Final Apr 1
VAN 8 +377 o6.5
COL 6 -455 u6.5
Final OT Apr 1
STL 1 +127 o5.5
LA 2 -140 u5.5
Final Apr 1
ANA 3 -103 o6.5
SJ 4 -107 u6.5
Buffalo 1st Atlantic46-21-8-0
Washington 6th Metropolitan38-28-3-6

Sabres vs Capitals Game Overview

BUF vs WASRecords

BUF vs WASRecords

Team Table
Team Record ATS O/U Away Home
Buffalo logo BUF 26-16-4 25-21-0 22-23-1 10-10-2 16-6-2
Washington logo WAS 24-18-6 25-23-0 21-26-1 10-9-3 14-9-3

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss
6-4
Over / Under
7-2-1
Head-To-Head
Date Home Result ML O/U HSOG ASOG HPP APP
Mar 12, '26 BUF logo 2 - 1 WAS +172 u6.5 30 22 0-2 0-2
Nov 01, '25 BUF logo 4 - 3 (SO) BUF -122 o6.5 24 34 0-3 0-4
Mar 30, '25 WAS logo 8 - 5 BUF +250 o6.5 29 23 1-2 2-5
Jan 06, '25 BUF logo 4 - 3 (SO) BUF +134 o6.0 27 28 1-3 1-2
Dec 14, '24 WAS logo 4 - 2 WAS -184 u6.5 31 21 2-3 0-2
Apr 11, '24 BUF logo 4 - 2 BUF -132 P6.0 17 24 0-1 0-0
Apr 02, '24 BUF logo 6 - 2 BUF -133 o6.0 35 26 2-2 1-3
Nov 22, '23 WAS logo 4 - 3 (OT) WAS -122 o6.0 30 27 0-2 1-3
Mar 15, '23 WAS logo 5 - 4 (SO) WAS -125 o7.0 39 27 2-3 0-2
Feb 26, '23 BUF logo 7 - 4 BUF -112 o6.5 37 30 0-3 1-2

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BUF vs WASInjury report

Buffalo logoBuffalo's Injuries

Player POS Status Date Note
N. Ostlund C Day To Day - Upper-Body( Mar 31, '26) Mar 31, '26
Ostlund did not play on Tuesday's (Mar. 31) game against versus the Islanders.
S. Carrick C Day To Day - Arm( Mar 30, '26) Mar 30, '26
Carrick will be evaluated after sustaining the injury in the third period of Tuesday's (Mar. 31) game versus the Islanders, per Rachel Lenzi of The Buffalo News.
J. Kulich C Out For Season - Ear( Mar 05, '26) Mar 05, '26
The Sabres said that Kulich is expected to miss the remainder of the 2025-26 season.
J. Danforth RW Out - Lower Body( Jan 25, '26) Jan 25, '26
The Buffalo Sabres said on Monday (Jan. 26) that Danforth is trending toward a post-Olympic return to action, per Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS # Player
LW 6 Zach Benson
C 9 Josh Norris
C 10 Sam Carrick
LW 12 Jordan Greenway
LW 17 Jason Zucker
C 19 Peyton Krebs
RW 22 Jack Quinn
LW 29 Beck Malenstyn
C 44 Josh Dunne
C 48 Tyson Kozak
LW 70 Tanner Pearson
C 71 Ryan McLeod
C 72 Tage Thompson
C 86 Noah Ostlund
RW 89 Alex Tuch
RW 91 Josh Doan
Defense
POS # Player
G 1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D 4 Bowen Byram
D 5 Luke Schenn
D 8 Michael Kesselring
D 21 Conor Timmins
D 23 Mattias Samuelsson
D 25 Owen Power
D 26 Rasmus Dahlin
G 34 Alex Lyon
D 64 Logan Stanley
D 73 Zach Metsa
G 92 Colten Ellis

Washington's Injuries

Player POS Status Date Note
A. Protas C Out - Upper-Body( Mar 31, '26) Mar 31, '26
The Capitals said that Protas won't travel for Thursday's (Apr. 2) game versus the Devils, per Tom Gulitti of NHL.com.

Washington Starters Last Game

Offense
POS # Player
LW 8 Alex Ovechkin
RW 9 Ryan Leonard
C 17 Dylan Strome
C 21 Aliaksei Protas
RW 22 Brandon Duhaime
C 24 Connor McMichael
C 29 Hendrix Lapierre
RW 34 Justin Sourdif
RW 43 Tom Wilson
C 53 Ethen Frank
LW 63 Ivan Miroshnichenko
C 64 David Kampf
LW 72 Anthony Beauvillier
LW 80 Pierre-Luc Dubois
Defense
POS # Player
D 3 Matt Roy
D 6 Jakob Chychrun
D 27 Timothy Liljegren
D 38 Rasmus Sandin
D 42 Martin Fehervary
D 44 Cole Hutson
D 47 Declan Chisholm
G 48 Logan Thompson
D 52 Dylan McIlrath
D 57 Trevor van Riemsdyk
G 79 Charlie Lindgren

GoaltendersLast 5

W/L
2-1-2-0
GAA
3.80
Save %
.863
Buffalo Goaltender Stats
Date Score W/L GA SA SV% SO ML O/U
U.Luukkonen Mar 31, 2026 BUF 4 - NYI 3 W 3 28 .893 - W -170 o6.0
U.Luukkonen Mar 28, 2026 BUF 3 - SEA 2 (SO) W 2 34 .941 - W -192 u6.5
A.Lyon Mar 27, 2026 BUF 2 - DET 5 L 4 19 .789 - L -137 o6.5
U.Luukkonen Mar 25, 2026 BUF 3 - BOS 4 (OT) - 4 31 .871 - L -205 o6.5
A.Lyon Mar 22, 2026 ANA 6 - BUF 5 (OT) - 6 33 .818 - L -125 o6.5
W/L
3-1-1-0
GAA
3.40
Save %
.879
Washington Goaltender Stats
Date Score W/L GA SA SV% SO ML O/U
L.Thompson Mar 31, 2026 WAS 6 - PHI 4 W 4 24 .833 - W -130 o5.5
L.Thompson Mar 28, 2026 VEG 4 - WAS 5 (SO) W 4 29 .862 - W +128 o6.0
L.Thompson Mar 26, 2026 UTAH 4 - WAS 7 W 4 40 .900 - W +112 o6.0
L.Thompson Mar 24, 2026 STL 3 - WAS 0 L 2 26 .923 - L -110 u5.5
L.Thompson Mar 22, 2026 WAS 2 - COL 3 (OT) - 3 24 .875 - L +146 u6.0

BUF vs WASStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE Stat DEFENSE
3.33 Total 2.88
0.91 1st Period 0.79
1.24 2nd Period 0.92
1.04 3rd Period 1.04
0.07 OT 0.02

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE Stat DEFENSE
27.96 Total 28.08
8.50 1st Period 7.88
10.43 2nd Period 8.62
8.17 3rd Period 8.58
0.26 OT 0.40

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING Stat SAVE PCT.
0.12 Total 0.90
0.11 1st Period 0.90
0.12 2nd Period 0.89
0.13 3rd Period 0.88
0.25 OT 0.95

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY Stat PENALTY KILL
27 - 139 G/Att vs. GA/Att 34 - 153
19.42 PP % vs. PK % 77.78

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Buffalo Goaltenders
Name S SV SV% WL
Colten Ellis 314 282 0.898 6-4-0
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen 450 407 0.904 10-6-1
Alex Lyon 577 523 0.906 10-6-3

Betting Terminology

  • VS: Opponent for the team
  • Result: Result in the last game played between the 2 teams
  • ATS: Puck line result in the game
  • O/U: Over/Under result in the game
  • $: Net money won in the last 10 games
  • M/L: Closing moneyline odds for the winning team
  • HSOG: Home team shots on goal
  • ASOG: Away team shots on goal
  • HPP: Home team powerplay goals and attempts
  • APP: Away team powerplay goals and attempts

Betting Terminology

  • W/L: Win/Loss record
  • GA: Goals Against
  • SA: Saves in the game
  • SV%: Save Pct for the game
  • SO: Recorded a shutout
  • ML: Closing money line for the game
  • O/U: Closing OU for the game

Betting Terminology

  • NHL Avg: NHL Average
  • Shot Pct: Goals per shots percentage
  • Save %: Saves per shots faced percentage
  • PP: Powerplay
  • PK: Penalty Kill

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