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	PN	PIM
Nic DowdC	0	3	0	-1	15:01	0:00	3:21	11:40	21	1	10	0	1	0	18	4	81.8	0	0	0
Lars EllerC	3	1	0	-1	13:41	0:00	1:14	12:27	22	0	7	0	2	1	8	4	66.7	0	1	2
Garnet HathawayRW	1	3	0	-2	11:54	0:00	1:27	10:27	18	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Marcus JohanssonLW	0	1	1	-1	13:45	0:00	0:00	13:45	17	0	10	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	2	0	3	21:49	2:00	0:00	19:49	24	0	6	1	4	0	9	7	56.3	1	1	2
Anthony ManthaRW	0	1	0	1	15:05	0:00	0:00	15:05	17	0	9	1	1	0	1	0	100.0	2	0	0
Sonny MilanoLW	0	0	1	2	14:55	0:00	0:00	14:55	18	1	6	1	4	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
T.J. OshieRW	0	1	0	0	15:55	1:00	0:00	14:55	23	0	5	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Alex OvechkinLW	0	4	0	2	20:33	2:00	0:00	18:33	25	2	28	0	7	4	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Aliaksei ProtasC	0	1	0	-3	8:44	0:00	0:00	8:44	12	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Conor ShearyLW	0	3	0	2	16:42	1:00	0:28	15:14	23	0	11	1	2	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Dylan StromeC	0	0	1	-1	15:35	2:00	0:00	13:35	15	0	8	0	1	4	7	4	63.6	2	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Martin FehervaryD	3	6	0	0	17:01	0:00	0:28	16:33	20	2	0	0	0	1
Matt IrwinD	3	7	0	0	16:22	0:00	0:00	16:22	17	0	1	0	0	0
Nick JensenD	1	0	0	-1	22:01	0:00	3:30	18:31	26	1	1	0	0	0
Dmitry OrlovD	2	3	0	-1	21:57	1:00	0:42	20:15	28	2	0	1	0	0
Trevor van RiemsdykD	2	0	1	2	23:27	0:00	3:50	19:37	25	4	0	2	1	2