Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres — November 1, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Washington Capitals 4-3 in a shootout on November 1, 2025. Despite the result, the Washington Capitals held the edge in expected goals (6.30 to 4.21) at 5-on-5, indicating the Buffalo Sabres received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Buffalo Sabres created 6 high-danger scoring chances compared to 4 from the Washington Capitals at 5-on-5. Anthony Beauvillier was the most dangerous skater with 1.67 individual expected goals on 4 shots at 5-on-5. The Washington Capitals outshot the Buffalo Sabres 36-27 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres progressed on Nov 1, 2025
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

WSH3 - 4BUF (SO)

Nov 1, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
BUF	P1	22	19	53.7	17	13	56.7	10	9	52.6	15	12	55.6	4	2	66.7	2.97	1.92	60.7	3	2	60.0
	P2	15	27	35.7	11	21	34.4	7	15	31.8	10	17	37.0	3	4	42.9	2.64	4.13	39.0	0	1	0.0
	P3	15	11	57.7	11	9	55.0	6	5	54.5	13	8	61.9	2	1	66.7	2.24	1.20	65.1	0	0	—
	OT	1	9	10.0	1	7	12.5	1	5	16.7	0	9	0.0	0	2	0.0	0.06	2.07	2.6	0	0	—
	SO	5	5	50.0	5	5	50.0	3	2	60.0	5	5	50.0	5	4	55.6	2.60	2.57	50.2	1	0	100.0
	Total	58	71	45.0	45	55	45.0	27	36	42.9	43	51	45.7	14	13	51.9	10.51	11.90	46.9	4	3	57.1
WSH	P1	19	22	46.3	13	17	43.3	9	10	47.4	12	15	44.4	2	4	33.3	1.92	2.97	39.3	2	3	40.0
	P2	27	15	64.3	21	11	65.6	15	7	68.2	17	10	63.0	4	3	57.1	4.13	2.64	61.0	1	0	100.0
	P3	11	15	42.3	9	11	45.0	5	6	45.5	8	13	38.1	1	2	33.3	1.20	2.24	34.9	0	0	—
	OT	9	1	90.0	7	1	87.5	5	1	83.3	9	0	100.0	2	0	100.0	2.07	0.06	97.4	0	0	—
	SO	5	5	50.0	5	5	50.0	2	3	40.0	5	5	50.0	4	5	44.4	2.57	2.60	49.8	0	1	0.0
	Total	71	58	55.0	55	45	55.0	36	27	57.1	51	43	54.3	13	14	48.1	11.90	10.51	53.1	3	4	42.9

Win Probability

BUF Favored

WSH Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

BUF

WSH

Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

WSH Attempts

BUF Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

WSH ShootBUF Shoot

Shot on Net

Missed Shot

Attempt Blocked

Hit

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (BUF) performed against every skater on the away team (WSH) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = BUF players, Columns = WSH players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the BUF player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

BUF ↓ / WSH →	Strome	Dowd	Sourdif	Lapierre	Ovechkin	Protas	McMichael	Duhaime	Milano	Beauvillier	Wilson	Leonard	Carlson	Chychrun	Fehérváry	Roy	van Riemsdyk	Chisholm
McLeod	33	43	20	29	28	40	50	43	50	31	13	50	26	27	33	46	29	50
Thompson	60	72	75	25	25	41	60	85	—	25	50	100	76	64	58	39	57	100
Krebs	50	43	29	—	43	60	50	33	100	42	57	80	50	36	50	57	75	50
Dunne	67	57	50	—	67	56	50	60	100	60	60	67	58	67	50	60	67	100
Kulich	70	50	40	18	54	0	33	33	0	64	0	44	33	38	14	47	47	33
Zucker	60	67	62	50	50	43	71	75	—	36	57	100	76	67	67	47	57	100
Greenway	38	56	60	—	20	75	80	56	—	33	43	100	44	42	80	63	100	0
Malenstyn	44	0	0	—	40	67	60	0	100	40	38	80	40	20	50	50	100	67
Tuch	40	50	20	29	30	40	33	43	40	38	29	50	46	33	33	46	29	33
Doan	40	75	20	29	43	46	50	60	50	43	40	57	71	36	61	44	25	0
Quinn	41	44	25	14	41	0	43	60	14	53	17	44	22	24	14	47	53	42
Rosen	62	82	40	14	53	30	33	78	0	75	50	29	77	33	73	50	47	29
Dahlin	69	60	17	20	37	32	31	60	25	43	45	50	58	25	50	44	44	25
Samuelsson	64	67	50	25	44	30	30	67	17	64	67	38	58	38	45	53	42	0
Power	44	67	60	50	40	63	70	64	67	54	27	89	42	45	64	62	100	75
Byram	28	33	20	10	14	9	50	30	0	30	25	30	22	22	13	26	36	42
Timmins	55	75	75	0	56	67	67	75	50	43	50	86	57	60	60	50	100	100
Kesselring	22	33	33	40	40	33	67	36	25	38	10	38	32	35	33	38	14	29