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2015-16 regular season

Capitals at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0

Capitals beat Sabres 2–0 at KeyBank Center on December 28, 2015.

WSH – BUF
26–31
Shots on goal
20–21
Hits
12–8
Blocked shots
2–9
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G
4 shots · 19:30 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Jay Beagle
1 G
1 shots · 13:56 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Braden Holtby
31 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

2 goals · in order
2nd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Go-ahead 2nd · 00:19
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, T.J. Oshie · beat Linus Ullmark
1–0
🦅 Jay Beagle 2nd · 12:55
Assists: Tom Wilson · beat Linus Ullmark
2–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Kuznetsov · Oshie 19:11
L2 Chimera · Backstrom · Wilson 14:16
L3 Johansson · Beagle · Williams 13:45
L4 Burakovsky · Laich · Latta 11:51
D1 Niskanen · Alzner 26:54
D2 Schmidt · Orlov 21:26
D3 Chorney · Carrick 10:46
⚔️Sabres
L1 Kane · O'Reilly · Reinhart 20:57
L2 McGinn · Eichel · Ennis 17:03
L3 Larsson · Girgensons · Gionta 12:31
L4 Moulson · Deslauriers · Legwand 8:54
D1 Ristolainen · Bogosian 22:50
D2 McCabe · Gorges 19:22
D3 Franson · Weber 14:35

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BUF⚔️
26 Shots on goal 31
20 Hits 21
12 Blocked shots 8
2 Takeaways 9
9 Giveaways 6
11 Penalty minutes 7
WSH shooting 7.7% (2/26) BUF shooting 0.0% (0/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby Shutout
31/31
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Linus Ullmark
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 58:17 TOI

Where the goals came from

2 of 2 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 00:19 · 1–0 Jay Beagle · 2nd 12:55 · 2–0
WSH BUF
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 11-3-1 (73% win rate, 15 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 7-6 (54% win rate, 13 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 10-0 (100% win rate, 10 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-7 (0% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Mar 162015 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 SO Mar 72015 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 1–6 Nov 222014 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 2–1 Jan 282014 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 5–4 OT Jan 122014 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 2–1 SO
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Who won Capitals vs Sabres on December 28, 2015?

Capitals won 2–0. The final score was Capitals 2, Sabres 0.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Jay Beagle.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 31 saves on 31 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Linus Ullmark made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 26 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 1–3 AfterDec 30 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 2–5
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 26 ⚔️BUF @ 🐻BOS 6–3 AfterDec 30 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 2–5
Also on December 28
🇨🇦MTL 4–3 ⚡TBL 🗽NYR 3–5 🐯NSH 🐙DET 1–3 🌲MIN 👑LAK 5–0 🐋VAN 🏔️COL 6–3 🦈SJS
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