Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Sat, Feb 24, 2018 · Capital One Arena · 2017–18 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

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Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–1 on Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at Capital One Arena. Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Philipp Grubauer made 28 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–36.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	1	1	29
WSH	1	1	3	5	36

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:50	WSH	EV	Evgeny Kuznetsov (17) · wrist	Brett Connolly (8), Dmitry Orlov (15)	0–1
2nd	13:20	WSH	EV	Andre Burakovsky (8) · backhand	Evgeny Kuznetsov (40), Matt Niskanen (16)	0–2
3rd	00:14	BUF	EV	Sam Reinhart (14) · backhand	Casey Nelson (5)	1–2
3rd	10:13	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (37) · snap	John Carlson (37), Evgeny Kuznetsov (41)	1–3
3rd	17:48	WSH	SH EN	Lars Eller (14) · slap	Alex Chiasson (5), Matt Niskanen (17)	1–4
3rd	18:36	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (38) · tip-in	John Carlson (38), Evgeny Kuznetsov (42)	1–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:51	WSH	Brett Connolly	hooking	2
3rd	08:43	BUF	Kyle Okposo	interference goalkeeper	2
3rd	14:16	WSH	Andre Burakovsky	delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.25 · WSH 3.97 · xG% BUF 36.2

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Casey Nelson	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2		20:18	26
23	Sam Reinhart	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	100.0	17:29	20
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-3	0	2	5	0		24:00	28
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		22:07	27
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	67.9	20:08	26
82	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	4		19:36	24
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	1		19:09	21
71	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	33.3	18:57	22
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3		17:29	22
93	Victor Antipin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		16:34	22
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	50.0	14:58	22
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		14:33	21
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	1	40.0	13:16	18
20	Scott Wilson	C	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	1		13:03	17
17	Jordan Nolan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11:59	16
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0		11:56	20
13	Nick Baptiste	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		11:42	18
10	Jacob Josefson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	36.4	11:24	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Robin Lehner	L	35	31	4	.886	59:52

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	3	4	+3	0	4	0	0	50.0	18:52	21
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	2	2	+1	0	1	1	3		23:58	23
74	John Carlson	D	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	2		20:09	23
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	0	2	0	0	11	0	0		18:53	20
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1		23:50	23
10	Brett Connolly	R	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	1		15:05	19
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	1	0	1	+1	2	4	0	1		13:32	16
20	Lars Eller	C	1	0	1	+1	0	5	0	0	46.2	13:17	15
39	Alex Chiasson	R	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	0		9:38	13
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3		19:21	19
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	6	0	50.0	18:46	20
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	57.9	17:26	20
6	Michal Kempny	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4		16:59	17
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1	100.0	15:51	20
29	Christian Djoos	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0		15:03	19
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0		14:09	19
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	57.1	11:21	19
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		9:50	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Philipp Grubauer	W	29	28	1	.966	60:00