🦅 Away Capitals 42-28-6 before this game

5–1

Final

⚔️ Home Sabres 31-34-11 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	0	4	1	5
BUF	1	0	0	1

Capitals at Sabres

Capitals beat Sabres 5–1 at KeyBank Center on April 3, 1996.

🗓 Wed, Apr 3, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 1995-96 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Peter Bondra

4 G

10 shots · +4

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Michal Pivonka

4 A

5 shots · +4

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Jeff Nelson

2 A

1 shots · +3

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

⚔️ Jason Dawe PP Go-ahead 1st · 02:27

Assists: Derek Plante, Michal Grosek

0–1

2nd period

🦅 Peter Bondra Tying 2nd · 01:25

Assists: Michal Pivonka, Jeff Nelson

1–1

🦅 Peter Bondra Go-ahead 2nd · 06:11

Assists: Jeff Nelson, Michal Pivonka

2–1

🦅 Peter Bondra SH 2nd · 12:49

Assists: Michal Pivonka

3–1

🦅 Dale Hunter 2nd · 17:39

Unassisted

4–1

3rd period

🦅 Peter Bondra 3rd · 15:10

Assists: Michal Pivonka

5–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH BUF⚔️

41 Shots on goal 17

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3

11 Penalty minutes 15

WSH shooting 12.2% (5/41) BUF shooting 5.9% (1/17)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Jim Carey

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Andrei Trefilov

0/5

.000 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 4–1

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →

2–2 (OT) · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs BUF, answered

Who won Capitals vs Sabres on April 3, 1996?

Capitals won 5–1.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Sabres?

The final score was Capitals 5, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Capitals?

Peter Bondra (4), Dale Hunter.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jason Dawe.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jim Carey made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Andrei Trefilov made 0 saves on 5 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Sabres season series?

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Mar 31

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Apr 1

Also on April 3, 1996

Capitals season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule