Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 15, 2018 · Capital One Arena
NBCSWA · MSG-B
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday, December 15, 2018 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 38-29.
Jack Eichel scored twice. Brett Connolly, Jakub Vrana, Rasmus Dahlin and Alex Ovechkin also scored.
Pheonix Copley made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 35 of 38.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jack Eichel (11)Sam Reinhart (20), Rasmus Dahlin (13)1–002:41 BUF
Brett Connolly (7)Devante Smith-Pelly (3)1–103:39 WSH
Jakub Vrana (10)Evgeny Kuznetsov (24)1–209:41 WSH
2nd period
- Jack Eichel (12)Rasmus Dahlin (14), Rasmus Ristolainen (18)2–202:25 BUF · PPG
Rasmus Dahlin (3)Jeff Skinner (11), Sam Reinhart (21)3–207:21 BUF · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (29)Nicklas Backstrom (30), Dmitry Orlov (10)3–313:46 WSH
SO period
- Alex OvechkinUnassisted3–400:00 WSH
Team stats
BUFWSH
29Shots on goal38
47%Faceoff %53%
2/3Power play0/4
12Penalty minutes10
16Hits32
13Blocked shots12
8Giveaways13
6Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 00:41
Michal Kempny · high sticking2 min - 1st 10:12
Evan Rodrigues · tripping2 min - 2nd 00:50Michal Kempny · hooking2 min
- 2nd 06:10Madison Bowey · hooking2 min
- 2nd 08:12Tage Thompson · interference2 min
- 2nd 11:51Michal Kempny · roughing2 min
- 2nd 11:51Sam Reinhart · slashing2 min
- 2nd 14:42Zach Bogosian · hooking2 min
- 3rd 00:16Marco Scandella · delaying game2 min
- OT 03:29T.J. Oshie · roughing2 min
- OT 03:29Evan Rodrigues · roughing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24:19 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 20:55 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:17 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 31:43 |
| 17Vladimir SobotkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:39 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:11 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:47 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:18 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11:53 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:23 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:54 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:16 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:15 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29:03 |
| 5Matt TennysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 09:06 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:33 |
| 82Nathan BeaulieuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 05:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Carter HuttonG | O | 38 | 35 | 3 | .921 | 65:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 8 | 25:34 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:39 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 14:16 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:18 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:52 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 21:25 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:52 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:57 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:47 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:07 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:27 |
| 72Travis BoydC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:30 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:38 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:37 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:30 |
| 22Madison BoweyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:14 |
| 34Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:20 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 2 | 29:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Pheonix CopleyG | W | 29 | 26 | 3 | .897 | 65:00 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |