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
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.
| Pouliot–O'Reilly–Reinhart | Okposo–Girgensons–Rodrigues | Josefson–Nolan–Baptiste | Pominville–Larsson–Wilson | Beaulieu–Ristolainen | Scandella–Nelson | Gorges–Antipin | Scandella–Antipin | Scandella–Ristolainen | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ovechkin–Backstrom–Wilson | 3:530.12–0.40 | 4:571.39–0.49 | 2:250.00–0.03 | 1:390.23–0.00 | 5:340.20–0.52 | 6:291.44–0.43 | 2:050.10–0.05 | ||
| Oshie–Kuznetsov–Connolly | 4:410.18–0.21 | 2:160.01–0.02 | 2:580.34–0.01 | 2:370.40–0.01 | 4:550.08–0.11 | 3:060.06–0.13 | |||
| Eller–Stephenson–Burakovsky | 1:010.04–0.03 | 1:170.00–0.05 | 4:300.18–0.01 | 2:180.00–0.01 | 2:430.01–0.05 | 3:390.15–0.07 | 3:490.09–0.02 | ||
| Beagle–Chiasson–Smith-Pelly | 3:140.00–0.17 | 1:070.00–0.00 | 1:120.01–0.01 | 2:350.24–0.17 | 0:380.01–0.00 | 2:240.00–0.01 | |||
| Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Wilson | 0:400.00–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Chiasson–Kuznetsov–Connolly | 1:150.11–0.00 | 1:170.11–0.00 | |||||||
| Oshie–Beagle–Kuznetsov | 1:090.00–0.02 | 0:460.00–0.01 | |||||||
| Niskanen–Orlov | 9:590.33–0.49 | 2:500.38–0.13 | 1:550.00–0.04 | 2:540.30–0.01 | 6:290.32–0.39 | 7:120.57–0.27 | 2:500.11–0.01 | 0:550.00–0.04 | 1:020.00–0.00 |
| Carlson–Djoos | 6:511.02–0.37 | 1:510.06–0.00 | 3:040.40–0.01 | 2:400.31–0.12 | 7:061.10–0.19 | 4:100.10–0.08 | |||
| Orpik–Kempny | 1:430.11–0.07 | 2:300.00–0.23 | 4:460.18–0.03 | 2:510.15–0.01 | 7:190.44–0.26 | 2:000.00–0.16 | 3:570.09–0.02 | ||
| Orpik–Carlson | 1:120.00–0.00 | 0:500.00–0.00 | |||||||
| Carlson–Orlov | |||||||||
| Orlov–Kempny | 1:100.00–0.11 | 1:000.00–0.11 | |||||||
| Niskanen–Kempny | 0:340.00–0.00 |
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 | 28 | 24:00 | 0:51 | 1:50 | 5 | 5 |
 Matt NiskanenWSH | 23 | 23:58 | 1:03 | 2:01 | 4 | 5 |
 Dmitry OrlovWSH | 23 | 23:50 | 1:02 | 2:01 | 5 | 3 |
 Marco ScandellaBUF | 27 | 22:07 | 0:49 | 1:15 | 3 | 10 |
 Casey NelsonBUF | 26 | 20:18 | 0:47 | 1:16 | 2 | 8 |
 John CarlsonWSH | 23 | 20:09 | 0:53 | 1:29 | 2 | 3 |
 Ryan O'ReillyBUF | 26 | 20:08 | 0:46 | 1:27 | 8 | 8 |
 Nathan BeaulieuBUF | 24 | 19:36 | 0:49 | 1:50 | 3 | 1 |
 Brooks OrpikWSH | 19 | 19:21 | 1:01 | 2:38 | 1 | 3 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 21 | 19:09 | 0:55 | 1:57 | 2 | 5 |
 Evan RodriguesBUF | 22 | 18:57 | 0:52 | 1:57 | 3 | 5 |
 Alex OvechkinWSH | 20 | 18:53 | 0:57 | 2:03 | 1 | 1 |
 Evgeny KuznetsovWSH | 21 | 18:52 | 0:54 | 1:41 | 3 | 3 |
 Tom WilsonWSH | 20 | 18:46 | 0:56 | 2:21 | 1 | 2 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 20 | 17:29 | 0:52 | 1:27 | 7 | 4 |
 Benoit PouliotBUF | 22 | 17:29 | 0:48 | 1:30 | 5 | 3 |
 Nicklas BackstromWSH | 20 | 17:26 | 0:52 | 1:41 | 0 | 4 |
 Michal KempnyWSH | 17 | 16:59 | 1:00 | 1:32 | 1 | 1 |
 Victor AntipinBUF | 22 | 16:34 | 0:45 | 1:33 | 3 | 1 |
 T.J. OshieWSH | 20 | 15:51 | 0:48 | 1:23 | 3 | 3 |
 Brett ConnollyWSH | 19 | 15:05 | 0:48 | 1:23 | 4 | 0 |
 Christian DjoosWSH | 19 | 15:03 | 0:48 | 1:26 | 2 | 2 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 22 | 14:58 | 0:41 | 1:12 | 1 | 4 |
 Josh GorgesBUF | 21 | 14:33 | 0:42 | 1:48 | 2 | 2 |
 Chandler StephensonWSH | 19 | 14:09 | 0:45 | 1:23 | 6 | 2 |
 Andre BurakovskyWSH | 16 | 13:32 | 0:51 | 1:16 | 4 | 1 |
 Lars EllerWSH | 15 | 13:17 | 0:53 | 1:23 | 5 | 1 |
 Johan LarssonBUF | 18 | 13:16 | 0:44 | 1:09 | 1 | 2 |
 Scott WilsonBUF | 17 | 13:03 | 0:46 | 1:23 | 1 | 1 |
 Jordan NolanBUF | 16 | 11:59 | 0:45 | 1:11 | 3 | 1 |
 Jason PominvilleBUF | 20 | 11:56 | 0:36 | 1:03 | 1 | 0 |
 Nick BaptisteBUF | 18 | 11:42 | 0:39 | 1:11 | 3 | 0 |
 Jacob JosefsonBUF | 17 | 11:24 | 0:40 | 1:11 | 3 | 1 |
 Jay BeagleWSH | 19 | 11:21 | 0:36 | 1:02 | 2 | 9 |
 Devante Smith-PellyWSH | 14 | 9:50 | 0:42 | 1:09 | 2 | 3 |
 Alex ChiassonWSH | 13 | 9:38 | 0:44 | 1:20 | 3 | 3 |