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Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 11, 2021 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 42
Buffalo Sabres 2 31

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:40 WSH Lars Eller (4) Conor Sheary (6), T.J. Oshie (5) 1 - 0
13:48 BUF Vinnie Hinostroza (5) Robert Hagg (4), Jacob Bryson (7) 1 - 1
2nd Period
02:09 BUF Will Butcher (1) Rasmus Asplund (9), Kyle Okposo (13) 1 - 2
3rd Period
05:41 WSH Martin Fehérváry (3) Alex Ovechkin (24), Evgeny Kuznetsov (21) 2 - 2
Shootout
WSH T.J. Oshie Shootout winner 3 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
14:13 BUF Zemgus Girgensons Hooking 2
18:16 BUF Kyle Okposo High sticking double minor 4
Overtime
04:36 WSH Dmitry Orlov Slashing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 69 55 42 2 3.5 57.3
Buffalo Sabres 48 40 31 2 2.5 42.7

How the game went

201510505Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo 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: 3.5 expected, 2 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.5 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTWSH goal, 3:40 of 1st, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 5:41 of 3rd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 13:48 of 1st, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 2:09 of 2nd, a 15% chanceWSH 3.5BUF 2.5

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 · Evgeny Kuznetsov · Aliaksei Protas14:5170.849.61-0
T.J. Oshie · Lars Eller · Conor Sheary12:0144.846.91-1
Carl Hagelin · Michael Sgarbossa · Daniel Sprong9:2866.770.90-0
Beck Malenstyn · Brett Leason · Connor McMichael5:4355.643.40-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dmitry Orlov · Nick Jensen17:0753.344.80-0
John Carlson · Martin Fehérváry15:4766.744.11-0
Justin Schultz · Matt Irwin12:4162.172.70-1

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
20 Lars Eller C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 19:23 0.16 16-16 0.64-0.65
42 Martin Fehérváry D 1 0 1 1 0 3 7 19:45 0.08 19-14 0.39-0.90
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 25:36 0.60 23-12 0.50-0.62
43 Conor Sheary L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 19:18 0.16 16-19 0.65-0.82
77 T.J. Oshie R 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 22:21 0.46 19-20 0.66-0.83
92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 1 0 5 1 24:26 0.36 22-10 0.47-0.51
3 Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:17 17-17 0.40-0.72
4 Justin Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 17:48 0.02 18-13 1.43-0.71
9 Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 23:10 0.06 21-18 0.46-0.81
10 Daniel Sprong R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 14:33 0.22 14-9 1.08-0.51
20 Brett Leason R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 07:50 0.19 8-5 0.27-0.28
21 Aliaksei Protas L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18:31 18-10 0.38-0.63
23 Michael Sgarbossa C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 12:05 14-11 1.08-0.75
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 09:02 0.02 7-6 0.18-0.30
52 Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:09 0.01 19-13 1.54-0.67
62 Carl Hagelin L 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 12:50 0.85 13-7 1.06-0.51
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 26:04 0.27 24-13 0.56-0.69
77 Connor McMichael L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:05 7-7 0.20-0.35
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
41 Vitek Vanecek W 31 29 2 64:47 2.45 +0.45

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Kyle Okposo · Brett Murray · Dylan Cozens13:4043.248.70-0
Jeff Skinner · Victor Olofsson · Tage Thompson13:2225.011.30-0
Cody Eakin · Vinnie Hinostroza · Anders Bjork9:4043.547.21-0
Zemgus Girgensons · John Hayden · Rasmus Asplund8:0750.075.30-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Henri Jokiharju · Rasmus Dahlin21:2555.360.30-0
Mark Pysyk · Will Butcher14:1032.130.21-0
Robert Hagg · Jacob Bryson12:2435.744.90-2

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 G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
4 Will Butcher D 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 15:26 0.16 10-19 0.60-1.21
24 Vinnie Hinostroza C 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 11:48 0.40 12-13 0.58-0.53
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 0 4 3 1 18:30 0.33 18-23 0.82-0.88
18 Robert Hagg D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 3 17:22 0.09 11-19 0.50-0.46
74 Rasmus Asplund C 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 13:05 6-5 0.48-0.10
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 19:42 0.07 12-22 0.50-0.53
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 21:00 0.01 12-24 0.83-1.29
15 John Hayden C 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 12:38 0.26 6-5 0.48-0.10
20 Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 17:21 0.08 12-18 0.58-0.66
20 Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 26:08 0.01 22-17 1.09-0.64
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 13:26 0.12 12-15 0.69-0.53
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:28 0.24 21-22 1.11-0.75
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 25:22 0.19 21-17 0.98-0.64
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 12:03 5-4 0.38-0.09
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 16:28 0.04 6-15 0.15-0.78
57 Brett Murray L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:22 0.34 19-23 0.84-0.99
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 18:16 0.09 6-16 0.21-0.89
95 Victor Olofsson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 16:59 0.05 9-18 0.43-0.89
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen OTL 42 40 2 65:00 3.44 +1.44