Buffalo Sabres @ Washington Capitals

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

Final

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

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

21-10-3, 11-5-2 Home

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
Detroit	21	13	3	45
Montreal	19	12	5	43
Tampa Bay	19	13	3	41
Boston	20	16	1	41
Florida	19	14	2	40
Ottawa	18	13	4	40
Buffalo	17	14	4	38
Toronto	15	15	5	35

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	22	10	3	47
Washington	19	12	5	43
NY Islanders	19	13	4	42
Philadelphia	17	10	7	41
New Jersey	20	15	1	41
NY Rangers	18	16	4	40
Pittsburgh	15	11	9	39
Columbus	14	15	6	34

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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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