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Washington Capitals vs. Buffalo Sabres: game summary

Final · January 6, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

Washington Capitals logoWashington Capitals3
Buffalo Sabres logoBuffalo Sabres4

Shots on goal : WSH 28 — BUF 27 · KeyBank Center

Three stars

Washington Capitals logo WSH

Game stats

BUF Buffalo Sabres logo
28Shots on goal27
54 %Faceoff win %46 %
1/2Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes6
23Hits10
12Blocked shots20
19Giveaways10
8Takeaways2

Shots by period

P1P2P3OTSOTotal
WSH69103028
BUF9945027

Season series WSH 1 – 2 BUF

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← Washington Capitals logoWSH 3 / 28 / 423 / 27 / 44 BUFBuffalo Sabres logo →
Missed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 00:46 · wristMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 01:24 · slapMissed shot — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 02:27 · wristMissed shot — Connor Clifton (BUF), P1 05:15 · wristMissed shot — Tom Wilson (WSH), P1 10:26 · wristMissed shot — Taylor Raddysh (WSH), P1 13:32 · wristMissed shot — Matt Roy (WSH), P1 14:14 · slapMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 17:48 · wristMissed shot — JJ Peterka (BUF), P1 17:56 · wristMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 19:04 · tip-inMissed shot — Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH), P1 19:25 · snapMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P2 00:26 · wristMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 05:37 · backhandMissed shot — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P2 05:38 · backhandMissed shot — Matt Roy (WSH), P2 09:40 · wristMissed shot — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P2 09:57 · snapMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 15:30 · wristMissed shot — Zach Benson (BUF), P2 16:01 · wristMissed shot — Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH), P2 17:29 · wristMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 19:21 · wristMissed shot — JJ Peterka (BUF), P3 00:26 · wristMissed shot — Dylan Strome (WSH), P3 01:41 · wristMissed shot — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P3 04:28 · wristMissed shot — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P3 04:31 · wristMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 05:15 · wristMissed shot — Jason Zucker (BUF), P3 06:35 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 06:42 · slapMissed shot — Rasmus Sandin (WSH), P3 10:18 · wristMissed shot — Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH), P3 12:28 · wristMissed shot — Tom Wilson (WSH), P3 15:13 · slapMissed shot — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P3 15:32 · wristShot on goal — JJ Peterka (BUF), P1 02:06 · wristShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P1 04:08 · wristShot on goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P1 04:59 · tip-inShot on goal — Nicolas Aube-Kubel (BUF), P1 05:30 · wristShot on goal — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P1 05:56 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Sandin (WSH), P1 06:41 · backhandShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P1 06:56 · wristShot on goal — JJ Peterka (BUF), P1 11:44 · wristShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P1 12:34 · wristShot on goal — JJ Peterka (BUF), P1 14:48 · wristShot on goal — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P1 17:26 · wristShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P1 18:15 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P1 19:33 · wristShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P2 02:02 · wristShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P2 02:07 · wristShot on goal — Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH), P2 04:14 · tip-inShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P2 04:39 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 05:50 · wristShot on goal — Jiri Kulich (BUF), P2 06:31 · wristShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P2 06:38 · slapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 08:18 · wristShot on goal — Taylor Raddysh (WSH), P2 08:27 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 11:10 · wristShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P2 11:27 · wristShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P2 15:02 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), P2 15:22 · wristShot on goal — Connor McMichael (WSH), P2 15:50 · slapShot on goal — Tom Wilson (WSH), P2 17:16 · wristShot on goal — John Carlson (WSH), P3 01:15 · slapShot on goal — Tom Wilson (WSH), P3 01:17 · backhandShot on goal — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), P3 01:23 · wristShot on goal — Lars Eller (WSH), P3 03:22 · wristShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P3 05:55 · snapShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 06:33 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 06:38 · slapShot on goal — Matt Roy (WSH), P3 07:06 · wristShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 07:23 · wristShot on goal — Andrew Mangiapane (WSH), P3 10:30 · snapShot on goal — Dylan Strome (WSH), P3 12:58 · wristShot on goal — JJ Peterka (BUF), P3 17:07 · wristShot on goal — Taylor Raddysh (WSH), P3 18:12 · backhandShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), OT 00:36 · slapShot on goal — Jakob Chychrun (WSH), OT 00:58 · wristShot on goal — Dylan Strome (WSH), OT 01:30 · wristShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), OT 03:36 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), OT 03:45 · wristShot on goal — Jason Zucker (BUF), OT 03:58 · backhandShot on goal — Ryan McLeod (BUF), OT 04:33 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), OT 04:53 · wristGoal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 04:42 · tip-inGoal — Tom Wilson (WSH), P1 06:10 · slapGoal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 01:07 · wristGoal — Tom Wilson (WSH), P2 11:29 · wristGoal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 12:49 · slapGoal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P3 15:47 · tip-in

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

Shootout

Penalties

1st period

  • 01:02WSHAliaksei Protas — Holding the stick (2 min) · drawn by Dylan Cozens
  • 05:40BUFNicolas Aube-Kubel — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Aliaksei Protas
  • 19:58BUFJiri Kulich — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Brandon Duhaime
  • 19:58WSHBrandon Duhaime — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Jiri Kulich

2nd period

  • 11:46WSHDylan Strome — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Peyton Krebs

3rd period

  • 01:01BUFTage Thompson — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Nic Dowd
  • 06:04WSHDylan Strome — Boarding (2 min) · drawn by Henri Jokiharju

Box score

Washington Capitals

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
A. OvechkinL0005016:42
J. VranaL0000208:22
T. RaddyshR0002111:35
D. StromeC01-12318:10
L. EllerC0001212:09
A. ProtasL1124120:00
B. DuhaimeL00-10012:02
C. McMichaelL0001015:48
N. DowdC00-10414:02
T. WilsonR2014222:04
P. DuboisC0121020:43
A. MangiapaneL00-11211:51
M. RoyD0001220:58
J. ChychrunD0104023:01
R. SandinD0001219:48
M. FehérváryD0000219:18
T. van RiemsdykD0000017:44
J. CarlsonD0201023:40
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
L. Thompson0/0—00:00
C. Lindgren(O)24/2788.9 %65:00

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL0001013:52
J. ZuckerL00-12221:33
P. KrebsC0000114:33
J.KulichC0001105:18
J. QuinnR0002114:26
D. CozensC00-23118:14
R. McLeodC0021021:44
T. ThompsonC10-26123:48
J. PeterkaR0204023:37
S. LaffertyC0000107:12
A. TuchR2023119:36
N. Aube-KubelR0001006:19
B. ByramD0001128:57
H. JokiharjuD0010011:46
M. SamuelssonD0010015:41
O. PowerD0001019:36
R. DahlinD0101029:58
C. CliftonD00-20014:20
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen(W)25/2889.3 %65:00
J. Reimer0/0—00:00

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About this game

Who won Capitals vs Sabres?

Sabres won 4-3 in a shootout over Capitals on Monday, January 6, 2025.

When was Capitals vs Sabres played?

On Monday, January 6, 2025, at 7:00 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: December 14 (Sabres 2, Capitals 4).