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Ice Lab

Sat, Nov 26, 2011·First Niagara Center, Buffalo

Washington Capitals 1, Buffalo Sabres 5

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 53% of the time.

BUF winsWSH wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

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.

Ovechkin–Brouwer–BackstromChimera–Ward–LaichKnuble–Semin–JohanssonHalpern–Hendricks–PerreaultLaich–Ovechkin–BackstromChimera–Brouwer–JohanssonKnuble–Semin–PerreaultWard–Semin–PerreaultAlzner–CarlsonWideman–SchultzHamrlik–OrlovSchultz–OrlovHamrlik–WidemanWideman–Alzner
Hecht–Pominville–Vanek1:510.05–0.015:310.54–0.240:430.00–0.000:490.00–0.180:440.00–0.020:380.00–0.017:520.13–0.571:550.03–0.290:320.00–0.010:370.46–0.00
Roy–Gerbe–Kassian1:180.04–0.021:050.02–0.002:060.01–0.041:380.00–0.000:340.00–0.000:500.00–0.001:090.00–0.003:150.00–0.042:210.00–0.001:310.04–0.020:400.01–0.001:060.04–0.02
Gaustad–Ellis–Tropp3:170.00–0.022:140.04–0.002:060.00–0.032:270.04–0.052:060.03–0.002:400.00–0.050:310.00–0.00
Szczechura–Leino–Adam0:520.19–0.002:460.02–0.051:230.05–0.001:110.03–0.001:180.00–0.002:030.06–0.002:350.16–0.040:470.00–0.021:200.23–0.00
Ehrhoff–Gragnani0:450.00–0.003:310.51–0.173:570.03–0.101:190.04–0.001:140.00–0.180:510.03–0.014:360.04–0.533:570.04–0.292:080.16–0.061:420.01–0.051:250.50–0.00
Leopold–Sekera6:280.26–0.021:430.03–0.020:420.00–0.002:290.05–0.033:270.03–0.043:010.08–0.053:470.09–0.021:120.00–0.001:220.19–0.00
Brennan–McNabb0:420.00–0.031:040.01–0.060:540.00–0.022:100.00–0.001:180.00–0.021:000.00–0.004:050.01–0.080:460.00–0.000:370.00–0.021:240.00–0.020:360.00–0.020:330.00–0.00
Gragnani–Brennan0:330.00–0.001:080.00–0.04
Ehrhoff–McNabb0:380.00–0.001:080.00–0.00
Leopold–Ehrhoff0:420.00–0.000:420.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndVanek FPominville FHecht FRoy FGerbe FKassian FLeino FSzczechura FAdam FGaustad FEllis FTropp FLeopold DSekera DEhrhoff DGragnani DBrennan DMcNabb DEnroth GOvechkin FBackstrom FBrouwer FLaich FChimera FWard FSemin FJohansson FKnuble FHalpern FHendricks FPerreault FAlzner DCarlson DWideman DHamrlik DSchultz DOrlov DVokoun G
BUFWSHFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Christian EhrhoffBUF3027:320:551:5626
Marc-Andre GragnaniBUF3124:170:471:5633
Jordan LeopoldBUF2723:140:521:2424
John CarlsonWSH3022:530:461:1946
Dennis WidemanWSH2622:000:511:3322
Karl AlznerWSH3021:060:421:2928
Jason PominvilleBUF2520:580:501:2357
Alex OvechkinWSH2219:490:541:2331
Nicklas BackstromWSH2118:290:531:1311
Dmitry OrlovWSH2317:470:461:1931
Brooks LaichWSH2117:460:511:2136
Andrej SekeraBUF2717:280:391:1213
Thomas VanekBUF1917:200:551:3774
Jeff SchultzWSH2616:580:391:2731
Troy BrouwerWSH2216:470:461:1110
Jochen HechtBUF2216:400:451:1944
Derek RoyBUF2016:120:491:5222
Paul GaustadBUF2115:450:451:2805
Roman HamrlikWSH2015:450:471:3011
Jason ChimeraWSH2115:250:441:1323
Nathan GerbeBUF1915:050:481:3731
Ville LeinoBUF1914:410:461:1411
Marcus JohanssonWSH1814:330:491:1831
Mike KnubleWSH1814:120:471:2031
Joel WardWSH1714:050:501:1613
Brayden McNabbBUF2013:420:411:1743
Alexander SeminWSH1713:310:481:2132
Mathieu PerreaultWSH1613:220:501:1641
TJ BrennanBUF1713:120:471:3433
Luke AdamBUF1912:170:391:1121
Zack KassianBUF1611:350:431:2311
Matt EllisBUF1610:390:401:1602
Jeff HalpernWSH1210:070:511:1131
Corey TroppBUF159:500:391:0503
Paul SzczechuraBUF179:330:341:0521
Matt HendricksWSH119:250:511:1831