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Final · April 4, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Buffalo Sabres2
Washington Capitals6

Shots on goal : BUF 39 — WSH 28 · Capital One Arena

Three stars

BUFGame statsWSH

39Shots on goal28
52 %Faceoff win %48 %
0/5Power play0/2
14Penalty minutes20
17Hits14
8Blocked shots11
17Giveaways18
3Takeaways9

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
BUF13151139
WSH1171028

Season seriesBUF 1 – 2 WSH

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← BUF 2 / 39 / 486 / 28 / 45 WSH →
Missed shot — Rasmus Sandin (WSH), P1 05:15 · snapMissed shot — Rasmus Sandin (WSH), P1 05:24 · snapMissed shot — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P1 05:50 · snapMissed shot — Ethen Frank (WSH), P1 07:11 · tip-inMissed shot — Tom Wilson (WSH), P1 11:19 · tip-inMissed shot — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P1 14:16 · snapMissed shot — Zach Metsa (BUF), P1 14:55 · snapMissed shot — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P1 17:16 · tip-inMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 18:22 · snapMissed shot — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P1 19:53 · tip-inMissed shot — Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH), P2 00:53 · snapMissed shot — Brandon Duhaime (WSH), P2 02:59 · snapMissed shot — Rasmus Sandin (WSH), P2 03:10 · snapMissed shot — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 07:07 · tip-inMissed shot — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 07:34 · slapMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 07:57 · snapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 09:11 · wristMissed shot — Connor McMichael (WSH), P2 09:25 · snapMissed shot — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P2 10:57 · snapMissed shot — Josh Norris (BUF), P2 11:02 · snapMissed shot — Justin Sourdif (WSH), P2 19:12 · tip-inMissed shot — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P3 01:26 · slapMissed shot — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P3 05:17 · snapMissed shot — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P3 11:31 · backhandMissed shot — Dylan Strome (WSH), P3 13:56 · snapMissed shot — Justin Sourdif (WSH), P3 19:21 · tip-inShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P1 00:34 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 01:00 · backhandShot on goal — Logan Stanley (BUF), P1 01:48 · slapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 02:47 · snapShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P1 03:13 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 04:16 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 04:26 · snapShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P1 06:09 · wristShot on goal — Matt Roy (WSH), P1 07:06 · snapShot on goal — Connor McMichael (WSH), P1 07:44 · snapShot on goal — Logan Stanley (BUF), P1 08:26 · snapShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P1 08:36 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 09:56 · snapShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 10:26 · snapShot on goal — Ryan Leonard (WSH), P1 11:41 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 14:48 · snapShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P1 15:05 · snapShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P1 15:08 · snapShot on goal — Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH), P1 16:05 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 01:16 · wristShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 01:42 · tip-inShot on goal — Rasmus Sandin (WSH), P2 02:35 · snapShot on goal — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P2 03:56 · snapShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P2 05:47 · backhandShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P2 06:39 · slapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 06:40 · wristShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P2 06:58 · slapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 08:04 · snapShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 09:08 · deflectedShot on goal — Cole Hutson (WSH), P2 10:06 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 11:01 · snapShot on goal — Anthony Beauvillier (WSH), P2 11:17 · snapShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 12:12 · snapShot on goal — Josh Norris (BUF), P2 12:31 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 13:46 · slapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 14:22 · backhandShot on goal — Connor McMichael (WSH), P2 14:29 · backhandShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 16:20 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 16:52 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P2 18:16 · snapShot on goal — Connor McMichael (WSH), P3 01:34 · snapShot on goal — Cole Hutson (WSH), P3 01:48 · snapShot on goal — Connor McMichael (WSH), P3 01:49 · deflectedShot on goal — Dylan Strome (WSH), P3 02:18 · snapShot on goal — Jordan Greenway (BUF), P3 05:31 · backhandShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P3 07:41 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 10:23 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 11:38 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 11:57 · wristShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 11:58 · backhandShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P3 12:47 · snapShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P3 12:53 · snapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 15:10 · slapShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 15:35 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 15:41 · slapShot on goal — Dylan Strome (WSH), P3 16:04 · snapShot on goal — Dylan Strome (WSH), P3 18:34 · snapShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P3 18:50 · snapShot on goal — Logan Stanley (BUF), P3 19:55 · slapGoal — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P1 03:15 · snapGoal — Dylan Strome (WSH), P1 03:35 · tip-inGoal — Connor McMichael (WSH), P1 05:52 · snapGoal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 06:30 · snapGoal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P1 12:15 · snapGoal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P2 06:06 · snapGoal — Ryan Leonard (WSH), P3 06:26 · snapGoal — Tom Wilson (WSH), P3 08:55 · backhand

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

2nd period

  • 04:21BUFZach Benson — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Tom Wilson
  • 05:08WSHRyan Leonard — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Zach Metsa
  • 10:58WSHDylan Strome — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Zach Benson
  • 12:22WSHConnor McMichael — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Josh Doan
  • 19:42BUFMattias Samuelsson — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Pierre-Luc Dubois

3rd period

  • 03:13WSHTrevor van Riemsdyk — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Zach Benson
  • 08:32WSHCole Hutson — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Jack Quinn
  • 17:15WSHMartin Fehérváry — Misconduct (10 min)
  • 17:15BUFZach Benson — Misconduct (10 min)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL00-23015:20
J. NorrisC0104115:48
J. GreenwayL0101113:32
J. ZuckerL00-11118:20
P. KrebsC0002312:05
J. QuinnR00-36018:27
B. MalenstynL1011412:27
T. KozakC0010312:15
R. McLeodC00-30016:53
T. ThompsonC00-35119:20
A. TuchR0115016:20
J. DoanR00-31112:57
B. ByramD00-30120:59
M. SamuelssonD0022019:54
O. PowerD00-22020:22
R. DahlinD1113122:28
L. StanleyD00-23013:18
Z. MetsaD00-30015:15
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
A. Lyon(L)2/540.0 %05:52
C. Ellis20/2387.0 %54:08

Washington Capitals

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
A. OvechkinL0214117:01
R. LeonardR1012212:55
D. StromeC1024016:38
A. ProtasL1114016:15
B. DuhaimeL00-10111:43
C. McMichaelL1135116:03
H. LapierreC00-10111:05
J. SourdifC0110015:25
T. WilsonR1021117:19
E. FrankR00-10009:34
A. BeauvillierR0001015:44
P. DuboisC0221012:58
M. RoyD0021320:56
J. ChychrunD1112119:40
R. SandinD0001220:25
M. FehérváryD0020021:10
C. HutsonD0122018:58
T. van RiemsdykD0010116:11
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
L. Thompson(W)37/3994.9 %60:00
C. Lindgren0/0—00:00

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