Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Sat, Dec 14, 2024 · Capital One Arena · 2024–25 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 4

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Sat, Dec 14, 2024 at Capital One Arena. Tom Wilson scored twice. Logan Thompson made 19 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 21–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	1	0	2	21
WSH	1	1	2	4	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:36	BUF	EV	Jason Zucker (8) · deflected	Jordan Greenway (4), Ryan McLeod (9)	1–0
1st	17:09	WSH	PP	Tom Wilson (12) · tip-in	John Carlson (18), Connor McMichael (12)	1–1
2nd	05:11	WSH	PP	Tom Wilson (13) · wrist	Jakob Chychrun (11)	1–2
2nd	07:24	BUF	EV	Jiri Kulich (4) · tip-in	Bowen Byram (13), Tage Thompson (8)	2–2
3rd	11:05	WSH	EV	Dylan Strome (10) · tip-in	John Carlson (19), Taylor Raddysh (9)	2–3
3rd	18:30	WSH	SH EN	Jakob Chychrun (9) · snap	John Carlson (20), Pierre-Luc Dubois (17)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	16:20	BUF	Owen Power	holding	2
2nd	04:06	BUF	Zach Benson	tripping	2
2nd	06:20	BUF	Dylan Cozens	fighting	5
2nd	06:20	WSH	Martin Fehérváry	fighting	5
2nd	11:55	WSH	Brandon Duhaime	boarding	2
2nd	13:11	BUF	Bowen Byram	interference	2
2nd	18:35	WSH	Connor McMichael	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.77 · WSH 5.42 · xG% BUF 33.9

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2		26:29	34
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	0	33.3	19:12	24
20	Jiri Kulich	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1	27.3	18:36	22
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	82.4	17:52	22
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	-1	0	4	1	0		15:33	23
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	1	1	-1	0	1	5	0		14:51	22
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1		28:33	34
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0		18:58	21
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		18:36	29
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		16:51	26
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		16:31	22
33	Ryan Johnson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		14:45	22
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2		14:32	16
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	70.0	13:30	17
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-1	5	2	1	0	41.7	12:15	20
8	Dennis Gilbert	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	5	1		11:37	15
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2		10:21	15
96	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9:46	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	30	27	3	.900	57:18

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	0	3	3	+2	0	1	0	1		23:59	24
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	1	1	2	+2	0	5	0	3		22:27	24
43	Tom Wilson	R	2	0	2	0	0	2	6	1		19:38	24
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0		17:43	21
80	Pierre-Luc Dubois	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	1	47.1	16:06	22
17	Dylan Strome	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	50.0	15:19	18
16	Taylor Raddysh	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		11:44	16
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	6	2		20:29	21
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0		18:52	25
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	44.4	18:16	24
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	0		17:55	18
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	0	5	2	2	1		17:50	19
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		17:21	20
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	+1	2	3	2	2		14:51	25
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	37.5	13:54	22
63	Ivan Miroshnichenko	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		11:25	14
88	Andrew Mangiapane	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		10:41	16
29	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		7:30	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
48	Logan Thompson	W	21	19	2	.905	60:00