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Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Sunday, March 30, 2025 · Capital One Arena

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8–5

Final

SOG 23–29

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 8-5 on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 29-23.

Jakob Chychrun scored twice, Tage Thompson scored twice and Alex Tuch scored twice. Ryan McLeod, Sam Lafferty, Aliaksei Protas, Jack Quinn, Alex Ovechkin, Pierre-Luc Dubois and Peyton Krebs also scored.

James Reimer made 24 saves on 29 shots for the win; Logan Thompson stopped 15 of 22.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF134823
Washington CapitalsWSH113529

Three stars

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

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+
1:39

1–1 · 1st 12:49 · Thompson. Roy was 1:39 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceWSH on ice

0–1 WSH

1st 10:06 · Chychrun

Stuck out there: Byram 1:30

1–1 BUF

1st 12:49 · PP · Thompson

Stuck out there: Roy 1:39

2–1 BUF

2nd 2:14 · McLeod

Roy 0:32

2–2 WSH

2nd 2:46 · Chychrun

Zucker 0:32

3–2 BUF

2nd 5:17 · Tuch

Long shift: van Riemsdyk 1:08

4–2 BUF

2nd 11:52 · Lafferty

Long shift: Mangiapane 1:02

4–3 WSH

3rd 0:37 · SH · Protas

McLeod 0:37

5–3 BUF

3rd 1:28 · PP · Thompson

Long shift: Carlson 1:28

6–3 BUF

3rd 5:52 · Quinn

Long shift: Chychrun 1:19

6–4 WSH

3rd 9:11 · Ovechkin

Long shift: Samuelsson 1:14

6–5 WSH

3rd 14:03 · PP · Dubois

Bernard-Docker 0:31

7–5 BUF

3rd 15:34 · Tuch

Chychrun 0:50

8–5 BUF

3rd 19:36 · EN · Krebs

Carlson 2:54

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
23Shots on goal29
53%Faceoff %47%
2/5Power play1/2
6Penalty minutes12
16Hits21
19Blocked shots12
7Giveaways13
7Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 06:28Pierre-Luc Dubois · roughing2 min
  • 1st 11:10Rasmus Sandin · boarding2 min
  • 1st 11:10Ryan McLeod · roughing2 min
  • 1st 11:10John Carlson · roughing2 min
  • 1st 15:28Bowen Byram · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 13:30Tom Wilson · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 18:51Pierre-Luc Dubois · high sticking double minor4 min
  • 3rd 12:58Beck Malenstyn · tripping2 min

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