Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Mon, Jan 6, 2025 · KeyBank Center · 2024–25 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 4

Final/SO

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 in a shootout on Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at KeyBank Center. Alex Tuch scored twice; Tom Wilson scored twice. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	1	0	1	3	28
BUF	1	2	0	0	2	4	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:42	BUF	EV	Alex Tuch (13) · tip-in	JJ Peterka (19)	0–1
1st	06:10	WSH	PP	Tom Wilson (17) · slap	Jakob Chychrun (17), Dylan Strome (33)	1–1
2nd	01:07	BUF	EV	Alex Tuch (14) · wrist	Unassisted	1–2
2nd	11:29	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (18) · wrist	Aliaksei Protas (17), John Carlson (22)	2–2
2nd	12:49	BUF	PP	Tage Thompson (19) · slap	Rasmus Dahlin (23), JJ Peterka (20)	2–3
3rd	15:47	WSH	EV	Aliaksei Protas (18) · tip-in	John Carlson (23), Pierre-Luc Dubois (26)	3–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:02	WSH	Aliaksei Protas	holding the stick	2
1st	05:40	BUF	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	high sticking	2
1st	19:58	BUF	Jiri Kulich	roughing	2
1st	19:58	WSH	Brandon Duhaime	roughing	2
2nd	11:46	WSH	Dylan Strome	roughing	2
3rd	01:01	BUF	Tage Thompson	tripping	2
3rd	06:04	WSH	Dylan Strome	boarding	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.31 · BUF 3.09 · xG% WSH 42.7

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0		23:40	28
43	Tom Wilson	R	2	0	2	+1	0	4	2	0		22:04	26
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	1	1	2	+2	2	4	1	0		20:00	25
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	2		23:01	24
80	Pierre-Luc Dubois	L	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	1	43.8	20:43	26
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	1	1	-1	4	2	3	0	80.0	18:10	22
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		20:58	24
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		19:48	26
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		19:18	19
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		17:44	19
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		16:42	21
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	28.6	15:48	19
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0	50.0	14:02	24
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	25.0	12:09	16
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2		12:02	22
88	Andrew Mangiapane	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		11:51	18
16	Taylor Raddysh	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		11:35	17
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		8:22	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
79	Charlie Lindgren	OTL	27	24	3	.889	65:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
77	JJ Peterka	R	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	1		23:37	28
89	Alex Tuch	R	2	0	2	+2	0	3	1	2	100.0	19:36	30
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	3		29:58	34
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	-2	2	6	1	0	66.7	23:48	26
4	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		28:57	34
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	2	44.0	21:44	30
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	20.0	21:33	24
25	Owen Power	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		19:36	28
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0	77.8	18:14	25
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	4		15:41	26
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	27.3	14:33	26
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		14:26	18
75	Connor Clifton	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1		14:20	20
9	Zach Benson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		13:52	22
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		11:46	20
81	Sam Lafferty	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	7:12	10
96	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		6:19	7
20	Jiri Kulich	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	25.0	5:18	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	W	28	25	3	.893	65:00