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

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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).

BUF

WSH

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV
Dylan CozensC	0	3	0	0	15:53	2:40	1:00	12:13	19	0	12	1	4	1	5	7	41.7	0
Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	2	0	-1	13:22	0:00	0:00	13:22	19	0	4	0	1	0	0	2	0.0	0
Tyson JostC	0	3	1	-1	15:06	0:00	1:00	14:06	18	1	3	0	1	0	3	5	37.5	0
Peyton KrebsC	0	1	1	-1	15:13	0:00	1:00	14:13	22	0	3	0	0	0	3	6	33.3	0
Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	-1	15:45	0:27	0:00	15:18	22	0	7	1	1	0	2	4	33.3	1
Kyle OkposoRW	0	1	0	-1	15:07	0:00	0:00	15:07	19	0	6	0	2	2	1	3	25.0	0
Victor OlofssonLW	0	1	0	-2	13:06	0:08	0:00	12:58	19	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
JJ PeterkaRW	0	1	0	0	12:38	0:00	0:00	12:38	16	0	7	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	1
Jack QuinnRW	0	1	0	1	14:33	0:00	1:00	13:33	18	0	6	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
Jeff SkinnerLW	0	0	0	1	18:26	3:40	0:00	14:46	25	0	17	1	2	0	1	3	25.0	0
Tage ThompsonC	0	2	0	2	19:56	4:15	0:00	15:41	26	3	30	1	5	0	4	13	23.5	1
Alex TuchRW	1	0	1	2	18:51	4:07	0:00	14:44	25	1	18	2	4	0	0	0	0.0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Jacob BrysonD	1	1	0	1	16:30	0:00	0:23	16:07	24	1	0	0	2	0	0	0
Kale ClagueD	1	1	0	-1	17:20	0:00	0:00	17:20	25	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Rasmus DahlinD	2	0	0	-1	27:58	4:07	1:00	22:51	34	10	1	0	0	2	0	0
Ilya LyubushkinD	3	0	0	1	14:56	0:00	0:00	14:56	24	0	1	0	0	2	1	2
Owen PowerD	1	0	2	1	21:44	0:08	1:00	20:36	30	0	1	1	0	1	0	0
Mattias SamuelssonD	1	4	0	-2	22:57	0:00	1:37	21:20	33	1	0	1	1	0	0	0