National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, Buffalo 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 24, 2018
Where: Captial One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Brian Pochmara, Jon McIsaac
Linesmen: Brandon Gawryletz, Kiel Murchison
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0011
Washington 1135
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:50 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) Assists: Brett Connolly , Dmitry Orlov
Penalties
3:51 - Capitals Brett Connolly (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
13:20 - Capitals Andre Burakovsky (EV) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , Matt Niskanen
Penalties
None.
3rd Period
Scoring
0:14 - Sabres Sam Reinhart (EV) Assists: Casey Nelson
10:13 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (PP) Assists: John Carlson , Evgeny Kuznetsov
17:48 - Capitals Lars Eller (EV) (EN) Assists: Alex Chiasson , Matt Niskanen
18:36 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: John Carlson , Evgeny Kuznetsov
Penalties
8:43 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (2) Goaltender interference
 14:16 - Capitals Andre Burakovsky (2) Delay of game
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Chad Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Robin Lehner G 0 0 0 0 0 59:52 54:22 4:00 1:30 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 14:33 14:08 0:00 0:25 0 0 2 1 - - -
Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 E 0 1 27 22:07 19:54 1:08 1:05 0 0 2 - - - -
Casey Nelson D 0 1 1 E 0 0 26 20:18 19:53 0:00 0:25 0 0 - 2 - - -
Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 11:24 11:02 0:00 0:22 0 0 - - 4 7 36
Nicholas Baptiste RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 18 11:42 10:50 0:52 0:00 0 0 - 1 0 2 0
Jordan Nolan LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 11:59 11:59 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 17 13:03 13:03 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 E 2 4 21 19:09 16:17 2:52 0:00 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Johan Larsson C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 18 13:16 12:28 0:00 0:48 0 0 1 1 2 3 40
Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 E 0 3 20 17:29 14:37 2:52 0:00 0 0 - 2 1 0 100
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 E 0 4 22 14:58 14:36 0:00 0:22 0 0 1 - 1 1 50
Jason Pominville RW 0 0 0 -4 0 0 20 11:56 10:48 1:08 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 28 24:00 20:03 2:52 1:05 0 0 5 - - - -
Benoit Pouliot LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 22 17:29 15:25 1:08 0:56 0 0 - 3 - - -
Evan Rodrigues LW 0 0 0 E 0 4 22 18:57 16:05 2:52 0:00 0 0 - 1 4 8 33
Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 24 19:36 19:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 4 - - -
Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 E 0 3 26 20:08 16:28 3:08 0:32 0 0 1 - 19 9 68
Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 16:34 15:26 1:08 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 54:30 1:30 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 2 2 +1 0 1 23 23:58 20:22 0:50 2:46 0 0 1 3 - - -
Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 16:59 16:59 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 4 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 2 0 2 E 0 11 20 18:53 18:13 0:40 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 23 23:50 21:39 0:57 1:14 0 0 1 1 - - -
Brett Connolly RW 0 1 1 +1 2 1 19 15:05 13:54 1:11 0:00 0 0 - 1 0 1 0
Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 +2 0 1 19 14:09 12:25 0:00 1:44 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20 17:26 16:31 0:19 0:36 0 0 1 1 11 8 58
Lars Eller C 1 0 1 +1 0 5 15 13:17 12:06 1:11 0:00 0 0 - - 6 7 46
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 9:50 8:10 0:00 1:40 0 0 1 - - - -
Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 19 15:03 15:03 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Chiasson RW 0 1 1 +2 0 1 13 9:38 9:38 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 0 3 0
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 20 18:46 16:58 0:00 1:48 0 0 6 - 1 1 50
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 19:21 16:35 0:00 2:46 0 0 5 3 - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 1 0 1 +1 2 4 16 13:32 12:21 1:11 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
John Carlson D 0 2 2 +2 0 0 23 20:09 18:22 0:33 1:14 0 0 - 2 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 20 15:51 15:32 0:19 0:00 0 0 2 1 1 0 100
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 19 11:21 9:09 0:00 2:12 0 0 1 - 8 6 57
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 3 4 +3 0 4 21 18:52 18:33 0:19 0:00 0 0 - - 4 4 50
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Robin Lehner L (13-23-8) 35 31 4 .886 0 59:52
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Philipp Grubauer W (7-7-3) 29 28 1 .966 0 60:00