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Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

NHLApril 4, 2026Capital One Arena

SabresBuffaloBUF46-23-8

Sabres 2, Capitals 6

Final
CapitalsWashingtonWSHWon39-29-9
Score by period
Team123T
BUF2002
WSH3126

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  3. 0:08Peyton Krebs hit Rasmus Sandin
  4. 0:31Takeaway by Dylan Strome
  5. 0:34Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  6. 0:36Goalie Stopped
  7. 0:36Dylan Strome faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  8. 1:00Jack Quinn Backhand saved by Logan Thompson
  9. 1:48Logan Stanley Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  10. 1:50Goalie Stopped
  11. 1:50Hendrix Lapierre faceoff won against Jordan Greenway
  12. 1:55Beck Malenstyn hit Martin Fehervary
  13. 2:07Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  14. 2:16Tyson Kozak hit Brandon Duhaime
  15. 2:47Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  16. 3:00Trevor van Riemsdyk hit Josh Doan
  17. 3:13Alex Ovechkin Wrist Shot saved by Alex Lyon
  18. 3:15Jakob Chychrun Goal (25) Snap Shot, assists: Alex Ovechkin (29), Pierre-Luc Dubois (11)
  19. 3:15Dylan Strome faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  20. 3:29Icing
  21. 3:29Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  22. 3:35Dylan Strome Goal (18) Tip-In, assists: Aliaksei Protas (25), Alex Ovechkin (30)
  23. 3:35Timeout - Visitor
  24. 3:35Josh Norris faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  25. 4:05Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Josh Norris
  26. 4:16Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  27. 4:26Mattias Samuelsson Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  28. 4:51Beck Malenstyn hit Rasmus Sandin
  29. 5:00Rasmus Sandin hit Beck Malenstyn
  30. 5:15Rasmus Sandin Snap Shot Wide Right
  31. 5:24Rasmus Sandin Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  32. 5:37Connor McMichael hit Zach Metsa
  33. 5:50Jakob Chychrun Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  34. 5:52Connor McMichael Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Jakob Chychrun (34), Pierre-Luc Dubois (12)
  35. 5:52Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  36. 6:04Off-side
  37. 6:04Josh Norris faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  38. 6:09Mattias Samuelsson Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  39. 6:30Rasmus Dahlin Goal (18) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Norris (18), Alex Tuch (32)
  40. 6:30Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  41. 7:06Matt Roy Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  42. 7:08Goalie Stopped
  43. 7:08Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
  44. 7:11Ethen Frank Tip-In Wide Right
  45. 7:28Brandon Duhaime shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  46. 7:31Brandon Duhaime hit Mattias Samuelsson
  47. 7:44Connor McMichael Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  48. 8:12Tom Wilson hit Logan Stanley
  49. 8:16Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
  50. 8:26Logan Stanley Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  51. 8:28Goalie Stopped
  52. 8:28Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Josh Norris
  53. 8:33Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
  54. 8:36Josh Norris Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  55. 9:18Owen Power shot blocked by Aliaksei Protas
  56. 9:21Giveaway by Owen Power
  57. 9:47Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Tyson Kozak
  58. 9:56Zach Benson Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  59. 10:05Giveaway by Dylan Strome
  60. 10:06Alex Ovechkin hit Rasmus Dahlin
  61. 10:25Giveaway by Matt Roy
  62. 10:26Zach Benson Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  63. 10:40Hendrix Lapierre hit Ryan McLeod
  64. 11:19Tom Wilson Tip-In Hit Right Post
  65. 11:20Net Dislodged Offensive Skater
  66. 11:20Josh Norris faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
  67. 11:32Giveaway by Justin Sourdif
  68. 11:35Takeaway by Rasmus Sandin
  69. 11:41Ryan Leonard Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  70. 11:43Goalie Stopped
  71. 11:43Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
  72. 12:10Tyson Kozak hit Brandon Duhaime
  73. 12:11Giveaway by Brandon Duhaime
  74. 12:12Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Jordan Greenway
  75. 12:15Beck Malenstyn Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Jordan Greenway (5), Rasmus Dahlin (51)
  76. 12:15Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  77. 12:36Off-side
  78. 12:36Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  79. 12:57Matt Roy hit Josh Doan
  80. 13:04Tage Thompson hit Cole Hutson
  81. 14:16Jakob Chychrun Snap Shot Wide Right
  82. 14:32Giveaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk
  83. 14:48Jack Quinn Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  84. 14:55Zach Metsa Snap Shot High and Wide Left
  85. 14:57Goalie Stopped
  86. 14:57Dylan Strome faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  87. 15:05Aliaksei Protas Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  88. 15:07Goalie Stopped
  89. 15:07Dylan Strome faceoff won against Josh Norris
  90. 15:08Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  91. 15:18Alex Ovechkin shot blocked by Mattias Samuelsson
  92. 15:26Dylan Strome shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  93. 16:05Pierre-Luc Dubois Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  94. 16:41Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  95. 16:49Anthony Beauvillier shot blocked by Tage Thompson
  96. 17:13Icing
  97. 17:13Dylan Strome faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  98. 17:16Alex Ovechkin Tip-In Wide Right
  99. 17:37Icing
  100. 17:37Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Anthony Beauvillier
  101. 18:09Ryan Leonard hit Beck Malenstyn
  102. 18:19Giveaway by Cole Hutson
  103. 18:22Jack Quinn Snap Shot Wide Left
  104. 18:56Giveaway by Martin Fehérváry
  105. 18:57Giveaway by Jack Quinn
  106. 19:24Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  107. 19:30Puck Frozen - Goalie
  108. 19:30Dylan Strome faceoff won against Josh Norris
  109. 19:53Alex Ovechkin Tip-In Wide Left
  110. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Tage Thompson faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  3. 0:10Icing
  4. 0:10Tage Thompson faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  5. 0:29Giveaway by Connor McMichael
  6. 0:49Peyton Krebs hit Martin Fehervary
  7. 0:53Pierre-Luc Dubois Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  8. 1:16Jack Quinn Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  9. 1:21Jakob Chychrun hit Jack Quinn
  10. 1:32Giveaway by Owen Power
  11. 1:42Jack Quinn Tip-In saved by Logan Thompson
  12. 2:31Josh Norris hit Martin Fehervary
  13. 2:35Rasmus Sandin Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  14. 2:59Brandon Duhaime Snap Shot Wide Right
  15. 3:10Rasmus Sandin Snap Shot Wide Left
  16. 3:24Rasmus Sandin hit Tyson Kozak
  17. 3:56Jakob Chychrun Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  18. 3:57Goalie Stopped
  19. 3:57Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  20. 4:21Zach Benson Interference against Tom Wilson
  21. 4:21Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  22. 4:25Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Alex Tuch
  23. 5:07Jordan Greenway hit Ryan Leonard
  24. 5:08Ryan Leonard Tripping against Zach Metsa
  25. 5:08Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  26. 5:47Aliaksei Protas Backhand saved by Colten Ellis
  27. 6:00Giveaway by Ryan McLeod
  28. 6:06Aliaksei Protas Goal (24) Snap Shot, assists: none
  29. 6:06Connor McMichael faceoff won against Josh Norris
  30. 6:17Justin Sourdif shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
  31. 6:39Josh Norris Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  32. 6:40Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  33. 6:45Takeaway by Rasmus Dahlin
  34. 6:58Josh Norris Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  35. 7:02Takeaway by Josh Norris
  36. 7:07Jason Zucker Tip-In Wide Right
  37. 7:19Giveaway by Ryan Leonard
  38. 7:21Giveaway by Jack Quinn
  39. 7:32Giveaway by Logan Thompson
  40. 7:34Jason Zucker Slap Shot Wide Right
  41. 7:47Icing
  42. 7:47Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  43. 7:57Peyton Krebs Snap Shot High and Wide Right
  44. 8:04Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  45. 8:06Goalie Stopped
  46. 8:06Josh Norris faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  47. 8:26Jason Zucker hit Pierre-Luc Dubois
  48. 9:08Peyton Krebs Deflected saved by Logan Thompson
  49. 9:15Giveaway by Justin Sourdif
  50. 9:25Connor McMichael Snap Shot Wide Right
  51. 9:35Off-side
  52. 9:35Hendrix Lapierre faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  53. 9:44Giveaway by Logan Stanley
  54. 9:51Puck in Crowd
  55. 9:51Hendrix Lapierre faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  56. 10:00Giveaway by Jordan Greenway
  57. 10:06Cole Hutson Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  58. 10:10Beck Malenstyn hit Hendrix Lapierre
  59. 10:53Puck in Crowd
  60. 10:53Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  61. 10:57Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot Wide Right
  62. 10:58Dylan Strome Tripping against Zach Benson
  63. 10:58Josh Norris faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  64. 11:01Jack Quinn Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  65. 11:02Josh Norris Snap Shot Short
  66. 11:14Puck Frozen - Goalie
  67. 11:14Jason Zucker faceoff won against Anthony Beauvillier
  68. 11:17Anthony Beauvillier Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  69. 12:12Zach Benson Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  70. 12:14Goalie Stopped
  71. 12:14Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  72. 12:22Connor McMichael Tripping against Josh Doan
  73. 12:22Josh Norris faceoff won against Aliaksei Protas
  74. 12:31Josh Norris Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  75. 12:33Goalie Stopped
  76. 12:33Tage Thompson faceoff won against Aliaksei Protas
  77. 12:48Tage Thompson shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
  78. 13:27Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
  79. 13:46Tage Thompson Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  80. 14:20Josh Doan shot blocked by Matt Roy
  81. 14:22Alex Tuch Backhand saved by Logan Thompson
  82. 14:29Connor McMichael Backhand saved by Colten Ellis
  83. 14:47Takeaway by Jakob Chychrun
  84. 15:29Off-side
  85. 15:29Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Josh Norris
  86. 15:58Icing
  87. 15:58Tage Thompson faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  88. 16:16Icing
  89. 16:16Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  90. 16:20Peyton Krebs Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  91. 16:28Off-side
  92. 16:28Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  93. 16:52Tage Thompson Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  94. 17:04Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  95. 17:44Owen Power shot blocked by Dylan Strome
  96. 17:57Matt Roy hit Jack Quinn
  97. 18:11Jack Quinn shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
  98. 18:16Jack Quinn Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  99. 18:34Beck Malenstyn hit Matt Roy
  100. 18:43Off-side
  101. 18:43Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  102. 19:02Takeaway by Cole Hutson
  103. 19:12Justin Sourdif Tip-In Above Crossbar
  104. 19:14Puck in Netting
  105. 19:14Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  106. 19:42Mattias Samuelsson Hooking against Pierre-Luc Dubois
  107. 19:42Tyson Kozak faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  108. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Alex Tuch
  3. 0:54Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Pierre-Luc Dubois
  4. 1:26Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot Wide Left
  5. 1:34Connor McMichael Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  6. 1:48Cole Hutson Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  7. 1:49Connor McMichael Deflected saved by Colten Ellis
  8. 2:04Takeaway by Justin Sourdif
  9. 2:18Dylan Strome Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  10. 2:30Tage Thompson shot blocked by Rasmus Sandin
  11. 3:13Trevor van Riemsdyk Holding against Zach Benson
  12. 3:13Josh Norris faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  13. 3:24Rasmus Dahlin shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
  14. 3:41Takeaway by Matt Roy
  15. 4:09Puck in Crowd
  16. 4:09Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Anthony Beauvillier
  17. 4:15Bowen Byram shot blocked by Rasmus Sandin
  18. 4:20Matt Roy hit Alex Tuch
  19. 4:56Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Zach Benson
  20. 4:58Puck in Crowd
  21. 4:58Connor McMichael faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  22. 5:17Beck Malenstyn Snap Shot Wide Left
  23. 5:29Takeaway by Jordan Greenway
  24. 5:31Jordan Greenway Backhand saved by Logan Thompson
  25. 5:34Beck Malenstyn shot blocked by Connor McMichael
  26. 6:13Ryan Leonard hit Zach Metsa
  27. 6:26Ryan Leonard Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Cole Hutson (5), Justin Sourdif (18)
  28. 6:26Dylan Strome faceoff won against Tage Thompson
  29. 6:46Giveaway by Alex Tuch
  30. 7:07Puck Frozen - Goalie
  31. 7:07Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Josh Norris
  32. 7:26Icing
  33. 7:26Josh Norris faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  34. 7:35Peyton Krebs hit Jakob Chychrun
  35. 7:41Aliaksei Protas Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  36. 8:02Icing
  37. 8:02Hendrix Lapierre faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  38. 8:25Giveaway by Cole Hutson
  39. 8:32Cole Hutson Hooking against Jack Quinn
  40. 8:32Josh Norris faceoff won against Connor McMichael
  41. 8:43Jason Zucker shot blocked by Connor McMichael
  42. 8:49Takeaway by Connor McMichael
  43. 8:55Tom Wilson Goal (29) Backhand, assists: Connor McMichael (30)
  44. 8:55Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Anthony Beauvillier
  45. 9:14Giveaway by Bowen Byram
  46. 10:09Off-side
  47. 10:09Connor McMichael faceoff won against Josh Norris
  48. 10:23Rasmus Dahlin Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  49. 10:56Jakob Chychrun shot blocked by Zach Metsa
  50. 11:07Tyson Kozak hit Jakob Chychrun
  51. 11:23Takeaway by Cole Hutson
  52. 11:31Beck Malenstyn Backhand Wide Left
  53. 11:38Alex Tuch Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  54. 11:40Goalie Stopped
  55. 11:40Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  56. 11:57Alex Tuch Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  57. 11:58Josh Doan Backhand saved by Logan Thompson
  58. 11:59Goalie Stopped
  59. 11:59Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Tyson Kozak
  60. 12:11Bowen Byram hit Tom Wilson
  61. 12:19Rasmus Dahlin hit Connor McMichael
  62. 12:23Giveaway by Connor McMichael
  63. 12:45Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
  64. 12:47Owen Power Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  65. 12:49Goalie Stopped
  66. 12:49Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
  67. 12:53Owen Power Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  68. 12:55Puck in Netting
  69. 12:55Hendrix Lapierre faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  70. 13:56Dylan Strome Snap Shot Wide Right
  71. 14:05Giveaway by Beck Malenstyn
  72. 14:09Hand Pass
  73. 14:09Hendrix Lapierre faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  74. 14:47Josh Doan hit Martin Fehervary
  75. 14:56Takeaway by Cole Hutson
  76. 15:10Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  77. 15:35Jason Zucker Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  78. 15:41Tage Thompson Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  79. 15:43Goalie Stopped
  80. 15:43Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Dylan Strome
  81. 16:04Dylan Strome Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  82. 16:40Icing
  83. 16:40Josh Norris faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
  84. 17:15Martin Fehervary Misconduct
  85. 17:15Zach Benson Misconduct
  86. 17:15Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Peyton Krebs
  87. 17:46Icing
  88. 17:46Peyton Krebs faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
  89. 18:34Dylan Strome Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  90. 18:43Giveaway by Tage Thompson
  91. 18:50Alex Ovechkin Snap Shot saved by Colten Ellis
  92. 18:52Goalie Stopped
  93. 18:52Dylan Strome faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
  94. 19:20Giveaway by Logan Stanley
  95. 19:21Justin Sourdif Tip-In Above Crossbar
  96. 19:50Giveaway by Jack Quinn
  97. 19:54Giveaway by Jakob Chychrun
  98. 19:55Logan Stanley Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
  99. 20:00End of 3rd Period
  100. 20:00Game End

1st

  1. 3:15BUF 0, WSH 1Jakob Chychrun Goal (25) Snap Shot, assists: Alex Ovechkin (29), Pierre-Luc Dubois (11)
  2. 3:35BUF 0, WSH 2Dylan Strome Goal (18) Tip-In, assists: Aliaksei Protas (25), Alex Ovechkin (30)
  3. 5:52BUF 0, WSH 3Connor McMichael Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Jakob Chychrun (34), Pierre-Luc Dubois (12)
  4. 6:30BUF 1, WSH 3Rasmus Dahlin Goal (18) Snap Shot, assists: Josh Norris (18), Alex Tuch (32)
  5. 12:15BUF 2, WSH 3Beck Malenstyn Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Jordan Greenway (5), Rasmus Dahlin (51)

2nd

  1. 6:06BUF 2, WSH 4Aliaksei Protas Goal (24) Snap Shot, assists: none

3rd

  1. 6:26BUF 2, WSH 5Ryan Leonard Goal (17) Snap Shot, assists: Cole Hutson (5), Justin Sourdif (18)
  2. 8:55BUF 2, WSH 6Tom Wilson Goal (29) Backhand, assists: Connor McMichael (30)

Game leaders

SabresBuffalo

CapitalsWashington

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Beck Malenstyn LW101040012:270.0100102017711:350:150:37
Alex Tuch RW011002016:200.05201000242911:522:361:52
Jack Quinn RW00-3000018:270.06003010221812:575:300:00
Jason Zucker LW00-1010018:20100.01010020222213:254:550:00
Jordan Greenway LW010010013:320.0110100120111:060:152:11
Josh Doan RW00-3010012:570.01000000192310:332:240:00
Josh Norris C010011015:4858.847100011211010:335:150:00
Peyton Krebs C000030012:0537.52530010171112:050:000:00
Ryan McLeod C00-3000016:5363.207121000241213:342:410:38
Tage Thompson C00-3011019:2057.15341000223814:055:150:00
Tyson Kozak C001030012:1533.3063000018211:420:150:18
Zach Benson LW00-20011215:200.03000200231012:212:590:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Rasmus Dahlin D111010022:2830020010.0261816:415:470:00
Bowen Byram D00-3010020:5900030000.0271117:112:261:22
Logan Stanley D00-2000013:1830020000.017912:420:000:36
Mattias Samuelsson D002002219:5420001000.0261318:450:220:47
Owen Power D00-2000020:2220020000.024819:450:000:37
Zach Metsa D00-3001015:1500000100.020213:050:002:10
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Colten Ellis G23320.87054:0800181100
Alex Lyon G532.4005:520020000

Video

0:49Ryan Leonard scores goal for Capitals0:50Tom Wilson scores short-handed goal for Washington Capitals0:56Dylan Strome tallies goal vs. Sabres0:50Connor McMichael nets goal for Capitals
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