Buffalo Sabres vs. Washington CapitalsApr 15, 2021
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | BUF | 12 | 13 | 5 | 30 | |
| WSH | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | WSH | 8 | 9 | 12 | 29 |
- BUF 49WSH 60
- BUF 4.71WSH 2.67
- PP goals
- BUF 0WSH 0
- Hits
- BUF 13WSH 28
- Blocks
- BUF 14WSH 10
- PIM
- BUF 8WSH 6
- BUF 39%WSH 61%
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 WSH. Anders Bjork (BUF) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Kyle Okposo (BUF) played 2:17, −11:56 down on his 14:13 season average over 34 games.
- PointsAnders Bjork had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:40.Bjork
- PointsDylan Cozens had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:15.Cozens
- UsageKyle Okposo (BUF) played 2:17, −11:56 down on his 14:13 season average over 34 games.Okposo
- UsageAnders Bjork (BUF) played 18:40, +4:54 up on his 13:46 season average over 44 games.Bjork
- UsageRasmus Asplund (BUF) played 16:03, +3:19 up on his 12:44 season average over 27 games.Asplund
- UsageNic Dowd (WSH) played 9:01, −5:27 down on his 14:28 season average over 55 games.Dowd
- UsageGarnet Hathaway (WSH) played 8:56, −3:27 down on his 12:23 season average over 55 games.Hathaway
- UsageJacob Bryson (BUF) played 22:04, +3:06 up on his 18:58 season average over 37 games.Bryson
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, BUF at WSH: 109 attempts, 59 on goal, 7 goals, 7.38 expected goals; best chance Casey Mittelstadt at 0.87 xG.
- WSH
- BUF
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 109 of 109 attempts · WSH 60 · BUF 49
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, BUF at WSH: expected goals 2.67 to 4.71 (BUF led the chances), shot attempts 60 to 49, 7 goals.
- WSH
- BUF
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- 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 32% of the game, WSH 38%.
Shift chart
Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.
Shifts
Shift chart, BUF at WSH: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Vitek Vanecek (32:54) for WSH and Dustin Tokarski (60:00) for BUF, 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 | BUF | WSH |
|---|---|---|
| 49 | 56 | |
| 3.04 | 2.19 | |
| 2.85 | 2.12 | |
| 13 | 11 | |
| 4 | 6 | |
| 22 | 11 | |
| −0.079 | +0.079 | |
| 32% | 38% |
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
- L1Bjork – Cozens – Ruotsalainen9:3469% CF
- L2Asplund – Thompson – Mittelstadt8:0935% CF
- 7:5942% CF
- 16:2053% CF
- D2Ristolainen – Bryson14:1750% CF
- 12:0138% CF
- PP1Ristolainen – Reinhart – Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin1:090% CF
- PP2Ristolainen – Bjork – Bryson – Cozens – Ruotsalainen0:53
- 1:42
- 0:40
- PK1DRistolainen – Bryson3:24
- 1:52
Washington Capitals
- 11:1453% CF
- 9:5261% CF
- 8:1461% CF
- 5:1540% CF
- 13:2833% CF
- 13:0975% CF
- 11:0453% CF
- 4:0875% CF
- 1:4967% CF
- 1:09
- 0:55
- 2:23
- 0:32
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 18:50BUF 1 – 0 WSH
- 19:37BUF 1 – 1 WSH
2nd period
- 1:36BUF 2 – 1 WSH
- 5:42BUF: Ristolainen, Bjork, Mittelstadt, BrysonWSH: Ovechkin, Schultz, Wilson, Mantha, ShearyBUF 3 – 1 WSH
- 9:59BUF 3 – 2 WSH
- 13:23BUF 4 – 2 WSH
3rd period
- 19:17BUF 5 – 2 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
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anders Bjork L | L1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 0.29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:40 | — | — | 64 | 76 |
| Arttu Ruotsalainen C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0.17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:08 | — | — | 70 | 85 |
| Dylan Cozens C | L1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 0.18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:15 | — | — | 70 | 69 |
| Rasmus Asplund C | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:03 | — | — | 36 | 45 |
| Casey Mittelstadt C | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 1.07 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:01 | — | — | 40 | 34 |
| Tage Thompson C | L2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:44 | — | — | 38 | 41 |
| Sam Reinhart C | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:15 | — | — | 44 | 68 |
| Victor Olofsson L | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 0.36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:29 | — | — | 45 | 55 |
| Jeff Skinner L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 0.32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:17 | — | — | 52 | 65 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 0.07 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20:29 | — | — | 52 | 52 |
| Henri Jokiharju D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0.05 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20:25 | — | — | 52 | 57 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 0.03 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22:14 | — | — | 48 | 68 |
| Jacob Bryson D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22:04 | — | — | 52 | 71 |
| Colin Miller D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:18 | — | — | 39 | 55 |
| Matt Irwin D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16:00 | — | — | 38 | 52 |
| Cody Eakin C | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:08 | — | — | 33 | 58 |
| Tobias Rieder L | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.01 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:22 | — | — | 32 | 52 |
| Kyle Okposo R | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2:17 | — | — | 33 | 81 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dustin Tokarski(start) | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 2.67 | 60:00 |
Washington Capitals
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicklas Backstrom C | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.04 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 19:51 | — | — | 45 | 24 |
| T.J. Oshie R | L1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:18 | — | — | 47 | 20 |
| Anthony Mantha R | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 0.16 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17:59 | — | — | 50 | 34 |
| Alex Ovechkin L | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 0.62 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:49 | — | — | 59 | 57 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:11 | — | — | 55 | 50 |
| Tom Wilson R | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16:35 | — | — | 57 | 56 |
| Lars Eller C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:37 | — | — | 64 | 61 |
| Conor Sheary L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:48 | — | — | 64 | 62 |
| Daniel Sprong R | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:31 | — | — | 62 | 59 |
| Carl Hagelin L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:16 | — | — | 56 | 27 |
| Nic Dowd C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:01 | — | — | 29 | 13 |
| Garnet Hathaway R | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8:56 | — | — | 36 | 20 |
| Justin Schultz D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:21 | — | — | 36 | 25 |
| Brenden Dillon D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:58 | — | — | 39 | 34 |
| John Carlson D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 0.18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23:11 | — | — | 72 | 80 |
| Dmitry Orlov D | D2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0.03 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18:34 | — | — | 69 | 62 |
| Nick Jensen D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16:31 | — | — | 50 | 22 |
| Zdeno Chara D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.04 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15:55 | — | — | 55 | 22 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitek Vanecek(start) | L | 21 | 17 | 4 | .810 | 1.99 | 32:54 |
| Craig Anderson | — | 8 | 8 | 0 | .1000 | 0.99 | 24:44 |