Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Mon, Dec 28, 2015 · First Niagara Center · 2015–16 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

2 – 0

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–0 on Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at First Niagara Center. Braden Holtby made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	0	2	26
BUF	0	0	0	0	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	00:19	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (18) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (22), T.J. Oshie (10)	1–0
2nd	12:55	WSH	EV	Jay Beagle (6) · wrist	Tom Wilson (9)	2–0

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:17	BUF	Mike Weber	interference	2
2nd	05:57	WSH	Jay Beagle	slashing	2
2nd	10:49	WSH	Michael Latta	fighting	5
2nd	10:49	BUF	Nicolas Deslauriers	fighting	5
2nd	14:10	WSH	Taylor Chorney	interference	2
3rd	07:50	WSH	Tom Wilson	interference	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 1.84 · BUF 2.18 · xG% WSH 45.8

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	+1	0	4	4	1		19:30	23
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	1	33.3	19:11	25
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0	35.7	18:21	23
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	1	1	+1	2	2	2	1		14:16	22
83	Jay Beagle	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	61.5	13:56	22
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	3		27:25	33
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	2		26:23	34
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		23:07	30
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		19:45	25
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	43.8	18:35	22
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0		14:06	22
14	Justin Williams	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:45	18
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		13:41	16
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		12:16	17
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0		12:14	23
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11:51	12
58	Connor Carrick	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		9:19	19
46	Michael Latta	C	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	60.0	6:19	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	31	31	0	1.000	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	-2	0	2	1	2		25:03	30
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	-1	0	4	0	0	65.2	24:32	24
23	Sam Reinhart	C	-1	0	1	0	0		20:57	23
47	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	5	0	1		20:38	26
9	Evander Kane	L	0	0	4	3	0		20:20	21
88	Jamie McGinn	L	-2	0	3	2	0		20:00	23
29	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	2	1	1		19:58	27
4	Josh Gorges	D	-2	0	0	3	1		18:45	24
15	Jack Eichel	C	-1	0	4	0	0	42.9	17:03	18
63	Tyler Ennis	R	-1	0	2	1	1		16:43	18
46	Cody Franson	D	0	0	1	0	1		16:14	23
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	1	1	0		15:48	18
6	Mike Weber	D	0	2	0	2	0		12:56	21
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	57.1	12:31	17
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	2	2	0		12:23	17
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	1	0		9:43	13
17	David Legwand	C	0	0	0	0	1	50.0	8:54	12
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	5	0	4	0		7:15	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Linus Ullmark	L	26	24	2	.923	58:17