Sat, Dec 15, 2018·Capital One Arena, Washington
Buffalo Sabres 3, Washington Capitals 4 (SO)
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 54% of the time.
39%
8%
46%
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.
| Skinner–Reinhart–Eichel | Pominville–Sobotka–Thompson | Okposo–Sheary–Mittelstadt | Larsson–Girgensons–Rodrigues | Bogosian–Dahlin | Scandella–Ristolainen | Bogosian–Scandella | Beaulieu–Tennyson | Bogosian–Ristolainen | Tennyson–Ristolainen | Scandella–Tennyson | Ristolainen–Dahlin | Tennyson–Dahlin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ovechkin–Oshie–Backstrom | 1:040.06–0.00 | 5:510.42–0.10 | 2:320.10–0.00 | 3:460.01–0.00 | 3:230.06–0.00 | 6:010.52–0.03 | 2:420.09–0.10 | 1:150.00–0.00 | |||||
| Kuznetsov–Wilson–Vrana | 8:000.72–0.43 | 1:110.08–0.01 | 3:090.10–0.07 | 2:290.35–0.00 | 1:000.16–0.04 | 1:120.07–0.26 | 0:480.00–0.01 | 0:480.10–0.06 | |||||
| Eller–Smith-Pelly–Connolly | 0:540.00–0.00 | 3:350.14–0.22 | 3:390.22–0.09 | 3:310.01–0.15 | 3:010.13–0.00 | 1:050.07–0.16 | 0:460.16–0.00 | ||||||
| Dowd–Boyd–Stephenson | 1:320.00–0.00 | 2:350.12–0.16 | 2:050.07–0.14 | 2:190.00–0.17 | 0:340.12–0.00 | 0:450.00–0.25 | 1:030.07–0.00 | 1:170.00–0.00 | 0:450.01–0.00 | ||||
| Carlson–Kempny | 7:430.58–0.40 | 2:110.38–0.00 | 1:240.10–0.00 | 1:220.17–0.00 | 3:580.07–0.08 | 5:340.80–0.00 | 0:510.24–0.00 | 1:560.07–0.26 | 0:570.08–0.06 | ||||
| Niskanen–Orlov | 1:580.04–0.00 | 3:030.15–0.23 | 3:270.00–0.30 | 1:460.01–0.06 | 4:090.05–0.21 | 2:410.20–0.00 | 2:040.03–0.26 | 0:450.00–0.25 | 0:490.00–0.00 | 0:580.01–0.00 | |||
| Bowey–Siegenthaler | 2:120.00–0.03 | 0:570.09–0.00 | 1:140.00–0.00 | 1:320.00–0.03 | 1:030.00–0.03 | 1:100.02–0.00 | 0:360.00–0.00 | 0:580.07–0.00 | |||||
| Niskanen–Siegenthaler | 1:390.21–0.11 | 1:390.04–0.00 | 1:000.01–0.00 | 1:160.10–0.07 | 0:430.05–0.00 | 0:300.08–0.04 | 0:410.00–0.00 | ||||||
| Orlov–Bowey | 1:110.00–0.00 | 1:390.05–0.00 | 0:570.00–0.00 | 1:340.00–0.00 | |||||||||
| Bowey–Kempny | 0:560.05–0.00 | 1:010.12–0.00 | 0:450.00–0.02 | 1:070.12–0.00 | |||||||||
| Carlson–Siegenthaler | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:380.00–0.06 | 1:180.00–0.06 |
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 | 32 | 31:43 | 0:59 | 2:37 | 1 | 5 |
 John CarlsonWSH | 27 | 29:11 | 1:05 | 2:34 | 4 | 5 |
 Zach BogosianBUF | 29 | 29:03 | 1:00 | 2:50 | 3 | 3 |
 Alex OvechkinWSH | 23 | 25:34 | 1:07 | 2:45 | 7 | 0 |
 Rasmus DahlinBUF | 31 | 24:19 | 0:47 | 1:32 | 4 | 5 |
 Marco ScandellaBUF | 30 | 23:33 | 0:47 | 1:16 | 2 | 5 |
 Dmitry OrlovWSH | 22 | 22:52 | 1:02 | 1:51 | 4 | 1 |
 Nicklas BackstromWSH | 22 | 22:18 | 1:01 | 2:45 | 8 | 0 |
 Evgeny KuznetsovWSH | 19 | 21:25 | 1:08 | 2:12 | 2 | 2 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 24 | 20:55 | 0:52 | 1:43 | 3 | 1 |
 T.J. OshieWSH | 22 | 20:38 | 0:56 | 2:04 | 7 | 0 |
 Matt NiskanenWSH | 22 | 20:37 | 0:56 | 1:43 | 1 | 2 |
 Michal KempnyWSH | 20 | 18:30 | 0:56 | 1:40 | 1 | 3 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 22 | 17:41 | 0:48 | 1:17 | 6 | 1 |
 Lars EllerWSH | 20 | 16:47 | 0:50 | 1:21 | 3 | 3 |
 Jeff SkinnerBUF | 20 | 16:17 | 0:49 | 1:24 | 4 | 1 |
 Tom WilsonWSH | 19 | 15:27 | 0:49 | 1:36 | 0 | 3 |
 Casey MittelstadtBUF | 18 | 15:23 | 0:51 | 1:13 | 2 | 2 |
 Conor ShearyBUF | 18 | 14:54 | 0:50 | 1:13 | 2 | 0 |
 Vladimir SobotkaBUF | 19 | 14:39 | 0:46 | 1:19 | 1 | 2 |
 Jonas SiegenthalerWSH | 21 | 14:20 | 0:41 | 1:34 | 2 | 2 |
 Jakub VranaWSH | 19 | 14:16 | 0:45 | 1:29 | 1 | 2 |
 Evan RodriguesBUF | 20 | 14:16 | 0:43 | 1:40 | 4 | 4 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 17 | 14:15 | 0:50 | 1:19 | 1 | 1 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 16 | 14:11 | 0:53 | 1:26 | 2 | 2 |
 Johan LarssonBUF | 18 | 13:47 | 0:46 | 1:28 | 1 | 8 |
 Brett ConnollyWSH | 15 | 13:39 | 0:55 | 1:21 | 3 | 1 |
 Zemgus GirgensonsBUF | 18 | 13:18 | 0:44 | 1:17 | 1 | 7 |
 Madison BoweyWSH | 16 | 12:14 | 0:46 | 1:22 | 4 | 0 |
 Jason PominvilleBUF | 14 | 11:53 | 0:51 | 1:19 | 1 | 1 |
 Devante Smith-PellyWSH | 14 | 10:52 | 0:47 | 1:21 | 2 | 2 |
 Nic DowdWSH | 12 | 10:07 | 0:51 | 1:26 | 2 | 0 |
 Chandler StephensonWSH | 13 | 9:57 | 0:46 | 1:26 | 2 | 1 |
 Travis BoydWSH | 11 | 9:30 | 0:52 | 1:19 | 2 | 0 |
 Matt TennysonBUF | 15 | 9:06 | 0:36 | 1:02 | 0 | 2 |
 Nathan BeaulieuBUF | 8 | 5:47 | 0:43 | 1:01 | 2 | 0 |