Sat, Jan 16, 2016·First Niagara Center, Buffalo
Washington Capitals 1, Buffalo Sabres 4
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 53% of the time.
37%
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43%
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.
| Ovechkin–Oshie–Backstrom | Richards–Sill–Latta | Chimera–Johansson–Wilson | Williams–Kuznetsov–Burakovsky | Kuznetsov–Wilson–Burakovsky | Sill–Latta–Kuznetsov | Niskanen–Alzner | Orlov–Schmidt | Chorney–Ness | Alzner–Orlov | Niskanen–Ness | Ness–Schmidt | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Reilly–Kane–Reinhart | 1:420.05–0.00 | 1:530.00–0.01 | 0:440.00–0.00 | 1:360.01–0.02 | 4:160.04–0.03 | 2:280.06–0.00 | ||||||
| Gionta–Foligno–Larsson | 4:430.12–0.02 | 0:570.02–0.01 | 2:500.10–0.02 | 2:230.03–0.02 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 0:560.02–0.01 | ||||||
| Legwand–Moulson–Schaller | 1:180.00–0.03 | 1:330.00–0.00 | 1:120.00–0.08 | 1:210.00–0.03 | 1:210.00–0.00 | |||||||
| McGinn–Varone–Eichel | 0:390.00–0.00 | 1:050.37–0.00 | 1:140.37–0.00 | 0:540.37–0.00 | 1:210.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Legwand–McGinn–Eichel | 1:070.13–0.00 | 0:360.00–0.00 | 1:130.13–0.00 | |||||||||
| McGinn–O'Reilly–Reinhart | 0:320.00–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.00 | ||||||||||
| McGinn–O'Reilly–Foligno | 0:370.00–0.05 | 0:330.00–0.00 | 0:300.00–0.05 | |||||||||
| Gionta–Moulson–Larsson | 0:560.00–0.07 | 0:560.00–0.07 | ||||||||||
| Legwand–Gionta–Schaller | 0:510.00–0.00 | 1:000.00–0.00 | ||||||||||
| Weber–Pysyk | 0:540.00–0.03 | 2:400.00–0.05 | 2:290.00–0.02 | 2:130.01–0.02 | 0:490.00–0.00 | 0:500.00–0.06 | 5:280.39–0.12 | 2:050.00–0.03 | 3:220.00–0.03 | 0:530.00–0.00 | ||
| Bogosian–Ristolainen | 7:220.13–0.08 | 1:450.37–0.01 | 3:150.11–0.00 | 5:240.40–0.09 | 2:360.01–0.00 | |||||||
| Franson–McCabe | 2:280.00–0.00 | 2:500.15–0.01 | 1:170.01–0.02 | 3:410.04–0.05 | 3:270.05–0.00 | 1:060.13–0.00 | 0:370.02–0.01 | |||||
| Weber–Ristolainen | 1:100.00–0.00 | |||||||||||
| McCabe–Ristolainen | 0:370.00–0.05 | 0:390.00–0.00 | 0:300.00–0.05 |
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 | 30 | 27:27 | 0:55 | 1:34 | 5 | 9 |
 Matt NiskanenWSH | 30 | 26:53 | 0:54 | 2:39 | 4 | 12 |
 Karl AlznerWSH | 31 | 23:09 | 0:45 | 1:51 | 2 | 11 |
 Mike WeberBUF | 25 | 21:47 | 0:52 | 2:10 | 2 | 4 |
 Zach BogosianBUF | 24 | 21:29 | 0:54 | 1:54 | 3 | 3 |
 Alex OvechkinWSH | 20 | 21:11 | 1:04 | 2:09 | 7 | 1 |
 Ryan O'ReillyBUF | 26 | 20:48 | 0:48 | 1:56 | 6 | 5 |
 Evander KaneBUF | 23 | 19:58 | 0:52 | 1:59 | 3 | 4 |
 Nicklas BackstromWSH | 23 | 19:21 | 0:50 | 1:22 | 6 | 5 |
 Dmitry OrlovWSH | 22 | 18:51 | 0:51 | 1:36 | 3 | 0 |
 Nate SchmidtWSH | 26 | 17:39 | 0:41 | 1:14 | 3 | 3 |
 Brian GiontaBUF | 21 | 17:38 | 0:50 | 1:46 | 3 | 1 |
 T.J. OshieWSH | 23 | 17:35 | 0:46 | 1:19 | 7 | 4 |
 Johan LarssonBUF | 19 | 17:10 | 0:54 | 1:26 | 4 | 0 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 20 | 17:05 | 0:51 | 2:21 | 6 | 1 |
 Evgeny KuznetsovWSH | 18 | 16:17 | 0:54 | 1:18 | 5 | 1 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 19 | 16:13 | 0:51 | 1:29 | 5 | 1 |
 Justin WilliamsWSH | 21 | 15:54 | 0:45 | 1:18 | 3 | 5 |
 Marcus JohanssonWSH | 18 | 15:34 | 0:52 | 1:21 | 5 | 1 |
 Jason ChimeraWSH | 20 | 15:29 | 0:46 | 1:10 | 3 | 5 |
 Mark PysykBUF | 21 | 15:16 | 0:44 | 1:24 | 3 | 1 |
 Cody FransonBUF | 21 | 15:14 | 0:44 | 1:29 | 3 | 1 |
 Jake McCabeBUF | 22 | 15:04 | 0:41 | 1:19 | 1 | 3 |
 David LegwandBUF | 18 | 14:12 | 0:47 | 1:19 | 2 | 3 |
 Jamie McGinnBUF | 18 | 14:00 | 0:47 | 1:52 | 3 | 0 |
 Mike RichardsWSH | 22 | 13:01 | 0:36 | 0:55 | 1 | 4 |
 Aaron NessWSH | 19 | 12:48 | 0:40 | 1:16 | 2 | 0 |
 Taylor ChorneyWSH | 21 | 12:39 | 0:36 | 1:36 | 1 | 3 |
 Michael LattaWSH | 16 | 12:03 | 0:45 | 1:07 | 2 | 1 |
 Marcus FolignoBUF | 16 | 11:52 | 0:45 | 1:12 | 1 | 2 |
 Zach SillWSH | 17 | 11:26 | 0:40 | 1:13 | 2 | 2 |
 Tom WilsonWSH | 15 | 11:18 | 0:45 | 1:10 | 1 | 6 |
 Tim SchallerBUF | 15 | 10:58 | 0:44 | 1:18 | 1 | 2 |
 Andre BurakovskyWSH | 13 | 9:45 | 0:45 | 1:11 | 2 | 1 |
 Matt MoulsonBUF | 11 | 8:10 | 0:45 | 1:07 | 2 | 1 |
 Phil VaroneBUF | 13 | 8:01 | 0:37 | 1:14 | 1 | 1 |