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Washington Capitals vs. Buffalo Sabres: game summary

Final · February 26, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.

Washington Capitals logoWashington Capitals4
Buffalo Sabres logoBuffalo Sabres7

Shots on goal : WSH 30 — BUF 37 · KeyBank Center

Three stars

Washington Capitals logo WSH

Game stats

BUF Buffalo Sabres logo
30Shots on goal37
42 %Faceoff win %58 %
1/2Power play0/3
13Penalty minutes11
17Hits5
10Blocked shots9
4Giveaways7
0Takeaways11

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
WSH1181130
BUF10171037

Season series WSH 1 – 2 BUF

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← Washington Capitals logoWSH 4 / 30 / 437 / 37 / 47 BUFBuffalo Sabres logo →
Missed shot — T.J. Oshie (WSH), P1 00:23 · wristMissed shot — Tom Wilson (WSH), P1 01:12 · snapMissed shot — Craig Smith (WSH), P1 02:20 · tip-inMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 06:44 · snapMissed shot — Dylan McIlrath (WSH), P1 07:34 · snapMissed shot — Tyson Jost (BUF), P1 15:04 · snapMissed shot — Dylan McIlrath (WSH), P1 17:58 · slapMissed shot — Sonny Milano (WSH), P1 19:38 · snapMissed shot — Tyson Jost (BUF), P2 03:43 · wristMissed shot — Craig Smith (WSH), P2 03:55 · snapMissed shot — Dylan Strome (WSH), P2 05:03 · wristMissed shot — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 05:48 · wristMissed shot — Owen Power (BUF), P2 07:30 · snapMissed shot — Martin Fehérváry (WSH), P2 13:57 · slapMissed shot — Erik Gustafsson (WSH), P2 15:47 · snapMissed shot — Jeff Skinner (BUF), P3 01:01 · tip-inMissed shot — Victor Olofsson (BUF), P3 01:24 · tip-inMissed shot — Zemgus Girgensons (BUF), P3 01:41 · snapMissed shot — Craig Smith (WSH), P3 02:09 · tip-inMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 07:04 · tip-inMissed shot — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P3 08:05 · wristMissed shot — Martin Fehérváry (WSH), P3 13:08 · snapMissed shot — Nicolas Aube-Kubel (WSH), P3 17:17 · snapShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P1 00:37 · tip-inShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P1 01:11 · snapShot on goal — Kyle Okposo (BUF), P1 02:45 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P1 03:26 · snapShot on goal — Nicolas Aube-Kubel (WSH), P1 03:34 · wristShot on goal — Vinnie Hinostroza (BUF), P1 03:53 · snapShot on goal — Victor Olofsson (BUF), P1 05:28 · snapShot on goal — Nicolas Aube-Kubel (WSH), P1 07:43 · wristShot on goal — Conor Sheary (WSH), P1 08:27 · tip-inShot on goal — Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH), P1 09:13 · snapShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P1 12:13 · snapShot on goal — Zemgus Girgensons (BUF), P1 12:25 · snapShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P1 14:08 · snapShot on goal — Zemgus Girgensons (BUF), P1 15:08 · snapShot on goal — Nicklas Backstrom (WSH), P1 15:43 · backhandShot on goal — Nick Jensen (WSH), P1 16:47 · snapShot on goal — Nicolas Aube-Kubel (WSH), P1 17:10 · tip-inShot on goal — Mattias Samuelsson (BUF), P2 00:56 · wristShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P2 01:35 · snapShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 01:59 · snapShot on goal — Dylan Strome (WSH), P2 05:02 · wristShot on goal — Vinnie Hinostroza (BUF), P2 06:11 · snapShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P2 06:30 · tip-inShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 09:20 · backhandShot on goal — Tyson Jost (BUF), P2 11:10 · snapShot on goal — Kale Clague (BUF), P2 11:45 · backhandShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P2 13:27 · snapShot on goal — Tyson Jost (BUF), P2 14:28 · snapShot on goal — Sonny Milano (WSH), P2 15:20 · snapShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P2 15:37 · wristShot on goal — Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH), P2 16:54 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 17:59 · wristShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P2 18:58 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 19:28 · snapShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P2 19:42 · snapShot on goal — Jeff Skinner (BUF), P2 19:56 · backhandShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P3 00:24 · snapShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P3 00:26 · backhandShot on goal — Martin Fehérváry (WSH), P3 03:45 · snapShot on goal — Martin Fehérváry (WSH), P3 04:14 · snapShot on goal — Craig Smith (WSH), P3 04:20 · wristShot on goal — Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH), P3 05:19 · wristShot on goal — Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH), P3 05:57 · snapShot on goal — Casey Mittelstadt (BUF), P3 06:10 · snapShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P3 07:14 · snapShot on goal — Martin Fehérváry (WSH), P3 08:21 · snapShot on goal — Zemgus Girgensons (BUF), P3 09:39 · snapShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P3 10:49 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 11:07 · snapShot on goal — Matt Irwin (WSH), P3 11:17 · slapShot on goal — Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH), P3 13:05 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 14:03 · slapShot on goal — Jeff Skinner (BUF), P3 14:40 · slapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 19:01 · snapShot on goal — Lars Eller (WSH), P3 19:26 · deflectedShot on goal — T.J. Oshie (WSH), P3 19:58 · snapGoal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P1 10:40 · snapGoal — Dylan Strome (WSH), P1 14:45 · wristGoal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 16:35 · snapGoal — T.J. Oshie (WSH), P1 16:50 · wristGoal — Jeff Skinner (BUF), P2 05:49 · tip-inGoal — Zemgus Girgensons (BUF), P2 08:36 · wristGoal — Vinnie Hinostroza (BUF), P2 10:07 · backhandGoal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P2 12:49 · wristGoal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P2 15:49 · wristGoal — Sonny Milano (WSH), P2 18:40 · backhandGoal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P3 11:52 · 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

  • 16:32WSHNicolas Aube-Kubel — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Jack Quinn
  • 16:32WSHNicolas Aube-Kubel — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Jack Quinn
  • 16:32BUFJack Quinn — Fighting (5 min) · drawn by Nicolas Aube-Kubel
  • 18:00BUFDylan Cozens — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Martin Fehérváry
  • 18:00BUFDylan Cozens — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Martin Fehérváry
  • 18:00WSHMartin Fehérváry — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Dylan Cozens

3rd period

  • 07:09WSHNick Jensen — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Tage Thompson
  • 14:02WSHNic Dowd — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Peyton Krebs
  • 19:26BUFHenri Jokiharju — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Lars Eller

Box score

Washington Capitals

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
A. OvechkinL10-27016:03
S. MilanoL1012115:03
C. SmithC00-11011:33
D. StromeC1112015:27
N. BackstromC00-11114:34
L. EllerC00-11013:33
N. DowdC00-20011:33
T. WilsonR00-20315:58
C. ShearyL00-21116:02
T. OshieR1102215:33
E. KuznetsovC01-22016:05
N. Aube-KubelR00-13313:01
N. JensenD0211124:42
D. McIlrathD00-30211:13
M. FehérváryD0003224:44
M. IrwinD00-31014:21
E. GustafssonD01-20122:06
T. van RiemsdykD00-13022:29
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
D. Kuemper(L)14/1973.7 %30:07
C. Lindgren16/1888.9 %29:53

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
T. JostC0112113:36
P. KrebsC00-10215:02
K. OkposoR0111115:18
J. QuinnR0220013:22
D. CozensC3138015:41
Z. GirgensonsC1014012:12
V. HinostrozaC1123014:22
C. MittelstadtC0231014:36
J. SkinnerL1013020:38
V. OlofssonL00-11016:24
T. ThompsonC1017019:41
J. PeterkaR00-10012:42
H. JokiharjuD0000023:40
M. SamuelssonD0121022:10
O. PowerD0115127:43
K. ClagueD0021009:59
I. LyubushkinD0100017:56
J. BrysonD0030013:44
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen(W)26/3086.7 %60:00
E. Comrie0/0—00:00

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About this game

Who won Capitals vs Sabres?

Sabres won 7-4 over Capitals on Sunday, February 26, 2023.

When was Capitals vs Sabres played?

On Sunday, February 26, 2023, at 1:00 PM ET at KeyBank Center.

Where was Capitals vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center, in Buffalo.

Have the Capitals and Sabres played this season?

Yes: January 3 (Sabres 5, Capitals 4).