National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 2, Buffalo 1
Friday, December 21, 2018 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 21, 2018
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Francis Charron, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Pierre Racicot
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0011
Washington 0112
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
4:32 - Sabres Jeff Skinner (2) Hooking
 8:28 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
2:50 - Capitals Chandler Stephenson (SH) Assists: Nic Dowd
Penalties
2:37 - Capitals Jonas Siegenthaler (2) Tripping
 7:12 - Sabres Evan Rodrigues (2) Holding
 9:38 - Sabres Casey Mittelstadt (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
9:01 - Sabres Johan Larsson (EV) Assists: Tage Thompson , Rasmus Ristolainen
13:00 - Capitals Tom Wilson (EV) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov
Penalties
9:24 - Capitals Matt Niskanen (2) Tripping
 14:23 - Sabres Vladimir Sobotka (2) Hooking
 17:48 - Capitals Nic Dowd (2) Tripping
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Linus Ullmark G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Carter Hutton G 0 0 0 0 0 57:52
Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 21:15
Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 E 0 2 16:49
Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22:32
Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 E 2 1 15:15
Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 E 0 2 16:13
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 10:08
Johan Larsson C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 14:45
Sam Reinhart RW 0 0 0 -1 0 6 19:40
Lawrence Pilut D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 17:04
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 22:59
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 12:20
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 10:59
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 E 0 4 15:16
Jeff Skinner LW 0 0 0 -1 2 2 20:05
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 E 0 6 24:27
Evan Rodrigues LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 14:56
Tage Thompson RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 9:46
Remi Elie LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 9:39
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Pheonix Copley G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 59:54
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 21:03
Michal Kempny D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18:08
Alex Ovechkin LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20:21
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 20:22
Brett Connolly RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 11:17
Jakub Vrana LW 0 0 0 +1 0 5 15:20
Chandler Stephenson C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 10:46
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 E 0 1 18:32
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17:14
Madison Bowey D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 16:24
Devante Smith-Pelly RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 9:33
Nic Dowd C 0 1 1 +1 2 0 11:44
Jonas Siegenthaler D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 12:57
Tom Wilson RW 1 0 1 +1 2 4 17:32
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 8:56
John Carlson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 23:47
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19:26
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 18:44
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Carter Hutton L (13-10-2) 24 22 2 .917 0 57:52
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (14-8-2) 37 36 1 .973 0 59:54