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Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, March 12, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Washington CapitalsWashingtonCapitalsAway

2–1

Final

SOG 22–30

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

MSG-B · MNMT2

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Thursday, March 12, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 30-22.

Goals came from Sam Carrick, Ryan Leonard and Jakob Chychrun.

Charlie Lindgren made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 20 of 22.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Washington CapitalsWSH011222
Buffalo SabresBUF100130

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJakob ChychrunWSH · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starRyan LeonardWSH · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starSam CarrickBUF · 1G 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+
GoalWSH on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 6:02 · Carrick

Roy 0:45

1–1 WSH

2nd 2:14 · Leonard

Stanley 0:50

2–1 WSH

3rd 18:27 · Chychrun

Quinn 0:57

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
22Shots on goal30
40%Faceoff %60%
0/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
22Hits24
17Blocked shots11
17Giveaways13
9Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 17:50Connor McMichael · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 12:50Tanner Pearson · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 16:41Martin Fehérváry · holding2 min
  • 3rd 06:08Logan Stanley · holding2 min

Season series