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Final · March 12, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Washington Capitals2
Buffalo Sabres1

Shots on goal : WSH 22 — BUF 30 · KeyBank Center

Three stars

WSHGame statsBUF

22Shots on goal30
40 %Faceoff win %60 %
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
22Hits24
17Blocked shots11
17Giveaways13
9Takeaways5

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
WSH361322
BUF1510530

Season seriesWSH 2 – 1 BUF

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← WSH 2 / 22 / 401 / 30 / 50 BUF →
Missed shot — Sam Carrick (BUF), P1 02:53 · wristMissed shot — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P1 04:24 · snapMissed shot — Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH), P1 05:29 · snapMissed shot — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P1 05:46 · tip-inMissed shot — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P1 05:54 · tip-inMissed shot — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P1 09:52 · snapMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 10:15 · slapMissed shot — Jason Zucker (BUF), P1 10:39 · tip-inMissed shot — Ryan Leonard (WSH), P1 12:40 · snapMissed shot — Connor McMichael (WSH), P1 14:08 · snapMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 15:11 · wristMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 18:05 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 18:58 · slapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 19:31 · slapMissed shot — Tom Wilson (WSH), P2 04:24 · snapMissed shot — Luke Schenn (BUF), P2 12:25 · slapMissed shot — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P2 12:51 · snapMissed shot — Tom Wilson (WSH), P2 13:06 · tip-inMissed shot — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P2 13:14 · slapMissed shot — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 17:56 · tip-inMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 18:20 · slapMissed shot — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P2 19:05 · snapMissed shot — Rasmus Sandin (WSH), P2 19:40 · tip-inMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 01:51 · tip-inMissed shot — Timothy Liljegren (WSH), P3 03:02 · snapMissed shot — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P3 07:39 · wristMissed shot — Justin Sourdif (WSH), P3 08:32 · wristMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 08:59 · slapMissed shot — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P3 09:31 · slapMissed shot — Anthony Beauvillier (WSH), P3 11:42 · snapMissed shot — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 12:48 · snapMissed shot — Owen Power (BUF), P3 12:52 · slapMissed shot — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P3 13:11 · wristMissed shot — Logan Stanley (BUF), P3 14:50 · wristMissed shot — Tom Wilson (WSH), P3 15:36 · tip-inMissed shot — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P3 15:43 · slapMissed shot — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P3 18:20 · wristMissed shot — Connor McMichael (WSH), P3 19:13 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 00:55 · snapShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 01:59 · tip-inShot on goal — Tanner Pearson (BUF), P1 02:56 · slapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 03:11 · wristShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 03:14 · slapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 07:34 · snapShot on goal — Tanner Pearson (BUF), P1 08:39 · wristShot on goal — Anthony Beauvillier (WSH), P1 09:52 · snapShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P1 11:42 · snapShot on goal — Dylan Strome (WSH), P1 12:07 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 13:20 · wristShot on goal — Connor McMichael (WSH), P1 14:10 · wristShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 15:57 · slapShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P1 18:04 · slapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 19:03 · slapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 19:08 · slapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 19:13 · slapShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P2 02:01 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 02:49 · tip-inShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 04:00 · slapShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P2 05:57 · backhandShot on goal — Martin Fehérváry (WSH), P2 06:30 · snapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 06:57 · wristShot on goal — Matt Roy (WSH), P2 08:13 · snapShot on goal — Sam Carrick (BUF), P2 08:29 · slapShot on goal — Tanner Pearson (BUF), P2 08:39 · slapShot on goal — Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH), P2 08:54 · snapShot on goal — Tom Wilson (WSH), P2 13:45 · tip-inShot on goal — Logan Stanley (BUF), P2 15:30 · wristShot on goal — Tom Wilson (WSH), P2 16:03 · wristShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P2 16:39 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 17:22 · tip-inShot on goal — Rasmus Sandin (WSH), P3 00:43 · snapShot on goal — Tom Wilson (WSH), P3 02:18 · snapShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 02:33 · snapShot on goal — Timothy Liljegren (WSH), P3 02:58 · snapShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), P3 03:20 · snapShot on goal — Hendrix Lapierre (WSH), P3 04:46 · snapShot on goal — Tom Wilson (WSH), P3 05:23 · slapShot on goal — Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH), P3 07:05 · tip-inShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P3 07:48 · snapShot on goal — Connor McMichael (WSH), P3 08:05 · tip-inShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P3 08:35 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 11:29 · wristShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 13:10 · wristShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P3 14:31 · wristShot on goal — Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH), P3 15:39 · wristShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 17:50 · wristShot on goal — Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH), P3 18:19 · slapGoal — Sam Carrick (BUF), P1 06:02 · tip-inGoal — Ryan Leonard (WSH), P2 02:14 · snapGoal — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P3 18:27 · snap

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 17:50WSHConnor McMichael — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Owen Power

2nd period

  • 12:50BUFTanner Pearson — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Justin Sourdif
  • 16:41WSHMartin Fehérváry — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Josh Norris

3rd period

  • 06:08BUFLogan Stanley — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Ryan Leonard

Box score

Washington Capitals

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
A. OvechkinL00-12114:03
R. LeonardR1021113:46
D. StromeC0011015:25
A. ProtasL0111016:31
B. DuhaimeL0000312:17
C. McMichaelL0002214:15
H. LapierreC0001113:17
J. SourdifC0000414:50
T. WilsonR0004220:34
E. FrankR0000110:30
A. BeauvillierR0001014:07
P. DuboisC0001219:41
M. RoyD00-11121:46
J. ChychrunD1021020:25
T. LiljegrenD0011215:50
R. SandinD00-11119:47
M. FehérváryD0001119:56
T. van RiemsdykD0113019:00
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
L. Thompson0/0—00:00
C. Lindgren(W)29/3096.7 %60:00

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0001017:15
J. NorrisC00-12115:45
S. CarrickC1012110:51
J. ZuckerL00-13517:07
P. KrebsC00-11413:44
J. QuinnR00-11116:19
B. MalenstynL0111310:25
T. PearsonL0013008:58
R. McLeodC00-11017:26
T. ThompsonC0005222:04
N. OstlundC0000016:49
J. DoanR00-13014:42
B. ByramD0003123:02
L. SchennD00-10214:31
M. SamuelssonD0001220:30
O. PowerD0100021:29
R. DahlinD0002123:28
L. StanleyD00-11113:02
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen(L)20/2290.9 %58:33
C. Ellis0/0—00:00

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