Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, January 3, 2023 · Capital One Arena
SN · NBCSWA+ · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5-4 in overtime on Tuesday, January 3, 2023 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 32-29.
Tage Thompson scored a hat trick and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Alex Tuch, Sonny Milano, Nic Dowd and Tyson Jost also scored.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 28 saves on 32 shots for the win; Darcy Kuemper stopped 24 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Tuch (18)Tage Thompson (25), Jeff Skinner (22)1–010:48 BUF
Sonny Milano (6)Anthony Mantha (13), Matt Irwin (2)1–112:07 WSH
Tage Thompson (28)Rasmus Dahlin (29), Dylan Cozens (23)2–117:29 BUF · PPG
2nd period
- Tage Thompson (29)Alex Tuch (23), Ilya Lyubushkin (4)3–105:50 BUF
Alex Ovechkin (27)Evgeny Kuznetsov (28)3–216:46 WSH
3rd period
Nic Dowd (10)Sonny Milano (12), Nick Jensen (16)3–300:55 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (28)Conor Sheary (16)3–407:10 WSH
Tyson Jost (3)Casey Mittelstadt (13), Owen Power (13)4–411:42 BUF
OT period
- Tage Thompson (30)Alex Tuch (24)5–403:00 BUF
Team stats
BUFWSH
29Shots on goal32
31%Faceoff %69%
1/3Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes6
21Hits39
10Blocked shots15
8Giveaways12
5Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 16:57
T.J. Oshie · high sticking2 min - 2nd 17:49
Ilya Lyubushkin · slashing2 min - 3rd 18:00Evgeny Kuznetsov · tripping2 min
- 3rd 19:43Lars Eller · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 5 | 19:56 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 18:51 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:06 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:53 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:26 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:44 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 27:58 |
| 46Ilya LyubushkinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:56 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:13 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:07 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:33 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:22 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:06 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:38 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:57 |
| 38Kale ClagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:20 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | W | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 63:00 |
| 41Craig AndersonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 20:33 |
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 14:55 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:01 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:05 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:42 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 4 | 21:49 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 22:01 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:22 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:35 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:41 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:54 |
| 59Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 08:44 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:55 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:45 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:57 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:01 |
| 56Erik GustafssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:26 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 23:27 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | O | 29 | 24 | 5 | .828 | 62:56 |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |