Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 9, 2020 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	2	35
Buffalo Sabres	3	26

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
04:53	BUF	Victor Olofsson (20)	Marcus Johansson (21), Rasmus Dahlin (35)	0 - 1
2nd Period
00:53	BUF	Jack Eichel (36) PP	Rasmus Dahlin (36), Rasmus Ristolainen (27)	0 - 2
3rd Period
03:33	WSH	Alex Ovechkin (48)	Evgeny Kuznetsov (33)	1 - 2
13:11	WSH	Dmitry Orlov (4)	Alex Ovechkin (19), Tom Wilson (23)	2 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
14:43	BUF	Johan Larsson	Slashing	2
2nd Period
00:18	WSH	Brenden Dillon	Slashing	2
03:17	WSH	Richard Panik	Tripping	2
Overtime
02:10	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	57	45	35	2	2.7	59.5
Buffalo Sabres	43	33	26	2	2.1	40.5

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: 2.7 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.1 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 · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson	16:00	47.6	41.6	1-0
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Jakub Vrana	10:26	61.1	61.0	0-0
Ilya Kovalchuk · Carl Hagelin · Lars Eller	9:29	77.8	83.2	0-1
Richard Panik · Nic Dowd · Garnet Hathaway	9:11	38.5	50.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dmitry Orlov · Nick Jensen	17:44	45.5	42.2	0-0
John Carlson · Brenden Dillon	11:59	60.9	67.3	0-1
John Carlson · Michal Kempny	7:05	85.7	83.6	1-0

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	1	2	2	0	6	1	19:24	0.41	11-13	0.53-0.65
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	1	0	1	1	2	2	2	26:40	0.39	17-14	1.00-0.66
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	1	1	2	0	1	2	21:22	0.16	13-11	0.55-0.60
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	19:11	0.01	13-11	0.44-0.60
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	21:31	0.10	11-15	0.36-0.59
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	19:54	0.05	20-10	0.92-0.46
6	Michal Kempny	D	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	17:06	0.06	14-11	0.40-0.28
16	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	11:35		7-9	0.31-0.13
17	Ilya Kovalchuk	L	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	15:39	0.42	17-7	1.05-0.30
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17:58	0.00	15-8	0.53-0.36
19	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	13:59	0.28	14-8	0.51-0.36
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:57	0.48	17-6	1.12-0.21
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	10:41	0.11	6-8	0.13-0.13
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11:47		5-9	0.13-0.13
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	13:55	0.07	17-4	0.84-0.16
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:13	0.02	6-7	0.11-0.20
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	26:24	0.05	32-11	1.64-0.41
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:56	0.10	15-8	0.52-0.28

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
70	Braden Holtby	26	24	2	65:00	2.10	+0.10

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel	16:19	42.9	41.4	0-0
Kyle Okposo · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons	13:04	47.1	59.3	0-2
Marcus Johansson · Victor Olofsson · Dominik Kahun	10:33	29.4	21.1	1-0
Wayne Simmonds · Jimmy Vesey · Curtis Lazar	9:38	40.0	20.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Rasmus Ristolainen · Brandon Montour	21:50	48.0	61.7	0-2
Jake McCabe · Henri Jokiharju	16:36	38.5	32.9	0-0
Colin Miller · Rasmus Dahlin	12:25	39.1	23.9	1-0

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
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	2	2	1	0	1	0	17:16	0.05	9-17	0.21-0.91
9	Jack Eichel	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	23:42	0.26	13-16	0.43-0.61
95	Victor Olofsson	L	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	16:52	0.31	5-13	0.20-0.74
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	-2	0	2	3	28:50	0.21	14-16	0.83-0.72
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	15:29	0.05	6-14	0.20-0.76
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	15:11	0.01	12-14	0.30-0.67
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	15:46	0.04	10-10	0.54-0.34
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22:13	0.08	12-17	0.43-0.63
20	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11:34	0.08	7-9	0.21-0.51
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	18:41	0.01	10-16	0.27-0.55
21	Dominik Kahun	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	13:05	0.08	5-12	0.20-0.74
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-2	2	2	2	15:15	0.21	8-11	0.46-0.34
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	18:46	0.04	10-20	0.27-0.86
24	Wayne Simmonds	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11:18	0.01	7-10	0.13-0.51
26	Jimmy Vesey	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:35	0.08	8-11	0.21-0.51
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	16:11	0.21	9-10	0.46-0.34
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	18:02	0.37	12-17	0.43-0.63
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	26:01		13-17	0.73-0.74

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Linus Ullmark	35	33	2	65:00	2.72	+0.72