Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 19, 2018 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	3	30
Buffalo Sabres	2	34

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
01:18	WSH	Alex Ovechkin (35)	Christian Djoos (11), John Carlson (36)	1 - 0
13:33	WSH	John Carlson (11)	T.J. Oshie (21), Jakub Vrana (9)	2 - 0
3rd Period
12:42	BUF	Kyle Okposo (10)	Scott Wilson (5), Evan Rodrigues (9)	2 - 1
19:34	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov (16)	Unassisted	3 - 1
19:56	BUF	Evander Kane (19)	Ryan O'Reilly (26), Sam Reinhart (17)	3 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
17:53	BUF	Johan Larsson	Tripping	2
18:54	WSH	Brett Connolly	Interference	2
2nd Period
13:33	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	High sticking	2
3rd Period
04:14	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	Slashing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	55	46	30	3	3.4	52.5
Buffalo Sabres	56	46	34	2	2.4	47.5

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: 3.4 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.4 expected, 2 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 · Nicklas Backstrom · Tom Wilson	13:21	56.7	60.2	0-0
T.J. Oshie · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Jakub Vrana	9:49	46.7	71.4	1-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Andre Burakovsky	9:18	52.4	57.0	0-1
Jay Beagle · Devante Smith-Pelly · Chandler Stephenson	9:10	69.2	67.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov	17:23	44.7	28.3	0-0
John Carlson · Christian Djoos	14:02	63.2	85.8	1-0
Brooks Orpik · Madison Bowey	13:55	52.0	65.7	0-1

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
74	John Carlson	D	1	1	2	2	0	2	0	21:34	0.67	19-12	1.44-0.21
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	4	17:54	0.60	21-15	0.92-0.45
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	0	1	3	2	3	0	15:33	0.22	11-12	1.10-0.49
19	Jakub Vrana	L	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	12:01	0.26	10-10	1.18-0.38
44	Christian Djoos	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	16:01	0.13	15-9	0.79-0.14
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	1	1	3	0	1	0	16:59	0.03	13-15	1.39-0.60
4	Madison Bowey	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	15:28	0.13	14-14	0.92-0.49
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	23:49	0.03	23-23	1.36-1.11
9	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:09	0.10	9-4	0.31-0.15
15	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	22:44	0.03	19-21	0.63-1.02
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	17:35	0.22	18-18	0.75-0.60
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15:44	0.26	14-16	0.81-0.60
20	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	10:42	0.12	11-11	0.57-0.44
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	11:57	0.14	9-8	0.31-0.31
28	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	11:16	0.05	12-10	0.59-0.43
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	18:06		18-18	0.69-0.53
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	19:23	0.08	14-15	0.84-0.46
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:05		10-4	0.33-0.15

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Philipp Grubauer	W	34	32	2	60:00	2.40	+0.40

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jason Pominville · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane	10:42	45.5	51.6	0-0
Kyle Okposo · Scott Wilson · Evan Rodrigues	9:44	33.3	17.3	1-1
Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons · Sam Reinhart	7:04	54.5	43.1	0-0
Benoit Pouliot · Jacob Josefson · Nick Baptiste	6:19	14.3	13.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen	18:43	53.7	49.7	0-1
Josh Gorges · Casey Nelson	13:06	31.6	38.1	1-0
Justin Falk · Nathan Beaulieu	12:49	38.5	17.4	0-1

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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
8	Kyle Okposo	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	15:54	0.17	7-16	0.20-1.06
91	Evander Kane	L	1	0	1	0	0	9	4	22:31	0.55	27-19	1.13-0.72
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	19:43	0.38	23-13	0.88-0.89
17	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	15:09	0.06	8-16	0.22-1.11
20	Scott Wilson	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	12:22	0.08	10-17	0.28-1.30
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	24:06	0.63	25-18	1.03-0.67
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14:07		8-14	0.47-0.68
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	23:55	0.10	22-20	0.65-0.77
8	Casey Nelson	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	20:04		10-15	0.45-0.76
10	Jacob Josefson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	09:17	0.05	3-10	0.09-0.69
13	Nick Baptiste	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	08:30		1-9	0.04-0.60
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	13:18	0.08	9-9	0.28-0.51
28	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	16:53		13-17	0.42-1.46
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	13:49	0.08	11-9	0.33-0.61
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18:28		14-14	0.52-0.54
42	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	14:22	0.02	14-17	0.52-1.54
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	5	27:12	0.15	27-21	0.92-0.76
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:09		3-6	0.13-0.25

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
1	Chad Johnson	L	29	27	2	58:11	3.13	+1.13