Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Fri, Dec 9, 2016 · KeyBank Center · 2016–17 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 1

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–1 on Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at KeyBank Center. T.J. Oshie led the way with 2 points. Philipp Grubauer made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–28.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	2	4	29
BUF	0	0	1	1	28

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	06:43	WSH	EV	T.J. Oshie (9) · wrist	Jay Beagle (6), Nicklas Backstrom (15)	1–0
2nd	12:39	WSH	PP	Jakub Vrana (1) · tip-in	Evgeny Kuznetsov (10), Dmitry Orlov (8)	2–0
3rd	12:03	BUF	PP	Kyle Okposo (9) · wrist	Rasmus Ristolainen (16), Ryan O'Reilly (10)	2–1
3rd	14:20	WSH	PP	John Carlson (1) · slap	Nicklas Backstrom (16), Marcus Johansson (9)	3–1
3rd	18:48	WSH	SH EN	Marcus Johansson (12) · wrist	T.J. Oshie (5), Dmitry Orlov (9)	4–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:35	WSH	Taylor Chorney	interference	2
1st	17:48	BUF	Cody Franson	tripping	2
2nd	10:52	BUF	Dmitry Kulikov	hooking	2
2nd	18:29	WSH	Daniel Winnik	hooking	2
3rd	01:50	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	interference	2
3rd	07:10	WSH	Nate Schmidt	high sticking	2
3rd	10:27	WSH	Brooks Orpik	hooking	2
3rd	13:28	BUF	Brian Gionta	interference	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.54 · BUF 2.16 · xG% WSH 54.0

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
77	T.J. Oshie	R	1	1	2	+2	0	2	3	0	50.0	21:29	22
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	0	100.0	18:16	20
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	2	2	0	0	2	1	1		16:52	22
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	0	44.4	15:32	20
74	John Carlson	D	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	1		25:40	31
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	80.0	16:48	27
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	0	2	3	1	0	50.0	15:17	20
13	Jakub Vrana	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		8:12	12
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	2		20:53	28
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0		19:49	24
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		17:12	25
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	0		16:45	18
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2		15:19	22
14	Justin Williams	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33.3	13:49	20
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	50.0	13:30	19
26	Daniel Winnik	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		12:52	20
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		12:11	22
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		9:58	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Philipp Grubauer	W	28	27	1	.964	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	0	0	4	2	0		30:11	31
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	53.6	24:19	29
21	Kyle Okposo	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	0		22:27	25
29	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		21:05	28
15	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1	28.6	19:14	23
77	Dmitry Kulikov	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	1		18:23	27
9	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0		17:50	23
6	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	-2	2	2	1	1		17:35	25
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		17:01	20
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	100.0	16:59	22
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		16:13	21
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	45.5	14:33	20
82	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	2		14:08	20
48	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:25	16
41	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		10:22	14
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	14.3	10:07	12
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9:53	11
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		5:48	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Robin Lehner	L	28	25	3	.893	58:48