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2023-01-03 · Capital One Arena

5 – 4Final/OT

BUF beat WSH 5–4 in overtime. BUF lost the expected-goals battle 2.7 to 3.5 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Tage Thompson scored at 3:00 of overtime, moving BUF’s win probability from 48% to 100%. Darcy Kuemper allowed 1.8 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
29 – 32
Expected goals
2.7 – 3.5
xG share
WSH 57%
Home-ice start
WSH 53%

Win probability

The site’s win-probability model, second by second: score, time left and the manpower on the ice. Dots are goals; hover for the swing.

BUF goalWSH goal

Expected goals

Running total of each team’s shot quality (unblocked attempts). Dots are goals.

BUFWSH

Three stars, by the model

Net goals added in this game versus a league-average player: on-ice goal share, finishing, playmaking, suppression, drawn and taken penalties, faceoffs; goalies by goals saved above expected.

BUF
3 G, 1 A · 19:56 TOI
On-ice −0.08 · Finishing +1.08 · Playmaking +0.15 · Faceoffs −0.09
+1.03
BUF
1 G, 2 A · 18:51 TOI
Finishing +0.30 · Playmaking +0.51 · Penalties +0.19
+0.96
WSH
2 G, 0 A · 20:33 TOI
On-ice +0.31 · Finishing +0.52
+0.78

Rough nights

WSH
62:56 TOI
GSAx −1.85
−1.85
BUF
63:00 TOI
GSAx −0.60
−0.60
WSH
T.J. Oshie
0 G, 0 A · 15:55 TOI
Finishing −0.18 · Penalties −0.19
−0.46

Scoring

Win probability of the scoring team just before and after each goal.

TimeTeamGoalBUF–WSHWin prob.
P1 10:48 BUFAlex Tuch
from Tage Thompson, Jeff Skinner
1–047% → 64%
P1 12:07 WSHSonny Milano
from Anthony Mantha, Matt Irwin
1–136% → 53%
P1 17:29 BUFTage ThompsonPP
from Rasmus Dahlin, Dylan Cozens
2–148% → 65%
P2 5:50 BUFTage Thompson
from Alex Tuch, Ilya Lyubushkin
3–167% → 82%
P2 16:46 WSHAlex Ovechkin
from Evgeny Kuznetsov
3–212% → 29%
P3 0:55 WSHNic Dowd
from Sonny Milano, Nick Jensen
3–327% → 52%
P3 7:10 WSHAlex Ovechkin
from Conor Sheary
3–452% → 81%
P3 11:42 BUFTyson Jost
from Casey Mittelstadt, Owen Power
4–415% → 48%
OT 3:00 BUFTage Thompson
from Alex Tuch
5–448% → 100%

Every player

Show both lineups

BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Tage Thompson C19:5631+1.03−0.08+1.08+0.15−0.02+0.00−0.09
Alex Tuch R18:5112+0.96−0.04+0.30+0.51−0.00+0.19+0.00
Tyson Jost C15:061+0.19−0.17+0.41−0.03+0.00+0.00−0.02
Owen Power D21:441+0.07+0.05−0.01+0.05−0.02+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Dahlin D27:581+0.03−0.33+0.00+0.15+0.01+0.19+0.00
Kyle Okposo R15:07−0.03−0.05−0.13−0.02−0.00+0.19−0.02
Jacob Bryson D16:30−0.05−0.06+0.00+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Casey Mittelstadt C15:451−0.05−0.12−0.07+0.17−0.01+0.00−0.02
Ilya Lyubushkin D14:561−0.11+0.04+0.00+0.04+0.01−0.19+0.00
Zemgus Girgensons C13:22−0.13−0.05−0.01−0.05−0.00+0.00−0.02
Peyton Krebs C15:13−0.14−0.04−0.00−0.06−0.01+0.00−0.03
Jack Quinn R14:33−0.14−0.00−0.10−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00
Kale Clague D17:20−0.18−0.07−0.02−0.07−0.03+0.00+0.00
Victor Olofsson R13:06−0.24−0.20−0.00−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00
JJ Peterka R12:38−0.25+0.02−0.17−0.08−0.02+0.00+0.00
Jeff Skinner L18:261−0.27−0.28−0.08+0.15−0.04+0.00−0.02
Dylan Cozens C15:531−0.31+0.00−0.28−0.01−0.00+0.00−0.02
Mattias Samuelsson D22:57−0.33−0.32−0.02−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G63:00−0.60

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Alex Ovechkin L20:332+0.78+0.31+0.52−0.04−0.02+0.00+0.00
Sonny Milano L14:5511+0.56+0.05+0.30+0.20+0.01+0.00+0.00
Nic Dowd C15:011+0.51+0.06+0.39−0.09+0.01+0.00+0.14
Trevor van Riemsdyk D23:27+0.46+0.48−0.02−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Conor Sheary L16:421+0.35+0.24−0.09+0.21+0.00+0.00+0.00
Evgeny Kuznetsov C21:491+0.25+0.28−0.17+0.31−0.01−0.19+0.02
Garnet Hathaway R11:54+0.20+0.06−0.00−0.08+0.02+0.19+0.00
Anthony Mantha R15:051+0.19+0.03−0.04+0.19−0.00+0.00+0.01
Nick Jensen D22:011+0.17+0.23+0.00−0.07+0.01+0.00+0.00
Dmitry Orlov D21:57+0.08+0.20−0.06−0.06−0.01+0.00+0.00
Erik Gustafsson D22:26+0.07+0.18−0.07−0.04−0.00+0.00+0.00
Dylan Strome C15:35−0.02+0.13−0.07−0.09−0.01+0.00+0.03
Matt Irwin D16:221−0.04−0.14+0.00+0.09+0.01+0.00+0.00
Marcus Johansson L13:45−0.10+0.06−0.10−0.07−0.00+0.00+0.00
Martin Fehérváry D17:01−0.12−0.13+0.00+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Aliaksei Protas L8:44−0.24−0.12−0.10−0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Lars Eller C13:41−0.36−0.11−0.05−0.05−0.00−0.19+0.04
T.J. Oshie R15:55−0.46−0.05−0.18−0.05+0.01−0.19+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Darcy Kuemper G62:56−1.85

Net goals for one game are noisy: a single goal against on the ice or a lucky finish moves them a lot. See the card guide and Net Goals 101 for how they are built.