3 Washington 1st Metropolitan51-22-6-3

4 Buffalo 7th Atlantic36-39-5-2

FINAL 3 FINAL 4 7:00PM ET · Jan 06, 2025

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Capitals vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
	1	2	3	OT	SO	Total	In Goal
WAS Washington	1	1	1	0	0	3	Charlie Lindgren
BUF Buffalo	1	2	0	1	0	4	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Location KeyBank Center

Referees Brandon Blandina , Jean Hebert

Linesmen Jonathan Deschamps, James Tobias

Attendance 15,548 attendance

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
4:42		A. Tuch Assisted by: J. Peterka ,
6:10		T. Wilson (PP) Assisted by: D. Strome , J. Chychrun
Scoring - Period 2
1:07		A. Tuch Unassisted
11:29		T. Wilson Assisted by: A. Protas , J. Carlson
12:49		T. Thompson (PP) Assisted by: R. Dahlin , J. Peterka
Scoring - Period 3
15:47		A. Protas Assisted by: P. Dubois , J. Carlson
Scoring - Overtime
No Scoring

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
1:02		A. Protas (2:00) Undefined
5:40		N. Aube-Kubel (2:00) High Sticking
19:58		B. Duhaime (2:00) Roughing
19:58		J. Kulich (2:00) Roughing
Penalties - Period 2
11:46		D. Strome (2:00) Roughing
Penalties - Period 3
1:01		T. Thompson (2:00) Tripping
6:04		D. Strome (2:00) Boarding
Penalties - Overtime
No Penalties

Shootout

Washington - 1	Buffalo - 2
P. Dubois	T. Thompson
D. Strome	J. Quinn
J. Carlson	A. Tuch
J. Chychrun	J. Peterka

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	Total
Washington	6	9	10	3	28
Buffalo	9	9	4	2	24

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Washington	4	28	14.29	50.00	66.67	33	4	8
Buffalo	6	27	22.22	33.33	50.00	28	3	6

Goaltending

Washington

Washington Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
C. Lindgren	27	24	3	.889	0	65:00

Buffalo

Buffalo Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
U. Luukkonen	28	25	3	.893	0	65:00

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
0	LW	J. Vrana	0	0	0	E	0	0	10	8:22	8:22	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
3	D	M. Roy	0	0	0	E	0	1	24	20:58	19:29	0:00	1:29	0	-	-	-
6	D	J. Chychrun	0	1	1	E	0	4	24	23:01	20:52	2:03	0:06	0	-	-	-
8	LW	A. Ovechkin	0	0	0	E	0	5	21	16:42	14:12	2:30	0:00	0	-	-	-
14	RW	T. Raddysh	0	0	0	E	0	2	17	11:35	11:35	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
17	C	D. Strome	0	1	1	-1	4	2	22	18:10	16:04	2:06	0:00	0	16	4	80
21	C	A. Protas	1	1	2	2	2	4	25	20:00	18:48	0:00	1:12	0	-	-	-
22	RW	B. Duhaime	0	0	0	-1	2	0	22	12:02	9:38	0:00	2:24	0	-	-	-
24	C	C. McMichael	0	0	0	E	0	1	19	15:48	13:28	0:52	1:28	0	2	5	29
26	C	N. Dowd	0	0	0	-1	0	0	24	14:02	11:37	0:00	2:25	0	7	7	50
38	D	R. Sandin	0	0	0	E	0	1	26	19:48	19:23	0:14	0:11	0	-	-	-
42	D	M. Fehervary	0	0	0	E	0	0	19	19:18	15:53	0:00	3:25	0	-	-	-
43	RW	T. Wilson	2	0	2	1	0	4	26	22:04	17:49	1:38	2:37	1	-	-	-
57	D	T. van Riemsdyk	0	0	0	E	0	0	19	17:44	16:10	0:00	1:34	0	-	-	-
74	D	J. Carlson	0	2	2	E	0	1	28	23:40	18:03	2:16	3:21	0	-	-	-
80	C	P. Dubois	0	1	1	2	0	1	26	20:43	20:19	0:24	0:00	0	7	9	44
88	LW	A. Mangiapane	0	0	0	-1	0	1	18	11:51	11:24	0:27	0:00	0	-	-	-
89	C	L. Eller	0	0	0	E	0	1	16	12:09	12:09	0:00	0:00	0	1	3	25
79	G	C. Lindgren	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	65:00	57:27	2:30	5:03	0	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
4	D	B. Byram	0	0	0	E	0	1	34	28:57	28:15	0:03	0:39	0	-	-	-
9	LW	Z. Benson	0	0	0	E	0	1	22	13:52	12:25	0:49	0:38	0	-	-	-
16	F	N. Aube-Kubel	0	0	0	E	2	1	7	6:19	6:19	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
17	LW	J. Zucker	0	0	0	-1	0	2	24	21:33	17:25	4:08	0:00	0	1	4	20
19	C	P. Krebs	0	0	0	E	0	0	26	14:33	13:27	0:36	0:30	0	3	8	27
20	D	H. Jokiharju	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	11:46	11:46	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
20	C	J. Kulich	0	0	0	E	2	1	10	5:18	5:18	0:00	0:00	0	1	3	25
22	RW	J. Quinn	0	0	0	E	0	2	18	14:26	9:31	4:17	0:38	0	-	-	-
23	D	M. Samuelsson	0	0	0	1	0	0	26	15:41	14:12	0:00	1:29	0	-	-	-
24	C	S. Lafferty	0	0	0	E	0	0	10	7:12	7:08	0:04	0:00	0	2	-	100
24	C	D. Cozens	0	0	0	-2	0	3	25	18:14	16:58	0:45	0:31	0	7	2	78
25	D	O. Power	0	0	0	E	0	1	28	19:36	17:57	0:46	0:53	0	-	-	-
26	D	R. Dahlin	0	1	1	E	0	1	34	29:58	25:39	4:19	0:00	0	-	-	-
71	C	R. McLeod	0	0	0	2	0	1	30	21:44	20:13	0:01	1:30	0	11	14	44
72	C	T. Thompson	1	0	1	-2	2	6	26	23:48	19:39	4:09	0:00	1	2	1	67
75	D	C. Clifton	0	0	0	-2	0	0	20	14:20	12:17	0:05	1:58	0	-	-	-
77	RW	J. Peterka	0	2	2	E	0	4	28	23:37	19:17	4:20	0:00	0	-	1	0
89	RW	A. Tuch	2	0	2	2	0	3	30	19:36	17:29	0:53	1:14	0	1	-	100
1	G	U. Luukkonen	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	65:00	57:27	5:03	2:30	0	-	-	-

WAS vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
WAS	26-10-3	25-14-0	19-19-1	13-6-0	13-4-3
BUF	14-21-5	19-21-0	21-13-6	7-11-2	7-10-3

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

6-4

Over / Under

7-1-2

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Dec 14, '24	WAS	4 - 2	WAS -182	P6.0	31	21	2-3	0-2
Apr 11, '24	BUF	4 - 2	BUF -132	P6.0	17	24	0-1	0-0
Apr 02, '24	BUF	6 - 2	BUF -133	o6.0	35	26	2-2	1-3
Nov 22, '23	WAS	4 - 3 (OT)	WAS -122	o6.0	30	27	0-2	1-3
Mar 15, '23	WAS	5 - 4 (SO)	WAS -125	o7.0	39	27	2-3	0-2
Feb 26, '23	BUF	7 - 4	BUF -112	o6.5	37	30	0-3	1-2
Jan 03, '23	WAS	5 - 4 (OT)	BUF +144	o6.5	32	29	0-1	1-3
Mar 25, '22	BUF	4 - 3 (SO)	WAS -191	o6.0	23	40	0-1	0-1
Dec 11, '21	BUF	3 - 2 (SO)	WAS -226	u6.0	31	42	0-1	0-3
Nov 08, '21	WAS	5 - 3	WAS -249	o5.5	30	28	1-3	0-3

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

5-4-0-1

Over / Under

4-6-0

-$91

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Jan 04, '25	NYR	W 7 - 4	W -171	o6.0	28	33	2-4	0-4
Jan 02, '25	MIN	L 3 - 4 (SO)	L -165	o5.5	31	33	1-3	0-2
Dec 31, '24	BOS	W 3 - 1	W -139	u5.5	27	27	1-2	0-2
Dec 29, '24	@ DET	L 2 - 4	L -126	o5.5	27	27	0-3	1-4
Dec 28, '24	@ TOR	W 5 - 2	W -129	o6.0	32	37	1-1	0-2
Dec 23, '24	@ BOS	L 1 - 4	L +125	u5.5	11	21	1-3	1-4
Dec 22, '24	LA	W 3 - 1	W -159	u5.5	21	26	1-1	1-1
Dec 20, '24	CAR	W 3 - 1	W +138	u5.5	22	25	0-2	0-2
Dec 17, '24	@ CHI	L 2 - 3	L -192	u6.0	22	23	0-3	0-4
Dec 16, '24	@ DAL	L 1 - 3	L +141	u6.0	26	24	0-4	1-2

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Jan 08, '25	VAN	L 3-4	L -151	o5.5
Jan 10, '25	MON	W 4-1	W -181	u6.0
Jan 11, '25	@ NAS	W 4-1	W +129	u6.0

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

3-6-1-0

Over / Under

7-2-1

-$393

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Jan 04, '25	@ VEG	L 1 - 3	L +193	u6.5	24	33	1-3	0-2
Jan 02, '25	@ COL	L 5 - 6 (OT)	L +174	o6.5	21	29	2-3	1-3
Dec 31, '24	@ DAL	L 2 - 4	L +180	p6.0	23	32	0-0	0-1
Dec 29, '24	@ STL	W 4 - 2	W +107	o5.5	16	37	2-3	0-4
Dec 27, '24	CHI	W 6 - 2	W -154	o6.0	35	17	0-1	0-1
Dec 23, '24	@ NYI	W 7 - 1	W +135	o6.0	25	28	1-3	0-1
Dec 21, '24	@ BOS	L 1 - 3	L +165	u6.0	20	18	1-3	1-3
Dec 20, '24	TOR	L 3 - 6	L +135	o6.5	27	28	0-2	1-3
Dec 17, '24	@ MON	L 1 - 6	L -129	o6.0	21	27	0-5	3-6
Dec 15, '24	@ TOR	L 3 - 5	L +153	o6.0	27	40	1-2	1-4

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Jan 09, '25	@ OTT	W 8-4	W +107	o6.0
Jan 11, '25	SEA	L 4-6	L +111	o6.0
Jan 15, '25	CAR	W 3-0	W +207	u6.5

WAS vs BUF Preview

Washington at

Buffalo

Last Meeting ( Dec 14, 2024 ) Buffalo 2, Washington 4

The Buffalo Sabres return home from a trip out west and face a tough test against the Eastern Conference-leading Washington Capitals on Monday night.

Washington has 55 points, 22 ahead of last-place Buffalo, which went 1-2-1 on its trip and has lost three straight (0-2-1) after winning three in row.

The Capitals are 5-2-1 in their past eight games after a 7-4 win against the visiting New York Rangers on Saturday.

Dylan Strome had a goal and two assists and Alex Ovechkin, Andrew Mangiapane and Tom Wilson each had a goal and an assist for the Capitals. Jakob Chychrun and Martin Fehervary both had two assists and Logan Thompson made 29 saves.

"It just shows how good of a lineup we have top to bottom," said Connor McMichael, one of seven goal scorers Saturday. "We don't have one or two guys carrying the load. It's been guys on the back end, on the fourth line, first line, whatever is. It's been huge. It's a credit to them and why we're winning so many games."

Washington's defense is chipping in, too, totaling 20 goals through 39 games this season after netting 20 in all of 2023-24.

And then there's Ovechkin, who enters Monday 23 goals from breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL record of 894. Ovechkin has scored in four of five games since returning from a fractured left fibula that caused him to miss 16 games. He has 19 goals in 23 games this season.

"To be honest with you, I feel every game better," Ovechkin said. "Touches, skating-wise. I'll take it and we'll move on."

Goalie Charlie Lindgren is expected to start and will look to stop a distressing streak for he and Thompson. In each of the last two games a puck misplay by a Capitals goalie has led to an opponent's first-period goal.

Buffalo closed out its road trip with a 3-1 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights on Saturday. Jason Zucker scored in his fourth consecutive game and James Reimer made 30 saves in his first start since Dec. 21.

"I think we care," Reimer said. "I think we've got character in this room. Maybe sometimes the execution isn't there, but I like a lot about this group and unfortunately sometimes you don't have your best."

Zucker's power-play goal came with 2:18 left to play.

"We pushed," captain Rasmus Dahlin said of the late success. "Every time we don't think, we just play with instincts. And, I mean, the compete. The compete is the main thing. Win battles, keep it simple, win battles again. Pucks to the net. That's the stuff that works and we have to understand that's what we have to do."

Zucker's goal was his 15th this season, surpassing the season total he reached in 69 games with Arizona and Nashville last season.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen will likely be in the net when Buffalo opens a five-game stretch that features only one road game, a short trip to Ottawa.

Washington has been solid on the road, going 13-6-0. Buffalo is 7-10-3 at home.

Wilson scored twice and Strome had the game-winning tally when the Capitals beat the Sabres 4-2 on Dec. 14 in Washington.

--Field Level Media

WAS vs BUFInjury report

Washington's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
No injuries to report.

Washington Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	8	Alex Ovechkin
RW	14	Taylor Raddysh
C	17	Dylan Strome
C	21	Aliaksei Protas
RW	22	Brandon Duhaime
C	24	Connor McMichael
C	26	Nic Dowd
RW	43	Tom Wilson
C	53	Ethen Frank
C	80	Pierre-Luc Dubois
LW	88	Andrew Mangiapane

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	0	Ethan Bear
D	3	Matt Roy
D	6	Jakob Chychrun
D	38	Rasmus Sandin
D	42	Martin Fehervary
G	48	Logan Thompson
D	52	Dylan McIlrath
D	56	Alexander Alexeyev
D	57	Trevor van Riemsdyk
D	74	John Carlson
G	79	Charlie Lindgren

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
No injuries to report.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	6	Zach Benson
LW	12	Jordan Greenway
LW	17	Jason Zucker
C	19	Peyton Krebs
C	20	Jiri Kulich
RW	22	Jack Quinn
C	24	Sam Lafferty
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
RW	63	Isak Rosen
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
RW	77	JJ Peterka
C	86	Noah Ostlund
RW	89	Alex Tuch

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	4	Bowen Byram
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	25	Owen Power
D	75	Connor Clifton
D	78	Jacob Bryson

GoaltendersLast 5

Washington
Buffalo

W/L

3-1-0-1

GAA

2.80

Save %

.910

Washington Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
L.Thompson	Jan 4, 2025	WAS 7 - NYR 4	W	4	33	.879	-	W -171	o6.0
C.Lindgren	Jan 2, 2025	WAS 3 - MIN 4 (SO)	-	3	33	.909	-	L -165	o5.5
L.Thompson	Dec 31, 2024	WAS 3 - BOS 1	W	1	27	.963	-	W -139	u5.5
C.Lindgren	Dec 29, 2024	DET 4 - WAS 2	L	4	27	.852	-	L -126	o5.5
L.Thompson	Dec 28, 2024	TOR 2 - WAS 5	W	2	37	.946	-	W -129	o6.0

W/L

2-2-1-0

GAA

3.20

Save %

.887

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
J.Reimer	Jan 4, 2025	VEG 3 - BUF 1	L	3	33	.909	-	L +193	u6.5
U.Luukkonen	Jan 2, 2025	COL 6 - BUF 5 (OT)	-	6	29	.793	-	L +174	o6.5
U.Luukkonen	Dec 31, 2024	DAL 4 - BUF 2	L	3	32	.906	-	L +180	p6.0
U.Luukkonen	Dec 29, 2024	STL 2 - BUF 4	W	2	37	.946	-	W +107	o5.5
U.Luukkonen	Dec 27, 2024	BUF 6 - CHI 2	W	2	17	.882	-	W -154	o6.0

WAS vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

WASWashington Offense
BUFBuffalo Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
3.72	Total	3.42
1.26	1st Period	0.78
1.15	2nd Period	1.27
1.23	3rd Period	1.25
0.08	OT	0.10

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
28.15	Total	29.12
10.00	1st Period	9.12
9.00	2nd Period	10.57
8.90	3rd Period	9.22
0.26	OT	0.20

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.13	Total	0.88
0.13	1st Period	0.92
0.13	2nd Period	0.88
0.14	3rd Period	0.86
0.30	OT	0.50

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
27 - 115	G/Att vs. GA/Att	27 - 124
23.48	PP % vs. PK %	78.23

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Washington Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Charlie Lindgren	502	451	0.898	10-8-1
Hunter Shepard	0	0	0.000	0-0-0
Clay Stevenson	0	0	0.000	0-0-0
Logan Thompson	571	523	0.916	16-2-2

Capitals vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

Penalty Summary

Shootout

Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

Goaltending

Player Stats

WAS vs BUFRecords

WAS vs BUFRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

WAS vs BUF Preview

WAS vs BUFInjury report

Washington's Injuries

Washington Starters Last Game

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

WAS vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

Betting Terminology

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Team Statistics

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WAS vs BUF Preview

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

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