Buffalo Sabres vs. Washington CapitalsJan 24, 2021

Final / SOSunday, Jan 24, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	0	2	1	0	1	4		BUF	16	19	8	5	48
WSH	1	1	1	0	0	3		WSH	9	9	9	4	31

: BUF 79WSH 54
: BUF 3.82WSH 2.92
PP goals: BUF 3WSH 2
Hits: BUF 11WSH 16
Blocks: BUF 15WSH 16
PIM: BUF 6WSH 10
: BUF 51%WSH 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres edge Washington Capitals 4–3 (SO)

Buffalo Sabres beat Washington Capitals 4–3 in a shootout at WSH. Nicklas Backstrom (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Hall, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 6:22 together.

Points
Colin Miller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:02.Miller
Points
Justin Schultz had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:39.Schultz
Points
Nicklas Backstrom had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 22:16.Backstrom
Points
Rasmus Ristolainen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 24:13.Ristolainen
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Hall, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel and Dahlin) scored 1 power-play goal on 15 attempts in 6:22 together.Hall Reinhart Olofsson Eichel Dahlin
Goalie
Vitek Vanecek (WSH) faced 48 shots and stopped 45 (.938), +20 against a season average of 27.9; the overtime loss.Vanecek
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Oshie, Backstrom, Carlson, Schultz and Vrana) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:59 together.Oshie Backstrom Carlson Schultz Vrana
Usage
Casey Mittelstadt (BUF) played 10:02, −6:00 down on his 16:02 season average over 40 games.Mittelstadt

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

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

WSH
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 133 of 133 attempts · WSH 54 · BUF 79

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 35% of the game, WSH 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

BUF

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	BUF	WSH
	60	47
	1.59	2.02
	1.52	2.00
	11	7
	2	1
	8	2
	+0.022	−0.022
	35%	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.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Sheahan – Skinner – Lazar
6:5055% CF
L2Hall – Reinhart – Eichel
6:3775% CF
L3Okposo – Eakin – Rieder
6:1447% CF
L4Staal – Olofsson – Mittelstadt
4:5750% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
13:2452% CF
D2Montour – Jokiharju
12:3958% CF
D3Miller – Dahlin
11:3943% CF

PP1Hall – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
6:22100% CF
PP2Staal – Skinner – Miller – Ristolainen – Mittelstadt
1:27100% CF
PK1FSheahan – Lazar
2:49
PK2FEakin – Rieder
1:38
PK1DMcCabe – Ristolainen
1:29
PK2DMiller – Jokiharju
0:45

Current BUF line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Oshie – Backstrom – Vrana
12:1662% CF
L2Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
10:5837% CF
L3Eller – Panik – McMichael
8:0144% CF
L4Pinho – Sheary – Sprong
6:4167% CF
D1Chara – Schultz
16:3056% CF
D2Carlson – Dillon
13:1235% CF
D3van Riemsdyk – Siegenthaler
11:2942% CF

PP1Oshie – Backstrom – Carlson – Schultz – Vrana
3:5986% CF
PP2Chara – Eller – Panik – Sheary – Sprong
0:45100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Eller
3:42
PK2FDowd – Hathaway
1:21
PK1DChara – Carlson
3:59
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Siegenthaler
1:32

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: BUF 4 – 3 WSH.

Box score

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

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	0	0	0	11:47	—	—	69	56
Curtis Lazar C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	1	0	10:45	—	—	46	16
Riley Sheahan C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:31	—	—	46	16
Sam Reinhart C	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.29	1	1	0	24:36	—	—	68	63
Jack Eichel C	L2	0	1	1	-1	8	0.59	0	0	0	24:28	—	—	69	63
Taylor Hall L	L2	0	0	0	-1	7	0.81	0	1	0	22:29	—	—	57	64
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	45	31
Tobias Rieder L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:08	—	—	57	20
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	12:56	—	—	55	20
Victor Olofsson L	L4	1	0	1	0	5	0.59	0	1	0	21:25	—	—	52	51
Eric Staal C	L4	1	0	1	0	5	0.34	0	1	0	15:50	—	—	48	61
Casey Mittelstadt C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:02	—	—	54	37
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	0	2	2	0	1	0.14	2	1	2	24:13	—	—	56	36
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	19:33	—	—	62	39
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	4	2	20:48	—	—	63	56
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	1	0	14:13	—	—	59	54
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	6	0.33	1	2	0	22:47	—	—	46	32
Colin Miller D	D3	1	1	2	-1	2	0.19	1	1	0	17:02	—	—	46	25

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	31	28	3	.903	2.92	65:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nicklas Backstrom C	L1	1	1	2	0	6	0.69	1	3	0	22:16	—	—	55	59
T.J. Oshie R	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.22	0	0	0	22:03	—	—	52	52
Jakub Vrana L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	18:50	—	—	55	52
Carl Hagelin L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	0	0	20:18	—	—	31	39
Nic Dowd C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	1	0	4	17:18	—	—	32	43
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.24	4	1	0	14:09	—	—	30	42
Lars Eller C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	1	0	18:15	—	—	36	42
Richard Panik R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	4	0	0	11:50	—	—	50	58
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	2	9:54	—	—	38	48
Conor Sheary L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	0	1	0	10:11	—	—	50	88
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	0	0	0	9:27	—	—	54	89
Brian Pinho C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	1	1	0	8:11	—	—	46	82
Justin Schultz D	D1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.32	0	3	0	24:39	—	—	51	62
Zdeno Chara D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	2	2	2	22:37	—	—	56	63
John Carlson D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.21	0	2	0	28:52	—	—	32	58
Brenden Dillon D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:50	—	—	30	62
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	15:14	—	—	38	36
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:14	—	—	42	40

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	O	48	45	3	.938	3.82	65:00

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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Washington CapitalsJan 24, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres edge Washington Capitals 4–3 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Washington Capitals

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Washington Capitals