Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Tue, Nov 7, 2017 · KeyBank Center · 2017–18 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

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Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 3–1 on Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at KeyBank Center. Evander Kane scored twice. Robin Lehner made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 25–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	0	1	25
BUF	0	1	2	3	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	02:39	BUF	EV	Evander Kane (8) · snap	Jack Eichel (10)	0–1
2nd	17:44	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (13) · wrist	Devante Smith-Pelly (4), Brooks Orpik (3)	1–1
3rd	03:22	BUF	EV	Benoit Pouliot (5) · wrist	Unassisted	1–2
3rd	19:40	BUF	SH EN	Evander Kane (9) · wrist	Jason Pominville (7)	1–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	04:25	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	tripping	2
1st	10:59	BUF	Jordan Nolan	slashing	2
1st	18:59	WSH	Brooks Orpik	roughing	2
2nd	12:33	BUF	Jake McCabe	fighting	5
2nd	12:33	WSH	Tom Wilson	fighting	5
3rd	04:12	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	slashing	2
3rd	07:01	WSH	John Carlson	delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 1.38 · BUF 2.55 · xG% WSH 35.1

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	2		21:52	24
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	0	2	5	5	0		19:34	21
25	Devante Smith-Pelly	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	50.0	16:28	20
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-3	2	5	0	0		25:34	29
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	2		24:24	27
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	4	0		19:22	21
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	1	53.3	19:08	21
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	56.3	18:53	22
29	Christian Djoos	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16:51	23
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0		15:42	22
55	Aaron Ness	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		14:16	21
39	Alex Chiasson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		13:35	19
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	38.5	13:32	20
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		12:07	16
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	54.5	11:54	17
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	5	1	1	0		11:35	18
18	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2		9:27	15
79	Nathan Walker	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0		8:29	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Philipp Grubauer	L	31	29	2	.935	59:17

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Evander Kane	L	2	0	2	+2	0	4	0	0	100.0	21:43	24
15	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	+2	0	4	1	0	41.2	21:49	23
67	Benoit Pouliot	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0		16:45	24
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	1	1	+2	0	3	0	2	50.0	16:05	24
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0		26:34	31
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	51.9	21:31	29
27	Taylor Fedun	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		20:59	28
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	+1	5	1	1	2		19:50	29
41	Justin Falk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	3		18:15	27
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	17:44	23
93	Victor Antipin	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0		14:48	17
38	Zach Redmond	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	2		14:12	17
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	50.0	13:27	19
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.3	13:04	18
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		11:37	14
17	Jordan Nolan	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1		10:56	16
25	Seth Griffith	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9:54	15
13	Nick Baptiste	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8:47	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Robin Lehner	W	25	24	1	.960	60:00