Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Fri, Nov 25, 2016 · Verizon Center · 2016–17 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

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Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at Verizon Center. Brett Connolly led the way with 2 points. Philipp Grubauer made 32 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	1	1	33
WSH	1	1	1	3	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:08	WSH	EV	Daniel Winnik (3) · wrist	Brett Connolly (1), Lars Eller (1)	0–1
2nd	13:25	WSH	EV	Marcus Johansson (8) · wrist	Justin Williams (2)	0–2
3rd	09:58	BUF	EV	Sam Reinhart (4) · wrist	Kyle Okposo (7), Cody Franson (5)	1–2
3rd	16:05	WSH	PP	Brett Connolly (2) · wrist	Alex Ovechkin (5), Andre Burakovsky (8)	1–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	07:43	WSH	Justin Williams	interference goalkeeper	2
1st	17:56	BUF	Marcus Foligno	interference	2
2nd	05:40	BUF	Johan Larsson	slashing	2
2nd	17:23	BUF	Taylor Fedun	holding	2
2nd	19:28	WSH	Brett Connolly	hooking	2
3rd	06:34	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	tripping	2
3rd	12:07	WSH	Andre Burakovsky	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	15:40	BUF	Bench	too many men on the ice	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.79 · WSH 3.33 · xG% BUF 45.6

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Cody Franson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1		20:26	28
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	100.0	20:25	24
23	Sam Reinhart	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0	100.0	16:32	20
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-2	0	5	4	3		27:26	32
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	47.6	23:53	29
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	55.6	20:02	23
9	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	1		19:36	21
29	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		19:30	27
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2		19:29	27
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18:29	22
38	Taylor Fedun	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	1		14:56	22
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:20	15
82	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2		12:32	19
41	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		11:44	17
27	Derek Grant	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	66.7	10:29	19
19	Cal O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	37.5	9:08	14
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		9:07	10
48	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0		8:14	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Anders Nilsson	L	32	29	3	.906	58:17

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
10	Brett Connolly	R	1	1	2	+1	2	4	3	0	50.0	14:56	19
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		17:16	21
14	Justin Williams	R	0	1	1	+1	2	2	0	0	50.0	16:54	20
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	-1	2	3	0	1		15:24	20
26	Daniel Winnik	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1		15:19	20
20	Lars Eller	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	30.8	15:00	21
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	1	1	-1	2	1	0	1		14:39	20
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1		23:09	27
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2		23:00	28
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	2		20:08	25
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3		19:44	25
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	50.0	19:32	20
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		16:58	20
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	35.7	15:18	19
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	64.7	13:14	20
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		12:31	18
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1		12:21	17
82	Zachary Sanford	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		6:37	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Philipp Grubauer	W	33	32	1	.970	60:00