Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Tue, Jan 3, 2023 · Capital One Arena · 2022–23 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

5 – 4

Final/OT

Washington Capitals

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 in overtime on Tue, Jan 3, 2023 at Capital One Arena. Tage Thompson scored a hat trick; Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 28 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
BUF	2	1	1	1	5	29
WSH	1	1	2	0	4	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	10:48	BUF	EV	Alex Tuch (18) · wrist	Tage Thompson (25), Jeff Skinner (22)	1–0
1st	12:07	WSH	EV	Sonny Milano (6) · backhand	Anthony Mantha (13), Matt Irwin (2)	1–1
1st	17:29	BUF	PP	Tage Thompson (28) · slap	Rasmus Dahlin (29), Dylan Cozens (23)	2–1
2nd	05:50	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (29) · snap	Alex Tuch (23), Ilya Lyubushkin (4)	3–1
2nd	16:46	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (27) · snap	Evgeny Kuznetsov (28)	3–2
3rd	00:55	WSH	EV	Nic Dowd (10) · wrist	Sonny Milano (12), Nick Jensen (16)	3–3
3rd	07:10	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (28) · snap	Conor Sheary (16)	3–4
3rd	11:42	BUF	EV	Tyson Jost (3) · tip-in	Casey Mittelstadt (13), Owen Power (13)	4–4
OT	03:00	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (30) · snap	Alex Tuch (24)	5–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	16:57	WSH	T.J. Oshie	high sticking	2
2nd	17:49	BUF	Ilya Lyubushkin	slashing	2
3rd	18:00	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	tripping	2
3rd	19:43	WSH	Lars Eller	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.43 · WSH 3.31 · xG% BUF 42.3

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
72	Tage Thompson	C	3	1	4	+2	0	5	2	0	23.5	19:56	26
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	2	3	+2	0	4	0	1		18:51	25
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	2		27:58	34
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		21:44	30
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	25.0	18:26	25
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	3	0	41.7	15:53	19
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	33.3	15:45	22
17	Tyson Jost	C	1	0	1	-1	0	1	3	0	37.5	15:06	18
46	Ilya Lyubushkin	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	3		14:56	24
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	1		22:57	33
38	Kale Clague	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		17:20	25
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1		16:30	24
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	33.3	15:13	22
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	25.0	15:07	19
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0		14:33	18
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0		13:22	19
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0		13:06	19
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		12:38	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	32	28	4	.875	63:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	0	2	+2	0	7	4	0		20:33	25
15	Sonny Milano	L	1	1	2	+2	0	4	0	0		14:55	18
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	1		22:01	26
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	+3	2	4	2	0	56.3	21:49	24
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	1	1	+2	0	2	3	0		16:42	23
52	Matt Irwin	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	3		16:22	17
39	Anthony Mantha	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	100.0	15:05	17
26	Nic Dowd	C	1	0	1	-1	0	1	3	0	81.8	15:01	21
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	2		23:27	25
56	Erik Gustafsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0		22:26	23
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	2		21:57	28
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3		17:01	20
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0		15:55	23
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	63.6	15:35	15
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		13:45	17
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	3	66.7	13:41	22
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	3	1		11:54	18
59	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	1	0		8:44	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Darcy Kuemper	OTL	29	24	5	.828	62:56