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Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Dec 5, 2016 · Verizon Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 33
Washington Capitals 3 33

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:59 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (2) Derek Grant (3), Rasmus Ristolainen (13) 1 - 0
2nd Period
05:23 WSH Jay Beagle (5) Brooks Orpik (6), Daniel Winnik (2) 1 - 1
15:23 BUF Kyle Okposo (8) Ryan O'Reilly (7), William Carrier (1) 2 - 1
3rd Period
13:42 WSH Marcus Johansson (10) PP John Carlson (10), Justin Williams (3) 2 - 2
Overtime
02:38 WSH Marcus Johansson (11) Dmitry Orlov (7), Evgeny Kuznetsov (7) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
14:40 BUF Evander Kane Slashing 2
17:28 BUF William Carrier Slashing 2
2nd Period
17:22 WSH Alex Ovechkin Slashing 2
3rd Period
03:55 WSH Matt Niskanen Tripping 2
13:37 BUF Evander Kane Hooking 2
16:48 WSH Jay Beagle Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 62 45 33 2 3.6 48.5
Washington Capitals 68 50 33 3 2.4 51.5

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdOTWashington 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: 3.6 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.4 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 5:59 of 1st, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 15:23 of 2nd, a 27% chanceWSH goal, 5:23 of 2nd, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 13:42 of 3rd, a 12% chanceWSH goal, 2:38 of overtime, a 9% chanceBUF 3.6WSH 2.4

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
Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel11:5832.062.90-0
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · William Carrier11:0255.679.41-0
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson9:2947.453.60-1
Matt Moulson · Derek Grant · Zemgus Girgensons4:0562.582.31-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen18:2348.659.81-0
Cody Franson · Brendan Guhle12:3640.980.31-0
Justin Falk · Erik Burgdoerfer9:3643.557.50-1

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

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 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 20:41 0.46 18-13 1.59-0.36
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 08:07 0.27 11-7 0.58-0.12
28 William Carrier L 0 1 1 1 2 1 3 12:48 0.23 16-11 1.47-0.33
38 Derek Grant C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 06:38 0.02 7-5 0.45-0.10
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 1 0 3 11 29:51 0.14 25-21 1.83-0.64
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 1 0 6 0 22:48 0.40 17-11 1.00-0.24
2 Brendan Guhle D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 16:48 10-15 0.53-0.18
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 18:31 0.36 10-18 0.50-0.29
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 20:45 0.03 14-18 0.82-0.22
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:49 0.16 10-14 0.58-0.57
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:14 0.03 10-18 0.50-0.28
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 13:14 0.37 14-13 0.74-0.52
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 17:04 0.57 16-19 1.33-0.71
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 28:52 0.22 18-22 0.92-0.65
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 09:15 6-4 0.45-0.11
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 4 12:46 0.18 21-14 1.80-0.48
46 Erik Burgdoerfer D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 10:03 10-14 0.60-0.48
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 21:04 0.19 12-23 0.58-0.36
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner OTL 33 30 3 62:09 2.39 -0.61

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson11:4744.431.10-0
Daniel Winnik · Jay Beagle · Tom Wilson10:0557.958.51-0
Evgeny Kuznetsov · Andre Burakovsky · Jakub Vrana9:3250.028.80-0
Justin Williams · Paul Carey · Lars Eller6:0038.58.20-2
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Karl Alzner12:2934.88.80-2
John Carlson · Dmitry Orlov12:2160.057.70-0
Brooks Orpik · Taylor Chorney9:2027.810.10-0

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
90 Marcus Johansson L 2 0 2 1 0 2 2 20:00 0.21 15-17 0.22-1.31
83 Jay Beagle C 1 0 1 1 2 6 0 17:24 0.49 15-9 0.63-0.33
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 19:24 0.23 21-12 0.78-0.45
14 Justin Williams R 0 1 1 -2 0 0 1 13:59 0.12 17-10 0.28-0.82
26 Daniel Winnik L 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:49 12-8 0.47-0.33
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 16:22 0.05 9-14 0.29-1.10
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 26:27 0.13 28-17 0.69-0.68
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 18:05 0.23 17-18 0.46-1.44
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 21:57 0.16 16-18 0.37-1.32
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 4 24:43 0.02 18-18 0.48-1.47
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 19:29 0.07 16-12 0.23-0.41
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 11:58 0.41 10-12 0.24-0.78
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 11:13 0.17 7-10 0.14-1.08
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 21:45 0.01 19-23 0.27-1.70
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:28 0.04 15-12 0.39-0.79
34 Paul Carey C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 06:58 0.05 6-9 0.11-0.81
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 13:45 12-11 0.46-0.35
44 Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11:23 7-15 0.12-1.12
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby W 33 31 2 62:23 3.57 +1.57