Thursday, March 12, 2026 · KeyBank Center
Capitals 2 at Sabres 1
Final
Three Stars
Scoring
1st Period
-
6:02
Sam Carrick
(6)
Beck Malenstyn (5), Owen Power (17)
· Tip-in
WSH 0 – 1 BUF
2nd Period
-
2:14
Ryan Leonard
(14)
Unassisted
· Snap
WSH 1 – 1 BUF
3rd Period
-
18:27
Jakob Chychrun
(23)
Aliaksei Protas (24), Trevor van Riemsdyk (7)
· Snap
WSH 2 – 1 BUF
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakob Chychrun D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 20:25 | 1.23 |
| Ryan Leonard R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 13:46 | 1.13 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk D | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 19:00 | 0.95 |
| Aliaksei Protas L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 16:31 | 0.80 |
| Dylan Strome C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 15:25 | 0.28 |
| Tom Wilson R | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:34 | 0.25 |
| Timothy Liljegren D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 15:50 | 0.22 |
| Brandon Duhaime L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 12:17 | 0.20 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19:41 | 0.18 |
| Alex Ovechkin L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 14:03 | 0.10 |
| Hendrix Lapierre C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:17 | 0.08 |
| Connor McMichael L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14:15 | 0.05 |
| Matt Roy D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 21:46 | 0.03 |
| Anthony Beauvillier R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:07 | 0.02 |
| Martin Fehérváry D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:56 | 0.02 |
| Justin Sourdif C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14:50 | 0.00 |
| Ethen Frank R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:30 | 0.00 |
| Rasmus Sandin D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:47 | -0.08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Lindgren | W | 30 | 29 | 1 | .967 | 60:00 | 2.15 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Carrick C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 10:51 | 1.05 |
| Beck Malenstyn L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 10:25 | 0.85 |
| Owen Power D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:29 | 0.58 |
| Tage Thompson C | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22:04 | 0.43 |
| Bowen Byram D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 23:02 | 0.38 |
| Tanner Pearson L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 8:58 | 0.23 |
| Mattias Samuelsson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20:30 | 0.18 |
| Jason Zucker L | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | -1 | 17:07 | 0.12 |
| Zach Benson L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:15 | 0.08 |
| Rasmus Dahlin D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:28 | 0.05 |
| Ryan McLeod C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 17:26 | 0.03 |
| Josh Doan R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:42 | 0.02 |
| Josh Norris C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:45 | 0.00 |
| Noah Ostlund C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:49 | 0.00 |
| Peyton Krebs C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | -1 | 13:44 | -0.02 |
| Jack Quinn R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:19 | -0.13 |
| Luke Schenn D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 14:31 | -0.15 |
| Logan Stanley D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:02 | -0.28 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | L | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 58:33 | 0.50 |