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Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

NHL
Sabres
19-9-5, 43 PTS
3-4
Final/SO
Capitals
20-9-3, 43 PTS
Capital One Arena
TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

BUF shoots leftWSH shoots right

Shots on goal

1st2nd3rdOTSOT
BUF8957332
WSH1015103240

In net

Carter Hutton35/38 SV, .921
Pheonix Copley26/29 SV, .897
Team123OTSOT
BUF120003
WSH210014

Who won: Capitals 4-3

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals lead the series 1-0. Alex Ovechkin led the Capitals in goals (1). Jack Eichel led the Sabres in goals (2).

Player of the game

Rasmus Dahlin

BUF · 1 G, 2 A, 3 SOG

8.2

Deserved to win

27%
BUF · 3.33 xG
73%
WSH · 4.96 xG

Capitals created better chances: they win this game 73% of the time

Play by play

  1. End of the shootout
  2. SO 0:00Jason Pominville

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    J. Pominville

  3. GOALSO 0:00
    Alex Ovechkin

    Goal!

    A. Ovechkin · 1 G

    Goal

    BUF 3 - 4 WSH
  4. SO 0:00Nicklas Backstrom

    Missed the net

    Missed

    N. Backstrom · 1 A

  5. Start of the shootout
  6. End of the overtime
  7. OT 4:59Jack Eichel

    Missed the net

    Missed

    J. Eichel · 2 G

  8. OT 4:56Rasmus Dahlin
    TO

    Takeaway

    R. Dahlin · 1 G, 2 A

  9. OT 4:43Rasmus Dahlin

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    R. Dahlin · 1 G, 2 A

  10. OT 3:49Tage Thompson
    TO

    Giveaway

    T. Thompson

  11. OT 3:29Casey Mittelstadt

    Faceoff win

    Face Off

    C. Mittelstadt · 1 SOG

  12. OT 3:29Evan Rodrigues

    Penalty: penalty

    Penalty

    E. Rodrigues

  13. OT 3:27T.J. Oshie

    Big hit on E. Rodrigues

    Hit

    T.J. Oshie

  14. OT 2:22Jack Eichel

    Shot blocked by L. Eller

    Blocked

    J. Eichel · 2 G

  15. Start of the overtime
  16. End of the 3rd period
  17. P3 0:02Alex Ovechkin

    Shot blocked by Z. Bogosian

    Blocked

    A. Ovechkin · 1 G

  18. P3 0:42Tom Wilson

    Hit

  19. P3 0:54Jeff Skinner

    Shot

  20. P3 1:00Sam Reinhart

    Missed the net

    Missed

    S. Reinhart · 2 A

  21. P3 3:19Nicklas Backstrom

    Face off

    Face Off

  22. P3 4:38Jakub Vrana
    TO

    Takeaway

    J. Vrana · 1 G

  23. P3 5:51Jonas Siegenthaler
    TO

    Giveaway

    J. Siegenthaler

  24. P3 19:44Marco Scandella

    Penalty: penalty

    Penalty

    M. Scandella

  25. Start of the 3rd period

Leaders

BUFWSH
Goals
Jack Eichel
2
Alex Ovechkin
1
Assists
Rasmus Dahlin
2
Nicklas Backstrom
1
Points
Rasmus Dahlin
3
Alex Ovechkin
1

Season seriesWSH leads series 1-0

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