National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, Buffalo 2
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Jean Hebert, T.J. Luxmore
Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Tim Nowak
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1102
Washington 0145
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
5:48 - Sabres Brian Gionta (EV) Assists: Jack Eichel , Zemgus Girgensons
Penalties
0:27 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Roughing
 12:10 - Sabres Tyler Ennis (2) Tripping
 17:30 - Sabres Zach Bogosian (2) Roughing
 17:30 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Roughing
 17:30 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Roughing
2nd Period
Scoring
14:08 - Capitals Justin Williams (EV) Unassisted
18:53 - Sabres Zemgus Girgensons (EV) Assists: Jack Eichel
Penalties
5:55 - Sabres Johan Larsson (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
1:24 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , T.J. Oshie
8:32 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (PP) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , Matt Niskanen
9:56 - Capitals Andre Burakovsky (EV) Assists: Marcus Johansson
18:47 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) (EN) Unassisted
Penalties
3:44 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (2) Boarding
 4:54 - Sabres Evander Kane (2) Tripping
 5:15 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) High sticking
 7:26 - Sabres Evander Kane (2) Hooking
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Chad Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 59:02
Linus Ullmark G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19:11
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 11:54
Evander Kane LW 0 0 0 E 4 6 21:04
Brian Gionta RW 1 0 1 -1 0 2 15:50
Jack Eichel C 0 2 2 -1 0 6 18:08
David Legwand C 0 0 0 E 0 0 8:40
Johan Larsson LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 14:44
Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 19:10
Zemgus Girgensons C 1 1 2 E 0 3 16:36
Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 20:29
Nicolas Deslauriers LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 9:09
Cody Franson D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 15:17
Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -4 2 0 22:17
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 25:19
Tyler Ennis C 0 0 0 E 2 0 8:21
Marcus Foligno LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 10:11
Jamie McGinn LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 16:08
Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 21:23
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 59:42
Matt Niskanen D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 25:40
Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 E 0 1 13:12
Alex Ovechkin RW 2 0 2 +2 4 10 21:38
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 21:53
Justin Williams RW 1 0 1 -1 0 4 17:27
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 E 0 0 14:35
Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 11:37
Zach Sill C 0 0 0 E 0 2 10:08
Jason Chimera LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14:08
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 20:24
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 E 4 0 12:57
Connor Carrick D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 11:04
Andre Burakovsky LW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 7:22
T.J. Oshie RW 0 1 1 +2 0 1 20:03
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 7:50
Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 23:23
Marcus Johansson C 1 1 2 E 2 7 20:11
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 2 2 +1 0 6 18:46
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Chad Johnson L (10-10-2) 42 38 4 .905 0 59:02
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (24-4-1) 27 25 2 .926 0 59:42