · Johan Larsson5:0818.240.70-0
Evander Kane · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson3:2957.119.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Bogosian · Jake McCabe16:1839.526.70-2
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen14:0538.120.50-0
Cody Franson · Mike Weber9:0557.167.12-0

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
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 16:36 0.70 15-12 0.76-0.60
9 Jack Eichel C 0 2 2 -1 0 6 0 18:08 0.30 21-15 0.70-0.40
12 Brian Gionta R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 15:50 0.14 18-14 0.68-0.57
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:11 8-14 0.12-0.55
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 11:54 0.02 12-11 0.67-0.53
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 15:17 0.06 13-18 0.77-0.70
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 19:10 0.26 6-18 0.20-0.89
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:40 0.03 5-7 0.15-0.25
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:11 0.03 10-12 0.22-0.38
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:44 7-25 0.22-1.18
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 20:29 0.04 19-32 0.51-1.23
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -4 2 0 2 22:17 18-32 0.48-1.31
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 09:09 0.25 13-10 0.31-0.41
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 25:19 0.07 10-17 0.26-0.71
63 Tyler Ennis R 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 08:21 2-12 0.19-0.44
88 Jamie McGinn L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 16:08 0.11 7-17 0.20-0.71
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 21:23 0.17 8-20 0.33-0.94
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 0 4 6 1 21:04 0.41 8-24 0.24-0.75
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson 42 38 4 59:02 3.19 -0.81

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom9:5354.554.90-0
Justin Williams · Marcus Johansson · Evgeny Kuznetsov8:5775.961.31-2
Jason Chimera · Zach Sill · Tom Wilson4:4250.054.20-0
Jason Chimera · Jay Beagle · Tom Wilson4:3927.310.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dmitry Orlov · Nate Schmidt17:0448.437.00-0
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner14:5476.280.11-0
Taylor Chorney · Connor Carrick7:5956.053.20-1

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
8 Alex Ovechkin L 2 0 2 2 4 10 6 21:38 0.71 18-9 0.73-0.24
90 Marcus Johansson L 1 1 2 0 2 7 4 20:11 0.52 27-17 1.32-0.74
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 2 2 1 0 6 0 18:46 0.47 34-9 1.54-0.61
14 Justin Williams R 1 0 1 -1 0 4 0 17:27 0.52 30-13 1.28-0.64
28 Andre Burakovsky L 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 07:22 0.17 11-4 0.36-0.05
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 25:40 0.05 25-9 1.08-0.17
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 1 1 2 0 1 2 20:03 0.10 14-10 0.63-0.27
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 21:53 0.03 23-19 0.91-0.69
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:35 8-7 0.28-0.23
20 Jason Chimera L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:08 0.02 9-12 0.34-0.36
23 Zach Sill C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:08 0.08 10-7 0.25-0.17
25 Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 11:37 0.22 10-10 0.32-0.18
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:24 0.05 18-7 0.75-0.25
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 12:57 0.12 11-14 0.44-0.46
44 Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:12 0.05 20-15 0.79-0.47
58 Connor Carrick D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 11:04 0.04 19-12 0.85-0.54
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 07:50 0.02 4-8 0.05-0.23
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 23:23 0.06 19-18 0.64-0.69
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 27 25 2 59:42 2.52 +0.52