Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Mon, Feb 19, 2018 · KeyBank Center · 2017–18 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 2

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at KeyBank Center. John Carlson led the way with 2 points. Philipp Grubauer made 32 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–34.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	1	3	30
BUF	0	0	2	2	34

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	01:18	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (35) · deflected	Christian Djoos (11), John Carlson (36)	1–0
2nd	13:33	WSH	EV	John Carlson (11) · snap	T.J. Oshie (21), Jakub Vrana (9)	2–0
3rd	12:42	BUF	EV	Kyle Okposo (10) · tip-in	Scott Wilson (5), Evan Rodrigues (9)	2–1
3rd	19:34	WSH	SH EN	Evgeny Kuznetsov (16) · backhand	Unassisted	3–1
3rd	19:56	BUF	PP	Evander Kane (19) · wrist	Ryan O'Reilly (26), Sam Reinhart (17)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	17:53	BUF	Johan Larsson	tripping	2
1st	18:54	WSH	Brett Connolly	interference	2
2nd	13:33	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	high sticking	2
3rd	04:14	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	slashing	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 3.51 · BUF 2.33 · xG% WSH 60.1

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	1		21:34	26
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	4	0		17:54	23
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	1	1	+3	0	1	0	0	100.0	16:59	22
29	Christian Djoos	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		16:01	22
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	0	1	+3	2	3	0	0	37.5	15:33	19
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	1		12:01	15
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	1	1		23:49	25
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		22:44	25
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	3		19:23	22
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	50.0	18:06	24
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	2	45.0	17:35	25
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	61.1	15:44	18
22	Madison Bowey	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		15:28	16
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	14:05	20
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100.0	13:09	19
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	100.0	11:57	14
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		11:16	13
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0		10:42	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Philipp Grubauer	W	34	32	2	.941	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	51.4	24:06	27
9	Evander Kane	L	1	0	1	0	0	9	4	2		22:31	26
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	100.0	19:43	23
21	Kyle Okposo	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	50.0	15:54	19
71	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	1	25.0	15:09	20
20	Scott Wilson	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	2		12:22	19
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	5	1		27:12	28
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		23:55	28
8	Casey Nelson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		20:04	23
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		18:28	22
82	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		16:53	25
41	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		14:22	22
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		14:07	20
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0		13:49	18
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	66.7	13:18	20
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:09	16
10	Jacob Josefson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	33.3	9:17	15
13	Nick Baptiste	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		8:30	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Chad Johnson	L	29	27	2	.931	58:11