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Saturday, February 24, 2018 · Capital One Arena

Sabres 1 at Capitals 5

Final

Three Stars

C 95OVR Evgeny Kuznetsov Capitals First Star 1G · 3A · 4 SOG G 91OVR Philipp Grubauer Capitals Second Star 28 SV · .966 L 98OVR Alex Ovechkin Capitals Third Star 2G · 11 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 0:50 Evgeny Kuznetsov (17) Brett Connolly (8), Dmitry Orlov (15) · Wrist BUF 0 – 1 WSH

2nd Period

  1. 13:20 Andre Burakovsky (8) Evgeny Kuznetsov (40), Matt Niskanen (16) · Backhand BUF 0 – 2 WSH

3rd Period

  1. 0:14 Sam Reinhart (14) Casey Nelson (5) · Backhand BUF 1 – 2 WSH
  2. 10:13 Alex Ovechkin (37) PPG John Carlson (37), Evgeny Kuznetsov (41) · Snap BUF 1 – 3 WSH
  3. 17:48 Lars Eller (14) EN Alex Chiasson (5), Matt Niskanen (17) · Slap BUF 1 – 4 WSH
  4. 18:36 Alex Ovechkin (38) John Carlson (38), Evgeny Kuznetsov (42) · Tip-in BUF 1 – 5 WSH

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Sam Reinhart C 1 0 3 0 2 0 17:29 1.13
Casey Nelson D 0 1 0 0 2 0 20:18 0.73
Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 3 0 3 0 17:29 0.43
Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 3 1 0 0 20:08 0.38
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 4 1 0 0 14:58 0.35
Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 4 0 1 0 18:57 0.35
Nick Baptiste R 0 0 3 0 1 0 11:42 0.32
Kyle Okposo R 0 0 4 1 1 0 19:09 0.20
Marco Scandella D 0 0 1 2 0 0 22:07 0.13
Jacob Josefson C 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:24 0.08
Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:59 0.00
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 2 1 0 14:33 0.00
Victor Antipin D 0 0 1 0 1 -1 16:34 -0.02
Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 1 4 -2 19:36 -0.10
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 2 5 0 -3 24:00 -0.30
Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 1 1 -3 13:03 -0.35
Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 1 1 -3 13:16 -0.40
Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 -4 11:56 -0.60
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Robin Lehner L 35 31 4 .886 59:52 0.10

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 3 4 0 0 +3 18:52 3.38
Alex Ovechkin L 2 0 11 0 0 0 18:53 2.28
John Carlson D 0 2 0 0 2 +2 20:09 1.70
Matt Niskanen D 0 2 1 1 3 +1 23:58 1.48
Lars Eller C 1 0 5 0 0 +1 13:17 1.28
Andre Burakovsky L 1 0 4 0 1 +1 13:32 1.10
Alex Chiasson R 0 1 1 1 0 +2 9:38 1.00
Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 1 1 +1 23:50 0.85
Brett Connolly R 0 1 1 0 1 +1 15:05 0.75
Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 1 1 0 +2 14:09 0.38
Christian Djoos D 0 0 1 0 0 +2 15:03 0.32
T.J. Oshie R 0 0 0 2 1 +1 15:51 0.20
Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 0 4 0 16:59 0.15
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 5 3 0 19:21 0.15
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 2 1 1 -1 17:26 0.10
Devante Smith-Pelly R 0 0 1 1 0 0 9:50 0.08
Tom Wilson R 0 0 3 6 0 -1 18:46 0.07
Jay Beagle C 0 0 0 1 0 0 11:21 0.00
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Philipp Grubauer W 29 28 1 .966 60:00 2.05