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Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Nov 1, 2025 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Washington Capitals 3 34
Buffalo Sabres 4 24

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:07 WSH Dylan Strome (3) Ryan Leonard (3) 1 - 0
02:15 WSH Aliaksei Protas (5) Connor McMichael (3), Tom Wilson (7) 2 - 0
02:30 BUF Tage Thompson (5) Jason Zucker (3), Jordan Greenway (1) 2 - 1
10:02 BUF Alex Tuch (5) Josh Doan (5), Owen Power (4) 2 - 2
18:45 BUF Isak Rosen (1) Jack Quinn (4), Conor Timmins (4) 2 - 3
2nd Period
19:17 WSH Sonny Milano (1) Matt Roy (2), Martin Fehérváry (4) 3 - 3
Shootout
BUF Bowen Byram Shootout winner 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
04:39 WSH Tom Wilson Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
07:04 BUF Jordan Greenway Illegal check to head 2
07:04 WSH Tom Wilson Instigator 2
07:04 BUF Jordan Greenway Fighting 5
07:04 WSH Tom Wilson Fighting 5
07:04 WSH Tom Wilson Instigator misconduct 10
2nd Period
06:20 BUF Alex Tuch Interference 2
14:16 WSH Ryan Leonard Hooking 2
19:17 BUF Bowen Byram Roughing 2
19:17 WSH Ryan Leonard Embellishment 2
3rd Period
03:11 WSH Declan Chisholm Holding 2
06:09 BUF Peyton Krebs Tripping 2
08:26 BUF Beck Malenstyn Tripping 2
16:48 BUF Alex Tuch Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Washington Capitals 63 50 34 3 3.3 54.3
Buffalo Sabres 56 40 24 3 2.7 45.7

How the game went

505Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo Sabres aheadWashington Capitals ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Washington Capitals had.

Expected goals

Washington Capitals: 3.3 expected, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 3 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTWSH goal, 1:07 of 1st, a 26% chanceWSH goal, 2:15 of 1st, a 17% chanceWSH goal, 19:17 of 2nd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 2:30 of 1st, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 10:02 of 1st, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 18:45 of 1st, a 8% chanceWSH 3.3BUF 2.7

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Washington Capitals
Buffalo Sabres

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nic Dowd · Brandon Duhaime · Justin Sourdif9:3750.038.80-1
Tom Wilson · Connor McMichael · Aliaksei Protas4:4228.645.31-0
Alex Ovechkin · Dylan Strome · Anthony Beauvillier4:3850.048.60-0
Dylan Strome · Anthony Beauvillier · Ryan Leonard3:3971.494.11-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Trevor van Riemsdyk · Declan Chisholm7:3450.061.40-0
John Carlson · Jakob Chychrun7:1740.024.50-0
John Carlson · Martin Fehérváry6:5146.251.61-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
15 Sonny Milano L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 09:07 0.12 6-2 0.30-0.14
17 Dylan Strome C 1 0 1 1 0 6 0 22:13 0.48 14-13 0.52-0.31
21 Aliaksei Protas L 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 18:25 0.45 15-10 1.00-0.48
3 Matt Roy D 0 1 1 1 0 3 2 19:44 0.07 20-15 1.10-0.43
9 Ryan Leonard R 0 1 1 1 4 1 1 12:14 0.12 9-9 0.46-0.38
42 Martin Fehérváry D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 17:55 0.00 18-14 1.01-0.50
43 Tom Wilson R 0 1 1 1 19 1 4 15:32 0.13 4-5 0.23-0.24
77 Connor McMichael L 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 16:48 0.05 8-10 0.40-0.49
6 Jakob Chychrun D 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 27:21 0.41 19-14 0.59-0.40
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 19:15 0.35 13-14 0.39-0.45
22 Hendrix Lapierre C 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 09:27 0.12 10-4 0.54-0.11
24 Brandon Duhaime L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 14:13 0.09 9-8 0.16-0.24
26 Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:41 0.01 12-10 0.52-0.29
34 Justin Sourdif C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 13:02 0.04 11-9 0.28-0.24
47 Declan Chisholm D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:39 0.01 8-5 0.31-0.15
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 16:00 0.04 10-12 0.29-0.33
72 Anthony Beauvillier R 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 17:27 0.43 21-16 1.15-0.38
74 John Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 28:05 0.36 13-14 0.65-0.72
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
79 Charlie Lindgren OTL 24 21 3 64:52 2.64 -0.36

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Tuch · Ryan McLeod · Josh Doan8:1935.325.21-1
Beck Malenstyn · Peyton Krebs · Josh Dunne7:4654.535.90-1
Jack Quinn · Isak Rosen · Jiri Kulich7:4145.041.11-1
Jason Zucker · Jordan Greenway · Tage Thompson6:0570.090.71-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin11:0952.637.80-0
Michael Kesselring · Bowen Byram9:1520.023.61-1
Conor Timmins · Owen Power8:3060.063.82-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
27 Isak Rosen R 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 14:44 0.25 11-12 0.31-0.41
72 Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 19:23 0.67 10-9 0.57-0.62
89 Alex Tuch R 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 20:14 0.19 7-14 0.24-0.63
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 1 1 1 7 0 4 13:28 8-6 0.53-0.11
17 Jason Zucker L 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 15:07 0.17 12-10 0.57-0.46
21 Conor Timmins D 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 17:47 0.02 12-7 0.51-0.34
22 Jack Quinn R 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 16:23 0.07 11-17 0.34-0.75
25 Owen Power D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 19:54 0.02 15-11 0.64-0.33
91 Josh Doan R 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 15:32 0.31 8-13 0.20-0.78
7 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:27 11-14 0.46-0.53
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 15:08 0.05 10-12 0.17-0.33
20 Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 11:19 0.16 12-14 0.34-0.65
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 4 20:22 0.13 14-13 0.28-0.52
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 18:54 0.13 7-25 0.20-1.23
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26:12 0.09 15-18 0.46-1.02
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 12:42 0.02 6-6 0.15-0.28
44 Josh Dunne C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 11:51 0.05 10-7 0.20-0.31
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 18:05 0.41 6-12 0.20-0.62
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W 34 31 3 64:28 3.18 +0.18