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Sunday, March 30, 2025 (3:00 PM ET)
Capital One Arena | MNMT
Buffalo Sabres BUF
8-5
Final
WSH Washington Capitals
45% xGF Expected Goals Share 55% xGF
BUF was expected to score 2.69 goals WSH was expected to score 3.22 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG BUF WSH Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Jakob Chychrun scores at 10:06 in the 1st period 0.08 xG (0-1)
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 12:49 in the 1st period 0.18 xG (1-1) End of Period 1
  • ► Ryan McLeod scores at 2:14 in the 2nd period 0.35 xG (2-1)
  • ► Jakob Chychrun scores at 2:46 in the 2nd period 0.06 xG (2-2)
  • ► Alex Tuch scores at 5:17 in the 2nd period 0.07 xG (3-2)
  • ► Sam Lafferty scores at 11:52 in the 2nd period 0.06 xG (4-2) End of Period 2
  • ► Aliaksei Protas scores at 0:37 in the 3rd period 0.32 xG (4-3)
  • Tage Thompson scores at 1:28 in the 3rd period 0.16 xG (5-3)
  • Jack Quinn scores at 5:52 in the 3rd period 0.17 xG (6-3)
  • ► Alex Ovechkin scores at 9:11 in the 3rd period 0.08 xG (6-4)
  • ► Pierre-Luc Dubois scores at 14:03 in the 3rd period 0.11 xG (6-5)
  • Alex Tuch scores at 15:34 in the 3rd period 0.03 xG (7-5)
  • Peyton Krebs scores at 19:36 in the 3rd period (8-5) End of Game
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xG by State
Buffalo Sabres
Washington Capitals
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 8:27 1.07 2 4:43 0.49 1
Even Strength 46:50 1.61 5 46:50 2.26 3
Short-Handed 4:43 0.00 0 8:27 0.46 1
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 25:46 0.67 1 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 9:29 0.71 3 2:43 0.11 0
Tied 22:02 1.00 2 22:02 1.22 1
Down 1 2:43 0.30 1 9:29 0.22 1
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 25:46 1.67 3
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.81 2 0 2 23 17:43 6 0 0 2
WSH Aliaksei Protas (L) 0.64 1 0 1 20 15:14 3 -3 0 0
WSH Dylan Strome (C) 0.53 0 2 2 19 17:21 4 -3 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.52 1 2 3 22 16:39 3 +2 0 0
WSH Tom Wilson (R) 0.51 0 1 1 23 20:50 2 -1 2 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.35 1 0 1 25 17:27 1 +2 2 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.33 2 1 3 21 17:57 2 0 0 0
WSH Alex Ovechkin (L) 0.31 1 2 3 18 16:22 3 -2 0 0
WSH Pierre-Luc Dubois (C) 0.19 1 0 1 22 18:23 2 -2 6 1
WSH Connor McMichael (L) 0.14 0 0 0 17 14:20 2 +1 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.12 1 0 1 18 12:08 2 +1 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.11 0 2 2 19 16:18 1 -1 0 0
BUF JJ Peterka (R) 0.09 0 2 2 21 19:27 2 +2 0 0
WSH Taylor Raddysh (R) 0.09 0 0 0 14 10:00 2 -1 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.08 0 0 0 21 11:14 1 +1 2 0
WSH Andrew Mangiapane (L) 0.07 0 0 0 16 10:57 1 -1 0 0
WSH Anthony Beauvillier (R) 0.07 0 0 0 15 13:17 0 +2 0 0
WSH Brandon Duhaime (L) 0.06 0 0 0 16 12:36 0 +1 0 0
BUF Sam Lafferty (C) 0.06 1 0 1 20 12:46 1 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.00 0 0 0 23 15:58 1 -1 0 0
BUF Jiri Kulich (C) 0.00 0 0 0 21 15:20 0 -2 0 0
WSH Lars Eller (C) 0.00 0 0 0 17 13:18 0 0 0 0
WSH Nic Dowd (C) 0.00 0 0 0 16 12:58 0 +1 0 0
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.00 0 0 0 20 12:25 0 +1 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
WSH Jakob Chychrun (D) 0.33 2 0 2 21 21:09 4 -3 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.20 0 0 0 26 22:18 1 +1 0 0
WSH John Carlson (D) 0.09 0 0 0 20 26:12 2 +1 2 0
WSH Trevor van Riemsdyk (D) 0.08 0 1 1 17 15:37 0 0 0 0
WSH Rasmus Sandin (D) 0.05 0 1 1 19 16:46 1 0 2 0
WSH Martin Fehérváry (D) 0.04 0 1 1 21 20:06 2 0 0 0
WSH Matt Roy (D) 0.04 0 0 0 18 17:56 1 -2 0 0
BUF Connor Clifton (D) 0.02 0 2 2 26 19:05 2 +1 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.00 0 1 1 24 18:20 0 +1 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.00 0 1 1 24 18:20 0 0 0 0
BUF Jacob Bernard-Docker (D) 0.00 0 0 0 21 12:55 0 +1 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.00 0 0 0 27 20:46 0 +1 2 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF James Reimer (G) -3.56% 0.828 -1.8 5 24 59:49 29 W 0
WSH Logan Thompson (G) -12.69% 0.682 -4.3 7 15 58:22 22 L 0