Sat, Feb 24, 2018·Capital One Arena, Washington
Buffalo Sabres 1, Washington Capitals 5
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 84% of the time.
78%
11%
WSH winsBUF wins
Buffalo Sabres
Official boxscore lines, plus individual xG, on-ice expected-goals share at 5-on-5 and win probability added (percentage points).
 Rasmus RistolainenD · #55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 24:00 | 0.10 | 39.9% | 0.0 |
 Marco ScandellaD · #6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:07 | 0.02 | 30.4% | 0.0 |
 Casey NelsonD · #8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:18 | 0.02 | 23.2% | +12.7 |
 Ryan O'ReillyC · #90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:08 | 0.27 | 53.6% | 0.0 |
 Nathan BeaulieuD · #82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:36 | 0.02 | 41.7% | 0.0 |
 Kyle OkposoRW · #21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:09 | 0.35 | 36.2% | 0.0 |
 Evan RodriguesC · #71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:57 | 0.36 | 32.7% | 0.0 |
 Sam ReinhartC · #23 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:29 | 0.30 | 60.2% | +12.7 |
 Benoit PouliotLW · #67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:29 | 0.11 | 56.8% | 0.0 |
 Victor AntipinD · #93 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:34 | 0.01 | 37.5% | 0.0 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsC · #28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:58 | 0.21 | 32.3% | 0.0 |
 Josh GorgesD · #4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 | 0.01 | 37.1% | 0.0 |
 Johan LarssonLW · #22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 13:16 | 0.01 | 15.9% | 0.0 |
 Scott WilsonC · #20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 13:03 | 0.00 | 15.8% | 0.0 |
 Jordan NolanC · #17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:59 | 0.00 | 17.7% | 0.0 |
 Jason PominvilleRW · #29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | 11:56 | 0.00 | 7.2% | 0.0 |
 Nick BaptisteRW · #13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:42 | 0.16 | 24.8% | 0.0 |
 Jacob JosefsonC · #10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:24 | 0.01 | 14.5% | 0.0 |
 Robin Lehner#40 | L | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 3.63 | −0.4 | 59:52 |
Washington Capitals
Official boxscore lines, plus individual xG, on-ice expected-goals share at 5-on-5 and win probability added (percentage points).
 Matt NiskanenD · #2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 23:58 | 0.08 | 60.6% | +13.5 |
 Dmitry OrlovD · #9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:50 | 0.06 | 58.3% | +19.7 |
 John CarlsonD · #74 | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 20:09 | 0.03 | 81.2% | +10.2 |
 Brooks OrpikD · #44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:21 | 0.00 | 55.2% | 0.0 |
 Alex OvechkinLW · #8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 18:53 | 1.73 | 65.5% | +10.2 |
 Evgeny KuznetsovC · #92 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 4 | 18:52 | 0.39 | 75.3% | +42.9 |
 Tom WilsonRW · #43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:46 | 0.28 | 63.2% | 0.0 |
 Nicklas BackstromC · #19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:26 | 0.06 | 63.8% | 0.0 |
 Michal KempnyD · #6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:59 | 0.00 | 50.3% | 0.0 |
 T.J. OshieRW · #77 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:51 | 0.07 | 65.8% | 0.0 |
 Brett ConnollyRW · #10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:05 | 0.16 | 70.3% | +19.7 |
 Christian DjoosD · #29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:03 | 0.02 | 81.1% | 0.0 |
 Chandler StephensonC · #18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 14:09 | 0.06 | 71.7% | 0.0 |
 Andre BurakovskyLW · #65 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 13:32 | 0.24 | 74.0% | +13.0 |
 Lars EllerC · #20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 13:17 | 0.66 | 69.4% | +0.5 |
 Jay BeagleC · #83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:21 | 0.00 | 54.7% | 0.0 |
 Devante Smith-PellyRW · #25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:50 | 0.16 | 63.5% | 0.0 |
 Alex ChiassonRW · #39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 9:38 | 0.15 | 75.4% | +0.5 |
 Philipp Grubauer#31 | W | 29 | 28 | 1 | .966 | 1.96 | +1.0 | 60:00 |