National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 2, Buffalo 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 21, 2018
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Francis Charron, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Pierre Racicot
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0011
Washington 0112
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
4:32 - Sabres Jeff Skinner (2) Hooking
 8:28 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
2:50 - Capitals Chandler Stephenson (SH) Assists: Nic Dowd
Penalties
2:37 - Capitals Jonas Siegenthaler (2) Tripping
 7:12 - Sabres Evan Rodrigues (2) Holding
 9:38 - Sabres Casey Mittelstadt (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
9:01 - Sabres Johan Larsson (EV) Assists: Tage Thompson , Rasmus Ristolainen
13:00 - Capitals Tom Wilson (EV) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov
Penalties
9:24 - Capitals Matt Niskanen (2) Tripping
 14:23 - Sabres Vladimir Sobotka (2) Hooking
 17:48 - Capitals Nic Dowd (2) Tripping
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Linus Ullmark G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Carter Hutton G 0 0 0 0 0 57:52 43:05 6:47 8:00 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20 21:15 16:18 0:24 4:33 0 0 - - - - -
Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 16:49 13:24 0:00 3:25 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20 22:32 14:10 6:30 1:52 0 0 - 1 14 6 70
Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 E 2 1 18 15:15 11:51 0:12 3:12 0 0 2 1 3 3 50
Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 E 0 2 20 16:13 12:04 0:00 4:09 0 0 - 2 - - -
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 14 10:08 8:50 1:18 0:00 0 0 1 - 0 2 0
Johan Larsson C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 20 14:45 10:47 0:00 3:58 0 0 - 1 3 6 33
Sam Reinhart RW 0 0 0 -1 0 6 17 19:40 13:10 6:30 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Lawrence Pilut D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 20 17:04 15:32 1:17 0:15 0 0 - - - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 20 22:59 16:03 6:30 0:26 0 0 - - - - -
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 16 12:20 8:44 0:00 3:36 0 0 - - - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 17 10:59 9:29 1:30 0:00 0 0 - - 2 5 29
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 E 0 4 19 15:16 12:33 2:43 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jeff Skinner LW 0 0 0 -1 2 2 18 20:05 13:14 6:30 0:21 0 0 - 1 0 5 0
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 E 0 6 24 24:27 14:32 6:43 3:12 0 0 1 1 - - -
Evan Rodrigues LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 22 14:56 10:49 1:06 3:01 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Tage Thompson RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 13 9:46 9:46 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Remi Elie LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 12 9:39 9:39 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Pheonix Copley G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 59:54 43:54 8:00 8:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 20 21:03 16:00 0:39 4:24 0 0 2 2 - - -
Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 18:08 15:27 0:00 2:41 0 0 1 3 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16 20:21 13:00 7:21 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 20 20:22 15:38 2:04 2:40 0 0 - - - - -
Brett Connolly RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 11:17 8:38 2:39 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Jakub Vrana LW 0 0 0 +1 0 5 16 15:20 13:03 2:17 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Chandler Stephenson C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 15 10:46 8:20 0:00 2:26 0 1 1 - - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 18:32 11:44 5:49 0:59 0 0 1 1 14 6 70
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 17:14 10:01 2:11 5:02 0 0 - 1 6 6 50
Madison Bowey D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 17 16:24 14:47 0:00 1:37 0 0 1 1 - - -
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 12 9:33 8:48 0:00 0:45 0 0 3 2 - - -
Nic Dowd C 0 1 1 +1 2 0 17 11:44 9:59 0:00 1:45 0 0 2 - 5 4 56
Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 18 12:57 12:18 0:00 0:39 0 0 1 4 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 1 0 1 +1 2 4 19 17:32 14:23 0:00 3:09 0 0 3 - - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 11 8:56 8:56 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
John Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 21 23:47 13:52 5:56 3:59 0 0 - 1 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17 19:26 12:11 5:21 1:54 0 0 2 2 - - -
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 16 18:44 13:01 5:43 0:00 0 0 - - 3 7 30
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Carter Hutton L (13-10-2) 24 22 2 .917 0 57:52
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (14-8-2) 37 36 1 .973 0 59:54