Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Sat, Feb 23, 2019 · KeyBank Center · 2018–19 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

2 – 5

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Sat, Feb 23, 2019 at KeyBank Center. Sam Reinhart scored a hat trick. Carter Hutton made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–38.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	1	2	33
BUF	2	1	2	5	38

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:40	BUF	EV	Jason Pominville (14) · wrist	Jeff Skinner (19), Jack Eichel (46)	0–1
1st	12:51	BUF	EV	Sam Reinhart (15) · wrist	Evan Rodrigues (14)	0–2
2nd	02:28	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (44) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (40)	1–2
2nd	19:29	BUF	PP	Rasmus Dahlin (8) · slap	Jack Eichel (47), Rasmus Ristolainen (32)	1–3
3rd	04:16	WSH	EV	Andre Burakovsky (8) · tip-in	Christian Djoos (6), Michal Kempny (14)	2–3
3rd	05:43	BUF	EV	Sam Reinhart (16) · tip-in	Matt Hunwick (1), Conor Sheary (16)	2–4
3rd	19:04	BUF	SH EN	Sam Reinhart (17) · wrist	Carter Hutton (1)	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:53	BUF	Vladimir Sobotka	tripping	2
1st	18:02	WSH	Jakub Vrana	hooking	2
2nd	04:42	WSH	Carl Hagelin	tripping	2
2nd	13:56	BUF	Nathan Beaulieu	delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	17:44	WSH	Nic Dowd	tripping	2
3rd	01:26	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.07 · BUF 4.20 · xG% WSH 33.0

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	+1	0	8	5	0		22:20	19
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	0	47.4	20:02	21
6	Michal Kempny	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0		17:48	21
29	Christian Djoos	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1		13:14	18
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		11:56	15
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1		25:03	26
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		22:54	23
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		21:32	21
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	100.0	19:57	24
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-3	2	4	0	0	42.9	16:23	20
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	61.5	15:45	19
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0	0	66.7	15:20	19
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		14:02	20
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0		12:33	17
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	1	77.8	11:48	15
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	100.0	11:18	14
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	100.0	10:50	13
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0		10:46	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	L	37	33	4	.892	58:44

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Sam Reinhart	C	3	0	3	+2	0	4	0	0		18:30	20
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	2	2	+2	0	4	0	0	50.0	19:51	21
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	3	1		25:35	22
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	0		21:46	21
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	1	100.0	17:22	20
48	Matt Hunwick	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1		16:57	21
71	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	33.3	16:25	24
29	Jason Pominville	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		12:49	20
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	25.0	10:40	14
4	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		20:08	23
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		20:04	20
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	3	28.6	15:22	21
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	0	50.0	15:18	20
17	Vladimir Sobotka	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	1	60.0	13:53	22
82	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	3		13:49	18
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		13:43	17
65	Danny O'Regan	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	100.0	11:56	15
20	Scott Wilson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	0		11:52	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Carter Hutton	W	33	31	2	.939	60:00