Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Mar 15, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Washington Capitals	6	30
Buffalo Sabres	0	23

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
18:46	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov (3)	Justin Schultz (9), Conor Sheary (3)	1 - 0
2nd Period
02:41	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom (11)	T.J. Oshie (13), Nick Jensen (9)	2 - 0
05:59	WSH	Richard Panik (3)	Dmitry Orlov (1)	3 - 0
15:07	WSH	Daniel Sprong (6)	Nick Jensen (10)	4 - 0
3rd Period
06:46	WSH	Garnet Hathaway (4)	Justin Schultz (10), Carl Hagelin (5)	5 - 0
16:21	WSH	Alex Ovechkin (11)	Conor Sheary (4)	6 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
16:43	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	Hooking	2
3rd Period
07:17	BUF	Taylor Hall	Hooking	2
12:48	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals	49	40	30	6	2.1	47.3
Buffalo Sabres	49	35	23	0	2.2	52.7

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: 2.1 expected, 6 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.2 expected, 0 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 · T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom	12:35	50.0	43.8	1-0
Evgeny Kuznetsov · Jakub Vrana · Daniel Sprong	11:22	38.9	33.8	1-0
Carl Hagelin · Nic Dowd · Garnet Hathaway	10:19	50.0	95.5	1-0
Richard Panik · Nic Dowd · Conor Sheary	4:21	50.0	22.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zdeno Chara · Nick Jensen	14:17	52.2	55.1	1-0
John Carlson · Brenden Dillon	12:39	40.0	22.0	0-0
Justin Schultz · Dmitry Orlov	11:45	73.3	84.7	2-0

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
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	2	2	2	0	0	0	17:27	0.02	14-15	0.69-0.60
4	Justin Schultz	D	0	2	2	4	0	1	0	16:16	0.01	14-5	0.79-0.17
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	2	2	3	0	0	0	12:45	0.04	10-7	0.54-0.67
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	3	0	6	0	20:04	0.35	17-14	0.72-0.63
10	Daniel Sprong	R	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	16:20	0.30	11-15	0.35-0.82
16	Richard Panik	R	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	13:05	0.23	10-11	0.56-0.76
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	17:40	0.22	17-17	0.60-0.85
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	14:41	0.21	9-14	0.35-0.43
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	18:59	0.08	11-13	0.39-0.50
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	18:14	0.01	16-16	0.87-0.75
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	15:22	0.10	10-10	0.37-0.07
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	1	1	1	0	5	1	18:30	0.40	16-15	0.61-0.57
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	19:13	0.01	11-17	0.43-0.78
19	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13:28	0.01	8-13	0.26-0.71
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	20:14	0.04	12-13	0.45-0.41
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	18:51	0.02	15-15	0.40-0.51
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	07:00	0.01	3-10	0.01-0.63
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	19:51	0.01	11-20	0.22-0.97

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
41	Vitek Vanecek	W, SO	23	23	0	60:00	2.24	+2.24

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Eric Staal · Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson	13:09	44.4	16.3	0-3
Riley Sheahan · Taylor Hall · Tage Thompson	12:22	76.0	90.1	0-0
Kyle Okposo · Tobias Rieder · Rasmus Asplund	12:01	40.9	47.9	0-0
Jeff Skinner · Curtis Lazar · Casey Mittelstadt	8:20	53.8	68.9	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Colin Miller · Rasmus Dahlin	18:05	46.7	38.5	0-2
Rasmus Ristolainen · Jacob Bryson	16:46	30.0	27.1	0-1
Matt Irwin · Brandon Montour	15:29	66.7	68.1	0-2

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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
6	Colin Miller	D	-2	0	1	1	20:28	0.02	20-16	0.99-0.84
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	15:33		10-15	0.51-0.49
8	Riley Sheahan	C	-1	0	0	0	15:24	0.07	19-7	0.94-0.11
11	Casey Mittelstadt	C	-1	0	0	0	13:53		8-11	0.56-0.30
12	Eric Staal	C	-3	0	1	0	15:21	0.13	10-11	0.24-0.80
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	1	14:49		9-13	0.44-0.48
13	Sam Reinhart	C	-4	0	1	0	16:09	0.01	11-11	0.16-0.82
20	Curtis Lazar	C	-2	0	2	2	11:16	0.29	9-7	0.54-0.25
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	-3	2	0	0	19:55		15-17	0.60-0.84
52	Matt Irwin	D	-2	0	4	0	18:43	0.34	20-11	0.94-0.46
53	Jeff Skinner	L	-1	0	3	0	13:59	0.25	12-10	0.64-0.28
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	-1	0	1	3	21:42	0.02	7-16	0.15-0.44
62	Brandon Montour	D	-3	0	1	0	19:41	0.07	25-12	1.33-0.46
71	Taylor Hall	L	0	2	4	0	15:58	0.28	19-8	0.94-0.14
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	3	0	13:53	0.56	19-7	0.94-0.13
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	-1	0	1	0	14:17	0.09	10-15	0.45-0.53
78	Jacob Bryson	D	-2	0	0	1	18:48	0.02	9-15	0.31-0.42
95	Victor Olofsson	L	-4	0	1	1	16:11	0.07	8-13	0.15-0.84

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Carter Hutton	L	30	24	6	60:00	2.09	-3.91