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
Zach BensonLW	1	0	0	0	17:15	0:27	1:42	15:06	20	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Sam CarrickC	1	1	0	1	10:51	0:00	1:44	9:07	18	1	6	0	2	1	6	4	60.0	1	0	0
Josh DoanRW	0	0	0	-1	14:42	3:32	0:00	11:10	16	0	21	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Peyton KrebsC	1	4	0	-1	13:44	0:00	0:09	13:35	16	0	9	0	1	0	2	0	100.0	0	0	0
Beck MalenstynLW	0	3	0	1	10:25	0:00	2:10	8:15	16	0	6	1	1	2	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Ryan McLeodC	1	0	1	-1	17:26	0:29	2:01	14:56	21	0	12	0	1	2	11	4	73.3	0	0	0
Josh NorrisC	0	1	0	-1	15:45	3:31	0:00	12:14	16	0	9	0	2	0	4	4	50.0	0	0	0
Noah OstlundC	1	0	1	0	16:49	0:25	0:11	16:13	18	0	10	0	0	1	1	2	33.3	2	0	0
Tanner PearsonLW	0	0	0	1	8:58	0:00	0:00	8:58	15	0	7	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Jack QuinnRW	0	1	0	-1	16:19	0:30	0:00	15:49	21	0	15	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Tage ThompsonC	0	2	1	0	22:04	3:31	0:01	18:32	20	0	34	0	5	3	3	2	60.0	0	0	0
Jason ZuckerLW	1	5	0	-1	17:07	3:34	0:00	13:33	18	0	20	0	3	2	0	1	0.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Bowen ByramD	2	1	1	0	23:02	0:19	2:01	20:42	24	10	0	3	1	0	0	0
Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	0	0	23:28	3:42	0:01	19:45	22	13	0	2	1	2	0	0
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	0	21:29	0:00	1:45	19:44	22	6	1	0	1	1	0	0
Mattias SamuelssonD	2	2	1	0	20:30	0:00	2:14	18:16	24	12	0	1	0	1	0	0
Luke SchennD	1	2	0	-1	14:31	0:00	2:01	12:30	20	1	0	0	1	1	0	0
Logan StanleyD	0	1	0	-1	13:02	0:00	0:00	13:02	20	9	0	1	1	1	1	2