Sabres 5-4 Capitals (4 Jan, 2023) Box Score

Buffalo Sabres

19-15-2, 11-7-0 away

	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	2	1	1	1	5
WSH	1	1	2	0	4

Washington Capitals

21-13-6, 12-5-3 home

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Dylan CozensD. Cozens#24
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Tyson JostT. Jost#17
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Casey MittelstadtC. Mittelstadt#37
Kyle OkposoK. Okposo#21
Victor OlofssonV. Olofsson#71
JJ PeterkaJ. Peterka#77
Jack QuinnJ. Quinn#22
Jeff SkinnerJ. Skinner#53
Tage ThompsonT. Thompson#72
Alex TuchA. Tuch#89
defensemen
Jacob BrysonJ. Bryson#78
Kale ClagueK. Clague#38
Rasmus DahlinR. Dahlin#26
Ilya LyubushkinI. Lyubushkin#46
Owen PowerO. Power#25
Mattias SamuelssonM. Samuelsson#23

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	19	15:53	2:40	1:00	12:13	5	7	41.7
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	19	13:22	0:00	0:00	13:22	0	2	0.0
1	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	18	15:06	0:00	1:00	14:06	3	5	37.5
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	22	15:13	0:00	1:00	14:13	3	6	33.3
0	1	-1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	15:45	0:27	0:00	15:18	2	4	33.3
0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	15:07	0:00	0:00	15:07	1	3	25.0
0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	13:06	0:08	0:00	12:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	16	12:38	0:00	0:00	12:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	14:33	0:00	1:00	13:33	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	18:26	3:40	0:00	14:46	1	3	25.0
3	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	26	19:56	4:15	0:00	15:41	4	13	23.5
1	2	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	25	18:51	4:07	0:00	14:44	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	24	16:30	0:00	0:23	16:07	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	25	17:20	0:00	0:00	17:20	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	34	27:58	4:07	1:00	22:51	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	2	24	14:56	0:00	0:00	14:56	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	30	21:44	0:08	1:00	20:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	33	22:57	0:00	1:37	21:20	0	0	0.0

goalies
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenU. Luukkonen#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
32	4	28	.875	27	1	0	0	0	63:00	0

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nic DowdN. Dowd#26
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Garnet HathawayG. Hathaway#21
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
Anthony ManthaA. Mantha#39
Sonny MilanoS. Milano#15
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Aliaksei ProtasA. Protas#59
Conor ShearyC. Sheary#73
Dylan StromeD. Strome#17
defensemen
Martin FehervaryM. Fehervary#42
Matt IrwinM. Irwin#52
Nick JensenN. Jensen#3
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Trevor van RiemsdykT. van Riemsdyk#57

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	21	15:01	0:00	3:21	11:40	18	4	81.8
0	0	-1	2	1	3	1	2	1	0	0	22	13:41	0:00	1:14	12:27	8	4	66.7
0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	18	11:54	0:00	1:27	10:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	17	13:45	0:00	0:00	13:45	0	0	0.0
0	1	3	4	0	0	1	2	2	0	1	24	21:49	2:00	0:00	19:49	9	7	56.3
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	17	15:05	0:00	0:00	15:05	1	0	100.0
1	1	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	14:55	0:00	0:00	14:55	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	23	15:55	1:00	0:00	14:55	0	0	0.0
2	0	2	7	4	0	0	0	4	0	1	25	20:33	2:00	0:00	18:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	12	8:44	0:00	0:00	8:44	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	23	16:42	1:00	0:28	15:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	15	15:35	2:00	0:00	13:35	7	4	63.6
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	0	1	20	17:01	0:00	0:28	16:33	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	7	0	0	17	16:22	0:00	0:00	16:22	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	22:01	0:00	3:30	18:31	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	28	21:57	1:00	0:42	20:15	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	25	23:27	0:00	3:50	19:37	0	0	0.0

goalies
Darcy KuemperD. Kuemper#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
29	5	24	.828	20	4	0	0	0	62:56	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	2	1	1	1	5
	Capitals	1	1	2	0	4

1st Period		BUF	WSH
10:48	Alex Tuch (18) Assists: Tage Thompson (25), Jeff Skinner (22)	1	0
12:07	Sonny Milano (6) Assists: Anthony Mantha (13), Matt Irwin (2)	1	1
17:29	Tage Thompson (28) (Power Play) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin (29), Dylan Cozens (23)	2	1

2nd Period			BUF	WSH
5:50		Tage Thompson (29) Assists: Alex Tuch (23), Ilya Lyubushkin (4)	3	1
16:46		Alex Ovechkin (27) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (28)	3	2

3rd Period		BUF	WSH
0:55	Nic Dowd (10) Assists: Sonny Milano (12), Nick Jensen (16)	3	3
7:10	Alex Ovechkin (28) Assists: Conor Sheary (16)	3	4
11:42	Tyson Jost (3) Assists: Casey Mittelstadt (13), Owen Power (13)	4	4

OT Summary			BUF	WSH
3:00		Tage Thompson (30) Assists: Alex Tuch (24)	5	4

Regular Season Series

BUF leads 1-0

Sabres
5
Capitals
4

Game 1

4/1

Capitals
4
Sabres
7

Game 2

26/2

Sabres
4
Capitals
5

Game 3

15/3

Capital One Arena

12:00 AM, 4 January 2023

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,573

Referees:
Steve Kozari
Mitch Dunning

Linesmen:
Travis Toomey
CJ Murray

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	22	11	2	46
Toronto	21	11	2	44
Boston	18	13	4	40
Tampa Bay	18	11	2	38
Ottawa	18	14	2	38
Montreal	14	16	3	31
Detroit	13	16	4	30
Buffalo	11	19	4	26

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	23	8	2	48
New Jersey	22	11	3	47
Carolina	21	11	1	43
Pittsburgh	15	15	5	35
Philadelphia	15	15	4	34
NY Rangers	16	16	1	33
NY Islanders	13	14	7	33
Columbus	13	15	6	32

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Buffalo Sabres

Washington Capitals

Regular Season Series

BUF leads 1-0

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