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Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, April 4, 2026 · Capital One Arena

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2–6

Final

SOG 39–28

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-2 on Saturday, April 4, 2026 at Capital One Arena. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 39-28.

Goals came from Jakob Chychrun, Dylan Strome, Connor McMichael, Rasmus Dahlin, Beck Malenstyn, Aliaksei Protas, Ryan Leonard and Tom Wilson.

Logan Thompson made 37 saves on 39 shots for the win; Alex Lyon stopped 2 of 5.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF200239
Washington CapitalsWSH312628

Three stars

  1. ★1st starLogan ThompsonWSH · .949 SV%
  2. ★2nd starConnor McMichaelWSH · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starAliaksei ProtasWSH · 1G 1A

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+
1:19

0–3 · 1st 5:52 · McMichael. Greenway was 1:19 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceWSH on ice

0–1 WSH

1st 3:15 · Chychrun

Long shift: Power 1:01

0–2 WSH

1st 3:35 · Strome

Benson 0:27

0–3 WSH

1st 5:52 · McMichael

Long shift: Greenway 1:19

1–3 BUF

1st 6:30 · Dahlin

Long shift: Chychrun 1:00

2–3 BUF

1st 12:15 · Malenstyn

van Riemsdyk 0:32

2–4 WSH

2nd 6:06 · Protas

McLeod 0:58

2–5 WSH

3rd 6:26 · Leonard

McLeod 0:44

2–6 WSH

3rd 8:55 · SH · Wilson

Long shift: Zucker 1:04

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

BUFWSH
39Shots on goal28
52%Faceoff %48%
0/5Power play0/2
14Penalty minutes20
17Hits14
8Blocked shots11
17Giveaways18
3Takeaways9

Penalties

  • 2nd 04:21Zach Benson · interference2 min
  • 2nd 05:08Ryan Leonard · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 10:58Dylan Strome · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 12:22Connor McMichael · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 19:42Mattias Samuelsson · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 03:13Trevor van Riemsdyk · holding2 min
  • 3rd 08:32Cole Hutson · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 17:15Martin Fehérváry · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 17:15Zach Benson · misconduct10 min

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