BUF @ WSH 2–6 · 2026-04-04

Team	1	2	3	SOG
BUF	2	0	0	39
WSH	3	1	2	28

Story

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Result WSH 6–2Call No lean · WSH 53%Market BUF 52%xG 3.56–3.17 · deserved BUF 56%Swing Chychrun +15 1st 3:15Method

Goals and penalties with WSH win probability
Time	Event	WSH win before	WSH win after
1st 3:15	Goal WSH · J. Chychrun	53%	68%
1st 3:35	Goal WSH · D. Strome	68%	80%
1st 5:52	Goal WSH · C. McMichael	80%	89%
1st 6:30	Goal BUF · R. Dahlin	89%	80%
1st 12:15	Goal BUF · B. Malenstyn	81%	68%
2nd 4:21	BUF penalty · Z. Benson · interference · 2 min
2nd 5:08	WSH penalty · R. Leonard · tripping · 2 min
2nd 6:06	Goal WSH · A. Protas	70%	84%
2nd 10:58	WSH penalty · D. Strome · tripping · 2 min
2nd 12:22	WSH penalty · C. McMichael · tripping · 2 min
2nd 19:42	BUF penalty · M. Samuelsson · hooking · 2 min
3rd 3:13	WSH penalty · T. van Riemsdyk · holding · 2 min
3rd 6:26	Goal WSH · R. Leonard	93%	98%
3rd 8:32	WSH penalty · C. Hutson · hooking · 2 min
3rd 8:55	Goal WSH · T. Wilson (SH)	99%	100%
3rd 17:15	WSH penalty · M. Fehérváry · misconduct · 10 min
3rd 17:15	BUF penalty · Z. Benson · misconduct · 10 min

On ice · final horn

BUF5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
71R. McLeodC	1:17	16:53	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12-7
17J. ZuckerL	1:20	18:20	22	0	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	1-0
22J. QuinnR	1:08	18:27	22	0	0	0	6	8	0	0	0	–
64L. StanleyD	1:08	13:18	17	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	–
73Z. MetsaD	1:08	15:15	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	–
92C. EllisG		54:08	SA23GA3SV%.870xGA2.32GSAx−0.68

WSH5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
17D. StromeC	1:46	16:38	23	1	0	1	4	6	2	0	1	8-10
34J. SourdifC	1:38	15:25	21	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	7-2
8A. OvechkinL	1:43	17:01	22	0	2	2	4	9	0	1	0	–
6J. ChychrunD	1:30	19:40	22	1	1	2	2	7	0	1	0	–
44C. HutsonD	0:49	18:58	21	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	–
48L. ThompsonG		60:00	SA39GA2SV%.949xGA3.56GSAx+1.56

Goals

1st
Jakob Chychrun(1)
A. Ovechkin (1), P. Dubois (1)
xG 0.11snapClip(opens nhl.com)
0–1 WSH1st 03:15+14.768%
Dylan Strome(1)
A. Protas (1), A. Ovechkin (2)
xG 0.10tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
0–2 WSH1st 03:35+12.180%
Connor McMichael(1)
J. Chychrun (1), P. Dubois (2)
xG 0.24snapClip(opens nhl.com)
0–3 WSH1st 05:52+8.789%
Rasmus Dahlin(1)
J. Norris (1), A. Tuch (1)
xG 0.12snapClip(opens nhl.com)
1–3 WSH1st 06:30+8.720%
Beck Malenstyn(1)
J. Greenway (1), R. Dahlin (1)
xG 0.29snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–3 WSH1st 12:15+12.932%
2nd
Aliaksei Protas(1)
Unassisted
xG 0.08snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–4 WSH2nd 06:06+14.384%
3rd
Ryan Leonard(1)
C. Hutson (1), J. Sourdif (1)
xG 0.05snapClip(opens nhl.com)
2–5 WSH3rd 06:26+5.198%
Tom Wilson(1)SH
C. McMichael (1)
xG 0.04backhandClip(opens nhl.com)
2–6 WSH3rd 08:55+0.6100%

Shots

BUF3.56 xG48 unblocked · 13 blocked48 unblocked · 13 blocked

WSH3.17 xG45 unblocked · 10 blocked45 unblocked · 10 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

BUFWSH2Goals63.56xG3.1739Shots2848Unblocked4561Attempts552High danger30/5Power play0/233Faceoffs3117Hits1410Blocks133Takeaways917Giveaways1814PIM20

Skaters

Player

Player
26R. DahlinRasmus DahlinD	22:28	1	1	2	3	6	0.23	+0.77	1	0	1	2	—	0	+1
4B. ByramBowen ByramD	20:59	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	3	—	0	-3
25O. PowerOwen PowerD	20:22	0	0	0	2	4	0.06	−0.06	0	0	0	2	—	0	-2
23M. SamuelssonMattias SamuelssonD	19:54	0	0	0	2	3	0.03	−0.03	0	2	0	0	—	2	+2
72T. ThompsonTage ThompsonC	19:20	0	0	0	5	8	0.83	−0.83	1	1	0	1	57%	0	-3
22J. QuinnJack QuinnR	18:27	0	0	0	6	8	0.57	−0.57	0	0	0	3	—	0	-3
17J. ZuckerJason ZuckerL	18:20	0	0	0	1	4	0.13	−0.13	1	0	0	0	100%	0	-1
71R. McLeodRyan McLeodC	16:53	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	1	63%	0	-3
89A. TuchAlex TuchR	16:20	0	1	1	5	5	0.30	−0.30	0	2	0	1	0%	0	+1
9J. NorrisJosh NorrisC	15:48	0	1	1	4	5	0.38	−0.38	1	1	1	0	59%	0	0
6Z. BensonZach BensonL	15:20	0	0	0	3	3	0.26	−0.26	0	1	0	0	—	12	-2
73Z. MetsaZach MetsaD	15:15	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	−0.04	0	1	0	0	—	0	-3
12J. GreenwayJordan GreenwayL	13:32	0	1	1	1	1	0.01	−0.01	1	0	1	1	0%	0	0
64L. StanleyLogan StanleyD	13:18	0	0	0	3	3	0.02	−0.02	0	0	0	2	—	0	-2
91J. DoanJosh DoanR	12:57	0	0	0	1	2	0.07	−0.07	1	0	0	0	—	0	-3
29B. MalenstynBeck MalenstynL	12:27	1	0	1	1	4	0.41	+0.59	4	0	0	1	—	0	+1
48T. KozakTyson KozakC	12:15	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	33%	0	+1
19P. KrebsPeyton KrebsC	12:05	0	0	0	2	3	0.20	−0.20	3	0	0	0	38%	0	0
BUF total		2	4	6	39	61	3.56	−1.56	17	8	3	17	52%	14

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Malenstyn+0.42

Norris+0.38

Greenway+0.25

Tuch−0.05

Benson−0.05

Quinn−0.05

Krebs−0.10

Doan−0.10

Thompson−0.15

Kozak−0.23

Zucker−0.32

McLeod−0.44

Defence

Dahlin+0.73

Metsa+0.12

Samuelsson−0.07

Stanley−0.13

Byram−0.38

Power−0.41

Goalie

Ellis−0.66

Lyon−2.15

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Greenway·Malenstyn·Kozak	7:11	14	7	6	53.8%	2	2	1	0	0.35	0.19	64.8%	+0.16	1	2	33%
Zucker·Norris·Tuch	6:53	12	4	7	36.4%	4	3	1	0	0.18	0.20	48.5%	−0.01	2	1	67%
Benson·McLeod·Quinn	6:43	14	9	6	60.0%	5	3	0	1	0.51	0.35	59.2%	+0.16	0	4	0%
Krebs·Thompson·Doan	6:09	9	6	4	60.0%	5	1	0	0	0.73	0.26	74.0%	+0.47	1	0	100%
Occasional · 10 groups
Zucker·McLeod·Quinn	3:37	5	2	3	40.0%	2	2	0	1	0.05	0.21	19.8%	−0.16	2	1	67%
Greenway·Kozak·Thompson	2:10	4	1	1	50.0%	1	1	0	0	0.04	0.19	15.8%	−0.15	1	0	100%
Krebs·Tuch·Doan	1:38	3	2	0	100.0%	2	0	0	0	0.11	0.00	100.0%	+0.11	1	0	100%
Benson·Malenstyn·Norris	1:20	2	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.04	0.0%	−0.04	0	0	—
Benson·Krebs·Thompson	0:52	2	1	0	100.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Norris·Krebs·Doan	0:42	1	0	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.04	0.0%	−0.04	1	0	100%
Benson·Thompson·Tuch	0:41	1	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Malenstyn·Krebs·Kozak	0:40	3	0	2	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00	0.14	0.0%	−0.14	0	0	—
Krebs·Thompson·Tuch	0:32	3	0	0	—	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	1	0%
Benson·Thompson·Quinn	0:30	3	1	1	50.0%	1	0	0	0	0.11	0.03	78.0%	+0.08	0	0	—
BUF 5v5	47:49		45	45	50.0%	30	23	2	4	2.62	2.70	49.3%	−0.08

Goalies

Colten Ellis

BUF · 54:08

Saves: 20/23
SV%: .870
xGA: 2.32
GSAx: −0.68

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	18/20	.900	1.96	−0.04
Power play	1/1	1.000	0.29	+0.29
Shorthanded	1/2	.500	0.07	−0.93
High danger	2/2	1.000	0.37	+0.37

Alex Lyon

BUF · 5:52

Saves: 2/5
SV%: .400
xGA: 0.84
GSAx: −2.16

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	2/5	.400	0.84	−2.16
Power play	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	0/1	.000	0.24	−0.76

Logan Thompson

WSH · 60:00

Saves: 37/39
SV%: .949
xGA: 3.56
GSAx: +1.56

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	29/31	.935	2.71	+0.71
Power play	8/8	1.000	0.85	+0.85
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	0/1	.000	0.73	−0.27

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Buffalo Sabres

Minutes

22:28Dahlin
20:59Byram
20:22Power
19:54Samuelsson
15:15Metsa
13:18Stanley

19:20T. Thompson
18:27Quinn
18:20Zucker
16:53McLeod
16:20Tuch
15:48Norris
15:20Benson
13:32Greenway
12:57Doan
12:27Malenstyn
12:15Kozak
12:05Krebs

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareBUFWSH

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

DahlinD3 O7
ByramD5 O7
StanleyD1 O0
PowerD5 O4
SamuelssonD5 O3
MetsaD3 O1
DoanD0 O6
ZuckerD1 O6
NorrisD1 O6
T. ThompsonD1 O5
TuchD3 O4
KrebsD1 O2
McLeodD4 O4
QuinnD5 O4
BensonD3 O2
MalenstynD3 O1
KozakD4 O2
GreenwayD5 O2

Shift starts · darker = later period