WSH 3 @ BUF 2 · Feb 19, 2018

Mon, Feb 19, 2018·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Away

Washington Capitals

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Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 75% of the time.

17%

68%

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.

	Ovechkin–Backstrom–Wilson	Oshie–Kuznetsov–Vrana	Eller–Connolly–Burakovsky	Beagle–Smith-Pelly–Stephenson	Oshie–Eller–Kuznetsov	Niskanen–Orlov	Carlson–Djoos	Orpik–Bowey	Carlson–Orlov	Orpik–Carlson
Pominville–O'Reilly–Kane	4:340.21–0.23	1:590.24–0.04	1:100.00–0.03	0:590.00–0.06		7:390.43–0.11	1:430.01–0.25	0:330.01–0.00	0:300.00–0.05
Okposo–Wilson–Rodrigues	2:390.02–0.08	0:460.00–0.69	3:100.18–0.10	2:070.00–0.01		1:420.00–0.05	2:520.02–0.08	3:570.18–0.10	0:390.00–0.63	0:340.00–0.03
Larsson–Girgensons–Reinhart	1:020.02–0.01	3:160.13–0.00	0:590.02–0.00	0:490.07–0.00		0:410.00–0.00	2:000.02–0.01	3:590.20–0.14
Pouliot–Josefson–Baptiste	0:420.00–0.00	1:220.04–0.10	0:510.00–0.01	2:420.00–0.17		0:550.00–0.08	2:480.00–0.05	2:200.04–0.15
O'Reilly–Kane–Reinhart	1:500.20–0.18			1:040.08–0.00	1:250.09–0.00	4:230.50–0.18
Pominville–Larsson–Girgensons	0:530.00–0.02	1:240.00–0.00	0:330.00–0.00	0:520.02–0.00		0:410.00–0.02	3:010.02–0.00
Scandella–Ristolainen	10:220.31–0.50	0:510.03–0.02	0:440.11–0.00	2:440.08–0.07	1:060.09–0.00	11:590.43–0.34	2:590.00–0.36	2:030.16–0.00		1:170.05–0.03
Gorges–Nelson	1:280.00–0.20	4:570.12–0.20	3:000.18–0.01	2:170.00–0.01		2:080.25–0.03	4:310.00–0.11	5:140.05–0.20	0:590.00–0.24
Falk–Beaulieu	0:550.02–0.00	3:140.15–0.61	4:040.02–0.54	2:560.07–0.15		2:040.02–0.08	4:280.03–0.01	5:050.23–0.43
Scandella–Nelson								0:380.00–0.00
Beaulieu–Nelson				0:480.02–0.00			0:480.02–0.00
Ristolainen–Nelson						0:310.03–0.00

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	28	27:12	0:58	2:25	6	1
Ryan O'ReillyBUF	27	24:06	0:54	1:51	7	5
Marco ScandellaBUF	28	23:55	0:51	1:47	6	1
Dmitry OrlovWSH	25	23:49	0:57	1:38	2	7
Matt NiskanenWSH	25	22:44	0:55	1:43	2	7
Evander KaneBUF	26	22:31	0:52	1:34	9	3
John CarlsonWSH	26	21:34	0:50	1:22	2	4
Casey NelsonBUF	23	20:04	0:52	1:57	5	3
Sam ReinhartBUF	23	19:43	0:51	1:43	5	3
Brooks OrpikWSH	22	19:23	0:53	1:33	4	4
Jason PominvilleBUF	22	18:28	0:50	1:18	5	3
Tom WilsonWSH	24	18:06	0:45	1:55	4	4
Alex OvechkinWSH	23	17:54	0:47	1:55	5	2
Nicklas BackstromWSH	25	17:35	0:42	1:18	5	3
T.J. OshieWSH	22	16:59	0:46	1:26	3	2
Nathan BeaulieuBUF	25	16:53	0:41	1:23	3	1
Christian DjoosWSH	22	16:01	0:44	1:09	2	2
Kyle OkposoBUF	19	15:54	0:50	1:39	2	2
Lars EllerWSH	18	15:44	0:52	1:47	3	5
Evgeny KuznetsovWSH	19	15:33	0:49	1:30	3	2
Madison BoweyWSH	16	15:28	0:58	1:40	2	1
Evan RodriguesBUF	20	15:09	0:45	1:43	3	3
Justin FalkBUF	22	14:22	0:39	1:26	1	1
Josh GorgesBUF	20	14:07	0:42	2:11	3	3
Jay BeagleWSH	20	14:05	0:42	1:18	2	8
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF	18	13:49	0:46	1:27	2	4
Johan LarssonBUF	20	13:18	0:40	1:11	2	5
Chandler StephensonWSH	19	13:09	0:42	1:12	2	7
Scott WilsonBUF	19	12:22	0:39	1:15	2	2
Jakub VranaWSH	15	12:01	0:48	1:07	3	2
Devante Smith-PellyWSH	14	11:57	0:51	2:27	2	5
Andre BurakovskyWSH	13	11:16	0:52	1:09	2	2
Brett ConnollyWSH	15	10:42	0:43	1:37	3	0
Benoit PouliotBUF	16	10:09	0:38	1:18	3	1
Jacob JosefsonBUF	15	9:17	0:37	1:14	2	0
Nick BaptisteBUF	14	8:30	0:36	1:09	2	0

Washington Capitals 3, Buffalo Sabres 2

Who was on the ice

Shift totals