Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Monday, March 9, 2020 · KeyBank Center

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2–3

Final/SO

SOG 35–26

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 in a shootout on Monday, March 9, 2020 at KeyBank Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 35-26.

Goals came from Victor Olofsson, Jack Eichel, Alex Ovechkin and Dmitry Orlov.

Linus Ullmark made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 24 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
WSH	0	0	2	0	0	2	35
BUF	1	1	0	0	1	3	26

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Victor Olofsson (20)Marcus Johansson (21), Rasmus Dahlin (35)0–104:53 BUF

2nd period

Jack Eichel (36)Rasmus Dahlin (36), Rasmus Ristolainen (27)0–200:53 BUF · PPG

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (48)Evgeny Kuznetsov (33)1–203:33 WSH
Dmitry Orlov (4)Alex Ovechkin (19), Tom Wilson (23)2–213:11 WSH

Team stats

WSHBUF

35Shots on goal26

46%Faceoff %54%

0/1Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes2

13Hits14

10Blocked shots12

8Giveaways6

3Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 14:43Johan Larsson · slashing2 min
2nd 00:18Brenden Dillon · slashing2 min
2nd 03:17Richard Panik · tripping2 min
OT 02:10Dmitry Orlov · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	+2	6	1	2	0	–	19:24
43Tom WilsonR	0	1	1	+2	1	2	0	0	–	21:22
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	30	19:11
9Dmitry OrlovD	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	2	–	26:40
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	13:59
14Richard PanikR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	11:35
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	0	0	-1	5	1	0	0	–	15:39
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	57	17:58
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	64	15:57
21Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	–	10:41
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	42	11:47
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	13:55
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	15:56
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	21:31
4Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	19:54
6Michal KempnyD	0	0	0	+1	5	1	0	0	–	17:06
34Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	14:13
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	26:24

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	O	26	24	2	.923	65:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

26Rasmus DahlinD	0	2	2	+1	1	0	1	0	–	17:16
9Jack EichelC	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	55	23:42
68Victor OlofssonR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	16:52
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	43	15:29
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	1	1	-2	2	3	1	0	–	28:50
13Jimmy VeseyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	11:35
17Wayne SimmondsR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	11:18
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	33	15:46
22Johan LarssonL	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	2	71	15:15
23Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	22:13
27Curtis LazarC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50	11:34
28Zemgus GirgensonsC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	16:11
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	18:02
95Dominik KahunC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	13:05
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	18:41
19Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	–	18:46
33Colin MillerD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	15:11
62Brandon MontourD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	0	–	26:01

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Linus UllmarkG	W	35	33	2	.943	65:00
40Carter HuttonG		0	0	0	–	00:00