Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 7, 2017 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	1	25
Buffalo Sabres	3	32

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
02:39	BUF	Evander Kane (8)	Jack Eichel (10)	0 - 1
17:44	WSH	Alex Ovechkin (13)	Devante Smith-Pelly (4), Brooks Orpik (3)	1 - 1
3rd Period
03:22	BUF	Benoit Pouliot (5)	Unassisted	1 - 2
19:40	BUF	Evander Kane (9)	Jason Pominville (7)	1 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
04:25	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	Tripping	2
10:59	BUF	Jordan Nolan	Slashing	2
18:59	WSH	Brooks Orpik	Roughing	2
2nd Period
12:33	BUF	Jake McCabe	Fighting	5
12:33	WSH	Tom Wilson	Fighting	5
3rd Period
04:12	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	Slashing	2
07:01	WSH	John Carlson	Delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	43	31	25	1	1.2	48.0
Buffalo Sabres	50	42	32	3	2.7	52.0

How the game went

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: 1.2 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 3 scored

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Devante Smith-Pelly	13:09	55.6	47.8	1-0
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Jakub Vrana	8:48	53.8	24.9	0-1
Lars Eller · Tom Wilson · Chandler Stephenson	5:51	62.5	36.2	0-1
Jay Beagle · Alex Chiasson · Nathan Walker	4:52	25.0	0.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brooks Orpik · John Carlson	15:10	44.4	27.6	0-2
Aaron Ness · Dmitry Orlov	10:32	38.9	11.0	0-0
Taylor Chorney · Christian Djoos	8:19	45.5	40.9	0-0

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
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	0	2	5	5	19:34	0.38	16-17	0.54-0.72
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	16:28	0.21	16-18	0.55-0.67
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	21:52		10-14	0.28-0.71
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	24:24	0.15	19-18	0.47-0.81
9	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	09:27		8-4	0.11-0.12
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	19:08	0.06	11-9	0.31-0.59
19	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	12:07	0.07	9-9	0.21-0.51
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	13:32	0.04	6-6	0.07-0.19
26	Nathan Walker	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	08:29		1-7	0.00-0.24
42	Aaron Ness	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:16		9-12	0.13-0.55
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	5	1	1	11:35	0.00	7-7	0.08-0.28
44	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	15:42		10-10	0.24-0.24
44	Christian Djoos	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:51	0.02	11-12	0.25-0.34
48	Alex Chiasson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	13:35		5-5	0.13-0.23
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-3	2	5	0	25:34	0.13	14-12	0.57-0.66
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	19:22	0.02	9-11	0.17-0.56
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:54		1-7	0.00-0.24
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	18:53	0.09	18-17	0.55-0.64

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Philipp Grubauer	L	31	29	2	59:17	2.18	+0.18

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Benoit Pouliot · Kyle Okposo · Ryan O'Reilly	11:26	59.1	85.7	1-1
Jason Pominville · Evander Kane · Jack Eichel	11:15	37.5	65.4	1-0
Jordan Nolan · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons	8:24	54.5	30.7	0-0
Seth Griffith · Nick Baptiste · Sam Reinhart	7:40	66.7	66.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Justin Falk · Marco Scandella	16:04	52.2	54.6	0-1
Taylor Fedun · Jake McCabe	14:49	52.2	81.7	0-0
Zach Redmond · Victor Antipin	11:50	35.3	62.7	2-0

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	2	0	2	2	0	4	0	21:43	0.18	11-13	0.58-0.47
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	16:45	0.16	14-11	0.68-0.17
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	2	0	4	1	21:49	0.22	9-14	0.66-0.48
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	1	1	2	0	3	0	16:05	0.38	9-12	0.54-0.25
4	Taylor Fedun	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20:59	0.04	19-12	0.73-0.20
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	26:34	0.12	17-12	0.76-0.58
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	17:44	0.05	15-10	0.75-0.16
13	Nick Baptiste	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	08:47		7-5	0.19-0.11
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	13:27	0.33	8-4	0.20-0.10
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:04		6-11	0.05-0.44
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	1	5	1	1	19:50	0.01	12-12	0.55-0.14
23	Seth Griffith	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:54		6-3	0.16-0.08
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11:37	0.05	8-7	0.21-0.18
38	Zach Redmond	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	14:12	0.01	8-13	0.32-0.23
42	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	18:15	0.08	14-12	0.66-0.55
71	Jordan Nolan	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	10:56	0.05	9-6	0.21-0.16
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	21:31	0.45	15-12	0.75-0.18
93	Victor Antipin	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	14:48		8-11	0.29-0.16

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
90	Robin Lehner	W	25	24	1	60:00	1.21	+0.21