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2023-11-22 · Capital One Arena

3 – 4Final/OT

WSH beat BUF 4–3 in overtime. WSH lost the expected-goals battle 2.7 to 3.2 and won anyway, a result the shot quality did not support. The biggest swing: Dylan Strome scored at 4:52 of overtime, moving WSH’s win probability from 52% to 100%. Devon Levi allowed 1.4 goals more than expected.

Shots on goal
27 – 30
Expected goals
3.2 – 2.7
xG share
BUF 55%
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.

WSH
1 G, 1 A · 21:34 TOI
On-ice +0.36 · Finishing +0.73
+1.11
WSH
Alexander Alexeyev
1 G, 0 A · 10:55 TOI
Finishing +0.90
+0.93
BUF
1 G, 0 A · 20:59 TOI
On-ice +0.06 · Finishing +0.86
+0.92

Rough nights

BUF
Devon Levi
64:34 TOI
GSAx −1.35
−1.35
WSH
0 G, 1 A · 16:35 TOI
On-ice −0.40 · Finishing −0.14 · Penalties −0.37 · Faceoffs −0.05
−0.96
WSH
0 G, 0 A · 20:19 TOI
On-ice −0.23 · Finishing −0.31
−0.52

Scoring

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

TimeTeamGoalBUF–WSHWin prob.
P1 10:09 BUFJJ Peterka
from Tyson Jost, Victor Olofsson
1–047% → 64%
P1 16:04 BUFZach Benson
from Victor Olofsson
2–065% → 79%
P1 17:01 WSHAlexander Alexeyev
from Nic Dowd, Trevor van Riemsdyk
2–121% → 35%
P2 7:50 WSHT.J. Oshie
from Connor McMichael
2–232% → 53%
P2 16:18 BUFDylan CozensPP
from Rasmus Dahlin, Casey Mittelstadt
3–254% → 71%
P3 18:45 WSHTom WilsonPP
from Dylan Strome, John Carlson
3–35% → 50%
OT 4:52 WSHDylan Strome
from John Carlson
3–452% → 100%

Every player

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BUF

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
JJ Peterka R20:591+0.92+0.06+0.86+0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Dylan Cozens C21:121+0.59+0.03+0.58−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Zach Benson L17:211+0.58−0.08+0.66−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.00
Henri Jokiharju D12:59+0.13+0.12+0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.00
Connor Clifton D13:59+0.07+0.06+0.01−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Erik Johnson D12:28+0.07+0.08+0.01−0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00
Rasmus Dahlin D27:211+0.05+0.26−0.21−0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
Jeff Skinner L18:31+0.04+0.33−0.43+0.01−0.04+0.19−0.01
Tyson Jost C10:181−0.02+0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.03
Zemgus Girgensons C14:07−0.03+0.09−0.12−0.03+0.00+0.00+0.03
Kyle Okposo R13:06−0.04+0.00−0.08−0.00−0.00+0.00+0.04
Ryan Johnson D10:15−0.04−0.03−0.02−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Jordan Greenway L16:38−0.12−0.13−0.00−0.00+0.01+0.00+0.00
Owen Power D23:53−0.14−0.13+0.00+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Victor Olofsson R9:492−0.14−0.07−0.07−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.00
Casey Mittelstadt C23:211−0.16+0.09−0.25+0.02−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Tuch R24:56−0.20+0.30−0.69+0.01−0.00+0.19+0.00
Mattias Samuelsson D19:51−0.21−0.15−0.07+0.01+0.01+0.00+0.00
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Devon Levi G64:34−1.35

WSH

SkaterTOIGANet goalsOn-iceFinishingPlaymakingSuppressionPenaltiesFaceoffs
Dylan Strome C21:3411+1.11+0.36+0.73+0.04−0.00+0.00−0.01
Alexander Alexeyev D10:551+0.93+0.03+0.90−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Tom Wilson R17:101+0.79+0.21+0.36+0.03−0.00+0.19+0.00
T.J. Oshie R17:511+0.74−0.02+0.76−0.00+0.01+0.00−0.01
Sonny Milano L14:06+0.03+0.09−0.06+0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Anthony Mantha R16:04−0.01+0.09−0.12+0.01+0.00+0.00+0.01
Hendrix Lapierre C9:12−0.02+0.00−0.02−0.01−0.01+0.00+0.01
Trevor van Riemsdyk D15:481−0.03−0.04−0.02+0.02+0.01+0.00+0.00
Beck Malenstyn L13:59−0.04−0.02−0.00−0.01+0.00+0.00−0.01
Joel Edmundson D17:23−0.05−0.05+0.01−0.00+0.00+0.00+0.00
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R12:49−0.07−0.06−0.00−0.01+0.01+0.00−0.01
Nic Dowd C15:411−0.23−0.16−0.09−0.03+0.01+0.00+0.04
Nick Jensen D19:24−0.28−0.08−0.03+0.00+0.01−0.19+0.00
Rasmus Sandin D27:02−0.30−0.10−0.19+0.01−0.02+0.00+0.00
Aliaksei Protas L13:21−0.32−0.13−0.17−0.00−0.02+0.00+0.00
John Carlson D30:052−0.45−0.03−0.44+0.03−0.01+0.00+0.00
Alex Ovechkin L20:19−0.52−0.23−0.31+0.04−0.02+0.00+0.00
Connor McMichael L16:351−0.96−0.40−0.14−0.01+0.00−0.37−0.05
GoalieTOIGSAx (net goals)
Darcy Kuemper G64:39−0.23

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.