Buffalo Sabres 3 — 4 Washington Capitals
2018-12-15 · Capital One Arena · SO
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | WSH |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 10 |
| 2 | 9 | 15 |
| 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 7 | 3 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pheonix Copley start | WSH | W | 26 | 29 | 3 | 22/23 | 4/6 | 0/0 | 65:00 |
| Carter Hutton start | BUF | O | 35 | 38 | 3 | 26/29 | 7/7 | 2/2 | 65:00 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24:19 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:55 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:41 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 31:43 |
| Jeff Skinner | L | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:17 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:11 |
| Jason Pominville | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:53 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:16 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:15 |
| Marco Scandella | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 23:33 |
| Zach Bogosian | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 29:03 |
| Vladimir Sobotka | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:39 |
| Johan Larsson | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:47 |
| Nathan Beaulieu | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:47 |
| Matt Tennyson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 09:06 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:18 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:23 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25:34 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:25 |
| Jakub Vrana | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:16 |
| Brett Connolly | R | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13:39 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22:52 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:18 |
| Devante Smith-Pelly | R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 10:52 |
| Tom Wilson | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 15:27 |
| Madison Bowey | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:14 |
| T.J. Oshie | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:38 |
| Matt Niskanen | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:37 |
| Lars Eller | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:47 |
| John Carlson | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29:11 |
| Travis Boyd | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:30 |
| Michal Kempny | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18:30 |
| Chandler Stephenson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:57 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:20 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10:07 |
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 |