Washington Capitals vs. Buffalo SabresMar 9, 2020

Final / SOMonday, Mar 9, 2020· KeyBank Center

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Buffalo SabresBUF

3

Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	0	0	2	0	0	2		WSH	9	8	16	2	35
BUF	1	1	0	0	1	3		BUF	8	9	5	4	26

: WSH 57BUF 43
: WSH 2.75BUF 2.06
PP goals: WSH 0BUF 1
Hits: WSH 13BUF 14
Blocks: WSH 10BUF 12
PIM: WSH 6BUF 2
: WSH 46%BUF 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Washington Capitals 3–2 (SO)

Buffalo Sabres beat Washington Capitals 3–2 in a shootout at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Ristolainen, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:51 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:24.Ovechkin
Points
Rasmus Dahlin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:16.Dahlin
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Ristolainen, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:51 together.Ristolainen Reinhart Olofsson Eichel Dahlin
Usage
Rasmus Ristolainen (BUF) played 28:50, +6:07 up on his 22:43 season average over 68 games.Ristolainen
Goalie
Linus Ullmark (BUF) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +4 against a season average of 31.4; the win.Ullmark
New line
New look for BUF: Simmonds–Vesey–Lazar skated 9:38 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Simmonds Vesey Lazar
Usage
Dmitry Orlov (WSH) played 26:40, +4:34 up on his 22:07 season average over 68 games.Orlov
Usage
Brandon Montour (BUF) played 26:01, +6:38 up on his 19:23 season average over 53 games.Montour

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 100 of 100 attempts · BUF 43 · WSH 57

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 38% of the game, BUF 23%.

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
	60	41
	2.77	1.66
	2.68	1.58
	12	8
	6	0
	10	18
	−0.012	+0.012
	38%	23%

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 – Wilson
16:0048% CF
L2Oshie – Backstrom – Vrana
10:2661% CF
L3Kovalchuk – Hagelin – Eller
9:2978% CF
L4Panik – Dowd – Hathaway
9:1138% CF
D1Orlov – Jensen
17:4445% CF
D2Carlson – Dillon
11:5961% CF
D3Siegenthaler – Kempny
6:3225% CF

PP1Kovalchuk – Ovechkin – Eller – Orlov – Kuznetsov
1:10100% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Wilson
0:48100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Dowd
1:32
PK2FEller – Wilson
0:42
PK1DJensen – Dillon
1:16
PK2DCarlson – Siegenthaler
0:44

Current WSH line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Reinhart – Eichel
16:1943% CF
L2Okposo – Larsson – Girgensons
13:0447% CF
L3Johansson – Olofsson – Kahun
10:3329% CF
L4Simmonds – Vesey – Lazar
9:3840% CF
D1Ristolainen – Montour
21:5048% CF
D2McCabe – Jokiharju
16:3638% CF
D3Miller – Dahlin
12:2539% CF

PP1Ristolainen – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
1:51100% CF
PP2Okposo – Simmonds – Johansson – Skinner – Miller
0:440% CF
PK1FGirgensons – Lazar
1:05
PK2FOkposo – Johansson
0:41
PK1DMontour – Jokiharju
0:57
PK2DMcCabe – Ristolainen
0:49

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:53
BUFVictor Olofsson (Marcus Johansson, Rasmus Dahlin)wrist0.07 xG
WSH: Kovalchuk, Hagelin, Eller, Carlson, DillonBUF: Johansson, Miller, Olofsson, Dahlin, Kahun
WSH 0 – 1 BUF

2nd period

0:53
BUFJack EichelPP (Rasmus Dahlin, Rasmus Ristolainen)slap0.11 xG
WSH: Hagelin, Jensen, Dowd, SiegenthalerBUF: Ristolainen, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel, Dahlin
WSH 0 – 2 BUF

3rd period

3:33
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Evgeny Kuznetsov)wrist0.03 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson, KempnyBUF: Okposo, Larsson, Girgensons, Ristolainen, Montour
WSH 1 – 2 BUF
13:11
WSHDmitry Orlov (Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson)wrist0.17 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, Eller, Orlov, Dillon, WilsonBUF: Okposo, Larsson, Girgensons, Ristolainen, Montour
WSH 2 – 2 BUF

Decided in the shootout: WSH 2 – 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
Tom Wilson R	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.15	2	0	0	21:22	—	—	54	46
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	1	2	+2	6	0.36	1	2	0	19:24	—	—	46	43
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	19:11	—	—	54	36
Nicklas Backstrom C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:58	—	—	65	61
T.J. Oshie R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	15:56	—	—	65	66
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	1	0	0	13:59	—	—	64	63
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.45	0	1	0	15:57	—	—	74	86
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.42	1	0	0	15:39	—	—	71	78
Carl Hagelin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	0	0	0	13:55	—	—	81	85
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	11:47	—	—	36	49
Richard Panik R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:35	—	—	44	68
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	1	0	10:41	—	—	43	53
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.39	2	0	2	26:40	—	—	55	60
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	21:31	—	—	42	31
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	1	0	26:24	—	—	74	79
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	2	19:54	—	—	67	71
Michal Kempny D	D3	0	0	0	+1	5	0.07	1	0	0	17:06	—	—	56	50
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	14:13	—	—	46	50

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Braden Holtby(start)	O	26	24	2	.923	2.06	65:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.24	0	1	0	23:42	—	—	45	40
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	22:13	—	—	41	38
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	0	0	0	18:02	—	—	41	38
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.20	1	0	0	16:11	—	—	47	63
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	1	0	15:46	—	—	50	68
Johan Larsson L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.27	2	0	2	15:15	—	—	42	61
Victor Olofsson L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.27	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	28	22
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	15:29	—	—	30	22
Dominik Kahun C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	13:05	—	—	29	22
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	1	0	11:35	—	—	42	30
Curtis Lazar C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	11:34	—	—	44	30
Wayne Simmonds R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	0	11:18	—	—	41	17
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.18	3	1	0	28:50	—	—	47	55
Brandon Montour D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	3	0	26:01	—	—	43	56
Jake McCabe D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	2	1	0	18:46	—	—	33	21
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	3	0	18:41	—	—	39	29
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	17:16	—	—	35	19
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:11	—	—	46	28

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	2.75	65:00

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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.