Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Sunday, February 26, 2023 · KeyBank Center
SN360 · NBCSWA · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 7-4 on Sunday, February 26, 2023 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 37-30.
Dylan Cozens scored a hat trick. Dylan Strome, Tage Thompson, T.J. Oshie, Jeff Skinner, Zemgus Girgensons, Vinnie Hinostroza, Alex Ovechkin and Sonny Milano also scored.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Darcy Kuemper stopped 14 of 19.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Dylan Cozens (21)Casey Mittelstadt (27), Ilya Lyubushkin (9)0–110:40 BUF
Dylan Strome (13)Nick Jensen (21), T.J. Oshie (11)1–114:45 WSH
Tage Thompson (40)Unassisted1–216:35 BUF
T.J. Oshie (15)Dylan Strome (27), Nick Jensen (22)2–216:50 WSH
2nd period
Jeff Skinner (25)Mattias Samuelsson (6), Jack Quinn (15)2–305:49 BUF
Zemgus Girgensons (8)Kyle Okposo (15), Tyson Jost (15)2–408:36 BUF
Vinnie Hinostroza (1)Owen Power (18), Dylan Cozens (29)2–510:07 BUF- Dylan Cozens (22)Jack Quinn (16)2–612:49 BUF
Alex Ovechkin (33)Erik Gustafsson (31), Evgeny Kuznetsov (39)3–615:49 WSH
Sonny Milano (10)Unassisted4–618:40 WSH · PPG
3rd period
- Dylan Cozens (23)Vinnie Hinostroza (9), Casey Mittelstadt (28)4–711:52 BUF
Team stats
WSHBUF
30Shots on goal37
42%Faceoff %58%
1/2Power play0/3
13Penalty minutes11
17Hits5
10Blocked shots9
4Giveaways7
0Takeaways11
Penalties
- 2nd 16:32
Nicolas Aube-Kubel · cross checking2 min - 2nd 16:32Nicolas Aube-Kubel · fighting5 min
- 2nd 16:32
Jack Quinn · fighting5 min - 2nd 18:00Dylan Cozens · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:00Dylan Cozens · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:00Martin Fehérváry · roughing2 min
- 3rd 07:09Nick Jensen · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:02Nic Dowd · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 19:26Henri Jokiharju · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 17Dylan StromeC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:27 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15:33 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 24:42 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 7 | 16:03 |
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:03 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 16:05 |
| 56Erik GustafssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 22:06 |
| 16Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:33 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:34 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:33 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:58 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:02 |
| 96Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:01 |
| 25Dylan McIlrathD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 11:13 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:44 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 14:21 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:29 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | L | 19 | 14 | 5 | .737 | 30:07 |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | 18 | 16 | 2 | .889 | 29:53 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 24Dylan CozensC | 3 | 1 | 4 | +3 | 8 | 15:41 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 13:22 |
| 29Vinnie HinostrozaC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 14:22 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 14:36 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:36 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:12 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:38 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 7 | 19:41 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:10 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 27:43 |
| 46Ilya LyubushkinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:56 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:02 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:42 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:40 |
| 38Kale ClagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 09:59 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 13:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | W | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 60:00 |
| 31Eric ComrieG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |