WSH 4 @ BUF 3 · Mar 16, 2015

Mon, Mar 16, 2015·First Niagara Center, Buffalo

Away

Washington Capitals

Final

Shootout

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Buffalo Sabres

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 51% of the time.

41%

10%

40%

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.

	Glencross–Brouwer–Kuznetsov	Ovechkin–Backstrom–Johansson	Chimera–Ward–Fehr	Ovechkin–Backstrom–Wilson	Laich–Conner–Wilson	Laich–Conner–Johansson	Niskanen–Alzner	Carlson–Schmidt	Gleason–Green	Green–Carlson	Green–Schmidt	Green–Alzner
Gionta–Foligno–Varone	5:290.00–0.23	2:160.16–0.00	2:150.09–0.00		1:210.11–0.01	1:000.00–0.10	4:010.09–0.09	5:180.09–0.11	1:310.00–0.11	2:120.18–0.00
Moulson–Ennis–Larsson	2:570.32–0.02	1:090.00–0.05	2:570.26–0.04	2:500.23–0.01	1:080.04–0.09	1:200.03–0.02	5:170.71–0.04	2:400.11–0.15	2:070.05–0.00	1:500.00–0.05		1:050.00–0.00
Hodgson–Deslauriers–Schaller	2:210.00–0.02	3:320.03–0.21		2:440.00–0.03	0:300.00–0.00		3:410.04–0.02	2:300.01–0.15	2:300.02–0.04	0:450.00–0.03	0:450.00–0.02
Ellis–Dalpe–D'Amigo			1:140.14–0.14			0:450.00–0.07	0:370.00–0.11	0:330.00–0.04	1:240.14–0.10
Ennis–Deslauriers–Larsson		0:420.00–0.02			0:490.00–0.02						0:300.00–0.02
Hodgson–Deslauriers–Larsson				0:410.00–0.00			0:460.00–0.00
Weber–Ristolainen	1:490.00–0.05	6:480.17–0.22	0:470.13–0.00	4:180.16–0.10	1:250.00–0.10	1:500.00–0.10	5:500.16–0.03	7:140.01–0.48	2:180.13–0.09	2:490.16–0.03
Benoit–Strachan	6:210.32–0.11	1:530.02–0.06	3:420.09–0.15	1:460.08–0.00	0:530.10–0.00	1:310.03–0.08	5:130.42–0.16	3:230.11–0.04	2:520.07–0.12	2:240.01–0.05	1:200.00–0.04	1:130.00–0.00
Ruhwedel–Zadorov	4:420.04–0.14		2:280.34–0.03	0:380.00–0.00	1:440.05–0.01		5:180.28–0.08	1:100.09–0.00	3:540.07–0.05		0:320.07–0.00

Shift chart

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


Rasmus RistolainenBUF	31	28:11	0:55	1:51	3	6
Mike WeberBUF	29	26:39	0:55	2:29	1	7
John CarlsonWSH	30	26:16	0:53	1:31	7	2
Matt NiskanenWSH	30	26:00	0:52	1:52	3	3
Brian GiontaBUF	27	23:59	0:53	2:27	4	7
Karl AlznerWSH	29	23:49	0:49	1:49	2	3
Tyler EnnisBUF	27	23:22	0:52	2:20	4	1
Johan LarssonBUF	26	23:10	0:53	1:39	5	2
Nicklas BackstromWSH	28	22:58	0:49	1:44	8	2
Tyson StrachanBUF	31	22:31	0:44	1:45	2	6
Alex OvechkinWSH	24	22:30	0:56	1:47	6	2
Mike GreenWSH	28	21:57	0:47	1:29	5	1
Andre BenoitBUF	31	20:58	0:41	1:23	2	6
Matt MoulsonBUF	25	20:39	0:50	1:34	5	1
Marcus FolignoBUF	29	20:34	0:43	1:10	4	7
Phil VaroneBUF	25	19:52	0:48	1:14	3	6
Curtis GlencrossWSH	23	18:23	0:48	1:14	3	2
Troy BrouwerWSH	23	18:15	0:48	1:18	5	4
Evgeny KuznetsovWSH	22	18:07	0:49	1:14	3	2
Marcus JohanssonWSH	21	17:54	0:51	1:21	6	1
Nicolas DeslauriersBUF	19	16:21	0:52	1:34	1	4
Nate SchmidtWSH	18	14:52	0:50	1:12	3	1
Cody HodgsonBUF	19	14:48	0:47	1:40	1	4
Tim SchallerBUF	21	14:43	0:42	1:08	0	4
Nikita ZadorovBUF	18	13:53	0:46	1:20	2	1
Tim GleasonWSH	18	13:34	0:45	1:14	2	2
Chad RuhwedelBUF	17	13:13	0:47	1:16	2	0
Joel WardWSH	16	12:45	0:48	2:00	3	1
Tom WilsonWSH	16	12:24	0:47	1:39	2	0
Brooks LaichWSH	18	12:14	0:41	1:13	3	3
Jason ChimeraWSH	17	11:16	0:40	1:08	3	1
Eric FehrWSH	16	11:06	0:42	1:07	3	1
Chris ConnerWSH	12	10:06	0:51	1:17	2	0
Jerry D'AmigoBUF	8	5:13	0:39	0:53	0	2
Zac DalpeBUF	6	4:35	0:46	1:05	0	1
Matt EllisBUF	6	4:02	0:40	0:55	0	0

Washington Capitals 4, Buffalo Sabres 3 (SO)

Who was on the ice

Shift totals