Thursday, March 12, 2026
- Expected goals, WSH–BUF
- 2.5–3.3
- all situations, empty nets out
- BUF share of xG
- 56.9%
- 50% is even
- Shots on goal
- 22–30
- WSH–BUF
- Pre-game model
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- no projection stored
The story
The Capitals beat the Sabres 2-1 while losing the expected-goals count 2.5 to 3.3. Tage Thompson had 15 shot attempts, more than any other skater that night. Ryan Leonard has scored in 3 straight games.
- Tage ThompsonVolume
Tage Thompson had 15 shot attempts, more than any other skater that night. Five reached the net and none went in. He came in averaging 6.8 attempts a game. The Sabres fell 2-1 to the Capitals.
- Ryan LeonardStreak
Ryan Leonard has scored in 3 straight games. That makes 5 straight games with a point. That was his 14th goal of the season. The Capitals beat the Sabres 2-1.
Shot attempts
Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.
Where the shots came from
3 goals from 90 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.
Washington Capitals
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Roy D | 21:46 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 2 | 40 |
| Tom Wilson R | 20:34 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.58 | 2 | 0 | 61 |
| Jakob Chychrun D | 20:25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.13 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
| Martin Fehérváry D | 19:56 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
| Rasmus Sandin D | 19:47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.23 | 1 | 0 | 35 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois C | 19:41 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.15 | 2 | 1 | 51 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk D | 19:00 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.20 | 0 | 1 | 60 |
| Aliaksei Protas L | 16:31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Timothy Liljegren D | 15:50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.07 | 2 | 0 | 44 |
| Dylan Strome C | 15:25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 41 |
| Justin Sourdif C | 14:50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.03 | 4 | 1 | 44 |
| Connor McMichael L | 14:15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.02 | 2 | 1 | 79 |
| Anthony Beauvillier R | 14:07 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Alex Ovechkin L | 14:03 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.37 | 1 | 2 | 46 |
| Ryan Leonard R | 13:46 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | 0 | 33 |
| Hendrix Lapierre C | 13:17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.11 | 1 | 1 | 43 |
| Brandon Duhaime L | 12:17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 5 | 34 |
| Ethen Frank R | 10:30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 56 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Skater | TOI | G | A | SOG | ixG | Hits | Blk | xGF% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 23:28 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.17 | 1 | 0 | 66 |
| Bowen Byram D | 23:02 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.22 | 1 | 2 | 42 |
| Tage Thompson C | 22:04 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.40 | 2 | 0 | 50 |
| Owen Power D | 21:29 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 20:30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.05 | 2 | 2 | 71 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 17:26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.23 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
| Zach Benson L | 17:15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.20 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
| Jason Zucker L | 17:07 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.35 | 5 | 1 | 41 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 16:49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 44 |
| Jack Quinn R | 16:19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.15 | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Josh Norris C | 15:45 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.27 | 1 | 0 | 60 |
| Josh Doan R | 14:42 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | 67 |
| Luke Schenn D | 14:31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.01 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 13:44 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.12 | 4 | 1 | 60 |
| Logan Stanley D | 13:02 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.09 | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Sam Carrick C | 10:51 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.10 | 1 | 1 | 76 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 10:25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.09 | 3 | 0 | 93 |
| Tanner Pearson L | 8:58 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 85 |
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