National Hockey League

FINAL
Buffalo Sabres 1
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Washington Capitals 3
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Capital One Arena

Match Report

Capitals get goals 3 ways, beat Sabres for 2nd straight win

— Nicklas Backstrom, Tom Wilson and Conor Sheary scored, Vitek Vanecek made 22 saves and the Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Thursday night for their second consecutive victory.

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Team Stats

BUF WSH
14
Blocked Shots
7
17
Hits
22
5
Takeaways
8
23
Shots
21
1
Power Play Goals
1
2
Power Play Opportunities
1
50.0
Power Play Percentage
100.0
0
Short Handed Goals
1
0
Shootout Goals
0
19
Faceoffs Won
20
48.7
Faceoff Win Percent
51.3
10
Giveaways
11
1
Total Penalties
2
2
Penalty Minutes
4

Top Performers

BUF

  • Linus Ullmark G GA 3 · SA 21 · SOS 0
  • Jack Eichel C BS 1 · HT 1 · TK 1
  • Curtis Lazar C BS 2 · HT 1 · TK 0
  • Riley Sheahan C BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 0

WSH

  • Vitek Vanecek G GA 1 · SA 23 · SOS 0
  • Lars Eller C BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 2
  • Nic Dowd C BS 2 · HT 2 · TK 0
  • Evgeny Kuznetsov C BS 1 · HT 1 · TK 0

Head to Head

WSH leads series 4-1

Injuries

Washington Capitals

  • Vincent Desharnais Injured Reserve
  • Rasmus Sandin Injured Reserve
  • Patrick Thomas Injured Reserve

Buffalo Sabres

  • Justin Danforth Day-To-Day
  • Jiri Kulich Out
  • Sam Carrick Injured Reserve
  • Alex Lyon Injured Reserve
  • Matt Grzelcyk Injured Reserve

Play by Play

  1. Missed 19:03 1-3
    Carl Hagelin 3rd
  2. Missed 14:44 1-3
    Colin Miller 3rd
  3. Missed 14:33 1-3
    Colin Miller 3rd
  4. Goal 11:27 1-3
    Victor Olofsson 3rd
  5. Missed 11:21 0-3
    Sam Reinhart 3rd
  6. Penalty 9:36 0-3
    Dmitry Orlov 3rd
  7. Missed 9:14 0-3
    Brandon Montour 3rd
  8. Goal 7:28 0-3
    Conor Sheary 3rd
  9. Missed 4:56 0-2
    Jeff Skinner 3rd
  10. Missed 2:41 0-2
    Alex Ovechkin 3rd
  11. Missed 1:52 0-2
    Nick Jensen 3rd
  12. Missed 19:48 0-2
    Conor Sheary 2nd
  13. Missed 16:38 0-2
    Brenden Dillon 2nd
  14. Missed 14:38 0-2
    Jake McCabe 2nd
  15. Missed 10:21 0-2
    Nicklas Backstrom 2nd
  16. Missed 9:06 0-2
    Eric Staal 2nd
  17. Missed 7:02 0-2
    Jeff Skinner 2nd
  18. Goal 6:38 0-2
    Tom Wilson 2nd
  19. Penalty 5:46 0-1
    T.J. Oshie 2nd
  20. Missed 3:13 0-1
    T.J. Oshie 2nd
  21. Missed 17:53 0-1
    Tage Thompson 1st
  22. Goal 17:23 0-1
    Nicklas Backstrom 1st
  23. Penalty 16:19 0-0
    Will Borgen 1st
  24. Missed 15:25 0-0
    Lars Eller 1st
  25. Missed 13:12 0-0
    Jakub Vrana 1st
  26. Missed 12:30 0-0
    Evgeny Kuznetsov 1st
  27. Missed 12:20 0-0
    Kyle Okposo 1st
  28. Missed 9:53 0-0
    Jakub Vrana 1st
  29. Missed 9:43 0-0
    Henri Jokiharju 1st
  30. Missed 7:47 0-0
    Victor Olofsson 1st
  31. Missed 6:50 0-0
    Jeff Skinner 1st
  32. Missed 5:13 0-0
    Sam Reinhart 1st
  33. Missed 4:49 0-0
    Lars Eller 1st
  34. Missed 3:24 0-0
    Alex Ovechkin 1st
  35. Missed 3:00 0-0
    Jeff Skinner 1st
  36. Missed 2:25 0-0
    Dmitry Orlov 1st
  37. Missed 2:17 0-0
    Conor Sheary 1st
  1. End of Game 20:00 1-3
    3rd
  2. Period End 20:00 1-3
    3rd
  3. Blocked 19:58 1-3
    John Carlson 3rd
  4. Face Off 19:26 1-3
    Nicklas Backstrom 3rd
  5. Stoppage 19:26 1-3
    3rd
  6. Takeaway 19:15 1-3
    Jack Eichel 3rd
  7. Face Off 19:04 1-3
    Jack Eichel 3rd
  8. Stoppage 19:04 1-3
    3rd
  9. Missed 19:03 1-3
    Carl Hagelin 3rd
  10. Face Off 18:48 1-3
    Jack Eichel 3rd
  11. Stoppage 18:48 1-3
    3rd
  12. Blocked 18:45 1-3
    Lars Eller 3rd
  13. Face Off 18:18 1-3
    Jack Eichel 3rd
  14. Stoppage 18:18 1-3
    3rd
  15. Takeaway 16:25 1-3
    Justin Schultz 3rd
  16. Blocked 15:14 1-3
    Eric Staal 3rd
  17. Face Off 15:01 1-3
    Nic Dowd 3rd
  18. Stoppage 15:01 1-3
    3rd
  19. Hit 14:57 1-3
    Carl Hagelin 3rd
  20. Blocked 14:47 1-3
    Colin Miller 3rd
  21. Missed 14:44 1-3
    Colin Miller 3rd
  22. Missed 14:33 1-3
    Colin Miller 3rd
  23. Face Off 13:39 1-3
    Nic Dowd 3rd
  24. Stoppage 13:39 1-3
    3rd
  25. Shot 13:38 1-3
    Cody Eakin 3rd
  26. Shot 13:06 1-3
    Jake McCabe 3rd
  27. Hit 12:42 1-3
    Jake McCabe 3rd
  28. Shot 11:58 1-3
    Carl Hagelin 3rd
  29. Giveaway 11:46 1-3
    Sam Reinhart 3rd
  30. Face Off 11:42 1-3
    Nic Dowd 3rd
  31. Stoppage 11:42 1-3
    3rd
  32. Shot 11:40 1-3
    Tage Thompson 3rd
  33. Blocked 11:37 1-3
    Eric Staal 3rd
  34. Face Off 11:27 1-3
    Eric Staal 3rd
  35. Goal 11:27 1-3
    Victor Olofsson 3rd
  36. Missed 11:21 0-3
    Sam Reinhart 3rd
  37. Blocked 11:09 0-3
    Rasmus Dahlin 3rd
  38. Takeaway 9:49 0-3
    Brenden Dillon 3rd
  39. Face Off 9:36 0-3
    Jack Eichel 3rd
  40. Stoppage 9:36 0-3
    3rd

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