Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

NHL

Capitals

33-27-7, 73 PTS

2-1

Final

Sabres

40-20-6, 86 PTS

KeyBank Center

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On the ice

WSH shoots leftBUF shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
WSH	3	6	13	22
BUF	15	10	5	30

In net

Charlie Lindgren29/30 SV, .967

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen20/22 SV, .909

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

Who won: Capitals 2-1

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The series is tied 1-1. Jakob Chychrun led the Capitals in goals (1). Sam Carrick led the Sabres in goals (1).

WSH

BUF

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Anthony BeauvillierLW	0	0	1	0	14:07	0:00	1:34	12:33	17	0	12	0	1	1	1	2	33.3	2	0	0
Pierre-Luc DuboisLW	1	2	1	0	19:41	2:57	0:13	16:31	21	0	4	0	1	1	5	6	45.5	0	0	0
Brandon DuhaimeRW	5	3	0	0	12:17	0:00	1:12	11:05	19	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Ethen FrankC	1	1	0	0	10:30	0:00	0:00	10:30	14	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Hendrix LapierreC	1	1	0	0	13:17	0:00	0:00	13:17	15	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Ryan LeonardRW	0	1	0	2	13:46	1:15	0:00	12:31	17	1	14	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Connor McMichaelC	1	2	0	0	14:15	0:55	0:59	12:21	22	0	10	0	2	2	4	9	30.8	0	1	2
Alex OvechkinLW	2	1	0	-1	14:03	3:38	0:00	10:25	17	0	24	0	2	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Aliaksei ProtasC	0	0	0	1	16:31	1:17	2:08	13:06	20	0	21	1	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Justin SourdifRW	1	4	0	0	14:50	0:03	0:00	14:47	18	0	13	0	0	1	2	3	40.0	1	0	0
Dylan StromeC	0	0	2	1	15:25	2:45	0:00	12:40	18	0	16	0	1	0	6	6	50.0	1	0	0
Tom WilsonRW	0	2	0	0	20:34	2:43	1:56	15:55	23	0	24	0	4	3	0	1	0.0	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Jakob ChychrunD	1	0	1	2	20:25	2:43	0:56	16:46	18	1	23	0	1	1	0	0	0
Martin FehervaryD	1	1	1	0	19:56	0:00	0:50	19:06	22	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	2
Timothy LiljegrenD	0	2	2	1	15:50	0:00	0:00	15:50	19	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0
Matt RoyD	2	1	0	-1	21:46	0:27	1:50	19:29	26	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Rasmus SandinD	0	1	1	-1	19:47	1:17	2:09	16:21	22	0	3	0	1	1	1	0	0
Trevor van RiemsdykD	1	0	0	1	19:00	0:00	2:13	16:47	21	0	2	1	3	0	2	0	0