Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Preseason · Sunday, September 24, 2023 · Capital One Arena
NHLN · MNMT
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 in a shootout on Sunday, September 24, 2023 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 32–27.
Goals came from Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Ryan Hofer, JJ Peterka, Peyton Krebs, Zach Benson and Sonny Milano.
Dustin Tokarski made 10 saves on 11 shots for the win; Clay Stevenson stopped 6 of 9.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nicolas Aube-Kubel (1)Riley Sutter (1), Lucas Johansen (1)0–114:52 WSH
2nd period
Ryan Hofer (1)Henrik Rybinski (1), Trevor van Riemsdyk (1)0–213:02 WSH
JJ Peterka (1)Brandon Biro (1)1–215:58 BUF
3rd period
Peyton Krebs (1)Jacob Bryson (1), Lukas Rousek (1)2–201:19 BUF
Zach Benson (1)Ryan Johnson (1), Jordan Greenway (1)3–208:59 BUF
Sonny Milano (1)Anthony Mantha (1), Dylan Strome (1)3–312:31 WSH
Shootout
Brandon BiroUnassisted4–300:00 BUF
Team stats
BUFWSH
2732
35%65%
0/50/3
610
718
1711
610
46
Penalties
- 1:51 into the first period
Nicolas Aube-Kubel · hooking2 min
- 3:51 into the first period
Alexander Alexeyev · tripping2 min
- 4:48 into the first period
Filip Cederqvist · tripping2 min
- 6:35 into the first period
Matthew Phillips · tripping2 min
- 2:16 into the second period
Lucas Johansen · tripping2 min
- 13:46 into the second period
Brandon Biro · hooking2 min
- 18:00 into the second period
Tyson Kozak · cross checking2 min
- 2:12 into the third period
Nicolas Aube-Kubel · holding2 min
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Zach BensonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:11 |
| 12Jordan GreenwayL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:21 |
| 13Lukas RousekR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 15:16 |
| 15Brandon BiroL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:24 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:55 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 18:53 |
| 33Ryan JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 20:32 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 23:46 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 17:49 |
| 20Jiri KulichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:01 |
| 48Tyson KozakC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 10:19 |
| 49Filip CederqvistL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:35 |
| 63Isak RosenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:52 |
| 65Linus WeissbachL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:25 |
| 4Jeremy DaviesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:07 |
| 38Kale ClagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:40 |
| 61Riley StillmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:31 |
| 91Nikita NovikovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:28 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eric ComrieG | 21 | 2 | .905 | |
| 40Dustin TokarskiG | W | 11 | 1 | .909 |
Washington Capitals
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:19 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 21:23 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21:09 |
| 58Henrik RybinskiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:34 |
| 61Riley SutterR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:42 |
| 84Ryan HoferC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 07:49 |
| 96Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:25 |
| 46Lucas JohansenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:17 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 18:30 |
| 14Alexander SuzdalevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:39 |
| 21Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 18:31 |
| 29Hendrix LapierreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:47 |
| 45Matthew PhillipsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 18:13 |
| 95Jake KarabelaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:25 |
| 2Vincent IorioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 24:22 |
| 25Dylan McIlrathD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 27Alexander AlexeyevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:30 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Hunter ShepardG | 18 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 33Clay StevensonG | O | 9 | 3 | .667 |