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Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Apr 4, 2026 · Capital One Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 39
Washington Capitals 6 28

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
03:15 WSH Jakob Chychrun (25) Alex Ovechkin (29), Pierre-Luc Dubois (11) 0 - 1
03:35 WSH Dylan Strome (18) Aliaksei Protas (25), Alex Ovechkin (30) 0 - 2
05:52 WSH Connor McMichael (11) Jakob Chychrun (34), Pierre-Luc Dubois (12) 0 - 3
06:30 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (18) Josh Norris (18), Alex Tuch (32) 1 - 3
12:15 BUF Beck Malenstyn (7) Jordan Greenway (5), Rasmus Dahlin (51) 2 - 3
2nd Period
06:06 WSH Aliaksei Protas (24) Unassisted 2 - 4
3rd Period
06:26 WSH Ryan Leonard (17) Cole Hutson (5), Justin Sourdif (18) 2 - 5
08:55 WSH Tom Wilson (29) SH Connor McMichael (30) 2 - 6

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
2nd Period
04:21 BUF Zach Benson Interference 2
05:08 WSH Ryan Leonard Tripping 2
10:58 WSH Dylan Strome Tripping 2
12:22 WSH Connor McMichael Tripping 2
19:42 BUF Mattias Samuelsson Hooking 2
3rd Period
03:13 WSH Trevor van Riemsdyk Holding 2
08:32 WSH Cole Hutson Hooking 2
17:15 WSH Martin Fehérváry Misconduct 10
17:15 BUF Zach Benson Misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 61 48 39 2 3.7 48.4
Washington Capitals 55 45 28 6 3.1 51.6

How the game went

5051015Start2nd3rdWashington Capitals aheadBuffalo Sabres 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 Washington Capitals had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 3.7 expected, 2 scored · Washington Capitals: 3.1 expected, 6 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 6:30 of 1st, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 12:15 of 1st, a 18% chanceWSH goal, 3:15 of 1st, a 18% chanceWSH goal, 3:35 of 1st, a 8% chanceWSH goal, 5:52 of 1st, a 17% chanceWSH goal, 6:06 of 2nd, a 11% chanceWSH goal, 6:26 of 3rd, a 4% chanceWSH goal, 8:55 of 3rd, a 14% chanceBUF 3.7WSH 3.1

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

Buffalo Sabres
Washington Capitals

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.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jordan Greenway · Beck Malenstyn · Tyson Kozak7:1146.269.61-0
Jason Zucker · Alex Tuch · Josh Norris6:5336.440.41-0
Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn · Zach Benson6:4360.068.50-1
Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs · Josh Doan6:0960.078.30-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Logan Stanley · Zach Metsa11:1661.152.80-2
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin10:5539.368.62-0
Bowen Byram · Owen Power10:5325.032.60-1

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
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 22:28 0.23 17-19 1.36-0.59
29 Beck Malenstyn L 1 0 1 1 0 1 4 12:27 0.33 8-16 0.49-0.41
9 Josh Norris C 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 15:48 0.36 4-9 0.17-0.39
12 Jordan Greenway L 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 13:32 0.01 8-13 0.26-0.61
89 Alex Tuch R 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 16:20 0.28 13-8 0.69-0.31
6 Zach Benson L 0 0 0 -2 12 3 0 15:20 0.45 15-13 0.98-0.88
8 Logan Stanley D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 13:18 0.04 14-9 0.93-0.54
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:20 0.17 11-11 0.38-0.51
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12:05 0.23 13-8 1.25-0.37
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 -3 0 6 0 18:27 0.64 13-11 0.89-0.54
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 19:54 0.01 22-23 1.76-0.97
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 20:59 11-17 0.50-0.98
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 20:22 0.07 12-18 0.43-1.05
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 12:15 13-12 0.44-0.42
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 16:53 13-13 0.79-0.68
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 -3 0 5 1 19:20 0.84 13-14 1.13-1.22
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 -3 0 0 0 15:15 0.02 11-10 0.54-0.72
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 -3 0 1 1 12:57 0.05 9-11 0.97-0.96
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
92 Colten Ellis 23 20 3 54:08 2.26 -0.74
34 Alex Lyon L 5 2 3 05:52 0.73 -2.27

Washington Capitals

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Ovechkin · Dylan Strome · Aliaksei Protas10:1642.337.81-1
Anthony Beauvillier · Justin Sourdif · Ryan Leonard8:2035.723.10-0
Brandon Duhaime · Hendrix Lapierre · Ethen Frank8:2063.612.60-1
Tom Wilson · Pierre-Luc Dubois · Connor McMichael7:3546.276.01-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Roy · Cole Hutson9:2456.326.81-0
Martin Fehérváry · Rasmus Sandin8:3553.861.30-0
Trevor van Riemsdyk · Jakob Chychrun7:5057.954.53-2

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
6 Jakob Chychrun D 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 19:40 0.29 21-17 1.48-1.53
21 Aliaksei Protas L 1 1 2 1 0 4 0 16:15 0.33 11-18 0.60-1.04
77 Connor McMichael L 1 1 2 3 2 5 1 16:03 0.63 14-11 1.14-1.02
8 Alex Ovechkin L 0 2 2 1 0 4 1 17:01 0.64 20-16 1.48-1.00
80 Pierre-Luc Dubois C 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 12:58 0.07 10-7 0.96-0.15
9 Ryan Leonard R 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 12:55 0.06 7-10 0.11-0.32
17 Dylan Strome C 1 0 1 2 2 4 0 16:38 0.46 20-16 1.18-1.00
43 Tom Wilson R 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 17:19 0.28 9-10 0.57-0.89
34 Justin Sourdif C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 15:25 0.12 15-13 0.65-1.05
44 Cole Hutson D 0 1 1 2 2 2 0 18:58 0.02 16-12 0.58-0.89
3 Matt Roy D 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 20:56 0.01 15-15 0.73-0.98
22 Hendrix Lapierre C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:05 10-7 0.20-0.51
24 Brandon Duhaime L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 11:43 0.05 11-5 0.22-0.52
38 Rasmus Sandin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 20:25 0.07 15-12 0.56-0.36
42 Martin Fehérváry D 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 21:10 12-17 0.66-1.04
53 Ethen Frank R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:34 0.02 9-6 0.21-0.51
57 Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 16:11 13-16 0.81-0.82
72 Anthony Beauvillier R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:44 0.03 7-11 0.06-0.27
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
48 Logan Thompson W 39 37 2 60:00 3.59 +1.59