Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Tuesday, November 7, 2017 · KeyBank Center

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1–3

Final

SOG 25–32

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 3-1 on Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 32-25.

Evander Kane scored twice. Alex Ovechkin and Benoit Pouliot also scored.

Robin Lehner made 24 saves on 25 shots for the win; Philipp Grubauer stopped 29 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	0	1	25
BUF	0	1	2	3	32

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Evander Kane (8)Jack Eichel (10)0–102:39 BUF
Alex Ovechkin (13)Devante Smith-Pelly (4), Brooks Orpik (3)1–117:44 WSH

3rd period

Benoit Pouliot (5)Unassisted1–203:22 BUF
Evander Kane (9)Jason Pominville (7)1–319:40 BUF · EN

Team stats

WSHBUF

25Shots on goal32

48%Faceoff %52%

0/1Power play0/4

13Penalty minutes7

22Hits19

8Blocked shots12

7Giveaways7

5Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 04:25Alex Ovechkin · tripping2 min
1st 10:59Jordan Nolan · slashing2 min
1st 18:59Brooks Orpik · roughing2 min
2nd 12:33Jake McCabe · fighting5 min
2nd 12:33Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
3rd 04:12Evgeny Kuznetsov · slashing2 min
3rd 07:01John Carlson · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	0	5	5	0	2	–	19:34
25Devante Smith-PellyR	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	50	16:28
44Brooks OrpikD	0	1	1	-1	0	1	2	2	–	21:52
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	12:07
18Chandler StephensonC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	09:27
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	1	0	53	19:08
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	38	13:32
39Alex ChiassonR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	13:35
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	5	–	11:35
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	-2	1	4	0	0	–	19:22
79Nathan WalkerL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	08:29
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	55	11:54
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	56	18:53
4Taylor ChorneyD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	15:42
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	5	3	2	0	–	24:24
29Christian DjoosD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:51
55Aaron NessD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	14:16
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	-3	5	0	0	2	–	25:34

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG	L	31	29	2	.935	59:17
70Braden HoltbyG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Evander KaneL	2	0	2	+2	4	0	0	0	100	21:43
15Jack EichelC	0	1	1	+2	4	1	0	0	41	21:49
29Jason PominvilleR	0	1	1	+2	3	0	2	0	50	16:05
67Benoit PouliotL	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	16:45
13Nick BaptisteR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:47
17Jordan NolanC	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	–	10:56
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	100	17:44
22Johan LarssonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	13:04
23Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	50	13:27
25Seth GriffithC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:54
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	11:37
90Ryan O'ReillyC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	52	21:31
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	–	26:34
19Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	5	–	19:50
27Taylor FedunD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	20:59
38Zach RedmondD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	2	0	–	14:12
41Justin FalkD	0	0	0	-1	1	5	3	0	–	18:15
93Victor AntipinD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	–	14:48

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Chad JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Robin LehnerG	W	25	24	1	.960	60:00