Thu, Jan 14, 2021·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Washington Capitals 6, Buffalo Sabres 4
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 75% of the time.
17%
9%
66%
BUF winsWSH wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
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–Oshie–Backstrom | Kuznetsov–Wilson–Vrana | Hagelin–Dowd–Hathaway | Eller–Panik–Sheary | Oshie–Eller–Sheary | Chara–Jensen | Carlson–Orlov | Schultz–Dillon | Schultz–Orlov | Carlson–Dillon | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hall–Eichel–Thompson | 4:550.05–0.22 | 2:020.08–0.01 | 3:240.01–0.09 | 2:200.07–0.02 | 6:570.07–0.14 | 4:000.13–0.14 | 2:070.01–0.05 | 0:340.00–0.02 | ||
| Staal–Reinhart–Olofsson | 2:090.00–0.02 | 4:410.14–0.21 | 2:070.03–0.00 | 0:550.00–0.00 | 0:490.11–0.01 | 3:290.00–0.02 | 3:210.00–0.00 | 3:100.25–0.15 | 1:110.03–0.06 | |
| Sheahan–Skinner–Lazar | 1:030.00–0.13 | 1:170.03–0.00 | 2:370.08–0.05 | 2:280.04–0.01 | 2:150.03–0.01 | 2:190.08–0.03 | 3:030.04–0.15 | |||
| Eakin–Rieder–Cozens | 2:150.02–0.01 | 1:280.00–0.17 | 1:570.01–0.00 | 1:350.01–0.00 | 3:210.24–0.00 | 1:500.00–0.14 | ||||
| Montour–Dahlin | 1:510.02–0.13 | 4:230.11–0.14 | 4:420.01–0.12 | 2:140.01–0.02 | 0:460.11–0.00 | 7:440.03–0.12 | 3:060.08–0.09 | 5:020.14–0.20 | ||
| Miller–Jokiharju | 5:090.41–0.21 | 2:070.03–0.00 | 3:590.14–0.01 | 4:110.13–0.01 | 2:410.01–0.00 | 3:320.42–0.15 | 1:080.03–0.06 | |||
| McCabe–Ristolainen | 6:150.06–0.08 | 1:160.00–0.05 | 1:220.08–0.03 | 1:180.03–0.00 | 0:400.24–0.00 | 1:450.03–0.02 | 6:550.39–0.08 | 2:390.00–0.01 | ||
| Ristolainen–Dahlin | 1:350.00–0.03 | 0:300.00–0.00 | 0:550.00–0.02 | 1:260.00–0.03 | ||||||
| Miller–Montour | 0:420.00–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| Ristolainen–Montour | 1:010.00–0.13 | 0:450.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| McCabe–Jokiharju | 0:340.00–0.04 | 0:310.00–0.00 |
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 DahlinBUF | 23 | 24:20 | 1:03 | 1:52 | 6 | 2 |
 John CarlsonWSH | 28 | 23:43 | 0:51 | 1:38 | 3 | 3 |
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 27 | 22:22 | 0:50 | 1:47 | 4 | 1 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 28 | 22:12 | 0:48 | 1:52 | 8 | 2 |
 Brandon MontourBUF | 23 | 20:37 | 0:54 | 1:31 | 4 | 3 |
 Nick JensenWSH | 24 | 20:17 | 0:51 | 1:21 | 0 | 5 |
 Zdeno CharaWSH | 24 | 20:16 | 0:51 | 1:35 | 0 | 5 |
 Dmitry OrlovWSH | 25 | 19:41 | 0:47 | 1:26 | 3 | 3 |
 Alex OvechkinWSH | 24 | 19:36 | 0:49 | 1:47 | 5 | 2 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 24 | 19:34 | 0:49 | 1:41 | 3 | 1 |
 Taylor HallBUF | 27 | 19:30 | 0:43 | 1:13 | 7 | 2 |
 T.J. OshieWSH | 25 | 19:29 | 0:47 | 1:33 | 5 | 2 |
 Victor OlofssonBUF | 23 | 18:10 | 0:47 | 1:41 | 3 | 1 |
 Nicklas BackstromWSH | 24 | 17:54 | 0:45 | 1:09 | 3 | 2 |
 Brenden DillonWSH | 23 | 17:21 | 0:45 | 1:33 | 3 | 2 |
 Tom WilsonWSH | 23 | 17:11 | 0:45 | 1:17 | 2 | 1 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 24 | 17:08 | 0:43 | 2:06 | 5 | 2 |
 Jake McCabeBUF | 22 | 16:36 | 0:45 | 1:12 | 3 | 2 |
 Evgeny KuznetsovWSH | 22 | 16:29 | 0:45 | 1:15 | 4 | 1 |
 Justin SchultzWSH | 22 | 15:56 | 0:43 | 1:08 | 2 | 1 |
 Colin MillerBUF | 19 | 15:14 | 0:48 | 1:28 | 1 | 2 |
 Lars EllerWSH | 19 | 15:13 | 0:48 | 1:33 | 1 | 7 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 18 | 14:56 | 0:50 | 1:29 | 1 | 0 |
 Eric StaalBUF | 18 | 14:45 | 0:49 | 1:37 | 1 | 1 |
 Jeff SkinnerBUF | 19 | 14:25 | 0:46 | 1:34 | 3 | 0 |
 Jakub VranaWSH | 20 | 14:07 | 0:42 | 1:01 | 2 | 1 |
 Cody EakinBUF | 22 | 13:23 | 0:37 | 1:12 | 2 | 1 |
 Carl HagelinWSH | 20 | 12:54 | 0:39 | 1:31 | 0 | 5 |
 Garnet HathawayWSH | 19 | 12:13 | 0:39 | 1:10 | 0 | 3 |
 Dylan CozensBUF | 18 | 12:09 | 0:41 | 1:34 | 3 | 0 |
 Tobias RiederBUF | 18 | 11:36 | 0:39 | 1:03 | 2 | 2 |
 Curtis LazarBUF | 18 | 11:33 | 0:39 | 1:11 | 2 | 0 |
 Nic DowdWSH | 19 | 11:24 | 0:36 | 1:10 | 0 | 3 |
 Richard PanikWSH | 16 | 11:18 | 0:42 | 1:14 | 0 | 3 |
 Conor ShearyWSH | 15 | 10:40 | 0:43 | 1:09 | 1 | 3 |
 Riley SheahanBUF | 13 | 9:55 | 0:46 | 1:24 | 2 | 0 |