Mon, Dec 26, 2011·First Niagara Center, Buffalo
Washington Capitals 2, Buffalo Sabres 4
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 80% of the time.
73%
13%
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–Hendricks–Perreault | Laich–Ovechkin–Brouwer | Ovechkin–Backstrom–Johansson | Chimera–Laich–Semin | Chimera–Halpern–Ward | Semin–Backstrom–Johansson | Halpern–Ward–Hendricks | Semin–Ovechkin–Backstrom | Knuble–Brouwer–Perreault | Semin–Ovechkin–Johansson | Ward–Ovechkin–Backstrom | Laich–Brouwer–Johansson | Chimera–Ward–Perreault | Hamrlik–Wideman | Erskine–Orlov | Alzner–Carlson | Alzner–Orlov | Hamrlik–Orlov | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyes–Roy–Stafford | 1:080.02–0.01 | 1:500.15–0.04 | 0:560.29–0.00 | 0:580.05–0.00 | 0:590.00–0.00 | 3:480.04–0.07 | 1:470.13–0.00 | 3:200.15–0.13 | ||||||||||
| Hecht–Pominville–Vanek | 1:390.14–0.10 | 1:340.15–0.03 | 0:460.00–0.00 | 0:580.20–0.00 | 0:490.11–0.00 | 4:590.46–0.08 | 1:050.00–0.00 | 2:030.26–0.07 | ||||||||||
| Gaustad–McCormick–Kaleta | 2:130.29–0.17 | 1:450.02–0.11 | 0:510.00–0.00 | 1:110.00–0.00 | 0:450.01–0.05 | 2:160.30–0.17 | 3:190.04–0.11 | 2:330.00–0.00 | ||||||||||
| Ellis–Adam–Kassian | 1:230.13–0.00 | 0:400.00–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.00 | 0:460.00–0.00 | 0:380.00–0.02 | 3:260.00–0.04 | 0:300.00–0.01 | 1:230.13–0.00 | ||||||||||
| Hecht–Vanek–Kassian | 1:070.00–0.00 | 0:560.02–0.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Leopold–Weber | 1:010.13–0.00 | 1:340.35–0.05 | 1:210.00–0.00 | 1:340.15–0.03 | 1:000.00–0.01 | 0:370.00–0.00 | 0:460.00–0.00 | 2:220.14–0.02 | 3:430.13–0.00 | 5:030.26–0.10 | 1:060.13–0.00 | 0:300.21–0.03 | ||||||
| Ehrhoff–McNabb | 2:130.29–0.17 | 0:510.00–0.03 | 1:080.07–0.05 | 0:530.00–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.02 | 0:530.00–0.00 | 0:390.00–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.05 | 0:360.00–0.00 | 6:000.30–0.26 | 2:490.01–0.01 | 2:140.07–0.02 | ||||||
| Regehr–Sekera | 1:020.00–0.00 | 2:180.02–0.11 | 2:040.14–0.03 | 0:480.00–0.00 | 1:120.20–0.00 | 4:290.36–0.04 | 3:410.02–0.11 | 1:530.06–0.13 | ||||||||||
| Regehr–Weber | 0:560.01–0.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| Leopold–Ehrhoff | 0:300.00–0.03 | 0:310.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Leopold–Sekera | 0:310.00–0.04 | 0:470.02–0.00 |
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
 Dennis WidemanWSH | 32 | 24:39 | 0:46 | 1:26 | 5 | 3 |
 Jordan LeopoldBUF | 24 | 24:20 | 1:01 | 1:45 | 2 | 5 |
 Christian EhrhoffBUF | 25 | 22:19 | 0:54 | 1:26 | 5 | 1 |
 Alex OvechkinWSH | 21 | 22:02 | 1:03 | 2:58 | 3 | 1 |
 Derek RoyBUF | 26 | 20:55 | 0:48 | 1:51 | 0 | 5 |
 Roman HamrlikWSH | 27 | 20:49 | 0:46 | 1:31 | 0 | 2 |
 Andrej SekeraBUF | 26 | 20:21 | 0:47 | 1:33 | 1 | 8 |
 John CarlsonWSH | 25 | 20:15 | 0:49 | 1:34 | 5 | 4 |
 Nicklas BackstromWSH | 24 | 19:49 | 0:50 | 1:12 | 5 | 3 |
 Karl AlznerWSH | 25 | 19:15 | 0:46 | 1:23 | 4 | 5 |
 Thomas VanekBUF | 20 | 18:30 | 0:56 | 1:26 | 6 | 3 |
 Marcus JohanssonWSH | 22 | 18:27 | 0:50 | 2:17 | 6 | 2 |
 Jason PominvilleBUF | 24 | 18:01 | 0:45 | 1:26 | 7 | 9 |
 Brayden McNabbBUF | 26 | 17:57 | 0:41 | 1:16 | 0 | 1 |
 Robyn RegehrBUF | 25 | 17:47 | 0:43 | 1:15 | 1 | 9 |
 Mike WeberBUF | 25 | 17:41 | 0:42 | 1:06 | 0 | 5 |
 Alexander SeminWSH | 24 | 17:25 | 0:44 | 1:27 | 2 | 1 |
 Troy BrouwerWSH | 24 | 16:59 | 0:42 | 2:04 | 6 | 2 |
 Brooks LaichWSH | 24 | 16:59 | 0:42 | 1:07 | 5 | 5 |
 Dmitry OrlovWSH | 21 | 16:49 | 0:48 | 1:17 | 2 | 1 |
 Drew StaffordBUF | 19 | 16:40 | 0:53 | 1:34 | 2 | 3 |
 Brad BoyesBUF | 20 | 15:51 | 0:48 | 1:48 | 1 | 2 |
 Paul GaustadBUF | 17 | 13:57 | 0:49 | 1:17 | 1 | 4 |
 Patrick KaletaBUF | 19 | 13:02 | 0:41 | 1:10 | 1 | 4 |
 Jason ChimeraWSH | 21 | 13:01 | 0:37 | 1:10 | 3 | 2 |
 Mathieu PerreaultWSH | 14 | 12:41 | 0:54 | 1:28 | 2 | 1 |
 Jochen HechtBUF | 18 | 12:30 | 0:42 | 1:04 | 1 | 4 |
 John ErskineWSH | 18 | 12:00 | 0:40 | 1:06 | 2 | 1 |
 Mike KnubleWSH | 16 | 11:57 | 0:45 | 1:13 | 1 | 1 |
 Luke AdamBUF | 15 | 11:38 | 0:47 | 1:12 | 0 | 0 |
 Cody McCormickBUF | 14 | 11:23 | 0:49 | 1:36 | 1 | 2 |
 Zack KassianBUF | 13 | 11:10 | 0:52 | 1:22 | 0 | 0 |
 Jeff HalpernWSH | 17 | 10:51 | 0:38 | 0:58 | 2 | 4 |
 Joel WardWSH | 14 | 9:58 | 0:43 | 1:10 | 2 | 1 |
 Matt HendricksWSH | 13 | 9:27 | 0:44 | 1:09 | 2 | 0 |
 Matt EllisBUF | 13 | 9:14 | 0:43 | 1:10 | 0 | 0 |