BUF 1 @ WSH 2 · Dec 21, 2018

Fri, Dec 21, 2018·Capital One Arena, Washington

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Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 57% of the time.

35%

10%

47%

WSH winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

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	Sobotka–Sheary–Rodrigues	Larsson–Elie–Thompson	Okposo–Elie–Mittelstadt	Larsson–Girgensons–Thompson	Okposo–Girgensons–Mittelstadt	Bogosian–Dahlin	Ristolainen–Pilut	Scandella–McCabe	Dahlin–Pilut	Scandella–Ristolainen
Kuznetsov–Wilson–Vrana	5:540.37–0.48	3:090.11–0.06		0:330.10–0.08			4:100.29–0.35	4:040.15–0.23	1:510.02–0.04
Ovechkin–Oshie–Backstrom	2:090.03–0.00	2:340.03–0.01	1:180.00–0.10	1:440.00–0.01	0:300.00–0.00		2:410.03–0.01	3:040.03–0.01	2:100.00–0.00
Dowd–Smith-Pelly–Stephenson	1:260.02–0.06	1:540.02–0.00	1:460.00–0.08				1:440.00–0.14	0:550.00–0.19	2:380.04–0.00	1:030.00–0.05	0:450.00–0.00
Eller–Connolly–Burakovsky					1:560.07–0.09	1:240.02–0.08	2:360.00–0.16	1:080.02–0.08	1:430.42–0.00
Eller–Connolly–Vrana							0:480.00–0.05
Ovechkin–Oshie–Eller								0:590.00–0.17
Kuznetsov–Wilson–Burakovsky
Niskanen–Orlov	4:350.18–0.33	3:390.12–0.15		0:470.00–0.01	0:560.00–0.00	1:210.02–0.08	4:560.16–0.28	4:000.14–0.19	3:150.02–0.11	0:460.00–0.00
Carlson–Kempny	5:450.28–0.31	1:150.00–0.08	1:410.00–0.10		1:270.00–0.18		4:020.13–0.20	3:130.00–0.39	3:040.02–0.00
Bowey–Siegenthaler	0:310.06–0.00	2:490.02–0.00	1:340.00–0.08	1:420.12–0.15	0:480.07–0.00		3:050.10–0.23	2:480.06–0.19	3:100.44–0.00		0:450.00–0.00
Bowey–Kempny		0:490.02–0.07		1:050.00–0.00			0:330.02–0.00	1:250.00–0.07	0:360.00–0.00
Carlson–Orlov								0:390.00–0.01

Shift chart

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	24	24:27	1:01	2:12	5	1
John CarlsonWSH	21	23:47	1:08	2:12	4	6
Rasmus DahlinBUF	20	22:59	1:09	2:12	4	1
Jack EichelBUF	20	22:32	1:08	2:16	4	3
Zach BogosianBUF	20	21:15	1:04	2:43	3	3
Matt NiskanenWSH	20	21:03	1:03	3:33	1	3
Dmitry OrlovWSH	20	20:22	1:01	1:48	1	3
Alex OvechkinWSH	16	20:21	1:16	2:10	3	4
Jeff SkinnerBUF	18	20:05	1:07	2:12	7	2
Sam ReinhartBUF	17	19:40	1:09	2:12	7	1
T.J. OshieWSH	17	19:26	1:09	2:06	4	5
Evgeny KuznetsovWSH	16	18:44	1:10	2:06	3	2
Nicklas BackstromWSH	18	18:32	1:02	2:06	4	4
Michal KempnyWSH	19	18:08	0:57	2:02	1	4
Tom WilsonWSH	19	17:32	0:55	1:49	1	3
Lars EllerWSH	21	17:14	0:49	1:24	2	2
Lawrence PilutBUF	20	17:04	0:51	1:36	1	2
Marco ScandellaBUF	21	16:49	0:48	1:32	3	3
Madison BoweyWSH	17	16:24	0:58	1:50	1	1
Jake McCabeBUF	20	16:13	0:49	1:30	3	7
Jakub VranaWSH	16	15:20	0:58	1:33	1	2
Conor ShearyBUF	19	15:16	0:48	1:32	1	1
Vladimir SobotkaBUF	18	15:15	0:51	1:16	1	3
Evan RodriguesBUF	22	14:56	0:41	1:16	1	2
Johan LarssonBUF	20	14:45	0:44	1:22	0	7
Jonas SiegenthalerWSH	18	12:57	0:43	1:23	3	1
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF	16	12:20	0:46	1:22	1	6
Nic DowdWSH	17	11:44	0:41	1:32	0	4
Brett ConnollyWSH	13	11:17	0:52	1:22	2	0
Casey MittelstadtBUF	17	10:59	0:39	1:12	3	2
Chandler StephensonWSH	15	10:46	0:43	1:32	0	4
Kyle OkposoBUF	14	10:08	0:43	1:08	4	0
Tage ThompsonBUF	13	9:46	0:45	1:24	0	1
Remi ElieBUF	12	9:39	0:48	1:24	2	0
Devante Smith-PellyWSH	12	9:33	0:48	1:32	0	2
Andre BurakovskyWSH	11	8:56	0:49	1:30	2	0

Buffalo Sabres 1, Washington Capitals 2

Who was on the ice

Shift totals