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Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 9, 2016 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 4 29
Buffalo Sabres 1 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
06:43 WSH T.J. Oshie (9) Jay Beagle (6), Nicklas Backstrom (15) 1 - 0
12:39 WSH Jakub Vrana (1) PP Evgeny Kuznetsov (10), Dmitry Orlov (8) 2 - 0
3rd Period
12:03 BUF Kyle Okposo (9) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (16), Ryan O'Reilly (10) 2 - 1
14:20 WSH John Carlson (1) PP Nicklas Backstrom (16), Marcus Johansson (9) 3 - 1
18:48 WSH Marcus Johansson (12) T.J. Oshie (5), Dmitry Orlov (9) 4 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:35 WSH Taylor Chorney Interference 2
17:48 BUF Cody Franson Tripping 2
2nd Period
10:52 BUF Dmitry Kulikov Hooking 2
18:29 WSH Daniel Winnik Hooking 2
3rd Period
01:50 WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov Interference 2
07:10 WSH Nate Schmidt High sticking 2
10:27 WSH Brooks Orpik Hooking 2
13:28 BUF Brian Gionta Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 45 38 29 4 2.0 55.9
Buffalo Sabres 44 35 28 1 1.9 44.1

How the game went

642024Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 2.0 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 1.9 expected, 1 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 6:43 of 2nd, a 13% chanceWSH goal, 12:39 of 2nd, a 18% chanceWSH goal, 14:20 of 3rd, a 4% chanceWSH goal, 18:48 of 3rd, a 52% chanceBUF goal, 12:03 of 3rd, a 39% chanceWSH 2.0BUF 1.9

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
Justin Williams · Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov10:1275.089.80-0
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Marcus Johansson6:0016.72.80-0
Daniel Winnik · Jay Beagle · Tom Wilson5:5171.464.10-0
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Andre Burakovsky4:1633.323.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Karl Alzner · John Carlson14:3741.739.01-0
Brooks Orpik · Dmitry Orlov14:2352.933.90-0
Taylor Chorney · Nate Schmidt12:0469.685.80-0

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

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
77 T.J. Oshie R 1 1 2 2 0 2 3 21:29 0.15 7-11 0.24-0.44
90 Marcus Johansson L 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 18:16 0.03 6-11 0.10-0.37
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 2 2 0 0 2 1 16:52 0.06 9-9 0.14-0.40
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 15:32 5-9 0.19-0.42
19 Jakub Vrana L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 08:12 0.19 11-9 0.21-0.39
74 John Carlson D 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 25:40 0.11 13-14 0.45-0.54
83 Jay Beagle C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 16:48 0.16 9-6 0.37-0.18
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 0 2 3 1 15:17 0.16 15-7 0.41-0.05
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 16:45 0.13 15-6 0.34-0.05
14 Justin Williams R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:49 12-7 0.31-0.05
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13:30 0.11 11-8 0.24-0.36
26 Daniel Winnik L 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 12:52 0.06 5-3 0.22-0.13
27 Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 20:53 0.02 10-15 0.34-0.67
28 Andre Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 09:58 0.06 12-10 0.26-0.46
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:11 0.17 6-3 0.28-0.13
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 19:49 0.01 10-8 0.20-0.27
44 Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15:19 0.02 18-7 0.51-0.08
88 Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 17:12 0.09 16-7 0.46-0.08
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Philipp Grubauer W 28 27 1 60:00 1.91 +0.91

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brian Gionta · Marcus Foligno · Johan Larsson7:5750.046.60-0
Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel7:1330.440.70-1
Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly · William Carrier6:5277.883.60-0
Matt Moulson · Nicolas Deslauriers · Zemgus Girgensons2:2850.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen13:3345.860.90-0
Cody Franson · Dmitry Kulikov11:5352.955.90-1
Josh Gorges · Justin Falk8:2945.539.30-0

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
8 Kyle Okposo R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 22:27 0.50 10-9 0.31-0.22
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 30:11 0.14 13-22 0.43-0.46
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 24:19 0.19 10-7 0.31-0.13
4 Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16:13 8-9 0.19-0.33
7 Dmitry Kulikov D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 1 18:23 14-12 0.44-0.43
9 Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 19:14 0.23 7-20 0.31-0.57
11 Cody Franson D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 17:35 0.12 9-9 0.40-0.32
12 Brian Gionta R 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 16:59 0.02 7-13 0.17-0.36
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 17:01 0.13 7-17 0.31-0.47
17 Marcus Foligno L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 14:08 0.14 8-8 0.19-0.24
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:33 9-10 0.20-0.25
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 21:05 0.06 11-15 0.41-0.28
26 Matt Moulson L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:53 1-4 0.00-0.16
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 10:07 0.20 6-2 0.22-0.11
28 William Carrier L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:25 11-2 0.37-0.03
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10:22 5-9 0.17-0.30
44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 05:48 5-2 0.20-0.09
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 17:50 0.19 9-20 0.45-0.52
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner L 28 25 3 58:48 1.51 -1.49