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Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres · NHL

Washington Capitals

39-29-9

6 – 2

Final

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Buffalo Sabres

46-23-8

Capital One Arena · Washington · USA

Summary

Washington Capitals put 6 past Buffalo Sabres, who managed 2 at Capital One Arena (crowd 18,347). Cody Beach was in charge.

Overview Player stats Standings

Overview

Starts: 11:00 PM UTC · Apr 4
Event: NHL USA
Ground: Capital One Arena · Washington · USA
Crowd: 18,347
Match officials: Cody Beach (Referee), Brian Pochmara (Referee), Devin Berg (Linesman), Libor Suchanek (Linesman)

On TV

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

USESPN+Streaming · National
USMNMTTV · Home
USMSGBTV · Away

Period by period

Team	1	2	3	T
Capitals	3	1	2	6
Sabres	2	0	0	2

Player stats

Side by side

10Blocked Shots8

14Hits17

9Takeaways3

28Shots39

0Power Play Goals0

2Power Play Opportunities5

0.0Power Play Percentage0.0

1Short Handed Goals0

0Shootout Goals0

31Faceoffs Won33

48.4Faceoff Win Percent51.6

18Giveaways17

6Total Penalties3

20Penalty Minutes14

Washington Capitals leaders

GoalsConnor McMichael1

AssistsPierre-Luc Dubois2

PointsJakob Chychrun2

Buffalo Sabres leaders

GoalsRasmus Dahlin1

AssistsRasmus Dahlin1

PointsRasmus Dahlin2

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	0	0	0	15:44	0:00	4:33	11:11	21	0	14	0	1	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0
Pierre-Luc Dubois LW	0	0	0	2	12:58	1:52	0:00	11:06	18	0	5	2	1	1	7	6	53.8	0	0	0
Brandon Duhaime RW	0	1	0	-1	11:43	0:00	1:15	10:28	18	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Ethen Frank C	0	0	0	-1	9:34	0:00	0:00	9:34	15	0	12	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Hendrix Lapierre C	0	1	0	-1	11:05	0:00	0:03	11:02	15	0	4	0	0	0	6	5	54.5	0	0	0
Ryan Leonard RW	0	2	0	1	12:55	1:52	0:00	11:03	20	1	17	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Connor McMichael C	2	1	1	3	16:03	0:55	2:48	12:20	23	1	11	1	5	1	3	4	42.9	2	1	2
Alex Ovechkin LW	0	1	0	1	17:01	2:47	0:00	14:14	22	0	31	2	4	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Aliaksei Protas C	1	0	0	1	16:15	0:00	2:46	13:29	22	1	24	1	4	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0
Justin Sourdif RW	0	0	1	1	15:25	0:51	0:03	14:31	21	0	15	1	0	2	7	2	77.8	2	0	0
Dylan Strome C	1	0	1	2	16:38	0:53	0:11	15:34	23	1	18	0	4	1	8	10	44.4	1	1	2
Tom Wilson RW	0	1	0	2	17:19	1:56	4:05	11:18	23	1	29	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

defenses
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Jakob Chychrun D	0	1	1	1	19:40	1:54	0:59	16:47	22	1	25	1	2	2	1	0	0
Martin Fehervary D	3	0	0	2	21:10	0:00	5:17	15:53	24	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	10
Cole Hutson D	0	0	3	2	18:58	0:55	0:00	18:03	21	0	2	1	2	0	2	1	2
Matt Roy D	1	3	1	2	20:56	0:00	4:17	16:39	23	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0
Rasmus Sandin D	2	2	1	0	20:25	0:00	3:36	16:49	22	0	5	0	1	3	4	0	0
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	0	1	0	1	16:11	0:00	2:15	13:56	22	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	2

goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Logan Thompson G	2	39	0	0	37	.949	29	8	0	60:00	0	0

Buffalo Sabres

forwards
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Zach Benson LW	1	0	0	-2	15:20	2:59	0:00	12:21	23	0	10	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	2	12
Josh Doan RW	0	1	0	-3	12:57	2:24	0:00	10:33	19	0	23	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jordan Greenway LW	0	1	1	0	13:32	0:15	2:11	11:06	20	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0.0	1	0	0
Tyson Kozak C	0	3	0	1	12:15	0:15	0:18	11:42	18	0	2	0	0	0	3	6	33.3	0	0	0
Peyton Krebs C	0	3	0	0	12:05	0:00	0:00	12:05	17	0	11	0	2	1	3	5	37.5	0	0	0
Beck Malenstyn LW	0	4	0	1	12:27	0:15	0:37	11:35	17	1	7	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Ryan McLeod C	0	0	0	-3	16:53	2:41	0:38	13:34	24	0	12	0	0	0	12	7	63.2	1	0	0
Josh Norris C	1	1	1	0	15:48	5:15	0:00	10:33	21	0	10	1	4	1	10	7	58.8	0	0	0
Jack Quinn RW	0	0	0	-3	18:27	5:30	0:00	12:57	22	0	18	0	6	1	0	0	0.0	3	0	0
Tage Thompson C	1	1	0	-3	19:20	5:15	0:00	14:05	22	0	38	0	5	0	4	3	57.1	1	0	0
Alex Tuch RW	2	0	0	1	16:20	2:36	1:52	11:52	24	0	29	1	5	0	0	2	0.0	1	0	0
Jason Zucker LW	0	1	0	-1	18:20	4:55	0:00	13:25	22	0	22	0	1	2	1	0	100.0	0	0	0

defenses
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Bowen Byram D	0	1	0	-3	20:59	2:26	1:22	17:11	27	0	11	0	0	0	3	0	0
Rasmus Dahlin D	0	1	1	1	22:28	5:47	0:00	16:41	26	1	18	1	3	0	2	0	0
Zach Metsa D	1	0	0	-3	15:15	0:00	2:10	13:05	20	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0
Owen Power D	0	0	0	-2	20:22	0:00	0:37	19:45	24	0	8	0	2	0	2	0	0
Mattias Samuelsson D	2	0	0	2	19:54	0:22	0:47	18:45	26	0	13	0	2	0	0	1	2
Logan Stanley D	0	0	0	-2	13:18	0:00	0:36	12:42	17	0	9	0	3	0	2	0	0

goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Colten Ellis G	3	23	0	0	20	.870	18	1	1	54:08	0	0
Alex Lyon G	3	5	0	0	2	.400	2	0	0	5:52	0	0

Standings

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings
#	Team	W	L	PTS
1	Boston	9	2	19
2	Ottawa	8	4	16
3	Toronto	7	5	16
4	Tampa Bay	7	3	15
5	Montreal	6	3	14
6	Florida	6	4	14
7	Detroit	5	4	13
8	Buffalo	4	4	11

2026-27 Metropolitan Division Standings
#	Team	W	L	PTS
1	Carolina	9	2	20
2	NY Rangers	7	6	15
3	New Jersey	7	4	14
4	Washington	6	4	12
5	NY Islanders	5	4	12
6	Pittsburgh	5	6	11
7	Philadelphia	3	7	9
8	Columbus	4	5	8

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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