Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Score | Status |
| Washington Capitals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | F/SO |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 4:42 | Buffalo Sabres, goal by Alex Tuch (Assist: JJ Peterka) |
| 6:10 | Washington Capitals, power play goal by Tom Wilson (Assist: Jakob Chychrun, Dylan Strome) |
| 2nd Period | |
| 1:07 | Buffalo Sabres, goal by Alex Tuch |
| 11:29 | Washington Capitals, goal by Tom Wilson (Assist: Aliaksei Protas, John Carlson) |
| 12:49 | Buffalo Sabres, power play goal by Tage Thompson (Assist: Rasmus Dahlin, JJ Peterka) |
| 3rd Period | |
| 15:47 | Washington Capitals, goal by Aliaksei Protas (Assist: John Carlson, Pierre-Luc Dubois) |
| Overtime | |
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| Shootout | |
| Buffalo Sabres, Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren | |
| Washington Capitals, Pierre-Luc Dubois Goal Wrist Shot | |
| Buffalo Sabres, Jack Quinn Backhand saved by Charlie Lindgren | |
| Washington Capitals, Dylan Strome Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | |
| Buffalo Sabres, Alex Tuch Goal Wrist Shot | |
| Washington Capitals, John Carlson Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | |
| Buffalo Sabres, JJ Peterka Goal Wrist Shot | |
| Washington Capitals, Jakob Chychrun Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | |
| Penalty Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 1:02 | Washington Capitals, Aliaksei Protas 2 minutes for Holding the stick Dylan Cozens |
| 5:40 | Buffalo Sabres, Nicolas Aube-Kubel 2 minutes for High-sticking Aliaksei Protas |
| 19:58 | Buffalo Sabres, Jiri Kulich 2 minutes for Roughing Brandon Duhaime |
| 19:58 | Washington Capitals, Brandon Duhaime 2 minutes for Roughing Jiri Kulich |
| 2nd Period | |
| 11:46 | Washington Capitals, Dylan Strome 2 minutes for Roughing Peyton Krebs |
| 3rd Period | |
| 1:01 | Buffalo Sabres, Tage Thompson 2 minutes for Tripping Dylan Strome |
| 6:04 | Washington Capitals, Dylan Strome 2 minutes for Boarding Henri Jokiharju |
| Washington Capitals | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| N. Dowd | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14:02 |
| P. Dubois | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:43 |
| B. Duhaime | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:02 |
| L. Eller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12:09 |
| A. Mangiapane | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11:51 |
| C. McMichael | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:48 |
| A. Ovechkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:42 |
| A. Protas | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20:00 |
| T. Raddysh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:35 |
| D. Strome | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 18:10 |
| J. Vrana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8:22 |
| T. Wilson | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22:04 |
| J. Carlson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 23:40 |
| J. Chychrun | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:01 |
| M. Fehervary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19:18 |
| M. Roy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20:58 |
| R. Sandin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 19:48 |
| T. van Riemsdyk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:44 |
| Buffalo Sabres | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| N. Aube-Kubel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6:19 |
| Z. Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:52 |
| D. Cozens | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:14 |
| P. Krebs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 |
| J. Kulich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5:18 |
| S. Lafferty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7:12 |
| R. McLeod | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:44 |
| J. Peterka | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:37 |
| J. Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:26 |
| T. Thompson | 1 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:48 |
| A. Tuch | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19:36 |
| J. Zucker | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:33 |
| B. Byram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28:57 |
| C. Clifton | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:20 |
| R. Dahlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29:58 |
| H. Jokiharju | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:46 |
| O. Power | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:36 |
| M. Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:41 |
Last updated on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 1:59 AM.