Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, December 30, 2015 · Verizon Center
BELL TV · CSN-DC · MSG-B
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 43-27.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Brian Gionta, Justin Williams, Zemgus Girgensons, Marcus Johansson and Andre Burakovsky also scored.
Braden Holtby made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Chad Johnson stopped 38 of 42.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brian Gionta (4)Jack Eichel (10), Zemgus Girgensons (4)1–005:48 BUF
2nd period
Justin Williams (11)Unassisted1–114:08 WSH
Zemgus Girgensons (3)Jack Eichel (11)2–118:53 BUF
3rd period
Alex Ovechkin (19)Evgeny Kuznetsov (21), T.J. Oshie (11)2–201:24 WSH
Marcus Johansson (8)Evgeny Kuznetsov (22), Matt Niskanen (12)2–308:32 WSH · PPG
Andre Burakovsky (3)Marcus Johansson (14)2–409:56 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (20)Unassisted2–518:47 WSH · EN
Team stats
BUFWSH
27Shots on goal43
52%Faceoff %48%
0/4Power play1/3
10Penalty minutes10
12Hits24
19Blocked shots16
7Giveaways9
9Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 00:27
Alex Ovechkin · roughing2 min - 1st 12:10
Tyler Ennis · tripping2 min - 1st 17:30Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 1st 17:30Zach Bogosian · roughing2 min
- 1st 17:30Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 05:55Johan Larsson · hooking2 min
- 3rd 03:44Marcus Johansson · boarding2 min
- 3rd 04:54Evander Kane · tripping2 min
- 3rd 05:15Alex Ovechkin · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 07:26Evander Kane · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Jack EichelC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 6 | 18:08 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16:36 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 15:50 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 21:04 |
| 17David LegwandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:40 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:44 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:10 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:09 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:21 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:11 |
| 88Jamie McGinnL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:08 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:23 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:11 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 11:54 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:29 |
| 46Cody FransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:17 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | 22:17 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 25:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | L | 42 | 38 | 4 | .905 | 59:02 |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 10 | 21:38 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 20:11 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 18:46 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 17:27 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:22 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:03 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 25:40 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:35 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:37 |
| 23Zach SillC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:08 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:08 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:57 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:50 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:12 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:53 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:24 |
| 58Connor CarrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:04 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 23:23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 27 | 25 | 2 | .926 | 59:42 |