National Hockey League

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Buffalo Sabres 5
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Washington Capitals 2
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Capital One Arena

Match Report

Bjork, Sabres spoil Backstrom's 1,000th game, beat Capitals

— Anders Bjork scored his first goal with his new team and added an assist, helping Buffalo spoil Nicklas Backstrom’s 1,000th game as the Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Thursday night.

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Team Stats

14
Blocked Shots
10
13
Hits
28
8
Takeaways
5
30
Shots
29
0
Power Play Goals
0
2
Power Play Opportunities
3
0.0
Power Play Percentage
0.0
1
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
19
Faceoffs Won
30
38.8
Faceoff Win Percent
61.2
5
Giveaways
15
4
Total Penalties
3
8
Penalty Minutes
6

Top Performers

BUF

  • Dustin Tokarski GA 2 · SA 29 · SOS 0
  • Sam Reinhart BS 0 · HT 0 · TK 0
  • Casey Mittelstadt BS 1 · HT 0 · TK 2
  • Dylan Cozens BS 0 · HT 2 · TK 0

WSH

  • Vitek Vanecek GA 4 · SA 21 · SOS 0
  • Nicklas Backstrom BS 1 · HT 1 · TK 0
  • Anthony Mantha BS 2 · HT 3 · TK 0
  • Lars Eller BS 0 · HT 1 · TK 0

Recent Plays

  1. 20:00 · 3rd
  2. 20:00 · 3rd
  3. 19:59 · 3rd
  4. 19:43 · 3rd
  5. 19:40 · 3rd
  6. 19:40 · 3rd
  7. 19:17 · 3rd
  8. 19:17 · 3rd

Head to Head

WSH leads series 6-2

Injuries

Washington Capitals

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

Buffalo Sabres

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

NHL News

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