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Tue, Jan 3, 2023·Capital One Arena, Washington

Buffalo Sabres 5, Washington Capitals 4 (OT)

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 59% of the time.

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.

Skinner–Tuch–ThompsonOkposo–Girgensons–KrebsOlofsson–Jost–MittelstadtCozens–Quinn–PeterkaJost–Mittelstadt–QuinnOkposo–Skinner–ThompsonSamuelsson–DahlinClague–PowerBryson–LyubushkinBryson–PowerBryson–Dahlin
Kuznetsov–Mantha–Milano1:230.04–0.013:250.07–0.021:530.02–0.170:450.00–0.003:420.09–0.281:050.04–0.002:390.00–0.03
Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Sheary2:480.26–0.002:350.05–0.141:210.12–0.003:450.32–0.150:470.23–0.001:420.03–0.000:450.00–0.00
Ovechkin–Sheary–Strome3:330.00–0.201:080.00–0.000:430.17–0.030:320.00–0.011:400.14–0.003:290.16–0.011:300.01–0.23
Oshie–Eller–Johansson2:100.11–0.001:120.13–0.002:480.10–0.272:080.23–0.002:200.10–0.271:560.01–0.00
Oshie–Dowd–Milano1:100.00–0.002:210.28–0.000:440.00–0.231:080.03–0.001:540.25–0.001:560.28–0.00
Dowd–Hathaway–Protas2:490.00–0.210:370.00–0.000:570.00–0.111:360.00–0.001:120.07–0.10
Eller–Mantha–Hathaway2:320.04–0.040:460.00–0.001:280.04–0.040:330.00–0.000:460.00–0.00
Johansson–Strome–Protas0:520.00–0.040:530.00–0.000:390.00–0.000:450.00–0.001:450.00–0.04
Johansson–Hathaway–Strome0:460.00–0.011:130.13–0.01
Eller–Mantha–Protas1:000.00–0.001:000.00–0.00
Gustafsson–van Riemsdyk0:580.00–0.007:170.42–0.214:530.43–0.022:480.15–0.035:280.51–0.003:000.35–0.008:080.37–0.260:560.00–0.00
Orlov–Jensen10:210.66–0.241:280.05–0.142:500.22–0.221:050.05–0.137:330.50–0.405:260.38–0.181:560.04–0.090:560.00–0.00
Irwin–Fehérváry0:540.00–0.002:240.00–0.015:330.14–0.024:220.14–0.555:510.13–0.185:170.07–0.262:100.00–0.000:380.08–0.00
Orlov–Gustafsson0:440.10–0.000:370.10–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3OTEndEller FOshie FJohansson FHathaway FDowd FProtas FOvechkin FStrome FSheary FMilano FMantha FKuznetsov FJensen DOrlov DFehérváry DIrwin DGustafsson Dvan Riemsdyk DKuemper GSkinner FThompson FTuch FKrebs FOkposo FGirgensons FJost FMittelstadt FOlofsson FQuinn FCozens FPeterka FSamuelsson DDahlin DPower DClague DLyubushkin DBryson DLuukkonen G
WSHBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Rasmus DahlinBUF3427:580:492:2148
Trevor van RiemsdykWSH2523:270:562:0038
Mattias SamuelssonBUF3322:570:421:0028
Erik GustafssonWSH2322:260:591:4955
Nick JensenWSH2622:010:512:3414
Dmitry OrlovWSH2821:570:471:3024
Evgeny KuznetsovWSH2421:490:552:1163
Owen PowerBUF3021:440:431:2555
Alex OvechkinWSH2520:330:492:1541
Tage ThompsonBUF2619:560:462:0063
Alex TuchBUF2518:510:452:0063
Jeff SkinnerBUF2518:260:442:0062
Kale ClagueBUF2517:200:421:3043
Martin FehérváryWSH2017:010:512:0912
Conor ShearyWSH2316:420:441:1551
Jacob BrysonBUF2416:300:411:1445
Matt IrwinWSH1716:220:582:1312
T.J. OshieWSH2315:550:421:1742
Dylan CozensBUF1915:530:502:0031
Casey MittelstadtBUF2215:450:431:2043
Dylan StromeWSH1515:351:022:5221
Peyton KrebsBUF2215:130:421:0747
Kyle OkposoBUF1915:070:481:1626
Tyson JostBUF1815:060:501:2233
Anthony ManthaWSH1715:050:531:3425
Nic DowdWSH2115:010:430:5928
Ilya LyubushkinBUF2414:560:371:1744
Sonny MilanoWSH1814:550:501:3523
Jack QuinnBUF1814:330:491:2501
Marcus JohanssonWSH1713:450:491:1431
Lars EllerWSH2213:410:371:1234
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF1913:220:421:0345
Victor OlofssonBUF1913:060:411:1332
JJ PeterkaBUF1612:380:471:3801
Garnet HathawayWSH1811:540:401:1436
Aliaksei ProtasWSH128:440:441:1123