Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Sat, Nov 1, 2025 · KeyBank Center · 2025–26 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 4

Final/SO

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 in a shootout on Sat, Nov 1, 2025 at KeyBank Center. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–24.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
WSH	2	1	0	0	0	3	34
BUF	3	0	0	0	1	4	24

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:07	WSH	EV	Dylan Strome (3) · snap	Ryan Leonard (3)	1–0
1st	02:15	WSH	EV	Aliaksei Protas (5) · snap	Connor McMichael (3), Tom Wilson (7)	2–0
1st	02:30	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (5) · snap	Jason Zucker (3), Jordan Greenway (1)	2–1
1st	10:02	BUF	EV	Alex Tuch (5) · wrist	Josh Doan (5), Owen Power (4)	2–2
1st	18:45	BUF	EV	Isak Rosen (1) · wrist	Jack Quinn (4), Conor Timmins (4)	2–3
2nd	19:17	WSH	EV	Sonny Milano (1) · tip-in	Matt Roy (2), Martin Fehérváry (4)	3–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	04:39	WSH	Tom Wilson	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
1st	07:04	BUF	Jordan Greenway	illegal check to head	2
1st	07:04	WSH	Tom Wilson	instigator	2
1st	07:04	BUF	Jordan Greenway	fighting	5
1st	07:04	WSH	Tom Wilson	fighting	5
1st	07:04	WSH	Tom Wilson	instigator misconduct	10
2nd	06:20	BUF	Alex Tuch	interference	2
2nd	14:16	WSH	Ryan Leonard	hooking	2
2nd	19:17	BUF	Bowen Byram	roughing	2
2nd	19:17	WSH	Ryan Leonard	embellishment	2
3rd	03:11	WSH	Declan Chisholm	holding	2
3rd	06:09	BUF	Peyton Krebs	tripping	2
3rd	08:26	BUF	Beck Malenstyn	tripping	2
3rd	16:48	BUF	Alex Tuch	holding	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 3.14 · BUF 2.73 · xG% WSH 53.5

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
17	Dylan Strome	C	1	0	1	+1	0	6	0	0	66.7	22:13	25
3	Matt Roy	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	2	4		19:44	21
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1		18:25	25
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		17:55	23
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	27.3	16:48	25
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	1	1	+1	19	1	4	0		15:32	19
9	Ryan Leonard	R	0	1	1	+1	4	1	1	1		12:14	18
15	Sonny Milano	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		9:07	14
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		28:05	27
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	0	0	+1	0	5	0	1		27:21	26
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	100.0	19:15	20
72	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0		17:27	20
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	46.2	16:41	24
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	3		16:00	18
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		14:13	19
47	Declan Chisholm	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		13:39	15
34	Justin Sourdif	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0		13:02	15
29	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	33.3	9:27	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
79	Charlie Lindgren	OTL	24	21	3	.875	64:52

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	0	4	2	0	2		20:14	30
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		19:54	28
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	2	60.0	19:23	23
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		17:47	26
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		16:23	23
91	Josh Doan	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0		15:32	21
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	100.0	15:07	19
63	Isak Rosen	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	2		14:44	17
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	1	1	+1	7	0	4	0	50.0	13:28	21
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		26:12	26
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	4	2		20:22	30
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		18:54	24
8	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		18:27	24
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	31.3	18:05	29
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	37.5	15:08	21
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	3	1		12:42	21
44	Josh Dunne	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0		11:51	16
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	11:19	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	34	31	3	.912	64:28