Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Score | Status |
| Washington Capitals | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 6:02 | Buffalo Sabres, goal by Sam Carrick (Assist: Beck Malenstyn, Owen Power) |
| 2nd Period | |
| 2:14 | Washington Capitals, goal by Ryan Leonard |
| 3rd Period | |
| 18:27 | Washington Capitals, goal by Jakob Chychrun (Assist: Aliaksei Protas, Trevor van Riemsdyk) |
| Penalty Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 17:50 | Washington Capitals, Connor McMichael 2 minutes for Hooking Owen Power |
| 2nd Period | |
| 12:50 | Buffalo Sabres, Tanner Pearson 2 minutes for Slashing Justin Sourdif |
| 16:41 | Washington Capitals, Martin Fehervary 2 minutes for Holding Josh Norris |
| 3rd Period | |
| 6:08 | Buffalo Sabres, Logan Stanley 2 minutes for Holding Ryan Leonard |
| Washington Capitals | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| A. Beauvillier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:07 |
| P. Dubois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19:41 |
| B. Duhaime | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12:17 |
| E. Frank | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:30 |
| H. Lapierre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:17 |
| R. Leonard | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:46 |
| C. McMichael | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:15 |
| A. Ovechkin | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:03 |
| A. Protas | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:31 |
| J. Sourdif | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14:50 |
| D. Strome | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15:25 |
| T. Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20:34 |
| J. Chychrun | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:25 |
| M. Fehervary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:56 |
| T. Liljegren | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15:50 |
| M. Roy | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:46 |
| R. Sandin | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19:47 |
| T. van Riemsdyk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:00 |
| Buffalo Sabres | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| Z. Benson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:15 |
| S. Carrick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:51 |
| J. Doan | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:42 |
| P. Krebs | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13:44 |
| B. Malenstyn | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10:25 |
| R. McLeod | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:26 |
| J. Norris | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:45 |
| N. Ostlund | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:49 |
| T. Pearson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:58 |
| J. Quinn | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:19 |
| T. Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 22:04 |
| J. Zucker | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17:07 |
| B. Byram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 23:02 |
| R. Dahlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:28 |
| O. Power | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:29 |
| M. Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 20:30 |
| L. Schenn | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14:31 |
| L. Stanley | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:02 |
Last updated on Friday, March 13, 2026 3:22 AM.