Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, January 16, 2016 · First Niagara Center

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1–4

Final

SOG 34–29

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 4-1 on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at First Niagara Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 34-29.

Goals came from Phil Varone, Tim Schaller, Evander Kane, Cody Franson and Marcus Johansson.

Chad Johnson made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 13 of 16.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	0	1	1	34
BUF	2	2	0	4	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Phil Varone (1)Rasmus Ristolainen (21), Zach Bogosian (5)0–110:30 BUF
Tim Schaller (1)Unassisted0–216:00 BUF · SHG

2nd period

Evander Kane (9)Ryan O'Reilly (21), Sam Reinhart (8)0–307:14 BUF
Cody Franson (4)Evander Kane (8), Zach Bogosian (6)0–415:37 BUF · PPG

3rd period

Marcus Johansson (11)Jason Chimera (14)1–402:54 WSH

Team stats

WSHBUF

34Shots on goal29

52%Faceoff %48%

0/4Power play1/5

19Penalty minutes17

17Hits18

6Blocked shots10

6Giveaways4

0Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 12:14Mark Pysyk · elbowing2 min
1st 14:33Jack Eichel · tripping2 min
1st 18:05Taylor Chorney · holding2 min
2nd 02:25Zach Sill · holding2 min
2nd 09:29Phil Varone · tripping2 min
2nd 14:30T.J. Oshie · slashing2 min
2nd 18:50Taylor Chorney · slashing2 min
2nd 20:00Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
2nd 20:00Sam Reinhart · roughing2 min
3rd 07:20Mark Pysyk · interference2 min
3rd 10:43Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
3rd 10:43Marcus Foligno · fighting5 min
3rd 12:48Aaron Ness · holding2 min
3rd 14:12Zach Bogosian · roughing2 min
3rd 14:12Jason Chimera · roughing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

25Jason ChimeraL	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	2	–	15:29
90Marcus JohanssonL	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	83	15:34
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	-2	4	2	0	0	–	21:11
10Mike RichardsC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	45	13:01
14Justin WilliamsR	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	67	15:54
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	0	50	19:21
23Zach SillC	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	33	11:26
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	+1	0	6	0	7	–	11:18
46Michael LattaC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	12:03
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	09:45
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	2	40	17:35
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	50	16:17
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	26:53
4Taylor ChorneyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	12:39
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	18:51
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	23:09
55Aaron NessD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	12:48
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	17:39

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		13	12	1	.923	32:46
70Braden HoltbyG	L	16	13	3	.813	27:14

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Evander KaneL	1	1	2	+2	5	3	0	0	–	19:58
47Zach BogosianD	0	2	2	+2	0	1	2	2	–	21:29
23Sam ReinhartC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	–	17:05
59Tim SchallerC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	36	10:58
84Phil VaroneC	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	–	08:01
90Ryan O'ReillyC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	52	20:48
46Cody FransonD	1	0	1	0	5	1	1	0	–	15:14
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	1	1	+2	4	2	2	0	–	27:27
12Brian GiontaR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	17:38
15Jack EichelC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	16:13
17David LegwandC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	14:12
22Johan LarssonL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	65	17:10
26Matt MoulsonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:10
82Marcus FolignoL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	5	–	11:52
88Jamie McGinnL	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	0	–	14:00
3Mark PysykD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	4	–	15:16
6Mike WeberD	0	0	0	+2	1	2	2	0	–	21:47
29Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	15:04

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Chad JohnsonG	W	34	33	1	.971	59:38
40Robin LehnerG		0	0	0	–	00:00