Washington Capitals 4 — 7 Buffalo Sabres
2023-02-26 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | WSH | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 10 |
| 2 | 8 | 17 |
| 3 | 11 | 10 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | W | 26 | 30 | 4 | 23/26 | 1/2 | 2/2 | 60:00 |
| Darcy Kuemper start | WSH | L | 14 | 19 | 5 | 14/19 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 30:07 |
| Charlie Lindgren | WSH | 16 | 18 | 2 | 12/14 | 4/4 | 0/0 | 29:53 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Strome | C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:27 |
| T.J. Oshie | R | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:33 |
| Nick Jensen | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 24:42 |
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:03 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:05 |
| Sonny Milano | L | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:03 |
| Erik Gustafsson | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:06 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22:29 |
| Nicolas Aube-Kubel | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:01 |
| Martin Fehérváry | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 24:44 |
| Matt Irwin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:21 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:02 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:34 |
| Lars Eller | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:33 |
| Craig Smith | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:33 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:33 |
| Tom Wilson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15:58 |
| Dylan McIlrath | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11:13 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan Cozens | C | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:41 |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:22 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:36 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:41 |
| Owen Power | D | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27:43 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:12 |
| Jeff Skinner | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:38 |
| Tyson Jost | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:36 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:10 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:18 |
| Ilya Lyubushkin | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17:56 |
| Kale Clague | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:59 |
| Victor Olofsson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:24 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:02 |
| JJ Peterka | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:42 |
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23:40 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:44 |
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 |