Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

NHL

Sabres

19-15-2, 40 PTS

5-4

Final/OT

Capitals

21-13-6, 48 PTS

Capital One Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

BUF shoots leftWSH shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
BUF	11	6	10	2	29
WSH	8	11	11	2	32

In net

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen28/32 SV, .875

Darcy Kuemper24/29 SV, .828

Team	1	2	3	OT	T
BUF	2	1	1	1	5
WSH	1	1	2	0	4

Who won: Sabres 5-4

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5-4 in overtime on Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at Capital One Arena. The Sabres lead the series 1-0. Tage Thompson led the Sabres in goals (3). Alex Ovechkin led the Capitals in goals (2).

Play by play

End of the overtime
End of the overtime
GOALOT 3:00
Goal!
T. Thompson · 3 G, 1 A
Goal scored by Tage Thompson assisted by Alex Tuch
BUF 5 - 4 WSH
OT 2:58
TO
Takeaway
Takeaway by Alex Tuch in offensive zone
A. Tuch · 1 G, 2 A
OT 2:44
Faceoff win vs T. Thompson
Lars Eller won faceoff against Tage Thompson in offensive zone
L. Eller
OT 2:42
Shot on goal
Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
A. Ovechkin · 2 G
OT 2:21
Faceoff win vs C. Mittelstadt
Evgeny Kuznetsov won faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt in offensive zone
E. Kuznetsov · 1 A
OT 2:18
Shot on goal
Shot on goal by Evgeny Kuznetsov saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
E. Kuznetsov · 1 A
OT 1:35
Faceoff win vs N. Dowd
Dylan Cozens won faceoff against Nic Dowd in offensive zone
D. Cozens · 1 A
OT 1:34
Shot on goal
Shot on goal by Alex Tuch saved by Darcy Kuemper
A. Tuch · 1 G, 2 A
OT 1:08
Faceoff win vs N. Dowd
Casey Mittelstadt won faceoff against Nic Dowd in offensive zone
C. Mittelstadt · 1 A
OT 1:07
Shot blocked by M. Fehervary
Tage Thompson shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
T. Thompson · 3 G, 1 A
OT 0:00
Faceoff win vs T. Thompson
Nic Dowd won faceoff against Tage Thompson in neutral zone
N. Dowd · 1 G
Start of the overtime
End of the 3rd period
P3 0:03
Shot on goal
Shot on goal by Jeff Skinner saved by Darcy Kuemper
J. Skinner · 1 A
P3 0:17
Faceoff win vs D. Cozens
Nic Dowd won faceoff against Dylan Cozens in defensive zone
N. Dowd · 1 G
P3 0:17
Penalty: penalty
Penalty to Lars Eller 2 minutes for Tripping Alex Tuch
L. Eller
P3 0:27
Shot on goal
Shot on goal by Jeff Skinner saved by Darcy Kuemper
J. Skinner · 1 A
P3 0:59
Faceoff win vs L. Eller
Dylan Cozens won faceoff against Lars Eller in offensive zone
D. Cozens · 1 A
P3 1:13
TO
Giveaway
Giveaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk in defensive zone
T. van Riemsdyk
P3 2:00
Faceoff win vs D. Cozens
Nic Dowd won faceoff against Dylan Cozens in defensive zone
N. Dowd · 1 G
P3 2:00
Penalty: penalty
Penalty to Evgeny Kuznetsov 2 minutes for Tripping Rasmus Dahlin
E. Kuznetsov · 1 A
P3 2:47
Shot blocked by O. Power
Anthony Mantha shot blocked by Owen Power
A. Mantha · 1 A
P3 3:28
Big hit on R. Dahlin
Erik Gustafsson credited with hit on Rasmus Dahlin in offensive zone
E. Gustafsson