WSH 2 @ BUF 3 · Mar 9, 2020

Mon, Mar 9, 2020·KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Away

Washington Capitals

Final

Shootout

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Buffalo Sabres

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 64% of the time.

28%

10%

53%

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–Kuznetsov–Wilson	Oshie–Backstrom–Vrana	Kovalchuk–Hagelin–Eller	Panik–Dowd–Hathaway	Kovalchuk–Oshie–Backstrom	Orlov–Jensen	Carlson–Dillon	Carlson–Kempny	Siegenthaler–Kempny	Dillon–Siegenthaler	Orlov–Kempny	Carlson–Orlov	Orlov–Siegenthaler
Skinner–Reinhart–Eichel	2:180.05–0.10	7:150.30–0.39	1:320.00–0.00	1:070.00–0.00	1:000.00–0.09	5:170.19–0.12	4:430.16–0.12	2:160.00–0.06	0:340.00–0.00	0:490.00–0.00		1:100.00–0.28	0:350.11–0.00
Okposo–Larsson–Girgensons	11:180.36–0.16		0:560.01–0.02			3:360.18–0.00	2:420.04–0.03	2:270.00–0.10	1:070.00–0.00	1:390.00–0.03	0:540.07–0.00
Johansson–Olofsson–Kahun	0:430.00–0.00	1:270.00–0.00	5:310.13–0.54	0:470.00–0.00		4:010.06–0.15	3:080.12–0.50		1:040.00–0.01	1:390.00–0.06
Simmonds–Vesey–Lazar	0:380.00–0.13		1:070.00–0.22	6:260.11–0.11		4:110.03–0.02	0:420.00–0.07	1:320.00–0.15	2:460.10–0.00
Johansson–Vesey–Olofsson									0:450.00–0.00
Ristolainen–Montour	11:230.39–0.21	2:150.19–0.00	0:410.00–0.00	2:300.00–0.01	1:000.00–0.09	8:100.36–0.09	4:300.08–0.08	3:210.06–0.12	1:470.00–0.00	1:370.00–0.03	0:530.07–0.00	0:380.00–0.00	0:380.11–0.00
McCabe–Jokiharju	3:280.10–0.02	6:410.11–0.15	2:020.03–0.02	1:280.02–0.07		5:240.05–0.18	3:590.12–0.12	2:220.00–0.07	1:380.00–0.00	0:510.00–0.05	1:050.00–0.00	1:050.00–0.07
Miller–Dahlin			5:370.12–0.48	4:380.02–0.02		3:220.05–0.03	1:580.12–0.22	1:100.00–0.14	2:340.02–0.01	1:200.00–0.02

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	30	28:50	0:58	2:14	6	5
Dmitry OrlovWSH	30	26:40	0:53	2:03	6	3
John CarlsonWSH	30	26:24	0:53	1:35	6	6
Brandon MontourBUF	27	26:01	0:58	2:14	4	6
Jack EichelBUF	23	23:42	1:02	2:50	2	4
Sam ReinhartBUF	24	22:13	0:56	1:39	4	4
Nick JensenWSH	27	21:31	0:48	2:07	4	5
Tom WilsonWSH	24	21:22	0:53	1:17	7	5
Brenden DillonWSH	25	19:54	0:48	1:23	5	3
Alex OvechkinWSH	21	19:24	0:55	2:45	7	2
Evgeny KuznetsovWSH	23	19:11	0:50	1:10	6	2
Jake McCabeBUF	24	18:46	0:47	1:37	2	7
Henri JokiharjuBUF	25	18:41	0:45	1:48	2	6
Jeff SkinnerBUF	23	18:02	0:47	1:39	4	4
Nicklas BackstromWSH	23	17:58	0:47	1:32	3	4
Rasmus DahlinBUF	21	17:16	0:49	2:47	4	1
Michal KempnyWSH	22	17:06	0:47	1:19	3	4
Victor OlofssonBUF	20	16:52	0:51	1:58	4	2
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF	22	16:11	0:44	1:09	2	6
Lars EllerWSH	24	15:57	0:40	1:16	3	5
T.J. OshieWSH	21	15:56	0:46	1:31	3	4
Kyle OkposoBUF	21	15:46	0:45	1:08	3	5
Ilya KovalchukWSH	20	15:39	0:47	1:56	3	1
Marcus JohanssonBUF	21	15:29	0:44	1:09	4	2
Johan LarssonBUF	19	15:15	0:48	1:11	2	3
Colin MillerBUF	20	15:11	0:46	1:13	3	2
Jonas SiegenthalerWSH	21	14:13	0:41	1:19	2	5
Jakub VranaWSH	18	13:59	0:47	1:11	2	3
Carl HagelinWSH	20	13:55	0:42	1:12	3	1
Dominik KahunBUF	19	13:05	0:41	0:59	2	2
Nic DowdWSH	15	11:47	0:47	1:32	4	2
Jimmy VeseyBUF	14	11:35	0:50	1:22	1	4
Richard PanikWSH	15	11:35	0:46	1:20	4	2
Curtis LazarBUF	16	11:34	0:43	1:05	2	5
Wayne SimmondsBUF	14	11:18	0:48	1:17	2	4
Garnet HathawayWSH	13	10:41	0:49	1:24	4	1

Washington Capitals 2, Buffalo Sabres 3 (SO)

Who was on the ice

Shift totals