National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, Buffalo 1
Saturday, February 24, 2018 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, February 24, 2018
Where: Captial One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Brian Pochmara, Jon McIsaac
Linesmen: Brandon Gawryletz, Kiel Murchison
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0011
Washington 1135
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:50 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) Assists: Brett Connolly , Dmitry Orlov
Penalties
3:51 - Capitals Brett Connolly (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
13:20 - Capitals Andre Burakovsky (EV) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , Matt Niskanen
Penalties
None.
3rd Period
Scoring
0:14 - Sabres Sam Reinhart (EV) Assists: Casey Nelson
10:13 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (PP) Assists: John Carlson , Evgeny Kuznetsov
17:48 - Capitals Lars Eller (EV) (EN) Assists: Alex Chiasson , Matt Niskanen
18:36 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: John Carlson , Evgeny Kuznetsov
Penalties
8:43 - Sabres Kyle Okposo (2) Goaltender interference
 14:16 - Capitals Andre Burakovsky (2) Delay of game
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Chad Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Robin Lehner G 0 0 0 0 0 59:52
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 E 0 0 14:33
Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 E 0 1 22:07
Casey Nelson D 0 1 1 E 0 0 20:18
Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 E 0 1 11:24
Nicholas Baptiste RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 11:42
Jordan Nolan LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 11:59
Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 13:03
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 E 2 4 19:09
Johan Larsson C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 13:16
Sam Reinhart C 1 0 1 E 0 3 17:29
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 E 0 4 14:58
Jason Pominville RW 0 0 0 -4 0 0 11:56
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 24:00
Benoit Pouliot LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 17:29
Evan Rodrigues LW 0 0 0 E 0 4 18:57
Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 19:36
Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 E 0 3 20:08
Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16:34
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Matt Niskanen D 0 2 2 +1 0 1 23:58
Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 E 0 0 16:59
Alex Ovechkin LW 2 0 2 E 0 11 18:53
Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 23:50
Brett Connolly RW 0 1 1 +1 2 1 15:05
Chandler Stephenson C 0 0 0 +2 0 1 14:09
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 17:26
Lars Eller C 1 0 1 +1 0 5 13:17
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 9:50
Christian Djoos D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 15:03
Alex Chiasson RW 0 1 1 +2 0 1 9:38
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 -1 0 3 18:46
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 E 0 0 19:21
Andre Burakovsky LW 1 0 1 +1 2 4 13:32
John Carlson D 0 2 2 +2 0 0 20:09
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 15:51
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 11:21
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 3 4 +3 0 4 18:52
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Robin Lehner L (13-23-8) 35 31 4 .886 0 59:52
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Philipp Grubauer W (7-7-3) 29 28 1 .966 0 60:00