Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Monday, March 16, 2015 · First Niagara Center
NBCSN · SN1 · CSN-DC+
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in a shootout on Monday, March 16, 2015 at First Niagara Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 38-33.
Goals came from Tyler Ennis, Curtis Glencross, Cody Hodgson, Mike Green, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Johan Larsson.
Braden Holtby made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Anders Lindback stopped 35 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tyler Ennis (18)Rasmus Ristolainen (8), Brian Gionta (13)0–105:02 BUF · PPG
Curtis Glencross (13)Joel Ward (14), Matt Niskanen (19)1–109:23 WSH · PPG
Cody Hodgson (5)Tim Schaller (1)1–210:08 BUF
2nd period
Mike Green (6)Marcus Johansson (22), Brooks Laich (10)2–206:09 WSH
3rd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (8)Matt Niskanen (20)3–205:55 WSH · PPG
Johan Larsson (4)Chad Ruhwedel (1), Matt Moulson (24)3–313:50 BUF
SO period
- Evgeny KuznetsovUnassisted4–300:00 WSH
Team stats
WSHBUF
38Shots on goal33
47%Faceoff %53%
2/2Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes6
24Hits23
9Blocked shots26
2Giveaways4
2Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 03:28
Mike Weber · roughing2 min - 1st 03:28
Alex Ovechkin · roughing2 min - 1st 03:28Alex Ovechkin · roughing2 min
- 1st 07:36Jerry D'Amigo · hooking2 min
- 2nd 01:50Eric Fehr · holding2 min
- 3rd 04:10Nikita Zadorov · delaying game2 min
- 3rd 09:49Troy Brouwer · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 26:00 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:14 |
| 22Curtis GlencrossL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:23 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 12:45 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:54 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 18:07 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 21:57 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 22:30 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:06 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:58 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:15 |
| 23Chris ConnerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:06 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:16 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:24 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:34 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 23:49 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 26:16 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 65:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 23:59 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 14:48 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 23:10 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:39 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:43 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 23:22 |
| 5Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 28:11 |
| 20Zac DalpeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:35 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 04:02 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:21 |
| 49Jerry D'AmigoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 05:13 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:34 |
| 84Phil VaroneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:52 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:39 |
| 24Tyson StrachanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:31 |
| 51Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 13:53 |
| 61Andre BenoitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:58 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Matt HackettG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Anders LindbackG | O | 38 | 35 | 3 | .921 | 64:45 |