Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Tuesday, April 2, 2024 · KeyBank Center
MSG-B · MNMT
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 6-2 on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 35-26.
JJ Peterka scored twice. Martin Fehérváry, Zemgus Girgensons, Dylan Strome, Rasmus Dahlin, Tage Thompson and Alex Tuch also scored.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Charlie Lindgren stopped 25 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Martin Fehérváry (3)Michael Sgarbossa (3), Hendrix Lapierre (11)1–002:46 WSH
Zemgus Girgensons (8)Rasmus Dahlin (37), Owen Power (24)1–115:42 BUF
JJ Peterka (27)Alex Tuch (33), Zach Benson (15)1–216:50 BUF · PPG
2nd period
- JJ Peterka (28)Alex Tuch (34)1–310:54 BUF
Dylan Strome (26)John Carlson (39), Alex Ovechkin (33)2–319:14 WSH · PPG
3rd period
Rasmus Dahlin (18)JJ Peterka (21), Tage Thompson (24)2–403:03 BUF · PPG
Tage Thompson (27)Jack Quinn (8), Zach Benson (16)2–504:48 BUF
Alex Tuch (20)Tage Thompson (25), Rasmus Dahlin (38)2–605:33 BUF
Team stats
WSHBUF
26Shots on goal35
56%Faceoff %44%
1/3Power play2/2
4Penalty minutes6
24Hits23
18Blocked shots17
2Giveaways5
6Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 16:00
Rasmus Sandin · hooking2 min - 2nd 18:51
Peyton Krebs · holding2 min - 3rd 00:38JJ Peterka · tripping2 min
- 3rd 01:46Max Pacioretty · holding2 min
- 3rd 17:58Owen Power · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 18:58 |
| 17Dylan StromeC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 15:57 |
| 23Michael SgarbossaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:43 |
| 29Hendrix LapierreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 15:46 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:36 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 23:54 |
| 15Sonny MilanoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 21Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:42 |
| 47Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:03 |
| 63Ivan MiroshnichenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:01 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:35 |
| 96Nicolas Aube-KubelR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:00 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:08 |
| 27Alexander AlexeyevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:33 |
| 38Rasmus SandinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:27 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 14:19 | |
| 79Charlie LindgrenG | L | 31 | 25 | 6 | .806 | 45:33 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 4 | 19:41 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 18:41 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 20:17 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 4 | 21:05 |
| 9Zach BensonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:38 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:10 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:22 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 23:38 |
| 13Lukas RousekR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:04 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:16 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:29 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:53 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:16 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:55 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:21 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:43 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:02 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:06 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | W | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 60:00 |
| 27Devon LeviG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |