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Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, November 1, 2025 · KeyBank Center

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3–4

Final/SO

SOG 34–24

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

MSG-B · MNMT2

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday, November 1, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 34-24.

Goals came from Dylan Strome, Aliaksei Protas, Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch, Isak Rosen and Sonny Milano.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 31 saves on 34 shots for the win; Charlie Lindgren stopped 21 of 24.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTSOTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH21000334
Buffalo SabresBUF30001424

Three stars

  1. ★1st starUkko-Pekka LuukkonenBUF · .912 SV%
  2. ★2nd starIsak RosenBUF · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starBowen ByramBUF · 0G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd 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+
1:16

2–2 · 1st 10:02 · Tuch. Protas was 1:16 into his shift when it went in.

GoalWSH on iceBUF on ice

1–0 WSH

1st 1:07 · Strome

Tuch 0:22

2–0 WSH

1st 2:15 · Protas

Krebs 0:41

2–1 BUF

1st 2:30 · Thompson

Carlson 0:47

2–2 BUF

1st 10:02 · Tuch

Long shift: Protas 1:16

2–3 BUF

1st 18:45 · Rosen

Long shift: van Riemsdyk 1:12

3–3 WSH

2nd 19:17 · Milano

Quinn 0:37

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 (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

WSHBUF
34Shots on goal24
52%Faceoff %48%
0/4Power play0/3
25Penalty minutes17
17Hits22
13Blocked shots13
15Giveaways16
4Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 04:39Tom Wilson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
  • 1st 07:04Jordan Greenway · illegal check to head2 min
  • 1st 07:04Tom Wilson · instigator2 min
  • 1st 07:04Jordan Greenway · fighting5 min
  • 1st 07:04Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
  • 1st 07:04Tom Wilson · instigator misconduct10 min
  • 2nd 06:20Alex Tuch · interference2 min
  • 2nd 14:16Ryan Leonard · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 19:17Bowen Byram · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 19:17Ryan Leonard · embellishment2 min
  • 3rd 03:11Declan Chisholm · holding2 min
  • 3rd 06:09Peyton Krebs · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 08:26Beck Malenstyn · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 16:48Alex Tuch · holding2 min

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