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2016-17 regular season

Capitals at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–0

Capitals beat Sabres 4–1 at KeyBank Center on December 9, 2016.

WSH – BUF
29–28
Shots on goal
2/3–1/5
Power play
16–19
Hits
9–7
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Marcus Johansson
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 18:16 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
T.J. Oshie
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 21:29 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Dmitry Orlov
2 A
2 shots · 16:52 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
🦅 T.J. Oshie Go-ahead 2nd · 06:43
Assists: Jay Beagle, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Robin Lehner
1–0
🦅 Jakub Vrana PP 2nd · 12:39
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov · beat Robin Lehner
2–0
3rd period
⚔️ Kyle Okposo PP 3rd · 12:03
Assists: Rasmus Ristolainen, Ryan O'Reilly · beat Philipp Grubauer
2–1
🦅 John Carlson PP 3rd · 14:20
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Marcus Johansson · beat Robin Lehner
3–1
🦅 Marcus Johansson Empty net 3rd · 18:48
Assists: T.J. Oshie, Dmitry Orlov
4–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Johansson · Beagle · Oshie 18:16
L2 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Kuznetsov 15:32
L3 Winnik · Eller · Williams 13:30
L4 Burakovsky · Vrana · Wilson 9:58
D1 Carlson · Alzner 23:16
D2 Orpik · Schmidt 18:30
D3 Orlov · Chorney 16:06
⚔️Sabres
L1 O'Reilly · Eichel · Okposo 22:27
L2 Kane · Reinhart · Gionta 17:01
L3 Larsson · Foligno · Carrier 14:08
L4 Moulson · Deslauriers · Girgensons 9:53
D1 Ristolainen · McCabe 25:38
D2 Kulikov · Franson 17:59
D3 Gorges · Falk 13:18

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BUF⚔️
29 Shots on goal 28
2/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/5
16 Hits 19
9 Blocked shots 7
4 Takeaways 3
6 Giveaways 7
10 Penalty minutes 6
WSH shooting 13.8% (4/29) BUF shooting 3.6% (1/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Philipp Grubauer
27/28
.964 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Robin Lehner
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 58:48 TOI

Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
T.J. Oshie · 2nd 06:43 · 1–0 Jakub Vrana · 2nd 12:39 · 2–0 Kyle Okposo · 3rd 12:03 · 2–1 John Carlson · 3rd 14:20 · 3–1 Marcus Johansson · 3rd 18:48 · 4–1
WSH BUF
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Period by period

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After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 2-3-2 (29% win rate, 7 games)
Sabres
Sabres — tied after 1st: 3-3-3 (33% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 3-0 (100% win rate, 3 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-5 (0% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 3–0
Dec 52016 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 2–3 OT Nov 252016 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 1–3 Jan 162016 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 1–4 Dec 302015 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 2–5 Dec 282015 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 2–0
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Who won Capitals vs Sabres on December 9, 2016?

Capitals won 4–1. The final score was Capitals 4, Sabres 1.

Who scored for Capitals?

Jakub Vrana, John Carlson, Marcus Johansson, T.J. Oshie.

Who scored for Sabres?

Kyle Okposo.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Philipp Grubauer made 27 saves on 28 shots (.964 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Robin Lehner made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 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.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 7 🐻BOS @ 🦅WSH 3–4 AfterDec 11 🐋VAN @ 🦅WSH 0–3
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 6 🛢️EDM @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 AfterDec 13 👑LAK @ ⚔️BUF 3–6
Also on December 9
🧥CBJ 4–1 🐙DET 🎵STL 4–1 😈NJD 🛢️EDM 2–3 🌲MIN 🗽NYR 1–0 🪶CHI 🦈SJS 2–3 🦆ANA
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