ONGOING MAINTENANCE: Data prior to 2021 is being backfilled, so may be incomplete and have incorrect division alignment. Expected completion: August 15.
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Thursday, April 15, 2021
7:00 PM ET
Capital One Arena (MSG-B)
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
5 – 2
Final
Washington Capitals
 WSH
47% xGF%
53% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 2.88 goals WSH was expected to score 3.31 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG BUF WSH Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Buffalo Sabres Washington Capitals
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 4:00 0.15 0 8:41 0.72 1
Even Strength 47:19 2.63 3 47:19 2.59 1
Penalty Kill 8:41 0.10 1 4:00 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 30:54 1.58 0 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 8:17 0.29 2 0:00 0.00 0
Tied 20:49 1.01 2 20:49 0.63 0
Down 1 0:00 0.00 0 8:17 0.37 1
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 30:54 2.31 1
  • Sam Reinhart scores at 18:50 in the 1st period 0.12 xG (1-0)
  • Dmitry Orlov scores at 19:37 in the 1st period 0.02 xG (1-1)
  • Victor Olofsson scores at 1:36 in the 2nd period 0.06 xG (2-1)
  • Casey Mittelstadt scores at 5:42 in the 2nd period 0.02 xG (3-1)
  • Anthony Mantha scores at 9:59 in the 2nd period 0.22 xG (3-2)
  • Anders Bjork scores at 13:23 in the 2nd period 0.03 xG (4-2)
  • Tage Thompson scores at 19:17 in the 3rd period (5-2)
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BUF BUF xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
WSH Alex Ovechkin (L) 0.75 0 0 0 21 21:49 6 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Sam Reinhart (C) 0.74 1 0 1 25 18:15 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Victor Olofsson (L) 0.49 1 0 1 22 15:29 5 +1 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Lars Eller (C) 0.43 0 0 0 20 16:37 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Conor Sheary (L) 0.41 0 0 0 16 13:48 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Daniel Sprong (R) 0.34 0 0 0 14 12:31 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Tom Wilson (R) 0.33 0 0 0 23 16:35 1 -2 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Jeff Skinner (L) 0.32 0 0 0 21 15:17 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Casey Mittelstadt (C) 0.27 1 0 1 22 16:01 4 +2 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Evgeny Kuznetsov (C) 0.26 0 0 0 18 17:11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Anthony Mantha (R) 0.25 1 0 1 22 17:59 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Arttu Ruotsalainen (C) 0.23 0 0 0 22 16:08 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Dylan Cozens (C) 0.21 0 2 2 21 14:15 4 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Cody Eakin (C) 0.16 0 0 0 15 13:08 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.14 1 0 1 16 13:44 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Anders Bjork (L) 0.14 1 1 2 26 18:40 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
WSH T.J. Oshie (R) 0.11 0 1 1 21 19:18 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Nicklas Backstrom (C) 0.11 0 1 1 20 19:51 2 0 4 0 0 0 0
WSH Nic Dowd (C) 0.07 0 0 0 11 09:01 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tobias Rieder (L) 0.03 0 0 0 15 12:22 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Carl Hagelin (L) 0.00 0 0 0 14 11:16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Asplund (C) 0.00 0 1 1 22 16:03 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Garnet Hathaway (R) 0.00 0 0 0 9 08:56 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Kyle Okposo (R) 0.00 0 0 0 3 02:17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
WSH John Carlson (D) 0.14 0 1 1 22 23:11 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.07 0 0 0 22 20:29 2 +1 2 0 0 0 0
WSH Zdeno Chara (D) 0.07 0 0 0 17 15:55 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Henri Jokiharju (D) 0.04 0 1 1 21 20:25 2 +1 2 0 0 0 0
WSH Dmitry Orlov (D) 0.04 1 0 1 19 18:34 2 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (D) 0.02 0 0 0 24 22:14 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Colin Miller (D) 0.01 0 0 0 23 18:18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Justin Schultz (D) 0.01 0 0 0 22 19:21 1 -4 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Nick Jensen (D) 0.00 0 0 0 18 16:31 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Brenden Dillon (D) 0.00 0 0 0 21 17:58 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jacob Bryson (D) 0.00 0 0 0 22 22:04 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Matt Irwin (D) 0.00 0 0 0 22 16:00 0 +1 4 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
WSH Craig Anderson (G) +12.51% 1.000 1.0 0 8 24:44 8 — 0
BUF Dustin Tokarski (G) +4.51% 0.931 1.3 2 27 60:00 29 W 0
WSH Vitek Vanecek (G) -10.47% 0.810 -2.2 4 17 32:54 21 L 0