Washington Capitals @ Buffalo Sabres

38-23-10, 18-12-5 Away

Final/SO

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

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

19-43-7, 12-19-4 Home

CAPITALS

SABRES

TIME	WSH	BUF
0:00
0:00
0:17	0	0
0:40
0:44
0:44
1:23
1:29	0	0
1:33	0	0
1:34
1:34
1:50
2:07
2:43	0	0
2:51	0	0
3:07
3:25
3:28
3:28
3:28
3:28
3:49	0	0
4:37	0	0
4:43	0	0
4:47	0	0
5:02	0	1
5:02
5:18
5:19
5:19
5:31
5:38
5:41	0	1
5:53
5:53
7:02
7:06	0	1
7:36
7:36
7:36
7:52	0	1
7:53
7:53
8:34
8:53
9:07	0	1
9:21	0	1
9:23	1	1
9:23
9:44
9:44
10:08	1	2
10:08
10:27	1	2
10:28
10:28
10:32	1	2
10:45
11:17	1	2
11:19
11:19
11:25	1	2
11:26
11:26
11:29
11:29
11:36
11:36
11:41	1	2
11:45	1	2
12:14	1	2
12:19
12:29
12:29
12:29
12:40	1	2
12:49	1	2
13:07	1	2
13:20
13:22
13:45	1	2
14:26
14:29
14:29
14:31
14:32
14:32
14:36	1	2
14:48
15:03
15:04
15:15
15:18	1	2
15:19
15:19
15:35
15:35
15:42
15:42
15:57
16:05
16:19
16:35
16:40	1	2
17:00
17:41
17:56
18:10
18:52
18:58	1	2
19:10	1	2
19:18	1	2
19:19
19:19
19:25
19:34
19:47
19:59
20:00

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 2-1

Sabres
2
Capitals
1

Game 1

23/11

Sabres
1
Capitals
6

Game 2

8/3

Capitals
4
Sabres
3

Game 3

16/3

KeyBank Center

11:00 PM, 16 March 2015

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 19,070

Referees:
Ghislain Hebert

Linesmen:
Steve Miller

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	24	11	3	51
NY Islanders	21	14	4	46
Philadelphia	19	11	7	45
Washington	20	14	5	45
NY Rangers	19	17	5	43
New Jersey	20	16	2	42
Pittsburgh	16	12	9	41
Columbus	17	15	6	40

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	23	14	3	49
Tampa Bay	22	13	3	47
Montreal	20	12	6	46
Florida	21	15	2	44
Buffalo	20	14	4	44
Boston	20	18	2	42
Ottawa	18	15	5	41
Toronto	17	15	6	40

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Washington Capitals @ Buffalo Sabres

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 2-1

Game Information

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

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