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WSHWSH
4@3
BUFBUF

Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres: score, goals, shots, period-by-period stats and the HabsMetrics prediction made before puck drop, from the NHL’s official data. Analytics for educational purposes only — not gambling advice.

Game analysis

Capitals beat Sabres 4–3

  • J. Vrana scored the game-winner at 9:48 of the third.
  • The Capitals scored first and led the rest of the way.
  • V. Vanecek stopped 30 of 33 shots (.909) for the win.
  • The Sabres dominated the dot, winning 60% of faceoffs.
  • J. Schultz led all scorers with 1 goal and 2 assists.

Three stars

  1. 1st star
    J. Schultz

    WSH · 1G 2A

  2. 2nd star
    A. Ovechkin

    WSH · 1G 0A

  3. 3rd star
    C. Mittelstadt

    BUF · 1G 0A

Scoring summary

1st

2nd

3rd

Period by Period

Stats not yet available

Team Stats

WSHBUF
Team statistics comparison
Shots----
Hits2116
Blocked1412
Power Play0/10/3
Faceoff %39.760.3
Corsi %50.050.0
xG2.102.09
Giveaways35
Takeaways23

Buffalo Sabres

Player statistics for Buffalo Sabres
PlayerGAP+/-SOGTOI
Rasmus Ristolainen headshot
Rasmus RistolainenD
0220023:42
Casey Mittelstadt headshot
Casey MittelstadtC
1010217:10
Tage Thompson headshot
Tage ThompsonC
101+1416:42
Henri Jokiharju headshot
Henri JokiharjuD
101-1220:05
Rasmus Dahlin headshot
Rasmus DahlinD
011-1224:04
Sam Reinhart headshot
Sam ReinhartC
000-2320:44
Victor Olofsson headshot
Victor OlofssonLW
000-1218:28
Brandon Montour headshot
Brandon MontourD
0000216:17
Jacob Bryson headshot
Jacob BrysonD
0000119:02
Linus Ullmark headshot
Linus UllmarkG
----29/33--.87900:00

Washington Capitals

Player statistics for Washington Capitals
PlayerGAP+/-SOGTOI
Lars Eller headshot
Lars EllerC
022+3213:03
Brenden Dillon headshot
Brenden DillonD
112+2119:44
Alex Ovechkin headshot
Alex OvechkinLW
1010514:08
John Carlson headshot
John CarlsonD
011-1223:17
Garnet Hathaway headshot
Garnet HathawayRW
000-1115:22
Nic Dowd headshot
Nic DowdC
000-1018:15
Tom Wilson headshot
Tom WilsonRW
0000115:36
Conor Sheary headshot
Conor ShearyLW
0000313:43
Nick Jensen headshot
Nick JensenD
000-1017:06
Dmitry Orlov headshot
Dmitry OrlovD
0000421:47
Vitek Vanecek headshot
Vitek VanecekG
----40/43--.93060:00
Ilya Samsonov headshot
Ilya SamsonovG
----30/33--.90900:00

Lineups

WSH

Actual (from shift data)
L1
13:33
62Hagelin
18:16
26Dowd
18:15
21Hathaway
15:22
L2
11:55
8Ovechkin
14:08
92Kuznetsov
15:14
43Wilson
15:36
L3
12:08
73Sheary
13:43
19Backstrom
14:16
10Sprong
12:31
L4
9:10
13Vrana
11:05
20Eller
13:03
77Oshie
13:02
D1
18:26
74Carlson
23:17
9Orlov
21:47
D2
17:43
2Schultz
19:45
4Dillon
19:44
D3
12:44
33Chara
17:50
3Jensen
17:06
41Vanecek
60:00
Starter
30Samsonov
0:00
Backup

Injured / Scratched

  • Patrick Thomasinjured-reserve · Upper Body
  • Vincent Desharnaisinjured-reserve · Abdomen (Surgery)
  • Rasmus Sandinlong-term-injured-reserve · Right Knee (Surgery)

BUF

Actual (from shift data)
L1
12:05
68Olofsson
18:28
23Reinhart
20:44
53Skinner
18:13
L2
10:16
25Ruotsalainen
15:52
15Sheahan
15:59
21Okposo
16:29
L3
11:18
72Thompson
16:42
37Mittelstadt
17:10
74Asplund
12:50
L4
4:12
13Rieder
12:16
20Eakin
10:50
44Irwin
4:28
D1
17:35
26Dahlin
24:04
10Jokiharju
20:05
D2
16:28
55Ristolainen
23:42
78Bryson
19:02
D3
16:00
33Miller
16:50
62Montour
16:17
31Tokarski
57:59
Starter
35Ullmark
0:00
Backup

Injured / Scratched

HabsMetrics Analytics — for educational purposes. Lines are inferred from shared five-skater ice time in NHL shift data; projections are estimates.

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