Wed, Dec 30, 2015·Verizon Center, Washington
Buffalo Sabres 2, Washington Capitals 5
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 83% of the time.
78%
12%
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.
| McGinn–O'Reilly–Reinhart | Gionta–Girgensons–Eichel | Ennis–Kane–Larsson | Kane–Foligno–Larsson | Legwand–Foligno–Deslauriers | Legwand–Deslauriers–Girgensons | Ennis–Kane–Girgensons | Bogosian–McCabe | Gorges–Ristolainen | Franson–Weber | Franson–Bogosian | McCabe–Ristolainen | Franson–McCabe | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ovechkin–Oshie–Backstrom | 5:250.04–0.09 | 0:440.09–0.00 | 0:490.00–0.01 | 0:560.15–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.00 | 7:520.29–0.09 | 0:490.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Williams–Johansson–Kuznetsov | 1:130.12–0.02 | 0:540.10–0.45 | 4:140.33–0.24 | 5:160.51–0.26 | 0:590.00–0.00 | 1:550.26–0.45 | 0:340.22–0.00 | ||||||
| Chimera–Sill–Wilson | 1:130.04–0.12 | 0:500.02–0.02 | 1:260.01–0.00 | 0:360.04–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 1:460.00–0.03 | 0:510.02–0.10 | 0:430.00–0.00 | |||||
| Chimera–Beagle–Wilson | 3:280.01–0.22 | 0:310.02–0.00 | 2:410.03–0.12 | 1:540.00–0.13 | |||||||||
| Ovechkin–Oshie–Kuznetsov | 1:380.21–0.00 | 1:000.07–0.03 | 0:430.03–0.00 | 2:180.24–0.03 | |||||||||
| Laich–Sill–Burakovsky | 1:020.01–0.00 | 1:270.06–0.04 | 2:150.07–0.00 | 0:380.00–0.04 | |||||||||
| Williams–Johansson–Burakovsky | 0:570.14–0.02 | 0:530.00–0.02 | |||||||||||
| Williams–Laich–Johansson | 0:440.00–0.04 | 0:410.16–0.04 | |||||||||||
| Orlov–Schmidt | 1:120.02–0.08 | 3:450.01–0.26 | 3:170.17–0.08 | 2:320.01–0.01 | 1:100.03–0.06 | 5:500.09–0.19 | 5:100.00–0.15 | 4:110.15–0.17 | 0:460.00–0.13 | ||||
| Niskanen–Alzner | 8:480.30–0.05 | 1:530.19–0.00 | 5:100.20–0.17 | 6:480.31–0.02 | 1:060.01–0.02 | 0:470.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Chorney–Carrick | 0:520.00–0.33 | 1:240.20–0.00 | 0:480.00–0.02 | 0:560.06–0.00 | 1:110.00–0.09 | 3:240.08–0.06 | 0:560.15–0.00 | 3:040.21–0.42 | |||||
| Niskanen–Chorney | 0:560.07–0.04 | 0:300.00–0.04 | |||||||||||
| Orlov–Carrick | 0:390.34–0.00 | 0:370.00–0.00 |
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
 Matt NiskanenWSH | 29 | 25:40 | 0:53 | 1:34 | 8 | 7 |
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 34 | 25:19 | 0:45 | 1:40 | 4 | 8 |
 Nate SchmidtWSH | 30 | 23:23 | 0:47 | 1:55 | 0 | 0 |
 Zach BogosianBUF | 31 | 22:17 | 0:43 | 1:32 | 3 | 6 |
 Dmitry OrlovWSH | 29 | 21:53 | 0:45 | 1:55 | 0 | 1 |
 Alex OvechkinWSH | 21 | 21:38 | 1:02 | 2:02 | 5 | 1 |
 Ryan O'ReillyBUF | 26 | 21:23 | 0:49 | 1:37 | 3 | 10 |
 Evander KaneBUF | 21 | 21:04 | 1:00 | 1:38 | 1 | 2 |
 Jake McCabeBUF | 27 | 20:29 | 0:46 | 1:52 | 2 | 5 |
 Karl AlznerWSH | 26 | 20:24 | 0:47 | 1:21 | 9 | 5 |
 Marcus JohanssonWSH | 23 | 20:11 | 0:53 | 1:53 | 3 | 2 |
 T.J. OshieWSH | 21 | 20:03 | 0:57 | 1:49 | 6 | 2 |
 Josh GorgesBUF | 30 | 19:11 | 0:38 | 1:11 | 0 | 7 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 18 | 19:10 | 1:04 | 1:37 | 3 | 4 |
 Evgeny KuznetsovWSH | 22 | 18:46 | 0:51 | 1:24 | 3 | 2 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 19 | 18:08 | 0:57 | 1:52 | 2 | 2 |
 Justin WilliamsWSH | 23 | 17:27 | 0:46 | 1:39 | 1 | 1 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 21 | 16:36 | 0:47 | 1:20 | 1 | 2 |
 Jamie McGinnBUF | 16 | 16:08 | 1:01 | 2:01 | 3 | 3 |
 Brian GiontaBUF | 20 | 15:50 | 0:48 | 1:26 | 1 | 1 |
 Cody FransonBUF | 26 | 15:17 | 0:35 | 1:18 | 1 | 4 |
 Johan LarssonBUF | 17 | 14:44 | 0:52 | 1:38 | 2 | 3 |
 Nicklas BackstromWSH | 14 | 14:35 | 1:03 | 2:15 | 4 | 2 |
 Jason ChimeraWSH | 17 | 14:08 | 0:50 | 1:42 | 4 | 0 |
 Taylor ChorneyWSH | 20 | 13:12 | 0:40 | 1:11 | 3 | 0 |
 Tom WilsonWSH | 16 | 12:57 | 0:49 | 1:45 | 3 | 0 |
 Mike WeberBUF | 22 | 11:54 | 0:32 | 1:13 | 1 | 3 |
 Brooks LaichWSH | 16 | 11:37 | 0:44 | 1:13 | 2 | 3 |
 Connor CarrickWSH | 14 | 11:04 | 0:47 | 1:29 | 3 | 0 |
 Marcus FolignoBUF | 15 | 10:11 | 0:41 | 1:13 | 0 | 2 |
 Zach SillWSH | 14 | 10:08 | 0:43 | 1:29 | 3 | 0 |
 Nicolas DeslauriersBUF | 12 | 9:09 | 0:46 | 1:29 | 1 | 0 |
 David LegwandBUF | 14 | 8:40 | 0:37 | 1:13 | 0 | 3 |
 Tyler EnnisBUF | 10 | 8:21 | 0:50 | 1:12 | 1 | 0 |
 Jay BeagleWSH | 11 | 7:50 | 0:43 | 1:10 | 2 | 1 |
 Andre BurakovskyWSH | 11 | 7:22 | 0:40 | 1:12 | 3 | 1 |