Buffalo Sabres vs. Washington CapitalsNov 8, 2021

FinalMonday, Nov 8, 2021· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	2	3		BUF	6	9	13	28
WSH	1	2	2	5		WSH	12	9	9	30

: BUF 55WSH 50
: BUF 2.46WSH 3.24
PP goals: BUF 0WSH 1
Hits: BUF 11WSH 20
Blocks: BUF 6WSH 15
PIM: BUF 6WSH 6
: BUF 44%WSH 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Buffalo Sabres 5–3

Washington Capitals beat Buffalo Sabres 5–3 at home. Alex Ovechkin (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson and Sheary) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:28 together.

Points
Alex Ovechkin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 24:19.Ovechkin
Points
Evgeny Kuznetsov had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 25:34.Kuznetsov
Points
Tom Wilson had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:16.Wilson
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Ovechkin, Carlson, Kuznetsov, Wilson and Sheary) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:28 together.Ovechkin Carlson Kuznetsov Wilson Sheary
Usage
Nic Dowd (WSH) played 4:37, −9:48 down on his 14:25 season average over 63 games.Dowd
Usage
Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH) played 25:34, +5:21 up on his 20:13 season average over 78 games.Kuznetsov
New line
New look for WSH: Jonsson-Fjallby–Leason–McMichael skated 5:00 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jonsson-Fjallby Leason McMichael
Usage
Christian Wolanin (BUF) played 8:18, −7:12 down on his 15:30 season average over 8 games.Wolanin

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 105 of 105 attempts · WSH 50 · BUF 55

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 26% of the game, WSH 40%.

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
	59	43
	2.77	2.30
	2.64	2.27
	6	10
	4	0
	13	7
	−0.085	+0.085
	26%	40%

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

L1Skinner – Asplund – Thompson
12:4070% CF
L2Hinostroza – Caggiula – Cozens
11:4647% CF
L3Okposo – Eakin – Girgensons
9:0942% CF
L4Hayden – Bjork – Ruotsalainen
7:4960% CF
D1Pysyk – Dahlin
13:3875% CF
D2Miller – Bryson
12:1447% CF
D3Hagg – Wolanin
5:5120% CF

PP1Skinner – Asplund – Thompson – Dahlin – Ruotsalainen
3:2525% CF
PP2Okposo – Miller – Girgensons – Bryson – Cozens
1:38
PK1FEakin – Caggiula
1:53
PK2FHinostroza – Bjork
1:16
PK1DPysyk – Hagg
2:42
PK2DMiller – Bryson
1:03

Current BUF line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Wilson
13:3943% CF
L2Eller – Sheary – Sprong
9:5125% CF
L3Jonsson-Fjallby – Leason – McMichael
5:0045% CF
L4Hagelin – Dowd – Hathaway
3:3120% CF
D1Carlson – Fehérváry
13:3838% CF
D2Orlov – Jensen
13:3246% CF
D3Schultz – van Riemsdyk
13:0740% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Sheary
3:2891% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Eller – Schultz – Orlov – Sprong
1:140% CF
PK1FEller – Wilson
2:11
PK2FKuznetsov – Hathaway
0:55
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:27
PK2DJensen – van Riemsdyk
2:02

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	5	0.56	0	0	0	19:11	—	—	68	76
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.44	1	0	2	18:51	—	—	68	76
Rasmus Asplund C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	17:29	—	—	68	79
Drake Caggiula L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	0	0	16:31	—	—	53	35
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:26	—	—	59	45
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	0	0	15:55	—	—	55	47
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	2	0	15:16	—	—	48	43
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	0	0	2	13:39	—	—	50	43
Cody Eakin C	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.11	0	0	2	13:34	—	—	44	20
Arttu Ruotsalainen C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	13:06	—	—	58	68
Anders Bjork L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.51	0	0	0	10:39	—	—	54	52
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	0	0	8:51	—	—	55	52
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	0	0	26:36	—	—	65	46
Mark Pysyk D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	1	1	0	22:15	—	—	73	66
Colin Miller D	D2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.13	2	0	0	21:24	—	—	59	72
Jacob Bryson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:17	—	—	54	42
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	1	1	-3	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:34	—	—	38	52
Christian Wolanin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	0	8:18	—	—	42	34

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Tokarski(start)	L	30	25	5	.833	2.75	58:52

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L1	0	3	3	+1	1	0.60	0	0	0	25:34	—	—	50	42
Alex Ovechkin L	L1	1	2	3	+1	6	0.67	0	0	0	24:19	—	—	50	50
Tom Wilson R	L1	2	0	2	+1	4	0.80	1	2	0	21:16	—	—	44	47
Conor Sheary L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	2	0	17:53	—	—	29	27
Lars Eller C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	2	0	17:24	—	—	32	37
Daniel Sprong R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	35	25
Connor McMichael L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.20	0	1	0	11:56	—	—	55	80
Brett Leason R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	5:54	—	—	46	61
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	5:44	—	—	46	70
Garnet Hathaway R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	5	0	0	14:51	—	—	41	38
Carl Hagelin L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	4	13:01	—	—	39	38
Nic Dowd C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	4:37	—	—	17	10
John Carlson D	D1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.16	2	1	0	24:27	—	—	46	56
Martin Fehérváry D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	5	2	0	20:09	—	—	37	37
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.04	1	1	0	18:38	—	—	43	48
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	0	2	18:29	—	—	46	47
Justin Schultz D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	1	0	0	18:01	—	—	42	35
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.02	0	2	0	16:39	—	—	39	53

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Vitek Vanecek(start)	W	28	25	3	.893	2.46	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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Washington CapitalsNov 8, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals beat Buffalo Sabres 5–3

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