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Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 23, 2019 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 2 33
Buffalo Sabres 5 38

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:40 BUF Jason Pominville (14) Jeff Skinner (19), Jack Eichel (46) 0 - 1
12:51 BUF Sam Reinhart (15) Evan Rodrigues (14) 0 - 2
2nd Period
02:28 WSH Alex Ovechkin (44) Evgeny Kuznetsov (40) 1 - 2
19:29 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (8) PP Jack Eichel (47), Rasmus Ristolainen (32) 1 - 3
3rd Period
04:16 WSH Andre Burakovsky (8) Christian Djoos (6), Michal Kempny (14) 2 - 3
05:43 BUF Sam Reinhart (16) Matt Hunwick (1), Conor Sheary (16) 2 - 4
19:04 BUF Sam Reinhart (17) Carter Hutton (1) 2 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:53 BUF Vladimir Sobotka Tripping 2
18:02 WSH Jakub Vrana Hooking 2
2nd Period
04:42 WSH Carl Hagelin Tripping 2
13:56 BUF Nathan Beaulieu Delaying game puck over glass 2
17:44 WSH Nic Dowd Tripping 2
3rd Period
01:26 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 53 41 33 2 1.8 46.7
Buffalo Sabres 61 54 38 5 4.3 53.3

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 1.8 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 4.3 expected, 5 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 2:28 of 2nd, a 8% chanceWSH goal, 4:16 of 3rd, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 3:40 of 1st, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 12:51 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 19:29 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 5:43 of 3rd, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 19:04 of 3rd, a 49% chanceBUF 4.3WSH 1.8

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
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson12:0739.115.21-0
Lars Eller · Brett Connolly · Andre Burakovsky9:0058.863.90-0
Carl Hagelin · Nic Dowd · Chandler Stephenson8:3135.710.50-1
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Jakub Vrana7:0558.358.50-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Niskanen · Dmitry Orlov17:0855.637.30-1
John Carlson · Michal Kempny10:5851.922.51-2
Brooks Orpik · Christian Djoos7:1436.435.40-0

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

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 1 0 8 5 22:20 0.22 16-18 0.43-1.34
28 Andre Burakovsky L 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 11:56 0.19 14-10 0.62-0.49
6 Michal Kempny D 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 17:48 18-18 0.45-1.11
44 Christian Djoos D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13:14 0.01 11-12 0.46-1.11
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 20:02 0.22 12-18 0.37-1.49
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:32 0.03 16-17 0.48-0.93
9 Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 10:50 9-9 0.12-0.67
15 Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 22:54 0.04 18-15 0.50-0.91
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -3 2 4 0 16:23 0.18 10-11 0.27-0.56
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 10:46 0.02 9-7 0.29-0.24
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 15:45 0.24 13-12 0.51-0.51
20 Brett Connolly R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 11:18 0.16 11-10 0.49-0.62
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 11:48 7-9 0.11-0.67
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 19:57 0.12 10-19 0.23-1.47
44 Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 14:02 0.02 4-12 0.25-0.61
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 12:33 0.06 5-12 0.08-0.88
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 25:03 0.04 17-22 0.38-1.58
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 15:20 0.28 10-9 0.27-0.46
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
70 Braden Holtby 37 33 4 58:44 3.79 -0.21

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Johan Larsson · Scott Wilson · Zemgus Girgensons9:2756.356.60-1
Conor Sheary · Sam Reinhart · Evan Rodrigues8:3057.978.12-1
Vladimir Sobotka · Danny O'Regan · Tage Thompson8:0342.947.70-0
Jason Pominville · Jeff Skinner · Jack Eichel7:0950.077.11-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen15:1961.389.00-0
Zach Bogosian · Rasmus Dahlin13:5738.135.01-0
Matt Hunwick · Nathan Beaulieu13:1046.273.02-1

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
13 Sam Reinhart C 3 0 3 2 0 4 0 18:30 0.69 14-9 0.91-0.25
9 Jack Eichel C 0 2 2 2 0 4 0 19:51 0.56 16-12 1.30-0.31
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 1 0 3 2 21:46 0.09 13-14 0.58-0.62
29 Jason Pominville R 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 12:49 0.31 11-10 0.91-0.30
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:25 12-11 0.82-0.25
43 Conor Sheary L 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 17:22 0.59 14-13 1.05-0.35
48 Matt Hunwick D 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16:57 0.04 14-17 0.94-0.50
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 10:40 0.27 15-8 1.10-0.21
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 1 0 2 3 25:35 0.15 23-12 1.73-0.19
17 Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 13:53 0.08 7-11 0.45-0.36
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 2 11:52 0.11 10-9 0.59-0.35
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:22 0.12 13-13 0.57-0.40
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:04 22-14 1.66-0.32
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 20:08 0.04 12-13 0.49-0.57
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 13:49 0.01 12-14 0.86-0.32
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 15:18 0.22 16-11 0.86-0.37
55 Danny O'Regan C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11:56 0.54 9-9 0.57-0.30
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:43 0.01 7-10 0.28-0.33
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton 33 31 2 60:00 1.83 -0.17