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Fri, Nov 25, 2016·Verizon Center, Washington

Buffalo Sabres 1, Washington Capitals 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 67% of the time.

WSH winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

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–Kane–LarssonOkposo–O'Reilly–FolignoO'Reilly–Carrier–ReinhartMoulson–Grant–GirgensonsOkposo–O'Reilly–ReinhartGionta–O'Reilly–KaneMoulson–O'Reilly–GirgensonsKane–Larsson–GirgensonsGrant–Carrier–ReinhartFranson–McCabeGorges–RistolainenFalk–FedunFalk–Ristolainen
Williams–Backstrom–Johansson5:060.13–0.012:340.49–0.041:200.00–0.054:410.12–0.025:100.68–0.070:540.10–0.01
Winnik–Eller–Connolly0:490.00–0.002:260.07–0.011:410.43–0.070:490.00–0.061:210.08–0.002:340.08–0.043:190.36–0.013:200.43–0.10
Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Burakovsky2:060.10–0.211:230.05–0.060:430.00–0.071:140.00–0.110:380.09–0.051:060.00–0.005:060.09–0.362:040.15–0.070:590.00–0.070:400.00–0.00
Beagle–Wilson–Sanford1:280.17–0.002:160.29–0.131:270.13–0.000:390.00–0.003:510.34–0.16
Carlson–Orlov7:480.26–0.260:400.27–0.071:000.00–0.000:440.09–0.000:350.00–0.005:590.09–0.205:510.39–0.134:080.14–0.28
Niskanen–Alzner1:150.12–0.006:370.62–0.112:050.00–0.150:370.07–0.004:060.23–0.075:070.52–0.141:250.44–0.00
Orpik–Chorney1:140.02–0.040:480.00–0.002:410.29–0.131:430.05–0.181:050.08–0.000:310.00–0.004:000.10–0.151:310.02–0.004:470.34–0.280:460.00–0.00
Orpik–Carlson0:440.01–0.05
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndWilliams FBackstrom FJohansson FBurakovsky FKuznetsov FOvechkin FWilson FSanford FBeagle FConnolly FEller FWinnik FNiskanen DAlzner DOrlov DCarlson DChorney DOrpik DGrubauer GOkposo FFoligno FO'Reilly FLarsson FKane FGionta FO'Reilly FReinhart FCarrier FMoulson FGrant FGirgensons FGorges DRistolainen DFranson DMcCabe DFedun DFalk DNilsson G
WSHBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Rasmus RistolainenBUF3227:260:511:5269
Ryan O'ReillyBUF2923:530:491:4768
Matt NiskanenWSH2723:090:511:5257
John CarlsonWSH2823:000:492:1473
Cody FransonBUF2820:260:441:2015
Kyle OkposoBUF2420:250:511:5273
Dmitry OrlovWSH2520:080:481:3674
Johan LarssonBUF2320:020:521:4125
Karl AlznerWSH2519:440:471:4537
Evander KaneBUF2119:360:562:0023
Nicklas BackstromWSH2019:320:592:0154
Jake McCabeBUF2719:300:431:2015
Josh GorgesBUF2719:290:431:5338
Brian GiontaBUF2218:290:502:0036
Marcus JohanssonWSH2117:160:492:0344
Brooks OrpikWSH2016:580:512:0102
Justin WilliamsWSH2016:540:511:4353
Sam ReinhartBUF2016:320:501:5292
Alex OvechkinWSH2015:240:461:2992
Daniel WinnikWSH2015:190:461:5724
Evgeny KuznetsovWSH1915:180:481:2991
Lars EllerWSH2115:000:431:5725
Brett ConnollyWSH1914:560:471:5743
Taylor FedunBUF2214:560:411:1611
Andre BurakovskyWSH2014:390:442:0372
Matt MoulsonBUF1513:200:531:5241
Jay BeagleWSH2013:140:401:5129
Marcus FolignoBUF1912:320:401:1514
Tom WilsonWSH1812:310:421:2726
Taylor ChorneyWSH1712:210:441:0902
Justin FalkBUF1711:440:411:1012
Derek GrantBUF1910:290:331:1819
Cal O'ReillyBUF149:080:391:0750
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF109:070:551:1800
William CarrierBUF148:140:351:0542
Zachary SanfordWSH146:370:280:5823