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Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Monday, January 6, 2025 · KeyBank Center

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3–4

Final/SO

SOG 28–27

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 in a shootout on Monday, January 6, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 28-27.

Alex Tuch scored twice and Tom Wilson scored twice. Tage Thompson and Aliaksei Protas also scored.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Charlie Lindgren stopped 24 of 27.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTSOTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH11100328
Buffalo SabresBUF12001427

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAlex TuchBUF · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starJJ PeterkaBUF · 0G 2A
  3. ★3rd starTage ThompsonBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

SO 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+
1:24

2–2 · 2nd 11:29 · Wilson. BUF stayed on through an icing. Peterka was 1:24 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 4:42 · Tuch

Carlson 0:31

1–1 WSH

1st 6:10 · PP · Wilson

Clifton 0:30

1–2 BUF

2nd 1:07 · Tuch

Wilson 0:32

2–2 WSH

2nd 11:29 · Wilson

Long shift: Peterka 1:24

2–3 BUF

2nd 12:49 · PP · Thompson

Protas 0:21

3–3 WSH

3rd 15:47 · Protas

Long shift: Clifton 1:07

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

WSHBUF
28Shots on goal27
54%Faceoff %46%
1/2Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes6
23Hits10
12Blocked shots20
19Giveaways10
8Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 01:02Aliaksei Protas · holding the stick2 min
  • 1st 05:40Nicolas Aube-Kubel · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 19:58Jiri Kulich · roughing2 min
  • 1st 19:58Brandon Duhaime · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 11:46Dylan Strome · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 01:01Tage Thompson · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 06:04Dylan Strome · boarding2 min

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