Buffalo Sabres 1 — 5 Washington Capitals
2018-02-24 · Capital One Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | WSH |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | 12 |
| 3 | 11 | 16 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philipp Grubauer start | WSH | W | 28 | 29 | 1 | 27/28 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
| Robin Lehner start | BUF | L | 31 | 35 | 4 | 29/32 | 2/3 | 0/0 | 59:52 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Reinhart | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:29 |
| Casey Nelson | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 20:18 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:57 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:58 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:09 |
| Benoit Pouliot | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17:29 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:08 |
| Nick Baptiste | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:42 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 24:00 |
| Victor Antipin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:34 |
| Marco Scandella | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:07 |
| Jacob Josefson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:24 |
| Jordan Nolan | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:59 |
| Johan Larsson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:16 |
| Jason Pominville | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:56 |
| Josh Gorges | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:33 |
| Scott Wilson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:03 |
| Nathan Beaulieu | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 19:36 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18:52 |
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:53 |
| Matt Niskanen | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 23:58 |
| John Carlson | D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20:09 |
| Lars Eller | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:17 |
| Andre Burakovsky | L | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:32 |
| Brett Connolly | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:05 |
| Alex Chiasson | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:38 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23:50 |
| Tom Wilson | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18:46 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:26 |
| Chandler Stephenson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:09 |
| Christian Djoos | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:03 |
| Devante Smith-Pelly | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:50 |
| Michal Kempny | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 16:59 |
| T.J. Oshie | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:51 |
| Brooks Orpik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 19:21 |
| Jay Beagle | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:21 |
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 |