Capitals 2-1 Sabres (22 Dec, 2018) Final Score

Buffalo Sabres

20-11-5, 9-7-3 away

	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	1	1
WSH	0	1	1	2

Tom Wilson breaks tie in 3rd, Capitals beat Sabres 2-1

Tom Wilson broke a tie with seven minutes left, Braden Holtby made 36 saves and the Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Friday night.

Dec 22, 2018, 03:58 am - Associated Press

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

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			BUF	WSH
2:50		Chandler Stephenson (3) (Shorthanded Shorthanded Goal) Assists: Nic Dowd (9)	0	1

3rd Period			BUF	WSH
9:01		Johan Larsson (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Tage Thompson (3), Rasmus Ristolainen (19)	1	1
13:00		Tom Wilson (10) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (25)	1	2

SABRES

CAPITALS

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

Sabres
3
Capitals
4

Game 1

16/12

Sabres
1
Capitals
2

Game 2

22/12

Capitals
2
Sabres
5

Game 3

23/2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	31	19	3	65
Toronto	31	19	2	64
Ottawa	28	20	4	60
Tampa Bay	27	20	4	58
Boston	26	22	6	58
Detroit	26	21	5	57
Montreal	24	22	5	53
Buffalo	20	26	5	45

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	34	11	7	75
Carolina	32	17	4	68
New Jersey	29	18	6	64
Columbus	26	19	7	59
NY Islanders	24	20	7	55
NY Rangers	24	23	4	52
Philadelphia	23	24	6	52
Pittsburgh	22	24	8	52

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Buffalo Sabres

Washington Capitals

Stars of the Game

Braden HoltbyG - WSH

Tom WilsonRW - WSH

Chandler StephensonC - WSH

Game Information

Tom Wilson breaks tie in 3rd, Capitals beat Sabres 2-1

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

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