Buffalo Sabres @ Washington Capitals

Preseason

1-0-0, 1-0-0 Away

Final/SO

	1	2	3	SO	T
Sabres BUF	0	1	2	1	4
Capitals WSH	1	1	1	0	3

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

0-1-1, 0-0-1 Home

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Zach BensonZ. Benson#9
Brandon BiroB. Biro#15
Filip CederqvistF. Cederqvist#49
Jordan GreenwayJ. Greenway#12
Tyson JostT. Jost#17
Tyson KozakT. Kozak#48
Peyton KrebsP. Krebs#19
Jiri KulichJ. Kulich#20
JJ PeterkaJ. Peterka#77
Isak RosenI. Rosen#63
Lukas RousekL. Rousek#13
Linus WeissbachL. Weissbach#65
defensemen
Jacob BrysonJ. Bryson#78
Kale ClagueK. Clague#38
Jeremy DaviesJ. Davies#4
Ryan JohnsonR. Johnson#33
Riley StillmanR. Stillman#61

											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	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	17:11	4:39	0:00	12:32	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	19	16:24	4:00	0:00	12:24	4	10	28.6
0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	15	12:35	4:02	0:00	8:33	0	1	0.0
0	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	19:21	4:35	1:53	12:53	0	1	0.0
0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	18	17:49	0:05	2:15	15:29	4	5	44.4
0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	2	3	0	0	12	10:19	0:00	0:00	10:19	3	8	27.3
1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	18:55	4:39	2:32	11:44	7	4	63.6
0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	16:01	4:11	0:00	11:50	0	1	0.0
1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	18:53	4:39	1:46	12:28	0	2	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	16:52	4:02	0:00	12:50	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	15:16	0:00	1:04	14:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	13:25	0:00	0:00	13:25	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	23:46	3:50	2:21	17:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	25	19:40	4:03	1:03	14:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	21	17:07	0:57	2:02	14:08	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	2	1	5	0	0	1	0	2	20	20:32	0:00	1:18	19:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1	24	20:31	0:00	2:23	18:08	0	0	0.0

goalies
Eric ComrieE. Comrie#31
Dustin TokarskiD. Tokarski#40

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
21	2	19	.905	15	3	1	0	0	39:55	0
11	1	10	.909	11	0	0	0	0	25:00	0

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicolas Aube-KubelN. Aube-Kubel#96
Ryan HoferR. Hofer#84
Hendrix LapierreH. Lapierre#29
Anthony ManthaA. Mantha#39
Sonny MilanoS. Milano#15
Matthew PhillipsM. Phillips#45
Aliaksei ProtasA. Protas#21
Henrik RybinskiH. Rybinski#58
Dylan StromeD. Strome#17
Riley SutterR. Sutter#61
Alexander SuzdalevA. Suzdalev#14
defensemen
Alexander AlexeyevA. Alexeyev#27
Martin FehervaryM. Fehervary#42
Vincent IorioV. Iorio#2
Lucas JohansenL. Johansen#46
Dylan McIlrathD. McIlrath#25
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	2	3	0	2	4	1	0	0	16	11:25	0:00	1:24	10:01	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	7:49	0:00	0:00	7:49	4	3	57.1
0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	19	17:47	2:04	2:22	13:21	5	4	55.6
0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	21:09	2:02	0:00	19:07	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	4	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	19	21:19	2:04	0:01	19:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	4	1	0	1	2	1	0	1	21	18:13	2:42	2:27	13:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	22	18:31	2:23	3:25	12:43	2	1	66.7
0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	13:34	2:40	2:44	8:10	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	22	21:23	2:19	0:15	18:49	11	5	68.8
0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	12:42	0:00	3:27	9:15	11	5	68.8
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	11:39	2:40	0:00	8:59	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	0	4	1	2	2	0	1	23	22:30	0:02	4:44	17:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	5	2	1	27	21:46	0:00	3:00	18:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	23	24:22	1:51	2:23	20:08	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	24	19:17	0:00	3:35	15:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	18	13:39	0:00	0:29	13:10	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	21	18:30	2:53	3:26	12:11	0	0	0.0

goalies
Clay StevensonC. Stevenson#33
Hunter ShepardH. Shepard#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
9	3	6	.667	5	1	1	0	0	33:26	0
18	0	18	1.000	12	6	0	0	0	31:34	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	SO	T
	Sabres	0	1	2	1	4
	Capitals	1	1	1	0	3

1st Period			BUF	WSH
14:52		Nicolas Aube-Kubel (1) Assists: Riley Sutter (1), Lucas Johansen (1)	0	1

2nd Period			BUF	WSH
13:02		Ryan Hofer (1) Assists: Henrik Rybinski (1), Trevor van Riemsdyk (1)	0	2
15:58		JJ Peterka (1) Assists: Brandon Biro (1)	1	2

3rd Period		BUF	WSH
1:19	Peyton Krebs (1) Assists: Jacob Bryson (1), Lukas Rousek (1)	2	2
8:59	Zach Benson (1) Assists: Ryan Johnson (1), Jordan Greenway (1)	3	2
12:31	Sonny Milano (1) Assists: Anthony Mantha (1), Dylan Strome (1)	3	3

OT Summary
No Goals Scored

	BUF	WSH
Sonny Milano Goal Wrist Shot	0	1
JJ Peterka Goal Wrist Shot	1	1
Hendrix Lapierre Wrist Shot saved by Dustin Tokarski	1	1
Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Clay Stevenson	1	1
Dylan Strome Snap Shot Snap Shot	1	1
Brandon Biro Goal Backhand	2	1

Capital One Arena

7:00 PM, 24 September 2023

Washington, DC

Referees:
Kelly Sutherland

Linesmen:
Shandor Alphonso
Libor Suchanek

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	37	14	4	78
Montreal	32	17	8	72
Detroit	33	19	6	72
Buffalo	32	19	6	70
Boston	32	20	5	69
Ottawa	28	22	7	63
Toronto	27	21	9	63
Florida	29	25	3	61

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	36	15	6	78
Pittsburgh	29	15	12	70
NY Islanders	32	21	5	69
Columbus	29	20	7	65
Washington	29	23	7	65
Philadelphia	25	20	11	61
New Jersey	28	27	2	58
NY Rangers	22	29	6	50

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