Sat, Mar 7, 2015·Verizon Center, Washington
Buffalo Sabres 1, Washington Capitals 6
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 91% of the time.
88%
WSH winsBUF wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
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.
| Gionta–Foligno–Larsson | Moulson–Ennis–Varone | Hodgson–Deslauriers–Schaller | Ellis–Dalpe–D'Amigo | Gionta–D'Amigo–Larsson | Benoit–Bogosian | Weber–Ristolainen | Strachan–Weber | Benoit–Strachan | Strachan–Meszaros | Benoit–Ristolainen | Weber–Bogosian | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ovechkin–Backstrom–Johansson | 6:170.17–0.02 | 2:300.29–0.00 | 0:420.03–0.06 | 4:410.18–0.00 | 1:440.21–0.07 | 3:400.58–0.06 | 0:450.00–0.07 | 0:390.24–0.00 | ||||
| Chimera–Ward–Fehr | 0:310.00–0.00 | 5:310.41–0.17 | 1:120.00–0.02 | 1:090.02–0.00 | 2:080.02–0.03 | 2:540.02–0.04 | 2:100.35–0.00 | 0:510.01–0.00 | 0:570.02–0.00 | |||
| Glencross–Brouwer–Beagle | 2:070.19–0.01 | 2:120.44–0.02 | 2:200.14–0.03 | 0:500.00–0.01 | 4:050.29–0.02 | 0:540.14–0.00 | 1:120.14–0.03 | 0:370.20–0.00 | ||||
| Laich–Kuznetsov–Wilson | 1:250.01–0.11 | 2:310.22–0.00 | 3:040.06–0.00 | 0:410.02–0.00 | 5:020.17–0.00 | 0:540.00–0.11 | 0:380.00–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.00 | ||||
| Ward–Laich–Fehr | 0:480.00–0.03 | |||||||||||
| Orpik–Carlson | 2:480.08–0.21 | 8:591.13–0.17 | 0:430.00–0.02 | 2:570.09–0.19 | 4:140.21–0.04 | 3:580.91–0.10 | 0:350.10–0.00 | 1:280.06–0.00 | 0:410.20–0.02 | 0:490.24–0.13 | ||
| Niskanen–Alzner | 6:100.11–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.02 | 0:540.22–0.00 | 1:570.02–0.00 | 1:120.02–0.00 | 6:040.13–0.00 | 2:230.00–0.02 | 1:050.00–0.00 | 0:460.03–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.00 | ||
| Gleason–Green | 1:230.53–0.03 | 6:040.17–0.12 | 2:040.03–0.00 | 3:560.47–0.01 | 2:270.16–0.07 | 1:480.03–0.06 | 1:070.06–0.00 | 1:370.14–0.03 | ||||
| Green–Niskanen | ||||||||||||
| Gleason–Alzner | 0:410.01–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.11 | 0:410.01–0.00 |
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
 Andre BenoitBUF | 30 | 25:41 | 0:51 | 2:21 | 4 | 6 |
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 28 | 25:35 | 0:55 | 2:24 | 3 | 8 |
 John CarlsonWSH | 28 | 23:40 | 0:51 | 1:42 | 8 | 3 |
 Brooks OrpikWSH | 27 | 22:24 | 0:50 | 1:42 | 5 | 4 |
 Brian GiontaBUF | 24 | 22:19 | 0:56 | 2:15 | 5 | 4 |
 Zach BogosianBUF | 23 | 20:20 | 0:53 | 2:38 | 2 | 7 |
 Mike WeberBUF | 27 | 20:12 | 0:45 | 1:23 | 1 | 11 |
 Matt MoulsonBUF | 20 | 19:42 | 0:59 | 2:15 | 5 | 3 |
 Tyler EnnisBUF | 21 | 19:28 | 0:56 | 2:15 | 5 | 3 |
 Matt NiskanenWSH | 27 | 19:19 | 0:43 | 1:21 | 7 | 2 |
 Nicklas BackstromWSH | 24 | 18:50 | 0:47 | 1:33 | 7 | 3 |
 Alex OvechkinWSH | 22 | 18:29 | 0:50 | 2:06 | 7 | 0 |
 Marcus JohanssonWSH | 21 | 18:11 | 0:52 | 1:32 | 7 | 0 |
 Nicolas DeslauriersBUF | 20 | 17:57 | 0:54 | 2:01 | 0 | 4 |
 Karl AlznerWSH | 25 | 17:25 | 0:42 | 1:21 | 5 | 2 |
 Tyson StrachanBUF | 25 | 17:22 | 0:42 | 1:15 | 1 | 9 |
 Marcus FolignoBUF | 23 | 17:20 | 0:45 | 2:00 | 2 | 5 |
 Tim GleasonWSH | 23 | 17:05 | 0:45 | 1:14 | 4 | 1 |
 Mike GreenWSH | 24 | 16:56 | 0:42 | 1:21 | 6 | 1 |
 Joel WardWSH | 21 | 16:55 | 0:48 | 1:17 | 4 | 3 |
 Cody HodgsonBUF | 18 | 16:39 | 0:56 | 2:22 | 0 | 5 |
 Johan LarssonBUF | 20 | 16:34 | 0:50 | 1:41 | 1 | 3 |
 Eric FehrWSH | 19 | 16:00 | 0:51 | 1:24 | 3 | 2 |
 Troy BrouwerWSH | 20 | 15:42 | 0:47 | 1:19 | 6 | 3 |
 Phil VaroneBUF | 19 | 14:26 | 0:46 | 1:11 | 2 | 2 |
 Tim SchallerBUF | 17 | 14:21 | 0:51 | 1:26 | 1 | 6 |
 Brooks LaichWSH | 19 | 14:13 | 0:45 | 1:19 | 5 | 0 |
 Jay BeagleWSH | 17 | 12:29 | 0:44 | 1:15 | 2 | 3 |
 Jason ChimeraWSH | 17 | 12:10 | 0:43 | 1:14 | 3 | 1 |
 Evgeny KuznetsovWSH | 16 | 11:57 | 0:45 | 1:19 | 5 | 1 |
 Curtis GlencrossWSH | 15 | 11:41 | 0:47 | 1:12 | 4 | 2 |
 Jerry D'AmigoBUF | 14 | 11:00 | 0:47 | 1:34 | 1 | 6 |
 Tom WilsonWSH | 14 | 10:34 | 0:45 | 1:19 | 4 | 0 |
 Matt EllisBUF | 14 | 7:52 | 0:34 | 0:56 | 2 | 5 |
 Zac DalpeBUF | 9 | 6:10 | 0:41 | 1:04 | 1 | 3 |
 Andrej MeszarosBUF | 3 | 3:05 | 1:02 | 1:13 | 0 | 0 |