Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, March 25, 2022 · KeyBank Center
NBCSWA · MSG-B
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in a shootout on Friday, March 25, 2022 at KeyBank Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 40-23.
Jeff Skinner scored twice. Anthony Mantha, Nick Jensen, Victor Olofsson and Alex Ovechkin also scored.
Ilya Samsonov made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Dustin Tokarski stopped 37 of 40.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Anthony Mantha (7)Nicklas Backstrom (19), Tom Wilson (26)1–009:15 WSH
Jeff Skinner (25)Tage Thompson (22)1–115:49 BUF
2nd period
Nick Jensen (5)Dmitry Orlov (19), Conor Sheary (17)2–104:06 WSH- Jeff Skinner (26)Mattias Samuelsson (5)2–210:23 BUF
Victor Olofsson (12)Casey Mittelstadt (6), Rasmus Asplund (17)2–312:55 BUF
Alex Ovechkin (41)Evgeny Kuznetsov (42)3–316:47 WSH
SO period
- Alex OvechkinUnassisted4–300:00 WSH
Team stats
WSHBUF
40Shots on goal23
54%Faceoff %46%
0/1Power play0/1
4Penalty minutes4
20Hits12
12Blocked shots9
6Giveaways8
5Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 18:16
Michal Kempny · slashing2 min - 2nd 16:59
Jeff Skinner · holding2 min - 2nd 16:59Garnet Hathaway · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:03Mark Pysyk · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:57 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:56 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:18 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:05 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:19 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:10 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:22 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:10 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:49 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:13 |
| 45Axel Jonsson-FjallbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:38 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:40 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 15:24 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 03:17 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:18 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:10 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 25:36 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | W | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 65:00 |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 17:30 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:56 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:18 |
| 72Tage ThompsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:57 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:13 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:00 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:47 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:11 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 |
| 29Vinnie HinostrozaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:20 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:27 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 26:35 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:34 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:06 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | O | 40 | 37 | 3 | .925 | 65:00 |
| 41Craig AndersonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |