Buffalo Sabres @ Washington Capitals

19-9-5, 8-6-3 Away

Final/SO

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

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

20-9-3, 10-4-2 Home

SABRES

CAPITALS

TIME	BUF	WSH
0:00
0:00
0:06
0:06
0:16
0:17	0	0
0:25
0:27	0	0
0:35
0:41
0:41
1:30	0	0
1:54	0	0
2:04	0	0
2:29	0	0
2:40	0	0
2:41	1	0
2:41
2:51
3:15	1	0
3:24
3:26
3:27	1	0
3:29
3:29
3:37
3:39	1	1
3:39
3:50	1	1
3:59	1	1
4:06
4:06
4:27
4:48
5:27
5:35	1	1
5:36
5:36
5:42
5:48	1	1
7:03	1	1
7:23
7:23
7:30	1	1
7:31
7:31
7:38	1	1
8:27
8:46	1	1
8:51
9:00	1	1
9:39
9:41	1	2
9:41
10:10	1	2
10:12
10:12
10:12
10:24	1	2
10:26
10:37	1	2
11:20	1	2
11:45	1	2
11:50	1	2
12:09
12:49	1	2
12:55
12:57	1	2
13:04
13:10	1	2
13:17
14:05	1	2
14:10	1	2
14:14	1	2
14:17	1	2
14:21
14:35
14:36	1	2
15:07
15:09	1	2
15:17
15:24
15:32
15:33	1	2
16:06
16:06
16:38	1	2
16:50	1	2
17:29	1	2
17:37	1	2
18:24	1	2
18:41	1	2
18:52
18:53
18:55	1	2
18:56
18:56
19:02	1	2
19:08
19:08
19:20	1	2
19:21
19:21
19:56
19:56
20:00

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Sabres
3
Capitals
4

Game 1

16/12

Sabres
1
Capitals
2

Game 2

22/12

Capitals
2
Sabres
5

Game 3

23/2

Capital One Arena

12:00 AM, 16 December 2018

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,506

Referees:
Francois St. Laurent
Pierre Lambert

Linesmen:
Bryan Pancich
Shandor Alphonso

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	29	13	3	61
Detroit	28	16	4	60
Montreal	26	14	7	59
Buffalo	25	16	4	54
Boston	26	19	2	54
Toronto	23	16	7	53
Florida	24	18	3	51
Ottawa	22	19	5	49

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	28	15	4	60
NY Islanders	25	16	5	55
Washington	24	17	6	54
Pittsburgh	21	14	10	52
Philadelphia	22	15	8	52
New Jersey	24	21	2	50
Columbus	20	19	7	47
NY Rangers	20	22	6	46

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Buffalo Sabres @ Washington Capitals

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Game Information

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

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