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Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals · NHL

Buffalo Sabres

5-4-3

4 – 3

Final

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Washington Capitals

6-5-1

KeyBank Center · Buffalo · USA

Summary

Buffalo Sabres took the points with a 4-3 win over Washington Capitals at KeyBank Center (crowd 19,070). Garrett Rank was in charge.

Overview Player stats Standings

Overview

Starts: 11:00 PM UTC · Nov 1
Event: NHL USA
Ground: KeyBank Center · Buffalo · USA
Crowd: 19,070
Match officials: Brad Kovachik (Linesman), Garrett Rank (Referee), Devin Berg (Linesman), Liam Maaskant (Referee)

On TV

Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.

USESPN+Streaming · National
USMSGBTV · Home
USMNMTTV · Away
USMNMT2Streaming · Away

Period by period

Team	1	2	3	OT	SO	T
Sabres	3	0	0	0	1	4
Capitals	2	1	0	0	0	3

Player stats

Side by side

13Blocked Shots13

22Hits17

3Takeaways4

24Shots34

0Power Play Goals0

3Power Play Opportunities4

0.0Power Play Percentage0.0

0Short Handed Goals0

0Shootout Goals0

25Faceoffs Won27

48.1Faceoff Win Percent51.9

16Giveaways15

7Total Penalties7

17Penalty Minutes25

Buffalo Sabres leaders

GoalsTage Thompson1

AssistsJason Zucker1

PointsAlex Tuch1

Washington Capitals leaders

GoalsDylan Strome1

AssistsTom Wilson1

PointsSonny Milano1

Buffalo Sabres

forwards
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Josh Doan RW	0	2	1	0	15:32	3:53	0:00	11:39	21	0	4	1	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Josh Dunne C	0	3	0	-1	11:51	0:00	0:00	11:51	16	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Jordan Greenway LW	0	4	0	1	13:28	0:00	4:14	9:14	21	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	50.0	0	2	7
Peyton Krebs C	0	1	0	-1	15:08	0:06	0:00	15:02	21	0	0	0	0	1	3	5	37.5	0	1	2
Jiri Kulich C	0	1	0	0	11:19	0:39	0:01	10:39	14	0	3	0	1	2	2	0	100.0	1	0	0
Beck Malenstyn LW	1	3	0	-1	12:42	0:00	3:02	9:40	21	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Ryan McLeod C	0	1	0	0	18:05	1:24	3:45	12:56	29	0	3	0	3	1	5	11	31.3	2	0	0
Jack Quinn RW	0	1	0	0	16:23	2:10	2:09	12:04	23	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Isak Rosen RW	2	2	0	0	14:44	3:48	0:00	10:56	17	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Tage Thompson C	2	0	0	1	19:23	3:58	0:18	15:07	23	1	5	0	4	4	12	8	60.0	2	0	0
Alex Tuch RW	2	0	0	0	20:14	2:05	2:24	15:45	30	1	5	0	2	1	0	1	0.0	1	2	4
Jason Zucker LW	0	0	0	1	15:07	3:53	0:06	11:08	19	0	4	1	1	0	1	0	100.0	1	0	0

defenses
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Bowen Byram D	0	0	0	-1	18:54	2:01	0:05	16:48	24	1	0	0	1	0	1	2
Rasmus Dahlin D	2	0	1	0	26:12	3:54	0:10	22:08	26	1	0	0	1	3	0	0
Michael Kesselring D	1	0	0	0	18:27	0:00	3:12	15:15	24	0	0	0	0	2	0	0
Owen Power D	0	0	0	1	19:54	2:06	3:06	14:42	28	1	1	0	1	1	0	0
Mattias Samuelsson D	2	4	0	-1	20:22	0:00	4:43	15:39	30	2	0	5	0	0	0	0
Conor Timmins D	1	0	1	1	17:47	0:03	4:45	12:59	26	0	1	1	0	1	0	0

goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G	3	34	0	0	31	.912	27	3	1	64:28	0	0

Washington Capitals

forwards
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Anthony Beauvillier LW	0	1	0	0	17:27	0:04	0:15	17:08	20	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Nic Dowd C	1	2	0	-1	16:41	0:07	3:58	12:36	24	0	1	0	1	0	6	7	46.2	0	0	0
Brandon Duhaime RW	0	1	0	-1	14:13	0:00	2:52	11:21	19	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Hendrix Lapierre C	0	0	0	1	9:27	1:03	0:00	8:24	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	33.3	1	0	0
Ryan Leonard RW	1	1	0	1	12:14	3:17	0:00	8:57	18	0	3	1	1	2	0	0	0.0	3	2	4
Connor McMichael C	0	1	0	0	16:48	2:31	1:32	12:45	25	0	1	1	2	0	3	8	27.3	0	0	0
Sonny Milano LW	0	0	0	0	9:07	2:36	0:00	6:31	14	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Alex Ovechkin LW	0	2	0	-1	19:15	6:43	0:00	12:32	20	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	100.0	1	0	0
Aliaksei Protas C	1	0	0	0	18:25	0:00	1:50	16:35	25	1	5	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Justin Sourdif RW	0	3	1	-1	13:02	0:00	0:00	13:02	15	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Dylan Strome C	0	0	0	1	22:13	5:20	0:17	16:36	25	1	3	0	6	0	16	8	66.7	0	0	0
Tom Wilson RW	0	4	0	1	15:32	4:40	1:14	9:38	19	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	4	19

defenses
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
John Carlson D	2	0	2	-1	28:05	5:24	2:07	20:34	27	2	0	1	2	2	0	0
Declan Chisholm D	0	0	0	0	13:39	2:36	0:46	10:17	15	0	0	0	1	1	1	2
Jakob Chychrun D	1	0	1	1	27:21	5:19	1:10	20:52	26	3	0	5	1	1	0	0
Martin Fehervary D	0	0	0	0	17:55	0:00	2:11	15:44	23	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Matt Roy D	4	2	0	1	19:44	0:09	3:06	16:29	21	0	1	3	1	0	0	0
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	3	0	0	-1	16:00	0:11	2:42	13:07	18	1	0	1	1	2	0	0

goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Charlie Lindgren G	3	24	0	0	21	.875	14	5	2	64:52	0	0

Standings

2026-27 Metropolitan Division Standings
#	Team	W	L	PTS
1	Carolina	10	2	22
2	New Jersey	8	4	16
3	NY Rangers	7	6	15
4	NY Islanders	6	4	14
5	Washington	6	4	12
6	Pittsburgh	5	6	11
7	Columbus	5	5	10
8	Philadelphia	3	7	10

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings
#	Team	W	L	PTS
1	Boston	9	3	19
2	Montreal	7	3	16
3	Ottawa	8	5	16
4	Florida	7	4	16
5	Toronto	7	5	16
6	Tampa Bay	7	3	15
7	Buffalo	5	4	13
8	Detroit	5	4	13

NHL table

#	Team	P	GD	PTS
1	Hurricanes	82	+56	113
2	Sabres	82	+47	109
3	Lightning	82	+59	106
4	Canadiens	82	+27	106
5	Bruins	82	+22	100
6	Senators	82	+32	99
7	Penguins	82	+25	98
8	Flyers	82	+7	98
9	Capitals	82	+19	95
10	Red Wings	82	-17	92

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