Sat, Dec 14, 2024·Capital One Arena, Washington
Buffalo Sabres 2, Washington Capitals 4
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Washington Capitals win this game 78% of the time.
72%
16%
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.
| Zucker–Greenway–McLeod | Aube-Kubel–Malenstyn–Krebs | Thompson–Kulich–Benson | Cozens–Kulich–Benson | Tuch–Thompson–Peterka | Tuch–Cozens–Peterka | Tuch–Krebs–Peterka | Samuelsson–Power | Byram–Johnson | Clifton–Gilbert | Byram–Power | Gilbert–Byram | Johnson–Power | Clifton–Byram | Gilbert–Power | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson–Dubois–Protas | 1:200.00–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 2:460.00–0.00 | 3:160.23–0.02 | 1:340.01–0.07 | 0:440.00–0.00 | 4:580.02–0.00 | 1:200.22–0.00 | 1:120.00–0.00 | 1:350.00–0.00 | 0:490.00–0.07 | 0:330.00–0.02 | 0:340.00–0.00 | ||
| Strome–Raddysh–McMichael | 2:380.16–0.02 | 2:570.19–0.11 | 0:460.00–0.13 | 0:360.03–0.00 | 0:360.13–0.03 | 0:430.00–0.00 | 0:460.00–0.17 | 4:460.39–0.28 | 1:130.13–0.02 | 1:340.29–0.00 | 0:460.00–0.13 | 1:050.00–0.00 | |||
| Dowd–Duhaime–Miroshnichenko | 0:400.00–0.03 | 1:320.17–0.00 | 1:430.04–0.00 | 3:070.27–0.74 | 0:310.09–0.00 | 0:400.00–0.00 | 1:500.02–0.04 | 3:070.25–0.73 | 1:130.26–0.00 | 0:500.04–0.00 | |||||
| Eller–Mangiapane–Lapierre | 5:130.25–0.46 | 1:370.00–0.07 | 2:320.01–0.18 | 0:580.22–0.00 | |||||||||||
| Eller–Dowd–Duhaime | 0:300.00–0.02 | 0:460.00–0.01 | |||||||||||||
| Eller–Dowd–Mangiapane | 0:550.23–0.00 | 0:530.23–0.00 | |||||||||||||
| Dubois–Duhaime–Miroshnichenko | 0:580.00–0.05 | 0:580.00–0.05 | |||||||||||||
| Roy–Sandin | 2:160.02–0.31 | 0:450.06–0.00 | 1:370.00–0.13 | 2:280.05–0.05 | 2:010.01–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.07 | 4:240.13–0.18 | 1:400.00–0.02 | 2:270.00–0.18 | 1:130.17–0.00 | 1:080.00–0.20 | 0:430.00–0.00 | |||
| van Riemsdyk–Fehérváry | 1:420.00–0.04 | 1:310.17–0.00 | 2:330.04–0.00 | 0:370.10–0.70 | 0:400.00–0.00 | 1:090.01–0.11 | 1:540.10–0.72 | 1:410.17–0.00 | 2:200.12–0.00 | 0:560.04–0.00 | |||||
| Carlson–Chychrun | 1:450.18–0.00 | 1:200.00–0.00 | 0:310.00–0.00 | 0:430.00–0.02 | 1:500.01–0.00 | 0:480.00–0.00 | 2:430.17–0.00 | 0:460.00–0.00 | 0:490.01–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.01 | 0:400.00–0.00 | 0:450.00–0.02 | |||
| Carlson–Fehérváry | 1:310.22–0.00 | 0:410.00–0.09 | 1:090.22–0.00 | 1:100.00–0.04 | 1:210.31–0.03 | 1:100.22–0.00 | |||||||||
| Roy–Chychrun | 1:070.00–0.03 | 0:360.00–0.03 | 0:580.07–0.00 | 0:370.02–0.02 | 0:340.00–0.17 | 1:060.00–0.17 | 1:170.02–0.05 | ||||||||
| van Riemsdyk–Chychrun | 0:450.16–0.00 | 2:120.13–0.04 | 0:340.00–0.00 | 1:350.00–0.04 | 1:070.13–0.00 | 0:440.16–0.00 | |||||||||
| van Riemsdyk–Sandin | 0:450.00–0.00 | 0:340.00–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.00 | 0:480.00–0.00 | |||||||||||
| Carlson–Sandin | 0:440.00–0.12 | 0:370.12–0.01 | 1:330.25–0.04 | 0:360.00–0.04 | |||||||||||
| Roy–Fehérváry | 0:350.00–0.00 | 0:390.06–0.00 | 1:080.19–0.00 | ||||||||||||
| Carlson–van Riemsdyk | 0:350.00–0.00 | 0:350.00–0.00 |
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
 Owen PowerBUF | 34 | 28:33 | 0:50 | 1:57 | 7 | 6 |
 Bowen ByramBUF | 34 | 26:29 | 0:47 | 1:39 | 3 | 7 |
 John CarlsonWSH | 24 | 23:59 | 1:00 | 1:30 | 2 | 7 |
 Jakob ChychrunWSH | 24 | 22:27 | 0:56 | 1:43 | 3 | 3 |
 Matt RoyWSH | 21 | 20:29 | 0:59 | 1:51 | 1 | 0 |
 Tom WilsonWSH | 24 | 19:38 | 0:49 | 1:30 | 6 | 5 |
 Tage ThompsonBUF | 24 | 19:12 | 0:48 | 1:37 | 6 | 3 |
 Zach BensonBUF | 21 | 18:58 | 0:54 | 1:30 | 8 | 4 |
 Aliaksei ProtasWSH | 25 | 18:52 | 0:45 | 1:30 | 4 | 6 |
 Jiri KulichBUF | 22 | 18:36 | 0:51 | 1:30 | 8 | 4 |
 Mattias SamuelssonBUF | 29 | 18:36 | 0:38 | 1:54 | 4 | 6 |
 Nic DowdWSH | 24 | 18:16 | 0:46 | 1:30 | 2 | 7 |
 Rasmus SandinWSH | 18 | 17:55 | 1:00 | 1:41 | 3 | 1 |
 Ryan McLeodBUF | 22 | 17:52 | 0:49 | 2:09 | 4 | 5 |
 Martin FehérváryWSH | 19 | 17:50 | 0:56 | 1:37 | 0 | 5 |
 Connor McMichaelWSH | 21 | 17:43 | 0:51 | 1:43 | 6 | 1 |
 Trevor van RiemsdykWSH | 20 | 17:21 | 0:52 | 1:22 | 0 | 2 |
 Alex TuchBUF | 26 | 16:51 | 0:39 | 1:13 | 4 | 3 |
 JJ PeterkaBUF | 22 | 16:31 | 0:45 | 1:30 | 3 | 2 |
 Pierre-Luc DuboisWSH | 22 | 16:06 | 0:44 | 1:16 | 4 | 4 |
 Jason ZuckerBUF | 23 | 15:33 | 0:41 | 2:07 | 4 | 4 |
 Dylan StromeWSH | 18 | 15:19 | 0:51 | 1:32 | 6 | 1 |
 Brandon DuhaimeWSH | 25 | 14:51 | 0:36 | 1:48 | 3 | 7 |
 Jordan GreenwayBUF | 22 | 14:51 | 0:41 | 2:01 | 3 | 6 |
 Ryan JohnsonBUF | 22 | 14:45 | 0:40 | 1:21 | 4 | 5 |
 Connor CliftonBUF | 16 | 14:32 | 0:55 | 1:46 | 1 | 3 |
 Lars EllerWSH | 22 | 13:54 | 0:38 | 1:44 | 4 | 2 |
 Peyton KrebsBUF | 17 | 13:30 | 0:48 | 2:14 | 0 | 2 |
 Dylan CozensBUF | 20 | 12:15 | 0:37 | 1:13 | 5 | 4 |
 Taylor RaddyshWSH | 16 | 11:44 | 0:44 | 1:36 | 4 | 1 |
 Dennis GilbertBUF | 15 | 11:37 | 0:46 | 1:26 | 2 | 3 |
 Ivan MiroshnichenkoWSH | 14 | 11:25 | 0:49 | 1:51 | 2 | 4 |
 Andrew MangiapaneWSH | 16 | 10:41 | 0:40 | 1:25 | 4 | 0 |
 Beck MalenstynBUF | 15 | 10:21 | 0:41 | 1:02 | 1 | 2 |
 Nicolas Aube-KubelBUF | 14 | 9:46 | 0:42 | 1:11 | 1 | 2 |
 Hendrix LapierreWSH | 11 | 7:30 | 0:41 | 1:07 | 3 | 0 |