Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Monday, December 28, 2015 · First Niagara Center

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2–0

Final

SOG 26–31

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-0 on Monday, December 28, 2015 at First Niagara Center. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 31-26.

Goals came from Alex Ovechkin and Jay Beagle.

Braden Holtby made 31 saves on 31 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 24 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	2	0	2	26
BUF	0	0	0	0	31

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Alex Ovechkin (18)Nicklas Backstrom (22), T.J. Oshie (10)1–000:19 WSH
Jay Beagle (6)Tom Wilson (9)2–012:55 WSH

Team stats

WSHBUF

26Shots on goal31

44%Faceoff %56%

0/1Power play0/3

11Penalty minutes7

20Hits21

12Blocked shots8

9Giveaways6

2Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 05:17Mike Weber · interference2 min
2nd 05:57Jay Beagle · slashing2 min
2nd 10:49Michael Latta · fighting5 min
2nd 10:49Nicolas Deslauriers · fighting5 min
2nd 14:10Taylor Chorney · interference2 min
3rd 07:50Tom Wilson · interference2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	+1	4	4	1	0	–	19:30
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	36	18:21
43Tom WilsonR	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	2	–	14:16
77T.J. OshieR	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	33	19:11
83Jay BeagleC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	2	62	13:56
14Justin WilliamsR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:45
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:16
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	–	14:06
46Michael LattaC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	60	06:19
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:51
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	13:41
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	44	18:35
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	3	0	–	27:25
4Taylor ChorneyD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	2	–	12:14
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	19:45
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	2	0	–	26:23
58Connor CarrickD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	09:19
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	23:07

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	31	31	0	1.000	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Evander KaneL	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	–	20:20
12Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:48
15Jack EichelC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	43	17:03
17David LegwandC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50	08:54
22Johan LarssonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57	12:31
23Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	20:57
26Matt MoulsonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:43
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	12:23
44Nicolas DeslauriersL	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	–	07:15
63Tyler EnnisC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	16:43
88Jamie McGinnL	0	0	0	-2	3	2	0	0	–	20:00
90Ryan O'ReillyC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	65	24:32
4Josh GorgesD	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0	–	18:45
6Mike WeberD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	12:56
29Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	19:58
46Cody FransonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	16:14
47Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	–	20:38
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	2	0	–	25:03

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Chad JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Linus UllmarkG	L	26	24	2	.923	58:17