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Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Apr 15, 2021 · Capital One Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 5 30
Washington Capitals 2 29

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
18:50 BUF Sam Reinhart (15) Dylan Cozens (5), Henri Jokiharju (5) 1 - 0
19:37 WSH Dmitry Orlov (6) T.J. Oshie (21) 1 - 1
2nd Period
01:36 BUF Victor Olofsson (12) Unassisted 2 - 1
05:42 BUF Casey Mittelstadt (7) SH Anders Bjork (5) 3 - 1
09:59 WSH Anthony Mantha (13) John Carlson (28), Nicklas Backstrom (31) 3 - 2
13:23 BUF Anders Bjork (3) Dylan Cozens (6) 4 - 2
3rd Period
19:17 BUF Tage Thompson (5) Rasmus Asplund (2) 5 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
10:48 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Interference 2
2nd Period
03:45 BUF Matt Irwin High sticking 2
3rd Period
00:35 BUF Henri Jokiharju Tripping 2
09:34 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Hooking 2
14:01 BUF Matt Irwin Roughing 2
14:01 WSH Tom Wilson Roughing 2
15:38 WSH Nicklas Backstrom Cross checking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 49 39 30 5 4.4 46.6
Washington Capitals 60 46 29 2 2.7 53.4

How the game went

50510Start2nd3rdWashington 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: 4.4 expected, 5 scored · Washington Capitals: 2.7 expected, 2 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 18:50 of 1st, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 1:36 of 2nd, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 5:42 of 2nd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 13:23 of 2nd, a 4% chanceBUF goal, 19:17 of 3rd, a 55% chanceWSH goal, 19:37 of 1st, a 2% chanceWSH goal, 9:59 of 2nd, a 16% chanceBUF 4.4WSH 2.7

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
Anders Bjork · Dylan Cozens · Arttu Ruotsalainen9:3469.267.71-0
Rasmus Asplund · Tage Thompson · Casey Mittelstadt8:0935.331.10-0
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson7:5941.770.81-0
Cody Eakin · Tobias Rieder · Rasmus Asplund2:3320.020.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin16:2053.366.41-0
Rasmus Ristolainen · Jacob Bryson13:4752.460.01-1
Matt Irwin · Colin Miller11:5637.058.71-0

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
24 Anders Bjork L 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 18:40 0.37 14-8 0.67-0.22
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 2 2 2 0 4 2 14:15 0.21 14-6 0.61-0.23
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 16:01 0.21 8-12 0.31-0.69
13 Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 18:15 0.66 14-18 1.49-0.57
72 Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 13:44 0.12 8-13 0.47-0.72
95 Victor Olofsson L 1 0 1 1 0 5 0 15:29 0.88 13-16 1.37-0.63
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 20:25 0.05 17-16 1.04-0.56
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 16:03 10-18 0.42-0.72
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:18 0.01 12-19 1.23-0.85
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:17 1-2 0.30-0.07
13 Tobias Rieder L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 12:22 0.03 6-13 0.44-0.45
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 13:08 0.30 6-12 0.36-0.38
25 Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 16:08 0.16 16-7 0.96-0.16
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 1 2 2 1 20:29 0.05 17-15 1.14-0.60
52 Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 1 4 0 1 16:00 11-18 1.06-0.83
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 15:17 0.28 13-12 1.41-0.55
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 22:14 0.02 11-12 0.53-0.45
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 22:04 13-12 0.65-0.39
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Dustin Tokarski W 29 27 2 60:00 2.75 +0.75

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
T.J. Oshie · Nicklas Backstrom · Anthony Mantha11:1452.942.21-1
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson9:5260.955.80-0
Lars Eller · Conor Sheary · Daniel Sprong8:0662.555.50-1
Carl Hagelin · Nic Dowd · Garnet Hathaway5:1540.020.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Justin Schultz · Brenden Dillon13:2031.818.80-2
John Carlson · Dmitry Orlov13:0975.070.81-0
Zdeno Chara · Nick Jensen11:0452.630.20-1

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
9 Dmitry Orlov D 1 0 1 2 0 2 2 18:34 0.03 22-10 0.90-0.71
39 Anthony Mantha R 1 0 1 -1 0 1 3 17:59 0.18 12-12 0.36-0.59
19 Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 0 4 2 1 19:51 0.07 9-11 0.16-0.41
74 John Carlson D 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 23:11 0.10 21-8 0.98-0.38
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 19:18 0.13 9-10 0.16-0.58
3 Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:31 0.02 12-12 0.38-0.93
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 19:21 0.02 13-23 0.50-1.66
5 Brenden Dillon D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 17:58 12-19 0.48-1.27
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 -1 0 6 2 21:49 0.56 17-12 0.88-0.67
10 Daniel Sprong R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 12:31 0.25 13-8 0.52-0.46
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 16:37 0.34 16-9 0.60-0.47
21 Garnet Hathaway R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 08:56 5-9 0.32-1.20
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:01 0.21 4-10 0.24-1.35
33 Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 15:55 0.06 12-10 0.38-0.87
43 Tom Wilson R 0 0 0 -2 2 1 4 16:35 0.20 17-13 0.82-0.67
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 13:48 0.34 16-9 0.71-0.54
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:16 0.00 9-7 0.37-0.94
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 17:11 0.21 16-13 0.73-0.87
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Vitek Vanecek L 21 17 4 32:54 2.39 -1.61
41 Craig Anderson 8 8 0 24:44 0.97 +0.97