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Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Nov 8, 2021 · Capital One Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 3 28
Washington Capitals 5 30

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
02:13 WSH Tom Wilson (2) Alex Ovechkin (9), Trevor van Riemsdyk (5) 0 - 1
2nd Period
02:30 WSH Connor McMichael (2) Justin Schultz (1), Carl Hagelin (2) 0 - 2
03:43 BUF Cody Eakin (2) Unassisted 1 - 2
08:55 WSH Alex Ovechkin (11) Dmitry Orlov (4), Evgeny Kuznetsov (9) 1 - 3
3rd Period
03:17 BUF Anders Bjork (2) Arttu Ruotsalainen (1), Robert Hagg (3) 2 - 3
06:45 WSH Tom Wilson (3) Evgeny Kuznetsov (10) 2 - 4
17:47 WSH John Carlson (3) PP Evgeny Kuznetsov (11), Alex Ovechkin (10) 2 - 5
18:56 BUF Colin Miller (1) Mark Pysyk (2), Vinnie Hinostroza (5) 3 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:44 BUF Tage Thompson Holding 2
10:07 WSH Carl Hagelin Holding 2
2nd Period
14:49 WSH Carl Hagelin Tripping 2
3rd Period
09:45 BUF Cody Eakin Delaying game puck over glass 2
14:40 WSH Dmitry Orlov Interference 2
16:31 BUF Zemgus Girgensons Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 55 40 28 3 2.1 57.6
Washington Capitals 50 44 30 5 4.1 42.4

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: 2.1 expected, 3 scored · Washington Capitals: 4.1 expected, 5 scored

01234Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 3:43 of 2nd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 3:17 of 3rd, a 19% chanceBUF goal, 18:56 of 3rd, a 2% chanceWSH goal, 2:13 of 1st, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 2:30 of 2nd, a 4% chanceWSH goal, 8:55 of 2nd, a 6% chanceWSH goal, 6:45 of 3rd, a 12% chanceWSH goal, 17:47 of 3rd, a 47% chanceWSH 4.1BUF 2.1

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
Jeff Skinner · Rasmus Asplund · Tage Thompson12:4070.481.70-0
Vinnie Hinostroza · Drake Caggiula · Dylan Cozens11:4647.125.21-2
Kyle Okposo · Cody Eakin · Zemgus Girgensons9:0942.128.81-2
John Hayden · Anders Bjork · Arttu Ruotsalainen7:4960.067.31-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mark Pysyk · Rasmus Dahlin13:3875.055.21-0
Colin Miller · Jacob Bryson12:1447.439.10-0
Robert Hagg · Christian Wolanin5:5120.04.80-2

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

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 0 1 2 0 4 2 21:24 0.07 17-12 0.87-0.41
20 Cody Eakin C 1 0 1 -1 2 3 0 13:34 0.08 10-13 0.22-0.69
24 Anders Bjork L 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 10:39 0.24 7-6 0.36-0.31
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 22:15 0.03 27-10 0.78-0.48
18 Robert Hagg D 0 1 1 -3 0 0 2 18:34 9-15 0.45-0.63
24 Vinnie Hinostroza C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 16:26 0.06 13-9 0.31-0.56
25 Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 13:06 0.09 7-5 0.36-0.20
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 15:16 0.20 11-12 0.34-0.51
8 Drake Caggiula L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:31 0.05 10-9 0.21-0.56
15 John Hayden C 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 08:51 0.03 6-5 0.31-0.26
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:55 0.07 11-9 0.32-0.56
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 26:36 0.02 24-13 0.56-0.74
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 13:39 0.36 11-11 0.34-0.50
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 19:11 0.40 21-10 0.70-0.24
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 18:51 0.29 21-10 0.70-0.24
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 17:29 0.08 19-9 0.66-0.20
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:17 13-11 0.39-0.51
86 Christian Wolanin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 08:18 8-11 0.18-0.44
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Dustin Tokarski L 30 25 5 58:52 2.60 -2.40

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Tom Wilson13:3942.946.33-2
Lars Eller · Conor Sheary · Daniel Sprong9:5125.027.10-1
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby · Brett Leason · Connor McMichael5:0045.583.80-0
Carl Hagelin · Garnet Hathaway · Connor McMichael3:4466.784.11-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
John Carlson · Martin Fehérváry13:3838.157.71-2
Dmitry Orlov · Nick Jensen13:3246.254.31-0
Justin Schultz · Trevor van Riemsdyk13:0740.059.82-0

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
8 Alex Ovechkin L 1 2 3 1 0 6 0 24:19 0.48 18-18 0.93-0.80
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 3 3 1 0 1 0 25:34 0.16 17-17 0.81-0.83
43 Tom Wilson R 2 0 2 1 0 4 1 21:16 0.68 14-18 0.78-0.77
74 John Carlson D 1 0 1 -1 0 4 2 24:27 0.08 12-14 0.55-0.40
77 Connor McMichael L 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 11:56 0.21 12-10 0.64-0.11
4 Justin Schultz D 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 18:01 0.14 13-18 0.45-0.63
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 18:29 0.01 13-15 0.65-0.63
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 16:39 0.02 11-17 0.45-0.33
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 1 1 1 4 1 0 13:01 0.08 7-11 0.16-0.30
3 Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 18:38 0.05 13-17 0.70-0.58
10 Daniel Sprong R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 15:08 0.03 7-13 0.17-0.41
20 Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:24 0.10 8-17 0.28-0.60
20 Brett Leason R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 05:54 0.18 6-7 0.37-0.12
21 Garnet Hathaway R 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 14:51 0.10 7-10 0.16-0.30
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 04:37 1-5 0.01-0.06
42 Martin Fehérváry D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 5 20:09 10-17 0.41-0.66
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:53 0.16 6-15 0.19-0.45
71 Axel Jonsson-Fjallby L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 05:44 5-6 0.33-0.06
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Vitek Vanecek W 28 25 3 60:00 2.04 -0.96