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Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Jan 24, 2021 · Capital One Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 48
Washington Capitals 3 31

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:58 WSH Justin Schultz (1) Unassisted 0 - 1
2nd Period
10:07 BUF Colin Miller (1) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (1), Casey Mittelstadt (1) 1 - 1
11:51 WSH T.J. Oshie (2) PP Justin Schultz (1), Nicklas Backstrom (3) 1 - 2
13:04 BUF Victor Olofsson (3) PP Sam Reinhart (2), Jack Eichel (7) 2 - 2
3rd Period
07:24 BUF Eric Staal (2) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (2), Colin Miller (1) 3 - 2
09:28 WSH Nicklas Backstrom (4) PP Jakub Vrana (3), John Carlson (4) 3 - 3
Shootout
BUF Jack Eichel Shootout winner 4 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
15:21 WSH Connor McMichael Hooking 2
2nd Period
01:23 BUF Jake McCabe Tripping 2
08:20 WSH Zdeno Chara Tripping 2
10:45 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Tripping 2
12:07 WSH Nic Dowd Tripping 2
15:46 WSH Jonas Siegenthaler Tripping 2
3rd Period
06:03 WSH Nic Dowd Cross checking 2
07:50 BUF Brandon Montour Interference 2
10:33 WSH Justin Schultz Ps holding on breakaway 0

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 79 63 48 3 4.3 56.2
Washington Capitals 54 39 31 3 3.0 43.8

How the game went

2520151050Start2nd3rdOTWashington 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: 4.3 expected, 3 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.0 expected, 3 scored

01234Start2nd3rdOTBUF goal, 10:07 of 2nd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 13:04 of 2nd, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 7:24 of 3rd, a 10% chanceWSH goal, 6:58 of 1st, a 1% chanceWSH goal, 11:51 of 2nd, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 9:28 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBUF 4.3WSH 3.0

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

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
Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel7:3861.563.40-0
Riley Sheahan · Jeff Skinner · Curtis Lazar6:5054.524.00-0
Taylor Hall · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel6:3775.084.00-1
Kyle Okposo · Cody Eakin · Tobias Rieder6:1446.714.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen13:2452.426.70-0
Brandon Montour · Henri Jokiharju12:3958.150.80-0
Colin Miller · Rasmus Dahlin11:3943.525.50-1

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
6 Colin Miller D 1 1 2 -1 0 2 1 17:02 0.17 11-13 0.16-0.44
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 2 2 0 2 1 2 24:13 0.09 15-12 0.28-0.40
12 Eric Staal C 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 15:50 0.35 13-14 0.44-0.30
95 Victor Olofsson L 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 21:25 0.55 13-12 0.52-0.45
9 Jack Eichel C 0 1 1 -1 0 8 0 24:28 1.05 20-9 0.81-0.33
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 10:02 7-6 0.06-0.23
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 24:36 0.57 21-10 0.82-0.33
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:43 0.12 13-16 0.45-0.76
8 Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 10:31 6-7 0.07-0.27
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:08 0.02 12-9 0.23-0.70
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 12:56 0.12 11-9 0.21-0.70
20 Curtis Lazar C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:45 0.02 6-7 0.07-0.27
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 14:13 0.04 19-13 0.80-0.76
22 Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 19:33 18-11 0.45-0.38
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 6 1 22:47 0.23 12-14 0.26-0.44
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 11:47 0.31 11-5 0.26-0.21
62 Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 20:48 0.06 25-15 1.10-0.78
71 Taylor Hall L 0 0 0 -1 0 7 0 22:29 0.61 17-13 0.65-0.23
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark W 31 28 3 65:00 2.99 -0.01

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Jakub Vrana12:1661.547.70-0
Carl Hagelin · Nic Dowd · Garnet Hathaway10:5836.839.61-0
Lars Eller · Richard Panik · Connor McMichael8:0144.454.70-0
Brian Pinho · Conor Sheary · Daniel Sprong6:4166.799.60-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zdeno Chara · Justin Schultz16:3056.150.41-0
John Carlson · Brenden Dillon13:1234.852.30-0
Trevor van Riemsdyk · Jonas Siegenthaler11:2042.157.60-0

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
4 Justin Schultz D 1 1 2 1 0 5 0 24:39 0.33 23-22 0.82-0.83
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 0 0 6 1 22:16 0.76 16-13 0.27-0.32
77 T.J. Oshie R 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 22:03 0.17 16-15 0.27-0.38
19 Jakub Vrana L 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 18:50 0.06 16-13 0.27-0.38
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 28:52 0.27 8-17 0.37-0.40
5 Brenden Dillon D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:50 8-19 0.37-0.36
10 Daniel Sprong R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 09:27 0.14 7-6 0.64-0.08
16 Richard Panik R 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 11:50 0.24 10-10 0.46-0.29
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 18:15 0.09 9-16 0.45-0.54
21 Garnet Hathaway R 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 14:09 0.18 7-16 0.33-0.67
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 17:18 0.08 8-17 0.33-0.63
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 22:37 0.03 23-18 0.82-0.81
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:11 0.11 6-6 0.54-0.06
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:14 8-11 0.41-0.30
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 20:18 0.05 8-18 0.33-0.78
64 Brian Pinho C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 08:11 0.33 6-7 0.54-0.18
71 Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15:14 8-13 0.41-0.36
77 Connor McMichael L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 09:54 0.11 8-13 0.35-0.29
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Vitek Vanecek OTL 48 45 3 65:00 4.36 +1.36