Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, November 25, 2016 · Verizon Center
CSN-DC · MSG-B
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Friday, November 25, 2016 at Verizon Center. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 33-32.
Goals came from Daniel Winnik, Marcus Johansson, Sam Reinhart and Brett Connolly.
Philipp Grubauer made 32 saves on 33 shots for the win; Anders Nilsson stopped 29 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Daniel Winnik (3)Brett Connolly (1), Lars Eller (1)0–105:08 WSH
2nd period
Marcus Johansson (8)Justin Williams (2)0–213:25 WSH
3rd period
Sam Reinhart (4)Kyle Okposo (7), Cody Franson (5)1–209:58 BUF
Brett Connolly (2)Alex Ovechkin (5), Andre Burakovsky (8)1–316:05 WSH · PPG
Team stats
BUFWSH
33Shots on goal32
55%Faceoff %45%
0/4Power play1/4
8Penalty minutes8
12Hits19
13Blocked shots14
7Giveaways15
6Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 07:43
Justin Williams · interference goalkeeper2 min - 1st 17:56
Marcus Foligno · interference2 min - 2nd 05:40Johan Larsson · slashing2 min
- 2nd 17:23Taylor Fedun · holding2 min
- 2nd 19:28Brett Connolly · hooking2 min
- 3rd 06:34Alex Ovechkin · tripping2 min
- 3rd 12:07Andre Burakovsky · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 15:40Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:25 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 16:32 |
| 6Cody FransonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:26 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:36 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:29 |
| 19Cal O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:08 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:02 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:20 |
| 27Derek GrantC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:29 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:07 |
| 48William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:14 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:32 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23:53 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 19:29 |
| 29Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:30 |
| 38Taylor FedunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:56 |
| 41Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:44 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 27:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anders NilssonG | L | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 58:17 |
| 40Robin LehnerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 14:56 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 15:24 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:54 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:00 |
| 26Daniel WinnikL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:19 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 14:39 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:16 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:32 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:31 |
| 82Zachary SanfordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:37 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:14 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:09 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:21 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:08 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:44 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:58 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | W | 33 | 32 | 1 | .970 | 60:00 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |