Washington Capitals 2 — 1 Buffalo Sabres
2026-03-12 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | WSH | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | 6 | 10 |
| 3 | 13 | 5 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | L | 20 | 22 | 2 | 16/18 | 4/4 | 0/0 | 58:33 |
| Charlie Lindgren start | WSH | W | 29 | 30 | 1 | 24/25 | 5/5 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:00 |
| Jakob Chychrun | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:25 |
| Ryan Leonard | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:46 |
| Aliaksei Protas | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:31 |
| Tom Wilson | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:34 |
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14:03 |
| Connor McMichael | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:15 |
| Timothy Liljegren | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:50 |
| Rasmus Sandin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:47 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13:17 |
| Dylan Strome | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:25 |
| Anthony Beauvillier | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:07 |
| Matt Roy | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21:46 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:41 |
| Martin Fehérváry | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:56 |
| Brandon Duhaime | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 12:17 |
| Justin Sourdif | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14:50 |
| Ethen Frank | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10:30 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Carrick | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10:51 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10:25 |
| Owen Power | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:29 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:04 |
| Jason Zucker | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 17:07 |
| Tanner Pearson | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:58 |
| Bowen Byram | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 23:02 |
| Josh Doan | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:42 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:28 |
| Josh Norris | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:45 |
| Logan Stanley | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:02 |
| Ryan McLeod | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:26 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20:30 |
| Peyton Krebs | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13:44 |
| Zach Benson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:15 |
| Jack Quinn | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:19 |
| Noah Ostlund | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:49 |
| Luke Schenn | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:31 |
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 |