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Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Nov 25, 2016 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 1 33
Washington Capitals 3 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:08 WSH Daniel Winnik (3) Brett Connolly (1), Lars Eller (1) 0 - 1
2nd Period
13:25 WSH Marcus Johansson (8) Justin Williams (2) 0 - 2
3rd Period
09:58 BUF Sam Reinhart (4) Kyle Okposo (7), Cody Franson (5) 1 - 2
16:05 WSH Brett Connolly (2) PP Alex Ovechkin (5), Andre Burakovsky (8) 1 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
07:43 WSH Justin Williams Interference goalkeeper 2
17:56 BUF Marcus Foligno Interference 2
2nd Period
05:40 BUF Johan Larsson Slashing 2
17:23 BUF Taylor Fedun Holding 2
19:28 WSH Brett Connolly Hooking 2
3rd Period
06:34 WSH Alex Ovechkin Tripping 2
12:07 WSH Andre Burakovsky Delaying game puck over glass 2
15:40 BUF Team Too many men on the ice 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 66 52 33 1 2.7 48.2
Washington Capitals 64 51 32 3 3.9 51.8

How the game went

505Start2nd3rdWashington 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: 2.7 expected, 1 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.9 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 9:58 of 3rd, a 4% chanceWSH goal, 5:08 of 1st, a 14% chanceWSH goal, 13:25 of 2nd, a 9% chanceWSH goal, 16:05 of 3rd, a 28% chanceWSH 3.9BUF 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

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 · Evander Kane · Johan Larsson10:5152.442.70-0
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · Marcus Foligno7:4942.112.60-1
Cal O'Reilly · William Carrier · Sam Reinhart3:2350.028.30-1
Matt Moulson · Derek Grant · Zemgus Girgensons3:1250.025.70-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Cody Franson · Jake McCabe15:4948.049.31-0
Josh Gorges · Rasmus Ristolainen13:1334.518.50-2
Justin Falk · Taylor Fedun10:4461.535.40-0

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
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 0 0 5 1 16:32 0.73 10-8 0.39-0.55
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 20:25 0.22 13-18 0.36-0.96
11 Cody Franson D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 20:26 0.06 12-13 0.37-0.38
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 19:29 10-20 0.24-1.09
4 Taylor Fedun D 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 14:56 0.11 17-11 0.57-0.95
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:29 0.09 12-11 0.34-0.37
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 12:32 0.01 11-15 0.20-0.90
18 Cal O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:08 6-7 0.28-0.55
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 20:02 0.18 14-16 0.44-0.69
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 19:30 0.01 12-13 0.37-0.38
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:20 0.21 8-7 0.26-0.50
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:07 0.04 7-11 0.22-0.61
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 08:14 0.02 6-5 0.23-0.47
38 Derek Grant C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:29 0.16 7-6 0.17-0.41
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:44 0.04 17-10 0.51-0.93
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -2 0 5 4 27:26 0.27 12-19 0.31-1.07
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 23:53 0.29 13-14 0.32-0.74
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 19:36 0.22 13-11 0.36-0.44
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Anders Nilsson 32 29 3 58:17 3.84 +0.84

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Justin Williams · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson11:2170.092.21-0
Daniel Winnik · Lars Eller · Brett Connolly10:2552.278.81-0
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Andre Burakovsky9:4641.232.90-1
Jay Beagle · Tom Wilson · Zachary Sanford6:0358.377.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Carlson · Dmitry Orlov16:2043.546.31-0
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner12:1963.382.21-1
Brooks Orpik · Taylor Chorney11:2741.757.50-0

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
20 Brett Connolly R 1 1 2 1 2 4 3 14:56 0.82 12-11 0.74-0.20
26 Daniel Winnik L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:19 0.23 13-13 0.75-0.23
90 Marcus Johansson L 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 17:16 0.15 14-11 0.86-0.37
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 1 1 -1 2 3 0 15:24 0.37 8-10 0.22-0.45
14 Justin Williams R 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 16:54 0.53 16-7 0.94-0.15
20 Lars Eller C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 15:00 0.02 13-13 0.75-0.23
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 14:39 0.20 8-15 0.23-0.64
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 20:08 0.07 13-13 0.68-0.54
13 Zachary Sanford L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 06:37 0.20 7-6 0.48-0.14
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 23:09 0.17 19-11 1.22-0.26
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:32 0.52 16-8 0.94-0.14
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 19:44 19-11 1.22-0.26
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12:31 0.25 7-8 0.48-0.33
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:58 0.12 11-16 0.50-0.39
44 Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:21 0.05 13-14 0.70-0.36
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 23:00 0.06 11-15 0.48-0.57
83 Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:14 8-6 0.56-0.17
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:18 0.12 7-12 0.22-0.53
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Philipp Grubauer 33 32 1 60:00 2.65 +1.65