The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres, 5 to 1, on February 24, 2018.

Final

Sabres

18-33-11

1

Capitals

35-20-7

5

Team

BUF

WSH

1

0

1

2

0

1

3

1

3

Total

1

5

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

WSH

Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) assisted by Brett Connolly and Dmitry Orlov

0

1

2nd period

BUF

WSH

Andre Burakovsky (EV) assisted by Matt Niskanen and Evgeny Kuznetsov

0

2

3rd period

BUF

WSH

Sam Reinhart (EV) assisted by Casey Nelson

1

2

Alex Ovechkin (PP) assisted by John Carlson and Evgeny Kuznetsov

1

3

Lars Eller (EV-EN) assisted by Alex Chiasson and Matt Niskanen

1

4

Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov and John Carlson

1

5

Sabres

Capitals

Goals

1

5

Shots

29

36

Penalty Minutes

2

4

Power-Play Goals

0

1

Power-Play Opportunities

2

1

Faceoff Wins

31

Hits

15

20

Giveaways

2

9

Takeaways

10

4

Sabres

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Robin Lehner (L)	1	35	4	31	.886	59:52

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Victor Antipin	0	0	-1	0	1	16:34	0	1	0	0
Nick Baptiste	0	0	0	0	3	11:42	0	1	0	1
Nathan Beaulieu	0	0	-2	0	0	19:36	1	4	0	0
Zemgus Girgensons	0	0	0	0	4	14:58	1	0	0	1
Josh Gorges	0	0	0	0	0	14:33	2	1	1	0
Jacob Josefson	0	0	0	0	1	11:24	0	0	0	0
Johan Larsson	0	0	-3	0	0	13:16	1	1	0	0
Casey Nelson	0	1	0	0	0	20:18	0	2	0	0
Jordan Nolan	0	0	0	0	0	11:59	0	0	0	0
Ryan O'Reilly	0	0	0	0	3	20:08	1	0	0	3
Kyle Okposo	0	0	0	2	4	19:09	1	1	0	0
Jason Pominville	0	0	-4	0	0	11:56	0	0	0	0
Benoit Pouliot	0	0	0	0	3	17:29	0	3	0	1
Sam Reinhart	1	0	0	0	3	17:29	0	2	0	1
Rasmus Ristolainen	0	0	-3	0	2	24:00	5	0	0	0
Evan Rodrigues	0	0	0	0	4	18:57	0	1	1	1
Marco Scandella	0	0	0	0	1	22:07	2	0	0	1
Scott Wilson	0	0	-3	0	0	13:03	1	1	0	1

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Philipp Grubauer (W)	1	29	1	28	.966	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Nicklas Backstrom	0	0	-1	0	2	17:26	1	1	0	1
Jay Beagle	0	0	0	0	0	11:21	1	0	0	0
Andre Burakovsky	1	0	+1	2	4	13:32	0	1	0	0
John Carlson	0	2	+2	0	0	20:09	0	2	0	1
Alex Chiasson	0	1	+2	0	1	9:38	1	0	0	0
Brett Connolly	0	1	+1	2	1	15:05	0	1	0	0
Christian Djoos	0	0	+2	0	1	15:03	0	0	1	0
Lars Eller	1	0	+1	0	5	13:17	0	0	0	0
Michal Kempny	0	0	0	0	0	16:59	0	4	1	0
Evgeny Kuznetsov	1	3	+3	0	4	18:52	0	0	0	0
Matt Niskanen	0	2	+1	0	1	23:58	1	3	3	0
Dmitry Orlov	0	1	+1	0	1	23:50	1	1	1	0
Brooks Orpik	0	0	0	0	0	19:21	5	3	0	0
T.J. Oshie	0	0	+1	0	0	15:51	2	1	1	1
Alex Ovechkin	2	0	0	0	11	18:53	0	0	1	0
Devante Smith-Pelly	0	0	0	0	1	9:50	1	0	0	0
Chandler Stephenson	0	0	+2	0	1	14:09	1	0	0	0
Tom Wilson	0	0	-1	0	3	18:46	6	0	1	1