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Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, December 14, 2024 · Capital One Arena

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresAway

2–4

Final

SOG 21–31

Washington CapitalsWashingtonCapitalsHome

MSG-B · MNMT

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Saturday, December 14, 2024 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 31-21.

Tom Wilson scored twice. Jason Zucker, Jiri Kulich, Dylan Strome and Jakob Chychrun also scored.

Logan Thompson made 19 saves on 21 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 27 of 30.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF110221
Washington CapitalsWSH112431

Three stars

  1. ★1st starTom WilsonWSH · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starDylan StromeWSH · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starJohn CarlsonWSH · 0G 3A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:15

2–2 · 2nd 7:24 · Kulich. Roy was 1:15 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceWSH on ice

1–0 BUF

1st 1:36 · Zucker

Lapierre 0:32

1–1 WSH

1st 17:09 · PP · Wilson

Clifton 0:49

1–2 WSH

2nd 5:11 · PP · Wilson

Long shift: Clifton 1:05

2–2 BUF

2nd 7:24 · Kulich

Long shift: Roy 1:15

2–3 WSH

3rd 11:05 · Strome

Greenway 0:32

2–4 WSH

3rd 18:30 · EN · Chychrun

Zucker 0:28

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

BUFWSH
21Shots on goal31
54%Faceoff %46%
0/2Power play2/3
11Penalty minutes9
25Hits27
10Blocked shots17
11Giveaways13
8Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 16:20Owen Power · holding2 min
  • 2nd 04:06Zach Benson · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 06:20Dylan Cozens · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 06:20Martin Fehérváry · fighting5 min
  • 2nd 11:55Brandon Duhaime · boarding2 min
  • 2nd 13:11Bowen Byram · interference2 min
  • 2nd 18:35Connor McMichael · hooking2 min

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