Fri, Apr 9, 2021·KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Washington Capitals 4, Buffalo Sabres 3
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 61% of the time.
30%
9%
10%
51%
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.
| Hagelin–Dowd–Hathaway | Backstrom–Sheary–Sprong | Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Wilson | Oshie–Eller–Vrana | Schultz–Dillon | Carlson–Orlov | Chara–Jensen | Orlov–Jensen | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skinner–Reinhart–Olofsson | 3:540.31–0.01 | 3:400.03–0.04 | 2:580.05–0.16 | 2:390.04–0.08 | 7:010.27–0.13 | 2:000.05–0.24 | ||
| Asplund–Thompson–Mittelstadt | 2:300.00–0.01 | 4:570.34–0.21 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 2:270.11–0.00 | 4:010.15–0.02 | 4:360.14–0.17 | 1:130.00–0.00 | 0:480.03–0.02 |
| Okposo–Sheahan–Ruotsalainen | 2:430.02–0.06 | 0:460.02–0.00 | 4:330.00–0.36 | 1:200.14–0.19 | 4:420.02–0.11 | 2:120.14–0.10 | 3:050.02–0.33 | |
| Eakin–Rieder–Reinhart | 1:430.00–0.01 | 1:410.00–0.01 | ||||||
| Eakin–Rieder–Ruotsalainen | 0:310.07–0.00 | 0:500.00–0.00 | 1:000.00–0.00 | |||||
| Jokiharju–Dahlin | 5:480.34–0.01 | 5:010.19–0.20 | 1:260.00–0.29 | 2:390.16–0.00 | 6:280.24–0.03 | 7:230.44–0.20 | 1:520.07–0.29 | |
| Ristolainen–Bryson | 2:200.18–0.04 | 2:530.03–0.02 | 3:480.00–0.04 | 4:410.01–0.34 | 2:480.00–0.16 | 5:480.12–0.20 | 5:570.10–0.41 | |
| Miller–Montour | 3:050.02–0.03 | 2:380.16–0.02 | 3:590.07–0.15 | 5:420.02–0.02 | 1:510.13–0.01 | 2:350.12–0.08 | 0:390.03–0.02 | |
| Ristolainen–Dahlin | 0:450.00–0.08 | 0:460.00–0.06 | 0:550.00–0.06 | 0:450.00–0.08 |
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 | 25 | 24:04 | 0:58 | 2:29 | 5 | 0 |
 Rasmus RistolainenBUF | 21 | 23:42 | 1:08 | 2:29 | 4 | 1 |
 John CarlsonWSH | 27 | 23:17 | 0:52 | 1:59 | 1 | 9 |
 Dmitry OrlovWSH | 26 | 21:47 | 0:50 | 1:59 | 1 | 8 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 26 | 20:44 | 0:48 | 1:26 | 6 | 1 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 21 | 20:05 | 0:57 | 1:44 | 2 | 0 |
 Justin SchultzWSH | 24 | 19:45 | 0:49 | 1:29 | 6 | 1 |
 Brenden DillonWSH | 25 | 19:44 | 0:47 | 1:23 | 5 | 2 |
 Jacob BrysonBUF | 19 | 19:02 | 1:00 | 1:36 | 3 | 2 |
 Victor OlofssonBUF | 25 | 18:28 | 0:44 | 1:33 | 6 | 1 |
 Carl HagelinWSH | 23 | 18:16 | 0:48 | 2:10 | 0 | 9 |
 Nic DowdWSH | 22 | 18:15 | 0:50 | 2:22 | 0 | 9 |
 Jeff SkinnerBUF | 22 | 18:13 | 0:50 | 1:26 | 6 | 0 |
 Zdeno CharaWSH | 22 | 17:50 | 0:49 | 1:20 | 3 | 2 |
 Casey MittelstadtBUF | 21 | 17:10 | 0:49 | 2:22 | 3 | 2 |
 Nick JensenWSH | 23 | 17:06 | 0:45 | 1:17 | 2 | 2 |
 Colin MillerBUF | 19 | 16:50 | 0:53 | 1:33 | 2 | 5 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 21 | 16:42 | 0:48 | 1:16 | 4 | 2 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 22 | 16:29 | 0:45 | 1:26 | 3 | 4 |
 Brandon MontourBUF | 19 | 16:17 | 0:51 | 1:33 | 3 | 5 |
 Riley SheahanBUF | 22 | 15:59 | 0:44 | 1:27 | 1 | 7 |
 Arttu RuotsalainenBUF | 19 | 15:52 | 0:50 | 1:34 | 0 | 4 |
 Tom WilsonWSH | 19 | 15:36 | 0:49 | 1:33 | 8 | 1 |
 Garnet HathawayWSH | 20 | 15:22 | 0:46 | 2:10 | 0 | 6 |
 Evgeny KuznetsovWSH | 19 | 15:14 | 0:48 | 1:33 | 9 | 0 |
 Nicklas BackstromWSH | 18 | 14:16 | 0:48 | 1:15 | 0 | 3 |
 Alex OvechkinWSH | 19 | 14:08 | 0:45 | 1:17 | 8 | 0 |
 Conor ShearyWSH | 18 | 13:43 | 0:46 | 1:21 | 0 | 3 |
 Lars EllerWSH | 20 | 13:03 | 0:39 | 1:00 | 3 | 0 |
 T.J. OshieWSH | 20 | 13:02 | 0:39 | 1:12 | 2 | 1 |
 Rasmus AsplundBUF | 17 | 12:50 | 0:45 | 1:11 | 2 | 2 |
 Daniel SprongWSH | 15 | 12:31 | 0:50 | 1:15 | 1 | 3 |
 Tobias RiederBUF | 15 | 12:16 | 0:49 | 1:17 | 2 | 4 |
 Jakub VranaWSH | 16 | 11:05 | 0:42 | 1:15 | 3 | 0 |
 Cody EakinBUF | 14 | 10:50 | 0:46 | 1:05 | 4 | 2 |
 Matt IrwinBUF | 6 | 4:28 | 0:45 | 1:01 | 2 | 0 |