Washington Capitals vs. Buffalo SabresNov 7, 2017

FinalTuesday, Nov 7, 2017· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	0	1		WSH	4	10	11	25
BUF	0	1	2	3		BUF	15	9	8	32

: WSH 43BUF 50
: WSH 1.39BUF 2.95
PP goals: WSH 0BUF 0
Hits: WSH 22BUF 19
Blocks: WSH 8BUF 12
PIM: WSH 13BUF 7
: WSH 48%BUF 52%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Buffalo Sabres beat Washington Capitals 3–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Washington Capitals 3–1 at home. Evander Kane (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for BUF: Griffith–Baptiste–Reinhart skated 7:40 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Evander Kane had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:43.Kane
New line
New look for BUF: Griffith–Baptiste–Reinhart skated 7:40 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Griffith Baptiste Reinhart
New line
New look for BUF: Nolan–Larsson–Girgensons skated 8:24 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nolan Larsson Girgensons
Usage
Taylor Fedun (BUF) played 20:59, +7:21 up on his 13:38 season average over 6 games.Fedun
Usage
Devante Smith-Pelly (WSH) played 16:28, +4:10 up on his 12:18 season average over 74 games.Smith-Pelly
Usage
Benoit Pouliot (BUF) played 16:45, +3:07 up on his 13:38 season average over 73 games.Pouliot
Usage
Tom Wilson (WSH) played 11:35, −4:28 down on his 16:03 season average over 77 games.Wilson
Usage
Marco Scandella (BUF) played 26:34, +3:17 up on his 23:17 season average over 81 games.Scandella

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← WSH attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 93 of 93 attempts · BUF 50 · WSH 43

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
WSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: WSH 20% of the game, BUF 41%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

WSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	WSH	BUF
	43	47
	1.31	2.16
	1.27	2.09
	4	8
	2	5
	12	14
	−0.051	+0.052
	20%	41%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Smith-Pelly
13:0956% CF
L2Oshie – Backstrom – Vrana
8:4854% CF
L3Eller – Wilson – Stephenson
5:5163% CF
L4Beagle – Chiasson – Walker
4:5225% CF
D1Orpik – Carlson
15:2644% CF
D2Ness – Orlov
10:3239% CF
D3Chorney – Djoos
8:1945% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Kuznetsov
1:11100% CF
PP2Eller – Chiasson – Orlov – Djoos – Vrana
0:25100% CF
PK1FBeagle – Chiasson
3:51
PK2FEller – Wilson
2:36
PK1DOrpik – Carlson
1:51
PK2DChorney – Orlov
1:49

Current WSH line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Pouliot – Okposo – O'Reilly
11:2659% CF
L2Pominville – Kane – Eichel
11:1538% CF
L3Nolan – Larsson – Girgensons
8:2455% CF
L4Griffith – Baptiste – Reinhart
7:4067% CF
D1Falk – Scandella
16:0452% CF
D2Fedun – McCabe
14:4952% CF
D3Redmond – Antipin
11:5035% CF

PP1Okposo – Scandella – O'Reilly – Kane – Eichel
5:2275% CF
PP2Pominville – Pouliot – Kane – Fedun – Antipin
1:31
PK1FPouliot – Larsson
1:03
PK2FKane – Eichel
0:28
PK1DFalk – Scandella
1:17
PK2DFedun – McCabe
0:38

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:39
BUFEvander Kane (Jack Eichel)snap0.10 xG
WSH: Orpik, Eller, Carlson, Wilson, StephensonBUF: Pominville, Redmond, Kane, Eichel, Antipin
WSH 0 – 1 BUF
17:44
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Devante Smith-Pelly, Brooks Orpik)wrist0.09 xG
WSH: Orpik, Ovechkin, Chorney, Kuznetsov, Smith-PellyBUF: Pouliot, Okposo, Falk, Scandella, O'Reilly
WSH 1 – 1 BUF

3rd period

3:22
BUFBenoit Pouliotwrist0.08 xG
WSH: Orpik, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, VranaBUF: Pouliot, Okposo, Redmond, O'Reilly, Antipin
WSH 1 – 2 BUF
19:40
BUFEvander KaneEN (Jason Pominville)wrist0.61 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Chiasson, KuznetsovBUF: Pominville, Scandella, Kane, McCabe, Eichel
WSH 1 – 3 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.51	5	0	2	19:34	—	—	49	58
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	2	18:53	—	—	51	58
Devante Smith-Pelly R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.25	0	0	0	16:28	—	—	47	57
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	4	0	0	19:22	—	—	45	17
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	0	1	0	19:08	—	—	55	25
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	12:07	—	—	50	23
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	0	0	13:32	—	—	50	30
Tom Wilson R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	5	11:35	—	—	50	19
Chandler Stephenson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	9:27	—	—	67	45
Alex Chiasson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:35	—	—	50	39
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:54	—	—	13	0
Nathan Walker L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:29	—	—	13	0
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	-3	5	0.10	0	0	2	25:34	—	—	54	50
Brooks Orpik D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	2	2	21:52	—	—	42	26
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.17	3	2	0	24:24	—	—	51	35
Aaron Ness D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:16	—	—	43	26
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	16:51	—	—	48	38
Taylor Chorney D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:42	—	—	50	67

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	31	29	2	.935	2.33	59:17

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.49	0	0	0	21:31	—	—	56	78
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	17:44	—	—	60	81
Benoit Pouliot L	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	16:45	—	—	56	79
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.20	1	0	0	21:49	—	—	39	56
Evander Kane L	L2	2	0	2	+2	4	0.76	0	0	0	21:43	—	—	46	53
Jason Pominville R	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.24	0	2	0	16:05	—	—	43	57
Johan Larsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:04	—	—	35	8
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	11:37	—	—	53	51
Jordan Nolan C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	1	2	10:56	—	—	60	77
Sam Reinhart C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.34	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	67	63
Seth Griffith C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:54	—	—	67	46
Nick Baptiste R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:47	—	—	58	60
Marco Scandella D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	4	0	0	26:34	—	—	59	56
Justin Falk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.38	5	3	0	18:15	—	—	54	52
Taylor Fedun D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	1	0	20:59	—	—	61	78
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	2	5	19:50	—	—	50	79
Victor Antipin D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:48	—	—	42	63
Zach Redmond D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	2	0	14:12	—	—	38	58

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	1.39	60:00

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.