National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 8, Washington 5
Sunday, March 30, 2025 3:00 PM
When: 3:00 PM ET, Sunday, March 30, 2025
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Brandon Blandina, T.J. Luxmore
Linesmen: Mark Shewchyk, Libor Suchanek
Attendance: 18573
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1348
Washington 1135
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
10:06 - Capitals Jakob Chychrun (EV) Assists: Alex Ovechkin , Dylan Strome
12:49 - Sabres Tage Thompson (PP) Assists: Alex Tuch , JJ Peterka
Penalties
6:28 - Capitals Pierre-Luc Dubois (2) Roughing
 11:10 - Capitals Rasmus Sandin (2) Boarding
 11:10 - Sabres Ryan McLeod (2) Roughing
 11:10 - Capitals John Carlson (2) Roughing
 15:28 - Sabres Bowen Byram (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
2:14 - Sabres Ryan McLeod (EV) Assists: Jack Quinn , Owen Power
2:46 - Capitals Jakob Chychrun (EV) Unassisted
5:17 - Sabres Alex Tuch (EV) Assists: Connor Clifton , Jason Zucker
11:52 - Sabres Sam Lafferty (EV) Assists: Connor Clifton
Penalties
13:30 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Tripping
 18:51 - Capitals Pierre-Luc Dubois (4) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
0:37 - Capitals Aliaksei Protas (SH) Assists: Tom Wilson , Martin Fehervary
1:28 - Sabres Tage Thompson (PP) Assists: Jason Zucker , JJ Peterka
5:52 - Sabres Jack Quinn (EV) Unassisted
9:11 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Rasmus Sandin , Trevor van Riemsdyk
14:03 - Capitals Pierre-Luc Dubois (PP) Assists: Alex Ovechkin , Dylan Strome
15:34 - Sabres Alex Tuch (EV) Assists: Mattias Samuelsson
19:36 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (EV) (EN) Assists: Jack Quinn
Penalties
12:58 - Sabres Beck Malenstyn (2) Tripping
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 59:49
Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 20:46
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 15:58
Jason Zucker LW 0 2 2 -1 0 1 16:18
Peyton Krebs C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 12:08
Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 15:20
Jack Quinn RW 1 2 3 +2 0 3 16:39
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 18:20
Jacob Bernard-Docker D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 12:55
Owen Power D 0 1 1 E 0 0 18:20
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 22:18
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 +1 2 1 11:14
Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 12:25
Ryan McLeod C 1 0 1 +2 2 1 17:27
Tage Thompson C 2 0 2 E 0 6 17:43
Connor Clifton D 0 2 2 +1 0 2 19:05
JJ Peterka RW 0 2 2 +2 0 2 19:27
Sam Lafferty C 1 0 1 E 0 1 12:46
Alex Tuch RW 2 1 3 E 0 2 17:57
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Logan Thompson G 0 0 0 0 0 58:22
Charlie Lindgren G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Matt Roy D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 17:56
Jakob Chychrun D 2 0 2 -3 0 4 21:09
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 2 3 -2 0 3 16:22
Taylor Raddysh RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 10:00
Dylan Strome C 0 2 2 -3 0 4 17:21
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 E 0 0 13:18
Aliaksei Protas C 1 0 1 -3 0 3 15:14
Brandon Duhaime RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 12:36
Connor McMichael C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 14:20
Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 12:58
Rasmus Sandin D 0 1 1 E 2 1 16:46
Martin Fehervary D 0 1 1 E 0 2 20:06
Tom Wilson RW 0 1 1 -1 2 2 20:50
Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 1 1 E 0 0 15:37
Anthony Beauvillier LW 0 0 0 +2 0 0 13:17
John Carlson D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 26:12
Pierre-Luc Dubois LW 1 0 1 -2 6 2 18:23
Andrew Mangiapane LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 10:57
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
James Reimer W (7-8-2) 29 24 5 .828 0 59:49
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Logan Thompson L (31-6-6) 22 15 7 .682 0 58:22