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Scoring Summary

Period Time Team Goal Strength Score
1 03:15 WSH Jakob Chychrun (25) — Alex Ovechkin (29) , Pierre-Luc Dubois (11) EV 0-1
1 03:35 WSH Dylan Strome (18) — Aliaksei Protas (25) , Alex Ovechkin (30) EV 0-2
1 05:52 WSH Connor McMichael (11) — Jakob Chychrun (34) , Pierre-Luc Dubois (12) EV 0-3
1 06:30 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (18) — Josh Norris (18) , Alex Tuch (32) EV 1-3
1 12:15 BUF Beck Malenstyn (7) — Jordan Greenway (5) , Rasmus Dahlin (51) EV 2-3
2 06:06 WSH Aliaksei Protas (24) EV 2-4
3 06:26 WSH Ryan Leonard (17) — Cole Hutson (5) , Justin Sourdif (18) EV 2-5
3 08:55 WSH Tom Wilson (29) — Connor McMichael (30) SH 2-6

Penalty Summary

Period Per Time Team Player Penalty Min M
2 04:21 BUF Zach Benson Interference 2
2 05:08 WSH Ryan Leonard Tripping 2
2 10:58 WSH Dylan Strome Tripping 2
2 12:22 WSH Connor McMichael Tripping 2
2 19:42 BUF Mattias Samuelsson Hooking 2
3 03:13 WSH Trevor van Riemsdyk Holding 2
3 08:32 WSH Cole Hutson Hooking 2
3 17:15 WSH Martin Fehérváry Misconduct 10
3 17:15 BUF Zach Benson Misconduct 10

Team Statistics

Statistic Buffalo Sabres Washington Capitals
Shots 39 28
Faceoff % 51.6% 48.4%
Hits 17 14
Blocked Shots 8 11
Giveaways 17 17
Takeaways 3 9

Skaters

Buffalo Sabres

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 -2 12 3 0 1 0 0 23 15:20
9 Josh Norris C 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 21 15:48
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 20 13:32
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 0 22 18:20
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 17 12:05
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 -3 0 6 0 0 3 0 22 18:27
29 Beck Malenstyn L 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 0 1 0 17 12:27
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 18 12:15
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 0 1 0 24 16:53
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -3 0 5 1 1 1 0 22 19:20
89 Alex Tuch R 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 2 1 0 24 16:20
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 0 0 0 19 12:57
4 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 0 3 0 27 20:59
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 0 26 19:54
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 0 2 0 24 20:22
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 26 22:28
64 Logan Stanley D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 0 2 0 17 13:18
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 1 0 0 20 15:15

Washington Capitals

# Player Pos G A PTS +/- PIM S HIT BLK GV TK SHFT TOI
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 2 2 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 22 17:01
9 Ryan Leonard R 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 20 12:55
17 Dylan Strome C 1 0 1 2 2 4 0 1 1 1 23 16:38
21 Aliaksei Protas L 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 22 16:15
22 Brandon Duhaime L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 1 0 18 11:43
24 Connor McMichael L 1 1 2 3 2 5 1 2 2 1 23 16:03
29 Hendrix Lapierre C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 11:05
34 Justin Sourdif C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 21 15:25
43 Tom Wilson R 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 23 17:19
53 Ethen Frank R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0 15 09:34
72 Anthony Beauvillier R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 15:44
80 Pierre-Luc Dubois C 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 12:58
3 Matt Roy D 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 1 1 1 23 20:56
6 Jakob Chychrun D 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 22 19:40
38 Rasmus Sandin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 4 1 22 20:25
42 Martin Fehérváry D 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 3 1 0 24 21:10
44 Cole Hutson D 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 3 21 18:58
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 22 16:11

Goalies

Buffalo Sabres

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
34 Alex Lyon 5 2 3 .400 2/5 0/0 0/0 05:52
92 Colten Ellis 23 20 3 .870 18/20 1/1 1/2 54:08

Washington Capitals

# Goalie SA SV GA SV% EV PP SH TOI
48 Logan Thompson 39 37 2 .949 29/31 8/8 0/0 60:00
79 Charlie Lindgren 0 0 0 — 0/0 0/0 0/0 00:00