National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, Buffalo 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Jean Hebert, T.J. Luxmore
Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Tim Nowak
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final123T
Buffalo 1102
Washington 0145
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
5:48 - Sabres Brian Gionta (EV) Assists: Jack Eichel , Zemgus Girgensons
Penalties
0:27 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Roughing
 12:10 - Sabres Tyler Ennis (2) Tripping
 17:30 - Sabres Zach Bogosian (2) Roughing
 17:30 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Roughing
 17:30 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Roughing
2nd Period
Scoring
14:08 - Capitals Justin Williams (EV) Unassisted
18:53 - Sabres Zemgus Girgensons (EV) Assists: Jack Eichel
Penalties
5:55 - Sabres Johan Larsson (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
1:24 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , T.J. Oshie
8:32 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (PP) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , Matt Niskanen
9:56 - Capitals Andre Burakovsky (EV) Assists: Marcus Johansson
18:47 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) (EN) Unassisted
Penalties
3:44 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (2) Boarding
 4:54 - Sabres Evander Kane (2) Tripping
 5:15 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) High sticking
 7:26 - Sabres Evander Kane (2) Hooking
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 59:02 47:56 6:00 5:06 0 0 - - - - -
Linus Ullmark G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 30 19:11 15:50 0:07 3:14 0 0 - 2 - - -
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 22 11:54 10:01 0:14 1:39 0 0 - - - - -
Evander Kane LW 0 0 0 E 4 6 21 21:04 16:25 3:02 1:37 0 0 1 2 1 2 33
Brian Gionta RW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 20 15:50 11:43 2:04 2:03 0 0 1 - - - -
Jack Eichel C 0 2 2 -1 0 6 19 18:08 14:58 3:10 0:00 0 0 - - 6 7 46
David Legwand C 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 8:40 5:58 0:00 2:42 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Johan Larsson LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 17 14:44 13:50 0:54 0:00 0 0 1 1 5 7 42
Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 18 19:10 15:49 3:16 0:05 0 0 - - - - -
Zemgus Girgensons C 1 1 2 E 0 3 21 16:36 12:05 2:38 1:53 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 27 20:29 19:52 0:24 0:13 0 0 1 4 - - -
Nicolas Deslauriers LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 12 9:09 9:09 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Cody Franson D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 26 15:17 12:44 1:53 0:40 0 0 - 2 - - -
Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -4 2 0 31 22:17 20:29 0:37 1:11 0 0 2 3 - - -
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 34 25:19 18:18 3:46 3:15 0 0 1 2 - - -
Tyler Ennis C 0 0 0 E 2 0 10 8:21 6:46 1:35 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Marcus Foligno LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 10:11 10:11 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Jamie McGinn LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 16 16:08 13:39 2:29 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 26 21:23 16:09 3:22 1:52 0 0 - - 19 13 59
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 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 59:42 48:36 5:06 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 29 25:40 18:31 3:25 3:44 0 0 1 1 - - -
Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 E 0 1 20 13:12 10:56 0:00 2:16 0 0 1 - - - -
Alex Ovechkin RW 2 0 2 +2 4 10 21 21:38 17:14 4:24 0:00 0 0 6 - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 29 21:53 21:01 0:42 0:10 0 0 1 2 - - -
Justin Williams RW 1 0 1 -1 0 4 23 17:27 14:16 1:51 1:20 0 0 - 1 1 0 100
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 14:35 11:39 2:25 0:31 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 16 11:37 8:18 0:00 3:19 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Zach Sill C 0 0 0 E 0 2 14 10:08 9:54 0:00 0:14 0 0 2 - 3 9 25
Jason Chimera LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 14:08 10:52 1:41 1:35 0 0 - 2 - - -
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 26 20:24 16:50 0:00 3:34 0 0 1 3 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 E 4 0 16 12:57 12:36 0:00 0:21 0 0 2 - - - -
Connor Carrick D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 14 11:04 9:23 1:41 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 11 7:22 7:22 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 1 1 +2 0 1 21 20:03 15:09 3:15 1:39 0 0 2 1 2 1 67
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 11 7:50 5:29 0:00 2:21 0 0 - 1 6 2 75
Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 30 23:23 21:07 0:00 2:16 0 0 1 3 - - -
Marcus Johansson C 1 1 2 E 2 7 23 20:11 16:35 3:25 0:11 1 0 4 - 1 2 33
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 2 2 +1 0 6 22 18:46 16:05 2:41 0:00 0 0 - 1 10 12 45
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Chad Johnson L (10-10-2) 42 38 4 .905 0 59:02
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (24-4-1) 27 25 2 .926 0 59:42