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Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Dec 15, 2018 · Capital One Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 29
Washington Capitals 4 38

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:41 BUF Jack Eichel (11) Sam Reinhart (20), Rasmus Dahlin (13) 1 - 0
03:39 WSH Brett Connolly (7) Devante Smith-Pelly (3) 1 - 1
09:41 WSH Jakub Vrana (10) Evgeny Kuznetsov (24) 1 - 2
2nd Period
02:25 BUF Jack Eichel (12) PP Rasmus Dahlin (14), Rasmus Ristolainen (18) 2 - 2
07:21 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (3) PP Jeff Skinner (11), Sam Reinhart (21) 3 - 2
13:46 WSH Alex Ovechkin (29) Nicklas Backstrom (30), Dmitry Orlov (10) 3 - 3
Shootout
WSH Alex Ovechkin Shootout winner 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:41 WSH Michal Kempny High sticking 2
10:12 BUF Evan Rodrigues Tripping 2
2nd Period
00:50 WSH Michal Kempny Hooking 2
06:10 WSH Madison Bowey Hooking 2
08:12 BUF Tage Thompson Interference 2
11:51 WSH Michal Kempny Roughing 2
11:51 BUF Sam Reinhart Slashing 2
14:42 BUF Zach Bogosian Hooking 2
3rd Period
00:16 BUF Marco Scandella Delaying game 2
Overtime
03:29 WSH T.J. Oshie Roughing 2
03:29 BUF Evan Rodrigues Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 54 42 29 3 3.7 37.5
Washington Capitals 77 64 38 3 4.3 62.5

How the game went

051015202530Start2nd3rdOTWashington 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: 3.7 expected, 3 scored · Washington Capitals: 4.3 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 2:41 of 1st, a 19% chanceBUF goal, 2:25 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 7:21 of 2nd, a 15% chanceWSH goal, 3:39 of 1st, a 16% chanceWSH goal, 9:41 of 1st, a 8% chanceWSH goal, 13:46 of 2nd, a 6% chanceWSH 4.3BUF 3.7

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
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel12:0733.334.90-1
Jason Pominville · Vladimir Sobotka · Tage Thompson11:1840.031.80-0
Kyle Okposo · Conor Sheary · Casey Mittelstadt9:2637.552.80-0
Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons · Evan Rodrigues7:4236.416.20-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Bogosian · Rasmus Dahlin14:2057.759.60-0
Marco Scandella · Rasmus Ristolainen13:0212.02.20-0
Zach Bogosian · Marco Scandella4:4427.346.30-0

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

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
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 24:19 0.48 17-16 0.69-0.56
9 Jack Eichel C 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 20:55 0.46 13-21 0.83-1.09
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 17:41 0.25 12-21 0.74-1.09
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 16:17 0.29 11-20 0.74-1.03
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 1 0 4 3 31:43 0.45 10-31 0.65-1.65
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 23:33 0.12 6-30 0.28-1.62
7 Matt Tennyson D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 3 09:06 6-8 0.33-0.54
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 14:11 0.65 7-15 0.36-0.56
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:23 0.06 6-14 0.36-0.48
17 Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:39 9-12 0.34-0.67
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -1 4 3 1 14:16 0.19 6-9 0.07-0.47
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:47 5-9 0.07-0.48
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 29:03 0.10 22-22 1.01-0.73
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 05:47 0.03 5-3 0.26-0.32
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 13:18 0.04 5-7 0.10-0.39
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 11:53 0.29 9-12 0.40-0.67
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:54 0.05 6-11 0.36-0.40
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 14:15 0.18 10-14 0.43-0.80
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton OTL 38 35 3 65:00 4.23 +1.23

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom13:5973.987.10-0
Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson · Jakub Vrana10:2163.364.71-0
Lars Eller · Devante Smith-Pelly · Brett Connolly9:0758.864.21-0
Nic Dowd · Travis Boyd · Chandler Stephenson7:0650.039.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Carlson · Michal Kempny13:5474.378.22-0
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov11:4352.436.70-0
Madison Bowey · Jonas Siegenthaler5:3244.466.40-0

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 1 1 0 8 4 25:34 0.66 18-7 0.91-0.20
19 Jakub Vrana L 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 14:16 0.41 19-11 1.00-0.54
20 Brett Connolly R 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 13:39 0.32 11-7 0.56-0.29
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 22:52 13-12 0.52-0.85
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 22:18 0.03 17-7 0.84-0.20
25 Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 10:52 10-7 0.52-0.29
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 21:25 0.86 20-11 1.07-0.54
4 Madison Bowey D 0 0 0 0 2 3 2 12:14 0.13 9-8 0.38-0.07
6 Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 1 6 1 1 18:30 0.10 29-12 1.75-0.53
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:57 0.04 7-8 0.25-0.57
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 20:37 0.09 18-15 0.74-1.03
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 16:47 0.18 10-7 0.52-0.29
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 10:07 8-8 0.29-0.57
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 1 0 3 8 15:27 0.30 20-12 1.07-0.62
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14:20 0.05 13-8 0.45-0.22
72 Travis Boyd C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:30 0.14 8-7 0.29-0.38
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 29:11 0.20 28-11 1.60-0.51
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 20:38 0.74 17-6 0.84-0.12
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Pheonix Copley W 29 26 3 65:00 3.63 +0.63