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Buffalo Sabres vs. Washington Capitals: game summary

Final · March 15, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.

Buffalo Sabres logoBuffalo Sabres4
Washington Capitals logoWashington Capitals5

Shots on goal : BUF 27 — WSH 39 · Capital One Arena

Three stars

Buffalo Sabres logo BUF

Game stats

WSH Washington Capitals logo
27Shots on goal39
38 %Faceoff win %62 %
0/2Power play2/3
6Penalty minutes4
10Hits30
20Blocked shots13
7Giveaways18
6Takeaways6

Shots by period

P1P2P3OTSOTotal
BUF6993027
WSH810192039

Season series BUF 2 – 1 WSH

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← Buffalo Sabres logoBUF 4 / 27 / 444 / 39 / 50 WSHWashington Capitals logo →
Missed shot — JJ Peterka (BUF), P1 02:53 · wristMissed shot — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P1 03:15 · wristMissed shot — Jeff Skinner (BUF), P1 04:04 · backhandMissed shot — Riley Stillman (BUF), P1 04:37 · slapMissed shot — Nicklas Backstrom (WSH), P1 05:08 · tip-inMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 06:58 · wrap-aroundMissed shot — Dylan Strome (WSH), P1 10:00 · tip-inMissed shot — T.J. Oshie (WSH), P1 13:51 · snapMissed shot — Conor Sheary (WSH), P1 13:54 · snapMissed shot — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P1 15:06 · wristMissed shot — T.J. Oshie (WSH), P1 17:37 · tip-inMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 00:59 · wristMissed shot — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P2 02:57 · wristMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 03:41 · snapMissed shot — JJ Peterka (BUF), P2 04:23 · wristMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 05:26 · wristMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 06:04 · wristMissed shot — Kyle Okposo (BUF), P2 07:18 · slapMissed shot — Alexander Alexeyev (WSH), P2 08:44 · wristMissed shot — Henri Jokiharju (BUF), P2 11:59 · wristMissed shot — Jeff Skinner (BUF), P2 13:09 · wristMissed shot — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 13:32 · wristMissed shot — Dylan Strome (WSH), P2 17:22 · slapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 16:53 · slapMissed shot — Dylan Strome (WSH), P3 17:44 · slapMissed shot — Nicolas Aube-Kubel (WSH), P3 19:48 · wristMissed shot — Owen Power (BUF), OT 01:37 · wristMissed shot — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), OT 03:25 · backhandShot on goal — Nick Jensen (WSH), P1 06:48 · slapShot on goal — Jeff Skinner (BUF), P1 06:55 · wristShot on goal — Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH), P1 08:25 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P1 14:09 · wristShot on goal — Kyle Okposo (BUF), P1 14:12 · snapShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P1 15:12 · wristShot on goal — Nicolas Aube-Kubel (WSH), P1 15:21 · wristShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P1 15:52 · wristShot on goal — Rasmus Sandin (WSH), P1 17:25 · wristShot on goal — Craig Smith (WSH), P1 19:34 · snapShot on goal — Dylan Strome (WSH), P2 00:41 · wristShot on goal — Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH), P2 03:16 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 03:49 · snapShot on goal — Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH), P2 04:56 · backhandShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P2 05:59 · tip-inShot on goal — Tyson Jost (BUF), P2 07:05 · wristShot on goal — Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH), P2 09:37 · slapShot on goal — Craig Smith (WSH), P2 11:31 · deflectedShot on goal — Craig Smith (WSH), P2 11:32 · wristShot on goal — Casey Mittelstadt (BUF), P2 12:48 · snapShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P2 12:57 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P2 13:22 · wristShot on goal — Jeff Skinner (BUF), P2 13:37 · tip-inShot on goal — Rasmus Sandin (WSH), P2 15:21 · wristShot on goal — Craig Smith (WSH), P2 15:22 · snapShot on goal — Casey Mittelstadt (BUF), P2 16:41 · snapShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P2 17:48 · tip-inShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P2 19:11 · backhandShot on goal — Dylan Cozens (BUF), P2 19:30 · wristShot on goal — Nick Jensen (WSH), P3 00:51 · wristShot on goal — Nicolas Aube-Kubel (WSH), P3 01:18 · wristShot on goal — Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH), P3 01:26 · wristShot on goal — Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH), P3 01:59 · snapShot on goal — Dylan Strome (WSH), P3 02:03 · wristShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P3 02:04 · wristShot on goal — Nick Jensen (WSH), P3 03:23 · slapShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P3 04:05 · tip-inShot on goal — Casey Mittelstadt (BUF), P3 04:26 · wristShot on goal — Trevor van Riemsdyk (WSH), P3 05:41 · wristShot on goal — Jordan Greenway (BUF), P3 06:36 · wristShot on goal — Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH), P3 07:01 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 07:53 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 09:16 · wristShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 10:14 · tip-inShot on goal — Matt Irwin (WSH), P3 10:47 · wristShot on goal — T.J. Oshie (WSH), P3 11:00 · deflectedShot on goal — Zemgus Girgensons (BUF), P3 11:38 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P3 15:29 · snapShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P3 15:58 · wristShot on goal — Tyson Jost (BUF), P3 16:13 · wristShot on goal — Martin Fehérváry (WSH), P3 17:59 · wristShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P3 18:45 · slapShot on goal — Aliaksei Protas (WSH), P3 19:50 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), OT 01:54 · slapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), OT 03:15 · snapShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), OT 03:40 · wristShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), OT 04:33 · slapShot on goal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), OT 04:46 · slapGoal — Ilya Lyubushkin (BUF), P1 04:43 · wristGoal — JJ Peterka (BUF), P1 08:50 · snapGoal — T.J. Oshie (WSH), P1 10:03 · wristGoal — Tyson Jost (BUF), P1 18:06 · wristGoal — Evgeny Kuznetsov (WSH), P3 01:32 · wristGoal — Zemgus Girgensons (BUF), P3 05:22 · snapGoal — Alex Ovechkin (WSH), P3 10:30 · tip-inGoal — Tom Wilson (WSH), P3 18:52 · wrist

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

3rd period

Shootout

Penalties

1st period

  • 09:46BUFRiley Stillman — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Nicolas Aube-Kubel

2nd period

  • 04:01WSHNick Jensen — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Tage Thompson

3rd period

  • 16:18WSHAlex Ovechkin — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Ilya Lyubushkin
  • 17:36BUFAlex Tuch — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Matt Irwin

Overtime

  • 04:03BUFDylan Cozens — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by T.J. Oshie

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
J. GreenwayL0011014:23
T. JostC1013014:45
P. KrebsC0220015:40
K. OkposoR0011214:18
J. QuinnR0101012:36
D. CozensC00-12012:54
Z. GirgensonsC1012114:56
C. MittelstadtC0013014:42
J. SkinnerL0002019:17
T. ThompsonC0005323:29
J. PeterkaR1001011:00
A. TuchR0003022:32
H. JokiharjuD0020024:11
O. PowerD0112027:34
R. DahlinD00-10026:22
I. LyubushkinD1021014:47
R. StillmanD0120211:50
J. BrysonD00-20218:11
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen(O)35/3989.7 %65:00
C. Anderson0/0—00:00

Washington Capitals

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
A. OvechkinL1105119:32
C. SmithC00-14313:18
D. StromeC02-12016:43
N. BackstromC01-10116:30
N. DowdC0000116:48
A. ManthaR00-10109:58
T. WilsonR10-11517:18
A. ProtasL0007114:04
C. ShearyL00-10316:17
T. OshieR11-12313:54
E. KuznetsovC1004017:07
N. Aube-KubelR0012215:12
N. JensenD0003117:15
A. AlexeyevD0110218:40
R. SandinD00-32126:31
M. FehérváryD0001525:22
M. IrwinD0001013:12
T. van RiemsdykD01-25024:44
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
D. Kuemper0/0—00:00
C. Lindgren(W)23/2785.2 %64:32

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About this game

Who won Sabres vs Capitals?

Capitals won 5-4 in a shootout over Sabres on Wednesday, March 15, 2023.

When was Sabres vs Capitals played?

On Wednesday, March 15, 2023, at 7:00 PM ET at Capital One Arena.

Where was Sabres vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena, in Washington.

Have the Sabres and Capitals played this season?

Yes: January 3 (Sabres 5, Capitals 4); February 26 (Capitals 4, Sabres 7).