BUF 3 @ WSH 4 · Jan 22, 2021

Fri, Jan 22, 2021·Capital One Arena, Washington

Away

Buffalo Sabres

Final

Shootout

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Washington Capitals

Three stars

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Buffalo Sabres win this game 53% of the time.

38%

10%

11%

41%

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.

	Hall–Reinhart–Eichel	Eakin–Rieder–Cozens	Sheahan–Skinner–Lazar	Staal–Olofsson–Thompson	Eakin–Rieder–Lazar	Staal–Sheahan–Olofsson	Montour–Jokiharju	McCabe–Ristolainen	Miller–Dahlin	Ristolainen–Montour	Miller–McCabe	Miller–Jokiharju	Ristolainen–Jokiharju
Hagelin–Dowd–Hathaway	10:240.01–0.30	1:210.02–0.16			0:390.00–0.00		5:190.08–0.15	3:020.02–0.24	2:560.00–0.12	0:310.00–0.02	1:090.00–0.00
Backstrom–Wilson–Vrana	1:280.06–0.00	3:310.02–0.02	1:380.01–0.11	1:420.27–0.11			3:190.17–0.00	3:420.02–0.02	1:220.23–0.11		0:530.00–0.08
Oshie–Eller–Panik	1:180.00–0.12	2:420.01–0.00	0:450.00–0.08	2:450.03–0.18			3:030.02–0.02	1:190.01–0.27	2:100.02–0.17		0:440.00–0.07		0:560.00–0.02
Pinho–Sheary–Sprong			4:280.06–0.12	1:100.00–0.07			1:280.00–0.02	3:300.04–0.22		0:360.02–0.00
Oshie–Backstrom–Vrana		1:010.00–0.00	0:430.03–0.02				0:450.00–0.00	0:310.01–0.00				1:100.03–0.02
Eller–Panik–Sprong										1:160.06–0.00
Hagelin–Dowd–Sheary								0:530.00–0.00
Carlson–Dillon	9:220.01–0.19	2:210.04–0.18	2:180.03–0.00	2:110.24–0.02			4:570.09–0.14	6:330.06–0.18	2:590.23–0.00	0:590.02–0.02	2:200.00–0.02
Chara–Jensen	4:540.01–0.44	4:060.00–0.00	2:170.03–0.21	2:050.01–0.25			2:190.00–0.00	5:310.01–0.66	3:230.00–0.29	0:320.00–0.00	1:120.00–0.07	1:180.03–0.02	1:130.00–0.02
Schultz–Siegenthaler	1:190.06–0.00	3:340.04–0.05	3:410.02–0.02	1:490.06–0.09	0:350.00–0.00	0:390.00–0.00	7:200.17–0.02	3:030.03–0.05	0:320.02–0.00	2:270.11–0.03	0:440.00–0.06
Carlson–Siegenthaler	0:410.00–0.03				0:300.00–0.00		0:450.00–0.03			0:320.00–0.00

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


John CarlsonWSH	31	28:37	0:55	1:53	4	6
Rasmus RistolainenBUF	31	26:39	0:52	1:43	3	7
Brandon MontourBUF	30	25:44	0:51	1:26	4	3
Taylor HallBUF	27	25:08	0:56	1:32	5	3
Brenden DillonWSH	30	23:31	0:47	1:28	4	6
Jack EichelBUF	27	23:31	0:52	1:32	5	3
Jake McCabeBUF	30	23:22	0:47	1:43	1	6
Sam ReinhartBUF	25	22:54	0:55	1:32	5	1
Henri JokiharjuBUF	26	22:28	0:52	1:28	4	2
Nicklas BackstromWSH	29	20:56	0:43	1:53	6	1
Jonas SiegenthalerWSH	25	20:13	0:49	1:45	4	3
Carl HagelinWSH	26	19:52	0:46	1:34	1	8
Nick JensenWSH	23	19:12	0:50	1:28	2	1
Nic DowdWSH	25	19:10	0:46	1:34	1	6
Justin SchultzWSH	28	19:08	0:41	1:30	5	3
Zdeno CharaWSH	22	19:08	0:52	1:49	2	0
Jakub VranaWSH	28	18:44	0:40	1:24	6	0
Colin MillerBUF	26	18:13	0:42	1:18	3	2
T.J. OshieWSH	22	17:45	0:48	1:53	5	0
Lars EllerWSH	27	17:29	0:39	1:41	5	3
Cody EakinBUF	21	16:35	0:47	1:19	1	5
Garnet HathawayWSH	23	16:19	0:43	1:33	0	6
Victor OlofssonBUF	21	14:25	0:41	1:13	1	4
Tobias RiederBUF	17	13:30	0:48	1:08	1	3
Dylan CozensBUF	18	13:24	0:45	1:10	2	3
Richard PanikWSH	18	13:19	0:44	1:29	4	0
Curtis LazarBUF	18	13:12	0:44	1:15	1	3
Tom WilsonWSH	19	12:57	0:41	1:25	4	0
Eric StaalBUF	21	12:54	0:37	1:21	1	3
Riley SheahanBUF	19	12:53	0:41	1:11	1	5
Jeff SkinnerBUF	16	12:15	0:46	1:03	2	1
Daniel SprongWSH	15	10:14	0:41	1:06	3	2
Rasmus DahlinBUF	12	10:08	0:51	1:13	2	1
Conor ShearyWSH	14	9:52	0:42	1:12	2	2
Tage ThompsonBUF	14	8:34	0:37	1:06	1	3
Brian PinhoWSH	11	7:26	0:41	1:12	3	2

Buffalo Sabres 3, Washington Capitals 4 (SO)

Who was on the ice

Shift totals