BUF 4 @ WSH 5 · Apr 2, 2011

Sat, Apr 2, 2011·Verizon Center, Washington

Away

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Washington Capitals

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Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 74% of the time.

67%

18%

WSH winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

WSH forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BUF'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.

	Connolly–Pominville–Vanek	Boyes–Stafford–Ennis	Gaustad–McCormick–Gerbe	Gaustad–Mancari–Gerbe	Niedermayer–McCormick–Ellis	Niedermayer–Ellis–Mancari	Sekera–Weber	Butler–Myers	Montador–Gragnani
Knuble–Ovechkin–Johansson	2:380.42–0.12	4:260.10–0.01	2:230.00–0.28	2:220.03–0.12		0:540.11–0.14	6:330.21–0.15	5:570.45–0.39	0:300.00–0.14
Sturm–Semin–Backstrom	4:070.04–0.04	3:030.77–0.19	1:410.00–0.03	1:280.12–0.00	0:530.00–0.00	0:340.03–0.00	5:020.10–0.13	5:270.58–0.07
Arnott–Laich–Fehr	3:540.03–0.01	2:280.07–0.19	0:560.02–0.00	2:060.02–0.13	1:410.31–0.06		2:550.03–0.00	1:070.00–0.12	6:580.42–0.26
Bradley–Chimera–Gordon	0:580.01–0.01	2:430.14–0.06	1:260.00–0.09		2:220.02–0.00		2:330.05–0.01	2:320.11–0.06	3:040.00–0.10
Semin–Ovechkin–Johansson			0:340.00–0.00				1:050.05–0.00	0:340.00–0.00
Knuble–Gordon–Ovechkin							0:370.00–0.03		0:400.00–0.02
Alzner–Carlson	8:140.48–0.18	5:430.27–0.25	1:010.00–0.00	2:350.03–0.12			5:520.17–0.01	8:150.59–0.31	4:410.07–0.22
Hannan–Schultz	5:300.14–0.05	5:340.77–0.17	2:170.00–0.00	1:040.00–0.11	0:530.00–0.00	0:450.03–0.00	7:370.06–0.22	6:400.60–0.17	1:420.00–0.02
Sloan–Collins			3:120.00–0.09	2:570.14–0.02	3:430.31–0.06		3:430.09–0.03	2:200.03–0.00	4:270.33–0.18
Collins–Alzner		1:170.06–0.03	0:370.02–0.00						1:110.02–0.03
Schultz–Carlson						0:460.11–0.00	0:460.11–0.00	0:350.00–0.00
Hannan–Collins			1:120.00–0.21				0:370.00–0.02	0:350.00–0.19

Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

WSHBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals


Karl AlznerWSH	33	26:37	0:48	1:48	1	8
John CarlsonWSH	28	25:19	0:54	2:01	1	5
Andrej SekeraBUF	32	24:30	0:46	1:27	4	3
Chris ButlerBUF	35	23:13	0:40	2:05	4	5
Tyler MyersBUF	34	22:58	0:41	2:05	4	5
Mike WeberBUF	31	22:51	0:44	1:27	4	6
Jeff SchultzWSH	27	22:44	0:51	1:21	4	4
Scott HannanWSH	29	22:29	0:47	1:28	3	4
Alex OvechkinWSH	22	20:06	0:55	1:47	2	3
Brooks LaichWSH	21	20:04	0:57	2:27	5	3
Drew StaffordBUF	24	19:36	0:49	2:05	4	4
Jason PominvilleBUF	24	19:29	0:49	1:34	6	4
Tim ConnollyBUF	25	19:08	0:46	1:28	5	5
Mike KnubleWSH	22	18:59	0:52	1:34	4	3
Alexander SeminWSH	19	18:10	0:57	1:28	3	1
Nicklas BackstromWSH	21	17:58	0:51	1:34	3	2
Thomas VanekBUF	22	17:49	0:49	1:36	6	4
Nathan GerbeBUF	23	17:49	0:46	1:28	3	2
Paul GaustadBUF	23	17:40	0:46	1:28	3	3
Brad BoyesBUF	22	17:34	0:48	2:05	2	3
Marc-Andre GragnaniBUF	22	16:33	0:45	1:14	6	1
Marcus JohanssonWSH	23	16:18	0:43	1:32	2	1
Jason ArnottWSH	19	15:32	0:49	1:43	4	2
Tyler EnnisBUF	19	15:27	0:49	2:05	3	3
Marco SturmWSH	17	15:16	0:54	1:23	2	2
Steve MontadorBUF	20	14:35	0:44	1:14	6	1
Cody McCormickBUF	21	14:25	0:41	1:11	2	2
Sean CollinsWSH	18	14:07	0:47	1:13	3	3
Boyd GordonWSH	20	14:01	0:42	1:24	2	8
Eric FehrWSH	16	12:12	0:46	1:13	2	2
Mark MancariBUF	16	11:22	0:43	1:28	4	1
Matt BradleyWSH	14	10:59	0:47	1:18	2	3
Tyler SloanWSH	13	10:52	0:50	1:13	3	2
Jason ChimeraWSH	12	9:23	0:47	1:04	2	3
Rob NiedermayerBUF	16	8:38	0:32	0:46	2	2
Matt EllisBUF	14	7:41	0:33	0:53	2	1

Buffalo Sabres 4, Washington Capitals 5 (OT)

Who was on the ice

Shift totals