Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Mon, Dec 5, 2016 · Verizon Center · 2016–17 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 3

Final/OT

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in overtime on Mon, Dec 5, 2016 at Verizon Center. Marcus Johansson scored twice. Braden Holtby made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–33.

Linescore

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

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:59	BUF	EV	Zemgus Girgensons (2) · backhand	Derek Grant (3), Rasmus Ristolainen (13)	1–0
2nd	05:23	WSH	EV	Jay Beagle (5) · tip-in	Brooks Orpik (6), Daniel Winnik (2)	1–1
2nd	15:23	BUF	EV	Kyle Okposo (8) · wrist	Ryan O'Reilly (7), William Carrier (1)	2–1
3rd	13:42	WSH	PP	Marcus Johansson (10) · tip-in	John Carlson (10), Justin Williams (3)	2–2
OT	02:38	WSH	EV	Marcus Johansson (11) · slap	Dmitry Orlov (7), Evgeny Kuznetsov (7)	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	14:40	BUF	Evander Kane	slashing	2
1st	17:28	BUF	William Carrier	slashing	2
2nd	17:22	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	slashing	2
3rd	03:55	WSH	Matt Niskanen	tripping	2
3rd	13:37	BUF	Evander Kane	hooking	2
3rd	16:48	WSH	Jay Beagle	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.37 · WSH 2.65 · xG% BUF 56.0

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	11	3		29:51	29
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	+1	0	6	0	0	65.2	22:48	24
21	Kyle Okposo	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	1		20:41	23
48	William Carrier	L	0	1	1	+1	2	1	3	0		12:48	18
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0		8:07	12
27	Derek Grant	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	75.0	6:38	13
29	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	+1	0	4	3	3		28:52	32
9	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	66.7	21:04	24
6	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	3		20:45	24
15	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	44.4	18:31	20
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		18:14	21
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1	33.3	17:04	22
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		16:49	22
45	Brendan Guhle	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4		16:48	22
82	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		13:14	20
41	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	1		12:46	20
46	Erik Burgdoerfer	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0		10:03	17
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		9:15	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Robin Lehner	OTL	33	30	3	.909	62:09

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
90	Marcus Johansson	L	2	0	2	+1	0	2	2	0		20:00	22
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0		26:27	30
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	1		19:24	24
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	0	46.2	18:05	19
83	Jay Beagle	C	1	0	1	+1	2	6	0	1	50.0	17:24	21
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	3	4		16:22	21
26	Daniel Winnik	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	100.0	14:49	20
14	Justin Williams	R	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	50.0	13:59	17
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	-2	2	2	4	2		24:43	26
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1		21:57	24
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3		21:45	28
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	50.0	19:29	25
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	1		13:45	19
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		12:28	16
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1		11:58	15
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1		11:23	16
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	1	28.6	11:13	17
28	Paul Carey	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		6:58	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	33	31	2	.939	62:23