National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 3, Buffalo 2
When: 3:00 PM ET, Monday, February 19, 2018
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Peter MacDougall, Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen: Steve Miller, Tim Nowak
Attendance: 18228
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 0213
Buffalo 0022
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
17:53 - Sabres Johan Larsson (2) Tripping
18:54 - Capitals Brett Connolly (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
1:18 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Christian Djoos , John Carlson
13:33 - Capitals John Carlson (EV) Assists: T.J. Oshie , Jakub Vrana
Penalties
13:33 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (2) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
12:42 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (EV) Assists: Scott Wilson , Evan Rodrigues
19:34 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) (EN) Unassisted
19:56 - Sabres Evander Kane (EV) Assists: Ryan O'Reilly , Sam Reinhart
Penalties
4:14 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (2) Slashing
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 53:58 1:01 5:01 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 E 0 2 25 22:44 19:46 0:00 2:58 0 0 1 - - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 0 1 E 0 3 23 17:54 16:53 1:01 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 +2 0 2 25 23:49 22:13 0:00 1:36 0 0 1 1 - - -
Brett Connolly RW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 15 10:42 10:17 0:06 0:19 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Jakub Vrana LW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 15 12:01 12:01 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 13:09 10:50 0:00 2:19 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 25 17:35 16:06 1:01 0:28 0 0 - 2 9 11 45
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 15:44 14:24 0:00 1:20 0 0 - 1 11 7 61
Madison Bowey D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16 15:28 15:28 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 14 11:57 11:26 0:00 0:31 0 0 1 1 1 0 100
Christian Djoos D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 22 16:01 15:34 0:00 0:27 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 24 18:06 16:14 0:00 1:52 0 0 1 - 1 1 50
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 22 19:23 16:25 0:00 2:58 0 0 3 3 - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13 11:16 11:16 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
John Carlson D 1 1 2 +2 0 2 26 21:34 18:30 1:01 2:03 0 0 - 1 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 1 1 +3 0 1 22 16:59 15:14 0:55 0:50 0 0 - - 2 0 100
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 20 14:05 11:46 0:00 2:19 0 0 - - 7 7 50
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 +3 2 3 19 15:33 14:28 1:01 0:04 0 0 - - 3 5 38
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Chad Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 58:11 52:09 5:01 1:01 0 0 - - - - -
Linus Ullmark G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 20 14:07 14:07 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 28 23:55 21:29 1:25 1:01 0 0 - - - - -
Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 23 20:04 18:27 1:37 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Evander Kane LW 1 0 1 E 0 9 26 22:31 20:54 1:37 0:00 0 0 4 2 0 1 0
Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 15 9:17 9:11 0:00 0:06 0 0 2 - 2 4 33
Nicholas Baptiste RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 8:30 8:30 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Scott Wilson C 0 1 1 E 0 3 19 12:22 12:16 0:00 0:06 0 0 1 2 - - -
Kyle Okposo RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 19 15:54 12:37 3:17 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Johan Larsson C 0 0 0 E 2 1 20 13:18 13:11 0:07 0:00 0 0 1 1 8 4 67
Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 E 0 3 23 19:43 16:19 3:24 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 E 0 3 18 13:49 13:22 0:00 0:27 0 0 2 - - - -
Jason Pominville RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 18:28 16:51 1:37 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 14:22 14:22 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 28 27:12 22:37 3:34 1:01 0 0 5 1 - - -
Benoit Pouliot LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 10:09 8:04 1:37 0:28 0 0 - - - - -
Evan Rodrigues LW 0 1 1 -1 0 2 20 15:09 11:45 3:24 0:00 0 0 - 1 2 6 25
Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 25 16:53 16:44 0:09 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 E 0 4 27 24:06 19:54 3:17 0:55 0 0 - - 19 18 51
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Philipp Grubauer W (6-7-3) 34 32 2 .941 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Chad Johnson L (4-10-3) 29 27 2 .931 0 58:11