Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Wed, Dec 30, 2015 · Verizon Center · 2015–16 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 5

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Wed, Dec 30, 2015 at Verizon Center. Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Braden Holtby made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–43.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	0	2	27
WSH	0	1	4	5	43

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:48	BUF	EV	Brian Gionta (4) · wrist	Jack Eichel (10), Zemgus Girgensons (4)	1–0
2nd	14:08	WSH	EV	Justin Williams (11) · wrist	Unassisted	1–1
2nd	18:53	BUF	EV	Zemgus Girgensons (3) · wrist	Jack Eichel (11)	2–1
3rd	01:24	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (19) · backhand	Evgeny Kuznetsov (21), T.J. Oshie (11)	2–2
3rd	08:32	WSH	PP	Marcus Johansson (8) · tip-in	Evgeny Kuznetsov (22), Matt Niskanen (12)	2–3
3rd	09:56	WSH	EV	Andre Burakovsky (3) · wrist	Marcus Johansson (14)	2–4
3rd	18:47	WSH	SH EN	Alex Ovechkin (20) · wrist	Unassisted	2–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	00:27	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	roughing	2
1st	12:10	BUF	Tyler Ennis	tripping	2
1st	17:30	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2
1st	17:30	BUF	Zach Bogosian	roughing	2
1st	17:30	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2
2nd	05:55	BUF	Johan Larsson	hooking	2
3rd	03:44	WSH	Marcus Johansson	boarding	2
3rd	04:54	BUF	Evander Kane	tripping	2
3rd	05:15	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	high sticking	2
3rd	07:26	BUF	Evander Kane	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.56 · WSH 4.70 · xG% BUF 35.2

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
15	Jack Eichel	C	0	2	2	-1	0	6	0	0	46.2	18:08	19
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	0	100.0	16:36	21
12	Brian Gionta	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	0		15:50	20
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		25:19	34
47	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	-4	2	0	2	3		22:17	31
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	59.4	21:23	26
9	Evander Kane	L	0	0	0	0	4	6	1	2	33.3	21:04	21
29	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	4		20:29	27
4	Josh Gorges	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		19:11	30
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		19:10	18
88	Jamie McGinn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		16:08	16
46	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	2		15:17	26
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	41.7	14:44	17
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0		11:54	22
82	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		10:11	15
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2		9:09	12
17	David Legwand	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	8:40	14
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		8:21	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Chad Johnson	L	42	38	4	.905	59:02

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	0	2	+2	4	10	6	0		21:38	21
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	1	2	0	2	7	4	0	33.3	20:11	23
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	2	2	+1	0	6	0	1	45.5	18:46	22
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	1		25:40	29
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	1	66.7	20:03	21
14	Justin Williams	R	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	1	100.0	17:27	23
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0		7:22	11
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	3		23:23	30
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	2		21:53	29
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	3		20:24	26
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	53.8	14:35	14
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		14:08	17
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		13:12	20
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0		12:57	16
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	1		11:37	16
58	Connor Carrick	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0		11:04	14
23	Zach Sill	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	25.0	10:08	14
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	75.0	7:50	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	27	25	2	.926	59:42