Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, December 21, 2018 · Capital One Arena

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1–2

Final

SOG 37–24

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Friday, December 21, 2018 at Capital One Arena. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 37-24.

Goals came from Chandler Stephenson, Johan Larsson and Tom Wilson.

Braden Holtby made 36 saves on 37 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 22 of 24.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	1	1	37
WSH	0	1	1	2	24

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Chandler Stephenson (3)Nic Dowd (9)0–102:50 WSH · SHG

3rd period

Johan Larsson (3)Tage Thompson (3), Rasmus Ristolainen (19)1–109:01 BUF
Tom Wilson (10)Evgeny Kuznetsov (25)1–213:00 WSH

Team stats

BUFWSH

37Shots on goal24

45%Faceoff %55%

0/4Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes8

6Hits19

10Blocked shots19

7Giveaways18

14Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 04:32Jeff Skinner · hooking2 min
1st 08:28Tom Wilson · hooking2 min
2nd 02:37Jonas Siegenthaler · tripping2 min
2nd 07:12Evan Rodrigues · holding2 min
2nd 09:38Casey Mittelstadt · holding2 min
3rd 09:24Matt Niskanen · tripping2 min
3rd 14:23Vladimir Sobotka · hooking2 min
3rd 17:48Nic Dowd · tripping2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

22Johan LarssonL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	33	14:45
72Tage ThompsonC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	09:46
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	1	1	0	6	1	1	0	–	24:27
9Jack EichelC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	70	22:32
17Vladimir SobotkaC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	50	15:15
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	10:08
23Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	–	19:40
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	12:20
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	29	10:59
43Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	–	15:16
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	2	–	20:05
71Evan RodriguesC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	50	14:56
81Remi ElieL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	09:39
4Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	21:15
6Marco ScandellaD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	16:49
19Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	–	16:13
24Lawrence PilutD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	17:04
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	22:59

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Linus UllmarkG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Carter HuttonG	L	24	22	2	.917	57:52

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

18Chandler StephensonC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	10:46
26Nic DowdC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	2	56	11:44
43Tom WilsonR	1	0	1	+1	4	3	0	2	–	17:32
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	30	18:44
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	20:21
10Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	11:17
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	+1	5	0	1	0	–	15:20
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	70	18:32
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	50	17:14
25Devante Smith-PellyR	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	–	09:33
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	08:56
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	2	0	–	19:26
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	2	–	21:03
6Michal KempnyD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	–	18:08
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	20:22
22Madison BoweyD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	16:24
34Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	2	–	12:57
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	–	23:47

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Pheonix CopleyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	37	36	1	.973	59:54