Buffalo Sabres vs. Washington CapitalsDec 14, 2024

FinalSaturday, Dec 14, 2024· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	1	0	2		BUF	6	10	5	21
WSH	1	1	2	4		WSH	12	13	6	31

: BUF 57WSH 61
: BUF 2.31WSH 4.64
PP goals: BUF 0WSH 2
Hits: BUF 25WSH 27
Blocks: BUF 10WSH 17
PIM: BUF 11WSH 9
: BUF 54%WSH 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Washington Capitals beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2

Washington Capitals beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2 at home. John Carlson (WSH) led the scoring with 0G 3A. WSH's first power-play unit (Carlson, Wilson, Strome, Chychrun and McMichael) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:43 together.

Points
John Carlson had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 23:59.Carlson
Points
Tom Wilson had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:38.Wilson
Points
Jakob Chychrun had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:27.Chychrun
PP1
WSH's first power-play unit (Carlson, Wilson, Strome, Chychrun and McMichael) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:43 together.Carlson Wilson Strome Chychrun McMichael
Usage
Owen Power (BUF) played 28:33, +7:20 up on his 21:13 season average over 78 games.Power
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Bowen Byram (BUF) played 26:29, +3:50 up on his 22:39 season average over 81 games.Byram
Usage
Jiri Kulich (BUF) played 18:36, +3:52 up on his 14:44 season average over 61 games.Kulich
Usage
Dylan Cozens (BUF) played 12:15, −4:52 down on his 17:07 season average over 81 games.Cozens

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 118 of 118 attempts · WSH 61 · BUF 57

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 21% of the game, WSH 41%.

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
	61	59
	2.46	3.37
	2.35	3.23
	12	16
	5	11
	24	17
	+0.036	−0.036
	21%	41%

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

L1Zucker – Greenway – McLeod
11:1752% CF
L2Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn – Krebs
7:3943% CF
L3Cozens – Kulich – Benson
5:4050% CF
L4Tuch – Thompson – Peterka
5:1840% CF
D1Samuelsson – Power
14:2455% CF
D2Byram – Johnson
10:5744% CF
D3Clifton – Gilbert
7:2340% CF

PP1Thompson – Krebs – Power – Kulich – Benson
1:5833% CF
PP2Zucker – Tuch – Byram – Cozens – Peterka
0:57100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
0:58
PK2FGreenway – Peterka
0:27
PK1DClifton – Samuelsson
1:35

Current BUF line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Wilson – Dubois – Protas
11:2338% CF
L2Strome – Raddysh – McMichael
10:3859% CF
L3Dowd – Duhaime – Miroshnichenko
8:2955% CF
L4Eller – Mangiapane – Lapierre
6:4741% CF
D1Roy – Sandin
11:5338% CF
D2van Riemsdyk – Fehérváry
8:5055% CF
D3Carlson – Chychrun
8:1550% CF

PP1Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun – McMichael
2:43100% CF
PP2Wilson – Chychrun – Dubois – Sandin – Protas
0:23
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
1:01
PK2FEller – Wilson
0:36
PK1DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:11
PK2Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
0:40

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
Ryan McLeod C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:52	—	—	52	47
Jason Zucker L	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.45	1	0	0	15:33	—	—	53	51
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.11	5	0	0	14:51	—	—	52	45
Peyton Krebs C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	0	0	13:30	—	—	50	46
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	2	0	10:21	—	—	35	22
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:46	—	—	50	29
Zach Benson L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.19	0	0	2	18:58	—	—	50	47
Jiri Kulich C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	0	1	0	18:36	—	—	53	51
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	1	0	5	12:15	—	—	54	43
Tage Thompson C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	3	0	0	19:12	—	—	48	30
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	16:51	—	—	53	26
JJ Peterka R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	16:31	—	—	57	31
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	1	2	28:33	—	—	53	34
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	1	0	18:36	—	—	58	54
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	2	2	26:29	—	—	49	42
Ryan Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	1	0	0	14:45	—	—	53	39
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	1	2	0	14:32	—	—	41	48
Dennis Gilbert D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	5	1	0	11:37	—	—	46	59

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	3.25	57:18

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tom Wilson R	L1	2	0	2	0	2	1.12	6	1	0	19:38	—	—	38	72
Aliaksei Protas L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.31	1	0	0	18:52	—	—	50	86
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.24	2	1	0	16:06	—	—	33	74
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	1	0	2	17:43	—	—	52	69
Dylan Strome C	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.47	0	1	0	15:19	—	—	61	73
Taylor Raddysh R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.27	0	0	0	11:44	—	—	58	75
Nic Dowd C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	3	1	0	18:16	—	—	50	53
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.33	2	2	2	14:51	—	—	46	55
Ivan Miroshnichenko L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	1	2	0	11:25	—	—	56	56
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	1	0	13:54	—	—	47	40
Andrew Mangiapane L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:41	—	—	50	32
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:30	—	—	41	28
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	6	2	0	20:29	—	—	40	40
Rasmus Sandin D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:55	—	—	34	50
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	1	5	17:50	—	—	61	62
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	17:21	—	—	60	61
John Carlson D	D3	0	3	3	+2	1	0.19	0	1	0	23:59	—	—	53	80
Jakob Chychrun D	D3	1	1	2	+2	5	0.84	0	3	0	22:27	—	—	47	54

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	2.31	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Tom Wilson (WSH PP) 2nd 5:11 · assists Jakob Chychrun · Rebound · carried in · 50.8 mph shot · 4.5 s from entry to goal.

Tom Wilson · 2nd 5:11 · WSH PP

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.8 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 4.5 s
Type: rebound

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Jason Zucker · 1st 1:36 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 6.8 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Tom Wilson · 1st 17:09 · WSH PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 25.2 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: deflection

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Jiri Kulich · 2nd 7:24 · BUF

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.3 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Dylan Strome · 3rd 11:05 · WSH

Play: deflection
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 22.3 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Jakob Chychrun · 3rd 18:30 · WSH EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.9 mph
Distance: 30 ft

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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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Washington CapitalsDec 14, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Washington Capitals beat Buffalo Sabres 4–2

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

Goal anatomy

Tom Wilson · 2nd 5:11 · WSH PP

Jason Zucker · 1st 1:36 · BUF

Tom Wilson · 1st 17:09 · WSH PP

Jiri Kulich · 2nd 7:24 · BUF

Dylan Strome · 3rd 11:05 · WSH

Jakob Chychrun · 3rd 18:30 · WSH EN