Buffalo Sabres @ Washington Capitals

9-10-6, 5-5-3 Away

Final/OT

	1	2	3	OT	T
Sabres BUF	1	1	0	0	2
Capitals WSH	0	1	1	1	3

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

14-7-3, 9-4-0 Home

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
William CarrierW. Carrier#48
Jack EichelJ. Eichel#15
Marcus FolignoM. Foligno#82
Brian GiontaB. Gionta#12
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Derek GrantD. Grant#27
Evander KaneE. Kane#9
Johan LarssonJ. Larsson#22
Matt MoulsonM. Moulson#26
Ryan O'ReillyR. O'Reilly#90
Kyle OkposoK. Okposo#21
Sam ReinhartS. Reinhart#23
defensemen
Erik BurgdoerferE. Burgdoerfer#46
Justin FalkJ. Falk#41
Cody FransonC. Franson#6
Brendan GuhleB. Guhle#45
Jake McCabeJ. McCabe#29
Rasmus RistolainenR. Ristolainen#55

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	18	12:48	0:00	0:00	12:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	20	18:31	3:33	0:00	14:58	4	5	44.4
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	20	13:14	0:05	0:29	12:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	16:49	2:22	2:44	11:43	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	12	8:07	0:05	0:00	8:02	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13	6:38	0:00	1:21	5:17	3	1	75.0
0	0	0	2	2	0	2	4	1	1	0	24	21:04	2:32	0:00	18:32	2	1	66.7
0	0	-2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:04	0:07	2:34	14:23	5	10	33.3
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	9:15	3:04	0:00	6:11	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	22:48	3:23	1:02	18:23	15	8	65.2
1	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	23	20:41	3:33	0:00	17:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	21	18:14	2:49	0:00	15:25	0	1	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	17	10:03	0:00	0:00	10:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	20	12:46	0:00	0:52	11:54	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	3	0	0	24	20:45	2:27	0:52	17:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	22	16:48	0:05	0:00	16:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	4	0	3	0	0	3	1	1	32	28:52	2:58	3:13	22:41	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	1	3	0	0	11	0	1	29	29:51	2:57	3:13	23:41	0	0	0.0

goalies
Robin LehnerR. Lehner#40

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
33	3	30	.909	0	0	0	0	0	62:09	0

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Jay BeagleJ. Beagle#83
Andre BurakovskyA. Burakovsky#65
Paul CareyP. Carey#28
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Jakub VranaJ. Vrana#13
Justin WilliamsJ. Williams#14
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
Daniel WinnikD. Winnik#26
defensemen
Karl AlznerK. Alzner#27
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Taylor ChorneyT. Chorney#4
Matt NiskanenM. Niskanen#2
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Brooks OrpikB. Orpik#44

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	1	25	19:29	2:58	0:52	15:39	8	8	50.0
1	0	1	6	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	21	17:24	0:36	2:35	14:13	7	7	50.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	12:28	0:00	0:00	12:28	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	11	6:58	0:00	0:00	6:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	17	11:13	0:00	2:33	8:40	2	5	28.6
2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	22	20:00	2:58	0:00	17:02	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	19	18:05	1:07	0:00	16:58	6	7	46.2
0	0	0	1	3	1	1	2	1	0	0	24	21:57	2:58	0:00	18:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	15	11:58	1:07	0:00	10:51	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	13:59	3:29	0:00	10:30	2	2	50.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	19	13:45	0:00	2:28	11:17	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	20	14:49	0:00	3:32	11:17	1	0	100.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	28	21:45	0:00	2:42	19:03	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	4	0	0	0	2	2	2	30	26:27	3:29	3:20	19:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	16	11:23	0:00	0:40	10:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	2	1	2	4	0	0	26	24:43	0:36	2:00	22:07	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	24	19:24	1:07	0:00	18:17	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	3	0	4	0	0	3	0	0	21	16:22	0:00	3:18	13:04	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
33	2	31	.939	0	0	0	0	0	62:23	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	OT	T
	Sabres	1	1	0	0	2
	Capitals	0	1	1	1	3

1st Period			BUF	WSH
5:59		Zemgus Girgensons (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Derek Grant (3), Rasmus Ristolainen (13)	1	0

2nd Period			BUF	WSH
5:23		Jay Beagle (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Brooks Orpik (6), Daniel Winnik (2)	1	1
15:23		Kyle Okposo (8) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Ryan O'Reilly (7), William Carrier (1)	2	1

3rd Period			BUF	WSH
13:42		Marcus Johansson (10) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: John Carlson (10), Justin Williams (3)	2	2

OT Summary			BUF	WSH
2:38		Marcus Johansson (11) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Dmitry Orlov (7), Evgeny Kuznetsov (7)	2	3

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

Sabres
1
Capitals
3

Game 1

25/11

Sabres
2
Capitals
3

Game 2

6/12

Capitals
4
Sabres
1

Game 3

10/12

Capital One Arena

12:00 AM, 6 December 2016

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,506

Referees:
Tom Kowal

Linesmen:
Ryan Daisy

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	40	19	6	86
Tampa Bay	39	20	4	82
Montreal	35	18	10	80
Detroit	36	22	7	79
Boston	36	22	6	78
Ottawa	32	22	9	73
Florida	32	29	3	67
Toronto	27	27	11	65

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	41	17	6	88
Pittsburgh	32	17	15	79
NY Islanders	37	23	5	79
Columbus	33	21	10	76
Washington	32	26	7	71
Philadelphia	29	23	11	69
New Jersey	32	30	2	66
NY Rangers	26	30	8	60

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Buffalo Sabres @ Washington Capitals

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

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