Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, March 15, 2023 · Capital One Arena
NBCSWA · MSG-B
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 in a shootout on Wednesday, March 15, 2023 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 39-27.
Goals came from Ilya Lyubushkin, JJ Peterka, T.J. Oshie, Tyson Jost, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Zemgus Girgensons, Alex Ovechkin and Tom Wilson.
Charlie Lindgren made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 35 of 39.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ilya Lyubushkin (2)Peyton Krebs (13), Riley Stillman (7)1–004:43 BUF
JJ Peterka (9)Jack Quinn (18)2–008:50 BUF
T.J. Oshie (18)Dylan Strome (33), Alex Ovechkin (27)2–110:03 WSH · PPG
Tyson Jost (7)Unassisted3–118:06 BUF
3rd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (12)Alexander Alexeyev (4), T.J. Oshie (15)3–201:32 WSH
Zemgus Girgensons (9)Peyton Krebs (14), Owen Power (23)4–205:22 BUF
Alex Ovechkin (37)Trevor van Riemsdyk (16), Dylan Strome (34)4–310:30 WSH
Tom Wilson (8)Nicklas Backstrom (9)4–418:52 WSH · PPG
SO period
- Evgeny KuznetsovUnassisted4–500:00 WSH
Team stats
BUFWSH
27Shots on goal39
38%Faceoff %62%
0/2Power play2/3
6Penalty minutes4
10Hits30
20Blocked shots13
7Giveaways18
6Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 09:46
Riley Stillman · interference2 min - 2nd 04:01
Nick Jensen · holding2 min - 3rd 16:18Alex Ovechkin · slashing2 min
- 3rd 17:36Alex Tuch · roughing2 min
- OT 04:03Dylan Cozens · tripping2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 15:40 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:45 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:36 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:56 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:00 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 27:34 |
| 46Ilya LyubushkinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:47 |
| 61Riley StillmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 11:50 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:23 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:18 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:54 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:42 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:17 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 23:29 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:32 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 24:11 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 26:22 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | O | 39 | 35 | 4 | .897 | 65:00 |
| 41Craig AndersonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19:32 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 16:43 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 13:54 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 16:30 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:18 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:07 |
| 27Alexander AlexeyevD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:40 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 5 | 24:44 |
| 16Craig SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 13:18 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:48 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:58 |
| 59Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14:04 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:17 |
| 96Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:15 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 26:31 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25:22 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | W | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 64:32 |