National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 3, Buffalo 2
Monday, December 5, 2016 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, December 5, 2016
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Tom Kowal, Frederic L'Ecuyer
Linesmen: Steve Barton, Ryan Daisy
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Buffalo 11002
Washington 01113
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
5:59 - Sabres Zemgus Girgensons (EV) Assists: Derek Grant , Rasmus Ristolainen
Penalties
14:40 - Sabres Evander Kane (2) Slashing
 17:28 - Sabres William Carrier (2) Slashing
2nd Period
Scoring
5:23 - Capitals Jay Beagle (EV) Assists: Brooks Orpik , Daniel Winnik
15:23 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (EV) Assists: Ryan O'Reilly , William Carrier
Penalties
17:22 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
13:42 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (PP) Assists: John Carlson , Justin Williams
Penalties
3:55 - Capitals Matt Niskanen (2) Tripping
 13:37 - Sabres Evander Kane (2) Hooking
 16:48 - Capitals Jay Beagle (2) Tripping
Overtime
Scoring
2:38 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (EV) Assists: Dmitry Orlov , Evgeny Kuznetsov
Penalties
None.
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Anders Nilsson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Robin Lehner G 0 0 0 0 0 62:09
Cody Franson D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 20:45
Evander Kane LW 0 0 0 E 4 2 21:04
Brian Gionta RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 16:49
Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 E 0 1 18:31
Kyle Okposo RW 1 0 1 +1 0 3 20:41
Johan Larsson C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 17:04
Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18:14
Matt Moulson LW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 9:15
Derek Grant C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 6:38
Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 8:07
Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 +1 0 4 28:52
Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 12:46
Brendan Guhle D 0 0 0 E 0 0 16:48
Erik Burgdoerfer D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 10:03
William Carrier LW 0 1 1 +1 2 1 12:48
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 29:51
Marcus Foligno LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13:14
Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 +1 0 6 22:48
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 62:23
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 24:43
Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 E 0 0 11:23
Alex Ovechkin LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 21:57
Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 19:24
Jakub Vrana LW 0 0 0 E 0 4 11:58
Justin Williams RW 0 1 1 -2 0 0 13:59
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 E 0 1 19:29
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 11:13
Daniel Winnik LW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 14:49
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 21:45
Paul Carey C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 6:58
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 13:45
Brooks Orpik D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 16:22
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 12:28
John Carlson D 0 1 1 E 0 2 26:27
Jay Beagle RW 1 0 1 +1 2 6 17:24
Marcus Johansson LW 2 0 2 +1 0 2 20:00
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 18:05
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Robin Lehner L (5-8-4) 33 30 3 .909 0 62:09
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (11-6-2) 33 31 2 .939 0 62:23