Sun, Feb 20, 2011·HSBC Arena, Buffalo
Washington Capitals 2, Buffalo Sabres 1
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 82% of the time.
11%
76%
BUF winsWSH wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
BUF forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against WSH's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Knuble–Ovechkin–Backstrom | Laich–Semin–Johansson | Bradley–Steckel–Gordon | Chimera–Hendricks–Perreault | Hannan–Schultz | Alzner–Carlson | Erskine–Sloan | Sloan–Schultz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connolly–Stafford–Ennis | 1:010.05–0.00 | 2:460.05–0.02 | 2:360.03–0.12 | 3:130.25–0.12 | 5:050.04–0.10 | 1:560.16–0.00 | 2:080.16–0.18 | 1:110.03–0.00 |
| Hecht–Pominville–Vanek | 2:570.34–0.04 | 3:130.06–0.16 | 1:270.01–0.13 | 1:240.00–0.00 | 3:470.29–0.19 | 2:480.02–0.10 | 2:130.10–0.04 | |
| Niedermayer–Grier–Gaustad | 5:220.14–0.11 | 1:140.03–0.02 | 0:410.00–0.02 | 3:340.03–0.07 | 3:320.14–0.04 | 1:490.04–0.05 | ||
| McCormick–Kaleta–Gerbe | 0:570.00–0.06 | 0:400.00–0.00 | 1:080.00–0.05 | 0:380.00–0.01 | 1:060.00–0.10 | 1:340.00–0.03 | ||
| Gaustad–Pominville–Vanek | 0:350.00–0.00 | 0:320.07–0.04 | 0:330.07–0.03 | 0:340.00–0.00 | ||||
| Hecht–Vanek–Stafford | 0:390.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Leopold–Montador | 3:510.18–0.11 | 3:390.04–0.01 | 2:230.01–0.27 | 2:300.02–0.10 | 7:270.13–0.42 | 4:140.00–0.01 | 1:200.14–0.00 | |
| Butler–Myers | 0:570.05–0.00 | 3:000.10–0.12 | 4:150.05–0.14 | 3:470.21–0.04 | 3:350.06–0.02 | 3:190.20–0.11 | 5:450.15–0.22 | 1:100.03–0.00 |
| Morrisonn–Weber | 5:440.14–0.06 | 2:230.07–0.09 | 1:460.00–0.01 | 0:440.00–0.00 | 3:350.17–0.05 | 4:290.21–0.08 | 3:050.00–0.07 | 0:400.03–0.00 |
| Leopold–Weber | 0:300.00–0.01 | |||||||
| Montador–Weber | 0:440.18–0.04 | 0:380.00–0.04 |
Every shift, one row per player.
BUFWSHFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 John CarlsonWSH | 24 | 24:29 | 1:01 | 2:39 | 3 | 3 |
 Alex OvechkinWSH | 22 | 24:11 | 1:06 | 2:48 | 4 | 0 |
 Jordan LeopoldBUF | 28 | 23:21 | 0:50 | 1:41 | 2 | 5 |
 Jeff SchultzWSH | 22 | 22:07 | 1:00 | 1:41 | 0 | 3 |
 Steve MontadorBUF | 28 | 21:25 | 0:46 | 1:39 | 0 | 5 |
 Nicklas BackstromWSH | 24 | 20:59 | 0:52 | 2:03 | 4 | 1 |
 Scott HannanWSH | 22 | 20:38 | 0:56 | 1:33 | 0 | 2 |
 Alexander SeminWSH | 21 | 19:33 | 0:56 | 2:03 | 5 | 1 |
 Drew StaffordBUF | 20 | 19:22 | 0:58 | 2:08 | 0 | 2 |
 Mike WeberBUF | 26 | 19:22 | 0:45 | 1:19 | 3 | 8 |
 Thomas VanekBUF | 23 | 19:12 | 0:50 | 1:40 | 4 | 3 |
 Brooks LaichWSH | 24 | 19:12 | 0:48 | 1:24 | 6 | 2 |
 Tim ConnollyBUF | 22 | 19:00 | 0:52 | 2:08 | 0 | 5 |
 Tyler MyersBUF | 23 | 18:46 | 0:49 | 1:46 | 3 | 4 |
 Chris ButlerBUF | 22 | 18:33 | 0:51 | 1:16 | 2 | 3 |
 Jochen HechtBUF | 26 | 18:26 | 0:43 | 1:16 | 2 | 4 |
 Jason PominvilleBUF | 27 | 17:54 | 0:40 | 1:08 | 5 | 5 |
 Paul GaustadBUF | 24 | 17:41 | 0:44 | 1:19 | 3 | 7 |
 Mike KnubleWSH | 23 | 17:36 | 0:46 | 1:36 | 5 | 1 |
 Shaone MorrisonnBUF | 24 | 16:23 | 0:41 | 1:19 | 2 | 7 |
 Mike GrierBUF | 21 | 16:10 | 0:46 | 1:24 | 2 | 8 |
 Tyler EnnisBUF | 19 | 15:58 | 0:50 | 1:32 | 0 | 2 |
 Marcus JohanssonWSH | 21 | 15:52 | 0:45 | 1:34 | 5 | 2 |
 Karl AlznerWSH | 20 | 15:43 | 0:47 | 1:37 | 1 | 3 |
 Tyler SloanWSH | 17 | 15:05 | 0:53 | 1:16 | 1 | 0 |
 John ErskineWSH | 16 | 14:04 | 0:53 | 1:35 | 1 | 0 |
 Boyd GordonWSH | 20 | 12:43 | 0:38 | 1:11 | 1 | 6 |
 Rob NiedermayerBUF | 17 | 12:08 | 0:43 | 1:18 | 2 | 2 |
 Mathieu PerreaultWSH | 19 | 12:04 | 0:38 | 1:19 | 5 | 1 |
 Matt BradleyWSH | 17 | 11:38 | 0:41 | 1:13 | 1 | 3 |
 David SteckelWSH | 17 | 11:16 | 0:40 | 1:03 | 2 | 3 |
 Jason ChimeraWSH | 14 | 10:56 | 0:47 | 1:11 | 1 | 1 |
 Matt HendricksWSH | 14 | 9:26 | 0:40 | 1:02 | 2 | 1 |
 Nathan GerbeBUF | 12 | 7:56 | 0:40 | 1:16 | 0 | 0 |
 Cody McCormickBUF | 8 | 5:30 | 0:41 | 1:14 | 0 | 0 |
 Patrick KaletaBUF | 9 | 5:27 | 0:36 | 1:05 | 0 | 0 |