Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Sat, Dec 15, 2018 · Capital One Arena · 2018–19 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 4

Final/SO

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in a shootout on Sat, Dec 15, 2018 at Capital One Arena. Jack Eichel scored twice. Pheonix Copley made 26 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–38.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
BUF	1	2	0	0	1	3	29
WSH	2	1	0	0	2	4	38

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:41	BUF	EV	Jack Eichel (11) · wrist	Sam Reinhart (20), Rasmus Dahlin (13)	1–0
1st	03:39	WSH	EV	Brett Connolly (7) · wrist	Devante Smith-Pelly (3)	1–1
1st	09:41	WSH	EV	Jakub Vrana (10) · slap	Evgeny Kuznetsov (24)	1–2
2nd	02:25	BUF	PP	Jack Eichel (12) · wrist	Rasmus Dahlin (14), Rasmus Ristolainen (18)	2–2
2nd	07:21	BUF	PP	Rasmus Dahlin (3) · wrist	Jeff Skinner (11), Sam Reinhart (21)	3–2
2nd	13:46	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (29) · slap	Nicklas Backstrom (30), Dmitry Orlov (10)	3–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	00:41	WSH	Michal Kempny	high sticking	2
1st	10:12	BUF	Evan Rodrigues	tripping	2
2nd	00:50	WSH	Michal Kempny	hooking	2
2nd	06:10	WSH	Madison Bowey	hooking	2
2nd	08:12	BUF	Tage Thompson	interference	2
2nd	11:51	WSH	Michal Kempny	roughing	2
2nd	11:51	BUF	Sam Reinhart	slashing	2
2nd	14:42	BUF	Zach Bogosian	hooking	2
3rd	00:16	BUF	Marco Scandella	delaying game	2
OT	03:29	WSH	T.J. Oshie	roughing	2
OT	03:29	BUF	Evan Rodrigues	roughing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.29 · WSH 3.77 · xG% BUF 46.6

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	1	2	3	0	0	3	0	0		24:19	31
9	Jack Eichel	C	2	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	50.0	20:55	24
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	2	2	0	2	1	0	0		17:41	22
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	4	3	2		31:43	32
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0		16:17	20
4	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5		29:03	29
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2		23:33	30
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	28.6	15:23	18
43	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14:54	18
17	Vladimir Sobotka	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	55.6	14:39	19
71	Evan Rodrigues	C	0	0	0	-1	4	3	1	0	62.5	14:16	20
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	50.0	14:15	17
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	50.0	14:11	16
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	46.2	13:47	18
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		13:18	18
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0		11:53	14
5	Matt Tennyson	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	3	0		9:06	15
82	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		5:47	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Carter Hutton	OTL	38	35	3	.921	65:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	+1	0	8	4	0		25:34	23
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2		22:52	22
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	68.8	22:18	22
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0	0	60.0	21:25	19
13	Jakub Vrana	L	1	0	1	+1	0	5	0	0		14:16	19
10	Brett Connolly	R	1	0	1	+1	0	3	2	1		13:39	15
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	0	100.0	10:52	14
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+3	0	2	0	1		29:11	27
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	33.3	20:38	22
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		20:37	22
6	Michal Kempny	D	0	0	0	+1	6	1	1	3		18:30	20
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1	36.4	16:47	20
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	+1	0	3	8	1		15:27	19
34	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		14:20	21
22	Madison Bowey	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0		12:14	16
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	5	1	44.4	10:07	12
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		9:57	13
72	Travis Boyd	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		9:30	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Pheonix Copley	W	29	26	3	.897	65:00