Washington Capitals 3 — 2 Buffalo Sabres
2018-02-19 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | WSH | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 10 |
| 2 | 10 | 7 |
| 3 | 6 | 17 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Johnson start | BUF | L | 27 | 29 | 2 | 26/28 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 58:11 |
| Philipp Grubauer start | WSH | W | 32 | 34 | 2 | 30/32 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carlson | D | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:34 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:33 |
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:54 |
| Jakub Vrana | L | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12:01 |
| Christian Djoos | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 |
| T.J. Oshie | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:59 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:35 |
| Devante Smith-Pelly | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11:57 |
| Brooks Orpik | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19:23 |
| Lars Eller | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:44 |
| Matt Niskanen | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:44 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23:49 |
| Andre Burakovsky | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:16 |
| Madison Bowey | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:28 |
| Chandler Stephenson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:09 |
| Brett Connolly | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:42 |
| Jay Beagle | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:05 |
| Tom Wilson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:06 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evander Kane | L | 9 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 22:31 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:06 |
| Scott Wilson | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12:22 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:43 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:09 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:54 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 27:12 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:49 |
| Jacob Josefson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:17 |
| Justin Falk | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:22 |
| Marco Scandella | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:55 |
| Johan Larsson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:18 |
| Jason Pominville | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:28 |
| Josh Gorges | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:07 |
| Benoit Pouliot | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:09 |
| Nathan Beaulieu | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16:53 |
| Casey Nelson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:04 |
| Nick Baptiste | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:30 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-04 | 2025-26 | BUF | 2 | WSH | 6 | |
| 2026-03-12 | 2025-26 | WSH | 2 | BUF | 1 | |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025-26 | WSH | 3 | BUF | 4 | SO |
| 2025-03-30 | 2024-25 | BUF | 8 | WSH | 5 | |
| 2025-01-06 | 2024-25 | WSH | 3 | BUF | 4 | SO |
| 2024-12-14 | 2024-25 | BUF | 2 | WSH | 4 | |
| 2024-04-11 | 2023-24 | WSH | 2 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2024-04-02 | 2023-24 | WSH | 2 | BUF | 6 | |
| 2023-11-22 | 2023-24 | BUF | 3 | WSH | 4 | OT |
| 2023-03-15 | 2022-23 | BUF | 4 | WSH | 5 | SO |