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Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 14, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 6 28
Buffalo Sabres 4 26

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:43 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (1) Alex Ovechkin (1), T.J. Oshie (1) 1 - 0
08:48 BUF Taylor Hall (1) PP Victor Olofsson (1), Jack Eichel (1) 1 - 1
10:33 WSH T.J. Oshie (1) PP Alex Ovechkin (2), John Carlson (1) 2 - 1
2nd Period
07:05 WSH John Carlson (1) T.J. Oshie (2), Nicklas Backstrom (1) 3 - 1
13:23 WSH Brenden Dillon (1) Conor Sheary (1), Lars Eller (1) 4 - 1
18:46 BUF Tobias Rieder (1) Dylan Cozens (1), Jake McCabe (1) 4 - 2
3rd Period
00:20 BUF Jake McCabe (1) Jack Eichel (2), Tage Thompson (1) 4 - 3
00:46 WSH Jakub Vrana (1) Unassisted 5 - 3
18:06 BUF Victor Olofsson (1) Taylor Hall (1), Sam Reinhart (1) 5 - 4
18:57 WSH Garnet Hathaway (1) Nick Jensen (1) 6 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:30 WSH T.J. Oshie Elbowing 2
09:34 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Holding 2
2nd Period
02:40 WSH Nic Dowd Holding 2
11:19 BUF Colin Miller Cross checking 2
3rd Period
10:04 WSH Nic Dowd Illegal check to head 2
15:27 BUF Jake McCabe Fighting 5
15:27 WSH Brenden Dillon Fighting 5

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 44 37 28 6 3.0 48.5
Buffalo Sabres 44 33 26 4 2.0 51.5

How the game went

1210864202Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 3.0 expected, 6 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.0 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndWSH goal, 5:43 of 1st, a 12% chanceWSH goal, 10:33 of 1st, a 35% chanceWSH goal, 7:05 of 2nd, a 5% chanceWSH goal, 13:23 of 2nd, a 1% chanceWSH goal, 0:46 of 3rd, a 12% chanceWSH goal, 18:57 of 3rd, a 48% chanceBUF goal, 8:48 of 1st, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 18:46 of 2nd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 0:20 of 3rd, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 18:06 of 3rd, a 14% chanceWSH 3.0BUF 2.0

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 · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom13:0365.085.42-1
Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson · Jakub Vrana12:1246.742.41-0
Carl Hagelin · Nic Dowd · Garnet Hathaway9:2740.053.90-0
Lars Eller · Richard Panik · Conor Sheary8:1722.212.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Nick Jensen17:2653.348.30-0
John Carlson · Dmitry Orlov16:0344.031.50-2
Justin Schultz · Brenden Dillon13:0736.844.42-0

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
77 T.J. Oshie R 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 19:29 0.43 14-14 0.43-0.44
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 1 0 3 0 17:54 0.22 15-7 0.43-0.07
74 John Carlson D 1 1 2 -2 0 6 3 23:43 0.22 15-15 0.29-0.49
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 2 2 1 0 3 3 19:36 0.13 16-7 0.45-0.07
5 Brenden Dillon D 1 0 1 3 5 1 2 17:21 0.01 11-13 0.59-0.65
19 Jakub Vrana L 1 0 1 1 0 5 1 14:07 0.44 8-8 0.43-0.57
21 Garnet Hathaway R 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 12:13 0.03 6-6 0.21-0.14
3 Nick Jensen D 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 20:17 9-7 0.24-0.20
20 Lars Eller C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 15:13 6-13 0.10-0.58
43 Conor Sheary L 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 10:40 4-13 0.06-0.58
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 15:56 0.15 8-13 0.60-0.68
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 19:41 0.02 13-15 0.31-0.52
16 Richard Panik R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 11:18 0.04 3-7 0.04-0.21
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 1 4 0 2 11:24 0.04 5-7 0.19-0.14
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 20:16 0.02 10-7 0.24-0.20
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17:11 10-8 0.46-0.57
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12:54 0.10 4-7 0.17-0.14
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:29 0.18 8-8 0.45-0.57
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Ilya Samsonov W 26 22 4 60:00 2.00 -2.00

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Taylor Hall · Jack Eichel · Tage Thompson14:1342.934.21-1
Eric Staal · Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson11:5242.955.80-2
Riley Sheahan · Jeff Skinner · Curtis Lazar7:3760.045.10-1
Cody Eakin · Tobias Rieder · Dylan Cozens7:2366.753.51-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brandon Montour · Rasmus Dahlin16:0750.034.80-0
Colin Miller · Henri Jokiharju12:2060.076.10-1
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen12:1159.171.42-0

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
22 Jake McCabe D 1 1 2 0 5 1 2 16:36 0.04 14-12 0.42-0.23
71 Taylor Hall L 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 19:30 0.32 11-14 0.31-0.46
95 Victor Olofsson L 1 1 2 -2 0 2 0 18:10 0.26 8-12 0.30-0.29
9 Jack Eichel C 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 22:12 0.11 11-17 0.32-0.48
13 Tobias Rieder L 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 11:36 0.22 9-4 0.28-0.22
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 19:34 0.18 7-12 0.29-0.29
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 12:09 0.01 9-4 0.28-0.22
72 Tage Thompson C 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 17:08 0.05 9-13 0.22-0.43
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 15:14 0.03 9-6 0.68-0.21
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 09:55 0.03 7-4 0.24-0.20
12 Eric Staal C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 14:45 0.06 7-8 0.30-0.23
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13:23 11-4 0.58-0.22
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 11:33 0.18 8-4 0.48-0.20
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:56 10-7 0.68-0.27
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 24:20 0.13 14-20 0.30-0.70
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:25 0.34 8-4 0.48-0.20
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 22:22 0.01 15-13 0.42-0.33
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 20:37 0.01 11-12 0.27-0.62
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Carter Hutton L 27 22 5 58:36 2.05 -2.95