Washington Capitals vs. Buffalo SabresFeb 23, 2019
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSH | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | WSH | 10 | 15 | 8 | 33 | |
| BUF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | BUF | 13 | 13 | 12 | 38 |
- WSH 53BUF 61
- WSH 2.14BUF 3.70
- PP goals
- WSH 0BUF 1
- Hits
- WSH 19BUF 12
- Blocks
- WSH 7BUF 12
- PIM
- WSH 8BUF 4
- WSH 58%BUF 42%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Buffalo Sabres beat Washington Capitals 5–2
Buffalo Sabres beat Washington Capitals 5–2 at home. Sam Reinhart (BUF) led the scoring with 3G 0A. BUF's first power-play unit (Ristolainen, Sheary, Reinhart, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:52 together.
- PointsSam Reinhart had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:30.Reinhart
- PointsJack Eichel had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:51.Eichel
- PP1BUF's first power-play unit (Ristolainen, Sheary, Reinhart, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:52 together.RistolainenShearyReinhartEichelDahlin
- New lineNew look for BUF: Larsson–Wilson–Girgensons skated 9:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.LarssonWilsonGirgensons
- UsageJeff Skinner (BUF) played 10:40, −7:57 down on his 18:37 season average over 81 games.Skinner
- GoalieBraden Holtby (WSH) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), +7 against a season average of 30.4; the loss.Holtby
- New line
- New lineNew look for WSH: Hagelin–Dowd–Stephenson skated 8:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HagelinDowdStephenson
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.
Shot map, WSH at BUF: 114 attempts, 71 on goal, 7 goals, 5.83 expected goals; best chance Lars Eller at 0.48 xG.
- BUF
- WSH
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 114 of 114 attempts · BUF 61 · WSH 53
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, WSH at BUF: expected goals 3.70 to 2.14 (BUF led the chances), shot attempts 61 to 53, 7 goals.
- BUF
- WSH
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- 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 26% of the game, BUF 42%.
Shift chart
Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.
Shifts
Shift chart, WSH at BUF: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Carter Hutton (60:00) for BUF and Braden Holtby (58:44) for WSH, 7 goals.
- 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).
| Stat | WSH | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 50 | 58 | |
| 1.87 | 3.30 | |
| 1.87 | 3.11 | |
| 7 | 23 | |
| 5 | 7 | |
| 8 | 23 | |
| +0.098 | −0.098 | |
| 26% | 42% |
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
- 12:0739% CF
- L2Eller – Connolly – Burakovsky9:0059% CF
- L3Hagelin – Dowd – Stephenson8:3136% CF
- 7:0558% CF
- 17:0956% CF
- 10:5852% CF
- 7:1436% CF
- 2:1689% CF
- 1:38
- 3:04
- 1:57
- 2:09
- 0:56
Buffalo Sabres
- L1Larsson – Wilson – Girgensons9:2856% CF
- 8:3058% CF
- 8:0343% CF
- L4Pominville – Skinner – Eichel7:0950% CF
- D1McCabe – Ristolainen15:2061% CF
- 13:5738% CF
- 13:1346% CF
- PP1Ristolainen – Sheary – Reinhart – Eichel – Dahlin4:52100% CF
- PP2Pominville – Bogosian – Sheary – Rodrigues – Thompson1:44100% CF
- PK1FLarsson – Girgensons2:25
- 0:55
- 2:04
- PK2DHunwick – Ristolainen1:50
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 3:40WSH 0 – 1 BUF
- 12:51WSH 0 – 2 BUF
2nd period
- 2:28WSH 1 – 2 BUF
- 19:29WSH 1 – 3 BUF
3rd period
- 4:16WSH: Ovechkin, Kuznetsov, Djoos, Burakovsky, KempnyBUF: Hunwick, Larsson, Wilson, Girgensons, McCabeWSH 2 – 3 BUF
- 5:43WSH 2 – 4 BUF
- 19:04WSH 2 – 5 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
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin L | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 8 | 0.23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22:20 | — | — | 47 | 19 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov C | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:02 | — | — | 40 | 14 |
| Tom Wilson R | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19:57 | — | — | 35 | 14 |
| Lars Eller C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:45 | — | — | 52 | 73 |
| Andre Burakovsky L | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.06 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:56 | — | — | 58 | 70 |
| Brett Connolly R | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:18 | — | — | 52 | 66 |
| Carl Hagelin L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:33 | — | — | 29 | 5 |
| Nic Dowd C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11:48 | — | — | 44 | 10 |
| Chandler Stephenson C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:50 | — | — | 50 | 11 |
| Nicklas Backstrom C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 4 | 0.19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:23 | — | — | 48 | 33 |
| T.J. Oshie R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 0.26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:20 | — | — | 53 | 38 |
| Jakub Vrana L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:46 | — | — | 56 | 53 |
| Matt Niskanen D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:54 | — | — | 55 | 39 |
| Dmitry Orlov D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:32 | — | — | 49 | 38 |
| John Carlson D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.03 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25:03 | — | — | 44 | 21 |
| Michal Kempny D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:48 | — | — | 50 | 25 |
| Brooks Orpik D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:02 | — | — | 25 | 53 |
| Christian Djoos D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.01 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:14 | — | — | 48 | 42 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braden Holtby(start) | L | 37 | 33 | 4 | .892 | 3.32 | 58:44 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johan Larsson L | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15:22 | — | — | 50 | 71 |
| Zemgus Girgensons C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0.15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:18 | — | — | 59 | 82 |
| Scott Wilson C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0.06 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:52 | — | — | 53 | 76 |
| Sam Reinhart C | L2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 0.95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:30 | — | — | 61 | 61 |
| Conor Sheary L | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 0.42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:22 | — | — | 52 | 63 |
| Evan Rodrigues C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:25 | — | — | 52 | 58 |
| Vladimir Sobotka C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.09 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13:53 | — | — | 39 | 35 |
| Tage Thompson C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:43 | — | — | 41 | 23 |
| Danny O'Regan C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.42 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:56 | — | — | 50 | 39 |
| Jack Eichel C | L4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 0.57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:51 | — | — | 57 | 84 |
| Jason Pominville R | L4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:49 | — | — | 52 | 76 |
| Jeff Skinner L | L4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 | — | — | 65 | 86 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 25:35 | — | — | 66 | 92 |
| Jake McCabe D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20:04 | — | — | 61 | 91 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | D2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:46 | — | — | 48 | 34 |
| Zach Bogosian D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:08 | — | — | 48 | 32 |
| Matt Hunwick D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.04 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:57 | — | — | 45 | 60 |
| Nathan Beaulieu D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 13:49 | — | — | 46 | 60 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Hutton(start) | W | 33 | 31 | 2 | .939 | 2.14 | 60:00 |