Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Fri, Dec 21, 2018 · Capital One Arena · 2018–19 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

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Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–1 on Fri, Dec 21, 2018 at Capital One Arena. Braden Holtby made 36 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 37–24.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	1	1	37
WSH	0	1	1	2	24

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	02:50	WSH	SH	Chandler Stephenson (3) · wrist	Nic Dowd (9)	0–1
3rd	09:01	BUF	EV	Johan Larsson (3) · backhand	Tage Thompson (3), Rasmus Ristolainen (19)	1–1
3rd	13:00	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (10) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (25)	1–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	04:32	BUF	Jeff Skinner	hooking	2
1st	08:28	WSH	Tom Wilson	hooking	2
2nd	02:37	WSH	Jonas Siegenthaler	tripping	2
2nd	07:12	BUF	Evan Rodrigues	holding	2
2nd	09:38	BUF	Casey Mittelstadt	holding	2
3rd	09:24	WSH	Matt Niskanen	tripping	2
3rd	14:23	BUF	Vladimir Sobotka	hooking	2
3rd	17:48	WSH	Nic Dowd	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.98 · WSH 2.55 · xG% BUF 53.9

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	0	0	6	1	1		24:27	24
22	Johan Larsson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	1	33.3	14:45	20
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	1		9:46	13
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		22:59	20
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	70.0	22:32	20
4	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		21:15	20
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	1		20:05	18
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0	0		19:40	17
24	Lawrence Pilut	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		17:04	20
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		16:49	21
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		16:13	20
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1		15:16	19
17	Vladimir Sobotka	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	50.0	15:15	18
71	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	50.0	14:56	22
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		12:20	16
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	28.6	10:59	17
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		10:08	14
81	Remi Elie	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		9:39	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Carter Hutton	L	24	22	2	.917	57:52

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	30.0	18:44	16
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	0	1	+1	2	4	3	0		17:32	19
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	0	55.6	11:44	17
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	0		10:46	15
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1		23:47	21
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	2		21:03	20
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		20:22	20
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		20:21	16
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2		19:26	17
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	70.0	18:32	18
6	Michal Kempny	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	3		18:08	19
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	50.0	17:14	21
22	Madison Bowey	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1		16:24	17
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	+1	0	5	0	1		15:20	16
34	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	4		12:57	18
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		11:17	13
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2		9:33	12
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		8:56	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	37	36	1	.973	59:54