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Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

NHLMarch 12, 2026KeyBank Center

CapitalsWashingtonWSHWon33-27-7

Capitals 2, Sabres 1

Final
SabresBuffaloBUF40-20-6
Score by period
Team123T
WSH0112
BUF1001

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  3. 0:11Jason Zucker hit Matt Roy
  4. 0:27Brandon Duhaime shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  5. 0:28Brandon Duhaime shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  6. 0:30Giveaway by Jack Quinn
  7. 0:30Matt Roy shot blocked by Jason Zucker
  8. 0:55Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  9. 0:58Goalie Stopped
  10. 0:58Tage Thompson faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  11. 1:31Tage Thompson hit Trevor van Riemsdyk
  12. 1:57Giveaway by Charlie Lindgren
  13. 1:59Josh Doan Tip-In saved by Charlie Lindgren
  14. 2:11Peyton Krebs hit Aliaksei Protas
  15. 2:53Sam Carrick Wrist Shot Wide Left
  16. 2:56Tanner Pearson Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  17. 3:11Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  18. 3:13Goalie Stopped
  19. 3:13Noah Ostlund faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  20. 3:14Bowen Byram Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  21. 3:26Takeaway by Tage Thompson
  22. 3:32Brandon Duhaime hit Bowen Byram
  23. 3:44Tage Thompson shot blocked by Brandon Duhaime
  24. 4:23Connor McMichael hit Luke Schenn
  25. 4:24Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot Wide Left
  26. 4:39Jack Quinn shot blocked by Alex Ovechkin
  27. 5:10Giveaway by Josh Doan
  28. 5:22Tom Wilson hit Mattias Samuelsson
  29. 5:29Pierre-Luc Dubois Snap Shot Wide Right
  30. 5:31Goalie Stopped
  31. 5:31Sam Carrick faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  32. 5:46Giveaway by Charlie Lindgren
  33. 5:46Beck Malenstyn Tip-In Wide Right
  34. 5:54Beck Malenstyn Tip-In Wide Right
  35. 6:02Sam Carrick Goal (6) Tip-In, assists: Beck Malenstyn (5), Owen Power (17)
  36. 6:02Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  37. 6:24Tage Thompson hit Justin Sourdif
  38. 7:12Brandon Duhaime hit Mattias Samuelsson
  39. 7:34Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  40. 7:36Goalie Stopped
  41. 7:36Josh Norris faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  42. 7:38Owen Power shot blocked by Jakob Chychrun
  43. 8:05Pierre-Luc Dubois hit Josh Norris
  44. 8:15Peyton Krebs hit Timothy Liljegren
  45. 8:17Giveaway by Tom Wilson
  46. 8:27Beck Malenstyn hit Jakob Chychrun
  47. 8:39Tanner Pearson Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  48. 8:41Goalie Stopped
  49. 8:41Dylan Strome faceoff won against Beck Malenstyn
  50. 9:52Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot Wide Right
  51. 9:52Anthony Beauvillier Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  52. 9:55Goalie Stopped
  53. 9:55Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  54. 10:15Jack Quinn Slap Shot Wide Right
  55. 10:39Jason Zucker Tip-In High and Wide Left
  56. 11:14Puck Frozen - Goalie
  57. 11:14Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Josh Norris
  58. 11:40Tom Wilson hit Josh Doan
  59. 11:42Peyton Krebs Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  60. 11:46Takeaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  61. 11:46Pierre-Luc Dubois hit Mattias Samuelsson
  62. 12:07Dylan Strome Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  63. 12:12Goalie Stopped
  64. 12:12Sam Carrick faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  65. 12:21Beck Malenstyn hit Martin Fehervary
  66. 12:25Luke Schenn hit Aliaksei Protas
  67. 12:40Ryan Leonard Snap Shot Wide Left
  68. 13:02Alex Ovechkin hit Owen Power
  69. 13:20Zach Benson Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  70. 13:51Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Brandon Duhaime
  71. 14:08Connor McMichael Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  72. 14:10Connor McMichael Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  73. 14:13Net Dislodged by Goaltender
  74. 14:13TV Timeout
  75. 14:13Sam Carrick faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  76. 14:15Takeaway by Pierre-Luc Dubois
  77. 14:35Icing
  78. 14:35Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  79. 14:41Giveaway by Owen Power
  80. 15:11Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Wide Left
  81. 15:57Mattias Samuelsson Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  82. 16:10Peyton Krebs hit Jakob Chychrun
  83. 16:32Logan Stanley hit Martin Fehervary
  84. 16:38Giveaway by Logan Stanley
  85. 16:40Justin Sourdif shot blocked by Luke Schenn
  86. 17:28Giveaway by Timothy Liljegren
  87. 17:50Connor McMichael Hooking against Owen Power
  88. 17:50Josh Norris faceoff won against Tom Wilson
  89. 18:04Josh Norris Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  90. 18:05Josh Doan Wrist Shot Wide Right
  91. 18:17Giveaway by Anthony Beauvillier
  92. 18:58Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot Wide Right
  93. 19:02Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas
  94. 19:03Tage Thompson Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  95. 19:08Tage Thompson Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  96. 19:13Tage Thompson Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  97. 19:17Tage Thompson shot blocked by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  98. 19:20Rasmus Sandin hit Josh Doan
  99. 19:31Tage Thompson Slap Shot Wide Left
  100. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  3. 1:22Hendrix Lapierre hit Bowen Byram
  4. 1:54Off-side
  5. 1:54Josh Norris faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  6. 2:01Josh Doan Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  7. 2:04Timothy Liljegren hit Josh Norris
  8. 2:14Ryan Leonard Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: none
  9. 2:14Sam Carrick faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  10. 2:32Mattias Samuelsson shot blocked by Alex Ovechkin
  11. 2:44Sam Carrick shot blocked by Justin Sourdif
  12. 2:47Puck in Netting
  13. 2:47Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  14. 2:49Jason Zucker Tip-In saved by Charlie Lindgren
  15. 2:52Goalie Stopped
  16. 2:52Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  17. 2:53Jack Quinn shot blocked by Ethen Frank
  18. 3:05Brandon Duhaime hit Mattias Samuelsson
  19. 3:17Icing
  20. 3:17Connor McMichael faceoff won against Noah Ostlund
  21. 3:20Takeaway by Bowen Byram
  22. 3:39Tage Thompson shot blocked by Brandon Duhaime
  23. 4:00Bowen Byram Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  24. 4:11Giveaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  25. 4:24Tom Wilson Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  26. 4:26Puck in Netting
  27. 4:26Dylan Strome faceoff won against Josh Norris
  28. 4:32Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Peyton Krebs
  29. 5:07Icing
  30. 5:07Josh Norris faceoff won against Anthony Beauvillier
  31. 5:35Luke Schenn hit Justin Sourdif
  32. 5:57Beck Malenstyn Backhand saved by Charlie Lindgren
  33. 6:00Goalie Stopped
  34. 6:00Connor McMichael faceoff won against Jason Zucker
  35. 6:16Jason Zucker hit Ethen Frank
  36. 6:30Martin Fehervary Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  37. 6:57Jason Zucker Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  38. 6:59Goalie Stopped
  39. 6:59Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  40. 7:27Pierre-Luc Dubois shot blocked by Noah Ostlund
  41. 7:45Icing
  42. 7:45Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  43. 8:13Matt Roy Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  44. 8:15Goalie Stopped
  45. 8:15Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  46. 8:25Puck Frozen - Goalie
  47. 8:25Anthony Beauvillier faceoff won against Sam Carrick
  48. 8:29Sam Carrick Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  49. 8:37Giveaway by Justin Sourdif
  50. 8:39Tanner Pearson Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  51. 8:54Trevor van Riemsdyk Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  52. 8:54Mattias Samuelsson hit Justin Sourdif
  53. 9:20Takeaway by Timothy Liljegren
  54. 9:29Giveaway by Ethen Frank
  55. 9:58Takeaway by Ryan McLeod
  56. 10:33Matt Roy hit Josh Norris
  57. 11:28Giveaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  58. 12:25Luke Schenn Slap Shot Wide Left
  59. 12:35Timothy Liljegren hit Sam Carrick
  60. 12:37Beck Malenstyn hit Justin Sourdif
  61. 12:43Justin Sourdif hit Tanner Pearson
  62. 12:50Tanner Pearson Slashing against Justin Sourdif
  63. 12:50TV Timeout
  64. 12:50Dylan Strome faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  65. 12:51Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  66. 13:06Tom Wilson Tip-In Wide Right
  67. 13:14Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot Wide Right
  68. 13:32Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Ryan McLeod
  69. 13:45Tom Wilson Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  70. 14:22Rasmus Sandin shot blocked by Zach Benson
  71. 14:24Puck in Netting
  72. 14:24Sam Carrick faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  73. 14:28Takeaway by Rasmus Sandin
  74. 14:50Ryan Leonard hit Peyton Krebs
  75. 15:13Takeaway by Anthony Beauvillier
  76. 15:30Logan Stanley Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  77. 15:34Peyton Krebs hit Matt Roy
  78. 16:03Tom Wilson Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  79. 16:25Josh Norris hit Martin Fehervary
  80. 16:32Giveaway by Hendrix Lapierre
  81. 16:39Josh Norris Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  82. 16:41Martin Fehervary Holding against Josh Norris
  83. 16:41TV Timeout
  84. 16:41Connor McMichael faceoff won against Josh Norris
  85. 17:22Jason Zucker Tip-In saved by Charlie Lindgren
  86. 17:56Josh Doan Tip-In Wide Left
  87. 18:20Tage Thompson Slap Shot Wide Right
  88. 18:39Giveaway by Noah Ostlund
  89. 19:05Noah Ostlund Snap Shot Wide Left
  90. 19:11Owen Power shot blocked by Matt Roy
  91. 19:27Bowen Byram hit Rasmus Sandin
  92. 19:40Rasmus Sandin Tip-In Wide Right
  93. 19:49Takeaway by Dylan Strome
  94. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  3. 0:19Off-side
  4. 0:19Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  5. 0:22Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  6. 0:30Jack Quinn hit Rasmus Sandin
  7. 0:32Jason Zucker hit Matt Roy
  8. 0:41Mattias Samuelsson hit Connor McMichael
  9. 0:43Rasmus Sandin Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  10. 1:08Zach Benson shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
  11. 1:24Martin Fehervary hit Zach Benson
  12. 1:51Bowen Byram Tip-In Wide Right
  13. 2:15Giveaway by Zach Benson
  14. 2:18Tom Wilson Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  15. 2:33Josh Doan Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  16. 2:58Timothy Liljegren Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  17. 3:00Goalie Stopped
  18. 3:00Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  19. 3:02Timothy Liljegren Snap Shot Wide Left
  20. 3:05Justin Sourdif hit Jack Quinn
  21. 3:11Jason Zucker hit Timothy Liljegren
  22. 3:20Ryan McLeod Snap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  23. 3:26Giveaway by Anthony Beauvillier
  24. 3:48Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  25. 4:04Ethen Frank hit Rasmus Dahlin
  26. 4:08Giveaway by Sam Carrick
  27. 4:43Takeaway by Martin Fehérváry
  28. 4:46Hendrix Lapierre Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  29. 4:54Tage Thompson shot blocked by Hendrix Lapierre
  30. 5:12Martin Fehervary shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  31. 5:23Tom Wilson Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  32. 5:53Giveaway by Charlie Lindgren
  33. 6:08Logan Stanley Holding against Ryan Leonard
  34. 6:08TV Timeout
  35. 6:08Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  36. 6:54Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Sam Carrick
  37. 7:05Pierre-Luc Dubois Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  38. 7:07Goalie Stopped
  39. 7:07Dylan Strome faceoff won against Sam Carrick
  40. 7:39Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot Wide Right
  41. 7:48Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  42. 7:49Goalie Stopped
  43. 7:49Connor McMichael faceoff won against Sam Carrick
  44. 8:05Connor McMichael Tip-In saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  45. 8:07Goalie Stopped
  46. 8:07Tage Thompson faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  47. 8:32Justin Sourdif Wrist Shot Wide Left
  48. 8:35Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  49. 8:59Tage Thompson Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  50. 9:28Icing
  51. 9:28Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Josh Norris
  52. 9:31Jakob Chychrun Slap Shot Wide Right
  53. 9:40Takeaway by Timothy Liljegren
  54. 9:49Jason Zucker hit Pierre-Luc Dubois
  55. 11:08Tage Thompson shot blocked by Brandon Duhaime
  56. 11:19Noah Ostlund shot blocked by Connor McMichael
  57. 11:29Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  58. 11:42Giveaway by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  59. 11:42Anthony Beauvillier Snap Shot Wide Left
  60. 11:48Sam Carrick hit Anthony Beauvillier
  61. 12:05Icing
  62. 12:05Sam Carrick faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  63. 12:32Puck in Crowd
  64. 12:32Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  65. 12:48Jason Zucker Snap Shot Wide Left
  66. 12:52Owen Power Slap Shot Wide Right
  67. 13:10Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  68. 13:11Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot Wide Left
  69. 13:44Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
  70. 13:44Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Brandon Duhaime
  71. 13:54Takeaway by Noah Ostlund
  72. 13:54Giveaway by Noah Ostlund
  73. 14:02Giveaway by Brandon Duhaime
  74. 14:05Icing
  75. 14:05Tage Thompson faceoff won against Anthony Beauvillier
  76. 14:26Justin Sourdif hit Rasmus Dahlin
  77. 14:28Giveaway by Mattias Samuelsson
  78. 14:31Alex Ovechkin Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  79. 14:37Justin Sourdif hit Josh Doan
  80. 14:45Giveaway by Timothy Liljegren
  81. 14:50Logan Stanley Wrist Shot Wide Right
  82. 15:01Giveaway by Luke Schenn
  83. 15:13Puck in Netting
  84. 15:13Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  85. 15:36Tom Wilson Tip-In Wide Right
  86. 15:39Trevor van Riemsdyk Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  87. 15:41Goalie Stopped
  88. 15:41Dylan Strome faceoff won against Sam Carrick
  89. 15:43Aliaksei Protas Slap Shot Wide Right
  90. 16:00Icing
  91. 16:00Dylan Strome faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  92. 17:00Connor McMichael hit Peyton Krebs
  93. 17:37Takeaway by Jakob Chychrun
  94. 17:43Giveaway by Dylan Strome
  95. 17:50Bowen Byram Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
  96. 17:58Takeaway by Dylan Strome
  97. 18:19Trevor van Riemsdyk Slap Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
  98. 18:20Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot Wide Left
  99. 18:27Jakob Chychrun Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: Aliaksei Protas (24), Trevor van Riemsdyk (7)
  100. 18:27Timeout - Home
  101. 18:27Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  102. 18:44Tom Wilson shot blocked by Bowen Byram
  103. 18:55Tage Thompson shot blocked by Matt Roy
  104. 19:13Connor McMichael Wrist Shot Wide Right
  105. 19:16Icing
  106. 19:16Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  107. 19:36Tage Thompson shot blocked by Pierre-Luc Dubois
  108. 19:56Rasmus Dahlin hit Martin Fehervary
  109. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  110. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 6:02WSH 0, BUF 1Sam Carrick Goal (6) Tip-In, assists: Beck Malenstyn (5), Owen Power (17)

2nd

  1. 2:14WSH 1, BUF 1Ryan Leonard Goal (14) Snap Shot, assists: none

3rd

  1. 18:27WSH 2, BUF 1Jakob Chychrun Goal (23) Snap Shot, assists: Aliaksei Protas (24), Trevor van Riemsdyk (7)

Game leaders

CapitalsWashington

SabresBuffalo

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Ryan Leonard RW102010013:460.01000010171412:311:150:00
Alex Ovechkin LW00-1012014:030.02000040172410:253:380:00
Aliaksei Protas C011000016:310.01001020202113:061:172:08
Anthony Beauvillier LW000000014:0733.31212011171212:330:001:34
Brandon Duhaime RW000035012:170.0000100019411:050:001:12
Connor McMichael C000021214:1530.82940120221012:210:550:59
Dylan Strome C001000015:2550.01661002181612:402:450:00
Ethen Frank C000011010:300.00001000141210:300:000:00
Hendrix Lapierre C000011013:170.0100100015313:170:000:00
Justin Sourdif RW000041014:5040.00321010181314:470:030:00
Pierre-Luc Dubois LW000021019:4145.5165001121416:312:570:13
Tom Wilson RW000020020:340.04101030232415:552:431:56
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Jakob Chychrun D102001020:2510000110.0182316:462:430:56
Martin Fehervary D000011219:5610001010.022419:060:000:50
Matt Roy D00-1012021:4610000000.026119:290:271:50
Rasmus Sandin D00-1010019:4710010110.022316:211:172:09
Timothy Liljegren D001020015:5010020120.019115:500:000:00
Trevor van Riemsdyk D011001019:0030020000.021216:470:002:13
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Charlie Lindgren G30129.96760:0000245000

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