Mon, Dec 5, 2016·Verizon Center, Washington
Buffalo Sabres 2, Washington Capitals 3 (OT)
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 61% of the time.
30%
9%
53%
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.
| Kane–Reinhart–Eichel | Okposo–O'Reilly–Carrier | Gionta–Foligno–Larsson | Moulson–Grant–Girgensons | Foligno–Larsson–Girgensons | Moulson–Okposo–O'Reilly | Gionta–Kane–Larsson | O'Reilly–Kane–Reinhart | McCabe–Ristolainen | Franson–Guhle | Falk–Burgdoerfer | Ristolainen–Guhle | Franson–McCabe | Franson–Falk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ovechkin–Backstrom–Johansson | 5:080.04–0.14 | 2:260.11–0.09 | 0:380.00–0.09 | 7:220.13–0.28 | 2:270.01–0.09 | 1:020.00–0.00 | 0:310.01–0.00 | |||||||
| Winnik–Beagle–Wilson | 2:540.16–0.12 | 1:090.02–0.00 | 5:030.30–0.18 | 0:380.00–0.00 | 1:450.12–0.06 | 2:240.00–0.00 | 4:260.33–0.24 | 0:440.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Kuznetsov–Burakovsky–Vrana | 2:470.04–0.17 | 1:310.00–0.04 | 2:360.07–0.00 | 1:590.11–0.16 | 3:260.08–0.00 | 3:050.03–0.18 | ||||||||
| Williams–Carey–Eller | 2:410.05–0.00 | 1:180.00–0.54 | 0:330.00–0.01 | 3:300.06–0.55 | 1:340.00–0.28 | 0:410.01–0.00 | ||||||||
| Ovechkin–Beagle–Kuznetsov | 1:150.05–0.06 | 0:500.13–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 1:470.13–0.06 | 0:310.00–0.00 | |||||||||
| Williams–Backstrom–Johansson | 1:460.00–0.00 | 1:110.00–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.00 | |||||||||||
| Williams–Kuznetsov–Burakovsky | 1:060.10–0.00 | 1:060.10–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Niskanen–Alzner | 2:190.04–0.00 | 5:020.04–0.45 | 0:450.02–0.00 | 0:480.00–0.13 | 7:210.10–0.40 | 3:290.01–0.28 | 0:520.02–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Carlson–Orlov | 2:490.10–0.12 | 2:190.00–0.00 | 2:580.18–0.18 | 0:390.09–0.00 | 0:380.00–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.01 | 5:140.28–0.07 | 3:010.08–0.00 | 2:390.12–0.25 | 1:020.00–0.00 | ||||
| Orpik–Chorney | 2:140.04–0.17 | 3:400.05–0.23 | 2:190.03–0.42 | 1:050.00–0.42 | 3:020.05–0.09 | 3:210.03–0.21 | 1:080.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Alzner–Carlson | 3:040.01–0.02 | 1:210.10–0.40 | 1:490.00–0.02 | 1:380.11–0.00 | 1:020.00–0.38 | |||||||||
| Niskanen–Orlov | 1:420.06–0.06 | 1:200.18–0.00 | 0:370.00–0.09 | 3:220.22–0.15 | 0:370.02–0.00 | |||||||||
| Orpik–Niskanen | 1:120.01–0.00 | 0:500.01–0.01 | 0:350.00–0.00 | 0:500.01–0.01 | 1:000.01–0.00 |
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
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 29 | 29:51 | 1:02 | 2:22 | 1 | 6 |
 Jake McCabeBUF | 32 | 28:52 | 0:54 | 2:18 | 3 | 6 |
 John CarlsonWSH | 30 | 26:27 | 0:53 | 2:57 | 3 | 3 |
 Matt NiskanenWSH | 26 | 24:43 | 0:57 | 1:33 | 5 | 4 |
 Ryan O'ReillyBUF | 24 | 22:48 | 0:57 | 2:22 | 4 | 8 |
 Alex OvechkinWSH | 24 | 21:57 | 0:55 | 2:08 | 7 | 2 |
 Karl AlznerWSH | 28 | 21:45 | 0:47 | 2:08 | 4 | 6 |
 Evander KaneBUF | 24 | 21:04 | 0:53 | 1:46 | 7 | 0 |
 Cody FransonBUF | 24 | 20:45 | 0:52 | 1:46 | 4 | 2 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 23 | 20:41 | 0:54 | 2:22 | 5 | 5 |
 Marcus JohanssonWSH | 22 | 20:00 | 0:55 | 2:18 | 6 | 3 |
 Nicklas BackstromWSH | 25 | 19:29 | 0:47 | 2:08 | 6 | 5 |
 Dmitry OrlovWSH | 24 | 19:24 | 0:49 | 1:27 | 5 | 1 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 20 | 18:31 | 0:56 | 1:57 | 6 | 0 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 21 | 18:14 | 0:52 | 1:46 | 7 | 0 |
 Evgeny KuznetsovWSH | 19 | 18:05 | 0:57 | 1:46 | 3 | 0 |
 Jay BeagleWSH | 21 | 17:24 | 0:50 | 1:26 | 2 | 4 |
 Johan LarssonBUF | 22 | 17:04 | 0:47 | 2:00 | 1 | 3 |
 Brian GiontaBUF | 22 | 16:49 | 0:46 | 2:00 | 2 | 3 |
 Brendan GuhleBUF | 22 | 16:48 | 0:46 | 1:42 | 4 | 2 |
 Brooks OrpikWSH | 21 | 16:22 | 0:47 | 1:31 | 4 | 2 |
 Daniel WinnikWSH | 20 | 14:49 | 0:44 | 1:31 | 2 | 4 |
 Justin WilliamsWSH | 17 | 13:59 | 0:49 | 2:18 | 4 | 1 |
 Tom WilsonWSH | 19 | 13:45 | 0:43 | 1:44 | 2 | 3 |
 Marcus FolignoBUF | 20 | 13:14 | 0:40 | 1:12 | 2 | 3 |
 William CarrierBUF | 18 | 12:48 | 0:43 | 1:13 | 2 | 5 |
 Justin FalkBUF | 20 | 12:46 | 0:38 | 1:09 | 3 | 4 |
 Andre BurakovskyWSH | 16 | 12:28 | 0:47 | 1:35 | 2 | 1 |
 Jakub VranaWSH | 15 | 11:58 | 0:48 | 1:26 | 2 | 1 |
 Taylor ChorneyWSH | 16 | 11:23 | 0:43 | 1:23 | 5 | 2 |
 Lars EllerWSH | 17 | 11:13 | 0:40 | 1:06 | 2 | 1 |
 Erik BurgdoerferBUF | 17 | 10:03 | 0:35 | 1:09 | 4 | 3 |
 Matt MoulsonBUF | 13 | 9:15 | 0:43 | 1:15 | 3 | 0 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 12 | 8:07 | 0:41 | 1:09 | 3 | 1 |
 Paul CareyWSH | 11 | 6:58 | 0:38 | 1:06 | 2 | 0 |
 Derek GrantBUF | 13 | 6:38 | 0:31 | 1:07 | 1 | 5 |