Thu, Feb 18, 2021·Capital One Arena, Washington
Buffalo Sabres 1, Washington Capitals 3
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 66% of the time.
58%
8%
9%
25%
WSH winsBUF wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
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.
| Staal–Hall–Reinhart | Okposo–Eakin–Rieder | Olofsson–Eichel–Thompson | Hall–Reinhart–Eichel | Sheahan–Skinner–Lazar | Staal–Olofsson–Thompson | Okposo–Eakin–Skinner | Miller–Dahlin | McCabe–Borgen | Montour–Jokiharju | Montour–Dahlin | Miller–Jokiharju | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ovechkin–Oshie–Kuznetsov | 1:430.09–0.04 | 3:320.06–0.03 | 2:520.22–0.00 | 1:400.00–0.21 | 1:020.02–0.00 | 0:460.00–0.00 | 0:520.00–0.14 | 6:200.21–0.21 | 3:160.03–0.05 | 3:200.12–0.21 | ||
| Hagelin–Dowd–Hathaway | 1:470.02–0.12 | 1:100.00–0.07 | 1:310.00–0.04 | 4:260.09–0.03 | 1:300.00–0.11 | 0:320.00–0.00 | 2:230.00–0.09 | 2:490.00–0.15 | 2:330.02–0.11 | 1:480.09–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.00 | |
| Eller–Panik–Sheary | 2:360.27–0.03 | 1:420.06–0.02 | 2:230.00–0.33 | 0:500.00–0.00 | 2:310.33–0.07 | 0:380.05–0.00 | 2:170.00–0.23 | 2:490.11–0.02 | 2:330.21–0.00 | 1:260.33–0.05 | 0:340.05–0.00 | |
| Backstrom–Wilson–Vrana | 2:590.11–0.00 | 1:120.00–0.00 | 1:010.14–0.00 | 3:240.14–0.13 | 0:420.04–0.24 | 2:350.21–0.09 | 3:330.04–0.24 | 2:300.17–0.03 | ||||
| Carlson–Dillon | 1:530.11–0.01 | 1:290.00–0.00 | 4:280.30–0.04 | 5:160.09–0.23 | 2:570.09–0.14 | 0:490.00–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.01 | 7:570.33–0.33 | 3:390.03–0.09 | 3:230.11–0.01 | 1:440.09–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.00 |
| Chara–Schultz | 4:560.27–0.11 | 2:270.06–0.18 | 1:060.00–0.02 | 0:520.05–0.03 | 2:190.37–0.29 | 0:530.00–0.13 | 3:090.06–0.23 | 5:430.16–0.37 | 3:100.21–0.18 | 1:170.33–0.05 | ||
| Orlov–Jensen | 2:020.00–0.00 | 5:220.09–0.07 | 0:420.00–0.00 | 2:230.02–0.00 | 0:450.00–0.01 | 0:330.05–0.00 | 2:390.00–0.00 | 3:020.00–0.02 | 2:540.10–0.03 | 0:540.00–0.02 | 0:430.05–0.00 | |
| Schultz–Orlov | 1:430.17–0.08 | 0:370.00–0.07 | 0:380.00–0.06 | 2:090.12–0.15 | ||||||||
| Chara–Jensen | 0:450.00–0.00 | 0:590.00–0.15 | 0:340.00–0.01 | 1:140.00–0.00 |
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 DahlinBUF | 24 | 25:42 | 1:04 | 2:22 | 4 | 2 |
 Taylor HallBUF | 22 | 23:52 | 1:05 | 2:21 | 6 | 2 |
 Sam ReinhartBUF | 22 | 23:27 | 1:04 | 2:21 | 6 | 2 |
 John CarlsonWSH | 24 | 23:07 | 0:58 | 1:42 | 1 | 4 |
 Brenden DillonWSH | 23 | 22:24 | 0:58 | 1:42 | 1 | 4 |
 Jack EichelBUF | 23 | 22:24 | 0:58 | 2:21 | 4 | 2 |
 Colin MillerBUF | 23 | 20:08 | 0:53 | 1:23 | 1 | 3 |
 Eric StaalBUF | 20 | 19:59 | 1:00 | 2:08 | 3 | 1 |
 Zdeno CharaWSH | 20 | 19:16 | 0:58 | 1:48 | 0 | 1 |
 Brandon MontourBUF | 21 | 19:08 | 0:55 | 1:56 | 3 | 3 |
 Nick JensenWSH | 19 | 18:28 | 0:58 | 1:43 | 2 | 0 |
 Justin SchultzWSH | 19 | 18:04 | 0:57 | 1:48 | 1 | 1 |
 Jake McCabeBUF | 22 | 17:43 | 0:48 | 1:45 | 0 | 2 |
 Dmitry OrlovWSH | 18 | 17:37 | 0:59 | 1:24 | 3 | 0 |
 Victor OlofssonBUF | 20 | 17:33 | 0:53 | 1:51 | 4 | 1 |
 Will BorgenBUF | 20 | 16:31 | 0:50 | 1:18 | 0 | 1 |
 Alex OvechkinWSH | 21 | 16:25 | 0:47 | 1:36 | 7 | 0 |
 Lars EllerWSH | 19 | 16:06 | 0:51 | 1:31 | 0 | 3 |
 T.J. OshieWSH | 20 | 15:56 | 0:48 | 1:25 | 7 | 0 |
 Nic DowdWSH | 20 | 15:54 | 0:48 | 1:35 | 0 | 3 |
 Tom WilsonWSH | 20 | 15:53 | 0:48 | 1:26 | 2 | 0 |
 Carl HagelinWSH | 19 | 15:32 | 0:49 | 1:31 | 0 | 4 |
 Henri JokiharjuBUF | 19 | 15:30 | 0:49 | 1:56 | 0 | 2 |
 Evgeny KuznetsovWSH | 20 | 14:56 | 0:45 | 1:31 | 7 | 0 |
 Nicklas BackstromWSH | 18 | 14:28 | 0:48 | 1:26 | 3 | 0 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 19 | 14:16 | 0:45 | 1:16 | 1 | 1 |
 Kyle OkposoBUF | 17 | 14:14 | 0:50 | 1:16 | 0 | 3 |
 Richard PanikWSH | 14 | 13:52 | 0:59 | 1:36 | 0 | 0 |
 Jakub VranaWSH | 16 | 13:00 | 0:49 | 1:05 | 3 | 0 |
 Cody EakinBUF | 17 | 13:00 | 0:46 | 1:16 | 1 | 3 |
 Conor ShearyWSH | 15 | 12:56 | 0:52 | 1:41 | 0 | 0 |
 Garnet HathawayWSH | 16 | 12:47 | 0:48 | 1:08 | 0 | 2 |
 Jeff SkinnerBUF | 16 | 11:26 | 0:43 | 1:08 | 0 | 1 |
 Tobias RiederBUF | 15 | 9:36 | 0:38 | 0:52 | 1 | 4 |
 Riley SheahanBUF | 14 | 8:34 | 0:37 | 1:08 | 0 | 2 |
 Curtis LazarBUF | 14 | 8:01 | 0:34 | 0:57 | 0 | 2 |