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Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 16, 2016 · First Niagara Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 1 34
Buffalo Sabres 4 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
10:30 BUF Phil Varone (1) Rasmus Ristolainen (21), Zach Bogosian (5) 0 - 1
16:00 BUF Tim Schaller (1) SH Unassisted 0 - 2
2nd Period
07:14 BUF Evander Kane (9) Ryan O'Reilly (21), Sam Reinhart (8) 0 - 3
15:37 BUF Cody Franson (4) PP Evander Kane (8), Zach Bogosian (6) 0 - 4
3rd Period
02:54 WSH Marcus Johansson (11) Jason Chimera (14) 1 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
12:14 BUF Mark Pysyk Elbowing 2
14:33 BUF Jack Eichel Tripping 2
18:05 WSH Taylor Chorney Holding 2
2nd Period
02:25 WSH Zach Sill Holding 2
09:29 BUF Phil Varone Tripping 2
14:30 WSH T.J. Oshie Slashing 2
18:50 WSH Taylor Chorney Slashing 2
20:00 WSH Tom Wilson Roughing 2
20:00 BUF Sam Reinhart Roughing 2
3rd Period
07:20 BUF Mark Pysyk Interference 2
10:43 WSH Tom Wilson Fighting 5
10:43 BUF Marcus Foligno Fighting 5
12:48 WSH Aaron Ness Holding 2
14:12 BUF Zach Bogosian Roughing 2
14:12 WSH Jason Chimera Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 56 46 34 1 2.6 59.7
Buffalo Sabres 45 39 29 4 2.3 40.3

How the game went

1050510Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 2.6 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.3 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 2:54 of 3rd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 10:30 of 1st, a 16% chanceBUF goal, 16:00 of 1st, a 11% chanceBUF goal, 7:14 of 2nd, a 1% chanceBUF goal, 15:37 of 2nd, a 5% chanceWSH 2.6BUF 2.3

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 Backstrom8:5553.333.50-0
Mike Richards · Zach Sill · Michael Latta7:2688.9100.00-0
Jason Chimera · Marcus Johansson · Tom Wilson6:1171.454.21-0
Justin Williams · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Andre Burakovsky5:5645.520.50-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner12:5447.824.90-0
Dmitry Orlov · Nate Schmidt12:0752.939.21-2
Taylor Chorney · Aaron Ness8:4971.455.90-0

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
90 Marcus Johansson L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 15:34 0.12 7-7 0.22-0.49
20 Jason Chimera L 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 15:29 0.33 9-4 0.29-0.16
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 21:11 0.40 11-10 0.29-0.23
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 18:51 0.08 15-9 0.40-0.38
10 Mike Richards C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:01 0.10 9-3 0.33-0.05
14 Justin Williams R 0 0 0 -2 0 4 0 15:54 0.60 9-9 0.22-0.31
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 26:53 0.09 14-13 0.19-0.53
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 19:21 0.13 11-8 0.21-0.20
23 Zach Sill C 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 11:26 0.24 12-5 0.43-0.36
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 23:09 0.06 14-13 0.24-0.52
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:45 0.07 5-6 0.08-0.29
42 Aaron Ness D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12:48 0.01 9-4 0.17-0.15
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 1 7 0 6 11:18 0.01 5-5 0.15-0.47
44 Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 12:39 0.02 8-2 0.37-0.13
46 Michael Latta C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:03 0.06 11-1 0.42-0.00
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 -1 2 3 1 17:35 0.26 10-10 0.14-0.26
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:39 0.02 14-9 0.52-0.37
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 16:17 12-7 0.30-0.29
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Philipp Grubauer 13 12 1 32:46 0.84 -0.16
70 Braden Holtby 16 13 3 27:14 1.42 -1.58

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart7:5855.680.61-0
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson7:0154.580.40-0
David Legwand · Matt Moulson · Tim Schaller4:100.00.00-0
Jamie McGinn · Phil Varone · Jack Eichel3:51100.0100.01-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Weber · Mark Pysyk13:1242.966.30-0
Zach Bogosian · Rasmus Ristolainen12:3150.074.21-0
Cody Franson · Jake McCabe9:3564.385.80-0

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
91 Evander Kane L 1 1 2 2 0 5 3 19:58 0.22 8-11 0.12-0.37
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 2 2 2 2 0 1 21:29 0.02 10-15 0.44-0.55
11 Cody Franson D 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 15:14 0.19 9-8 0.24-0.07
44 Phil Varone C 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 08:01 0.16 6-4 0.61-0.20
59 Tim Schaller L 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 10:58 0.11 1-9 0.01-0.32
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 17:05 8-9 0.13-0.10
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 2 0 4 2 27:27 0.13 9-16 0.43-0.25
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 20:48 0.07 6-10 0.13-0.14
6 Mike Weber D 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 21:47 0.03 7-14 0.37-0.24
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 16:13 0.04 9-6 0.74-0.25
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17:38 0.15 8-11 0.17-0.12
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 2 15:16 6-11 0.35-0.49
17 David Legwand C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:12 0.12 2-9 0.13-0.36
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 11:52 0.02 7-12 0.17-0.41
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:10 0.34 10-13 0.17-0.24
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:04 0.03 9-11 0.24-0.50
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:10 1-10 0.01-0.18
88 Jamie McGinn L 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 14:00 0.68 9-6 0.72-0.20
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Chad Johnson 34 33 1 59:38 2.56 +1.56