Buffalo Sabres 1 — 2 Washington Capitals
2018-12-21 · Capital One Arena
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | WSH |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | 8 |
| 2 | 11 | 8 |
| 3 | 17 | 8 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braden Holtby start | WSH | W | 36 | 37 | 1 | 28/29 | 6/6 | 2/2 | 59:54 |
| Carter Hutton start | BUF | L | 22 | 24 | 2 | 18/19 | 3/3 | 1/2 | 57:52 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24:27 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 09:46 |
| Johan Larsson | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:45 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:40 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:16 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:32 |
| Jake McCabe | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16:13 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:08 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:20 |
| Jeff Skinner | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:05 |
| Zach Bogosian | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:15 |
| Marco Scandella | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:49 |
| Vladimir Sobotka | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15:15 |
| Remi Elie | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:39 |
| Evan Rodrigues | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:56 |
| Lawrence Pilut | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:04 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:59 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:59 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Wilson | R | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:32 |
| Chandler Stephenson | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:46 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:44 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:44 |
| Jakub Vrana | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:20 |
| John Carlson | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:47 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:22 |
| Andre Burakovsky | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:56 |
| Madison Bowey | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:24 |
| Devante Smith-Pelly | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 09:33 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:32 |
| Lars Eller | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:14 |
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:21 |
| T.J. Oshie | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19:26 |
| Matt Niskanen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21:03 |
| Brett Connolly | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:17 |
| Michal Kempny | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18:08 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12:57 |
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 |