Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals (Dec 21, 2018)

Team Context

Home context · Washington Capitals

Best Scorer

Alex Ovechkin with 8

Most Assists

Nicklas Backstrom with 6

Last Five W L OT/SO

Away context · Buffalo Sabres

Best Scorer

Jack Eichel with 5

Most Assists

Sam Reinhart with 9

Last Five W L OT/SO

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1–5

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BUF ⚔️

Stats

🦅 WSH

Goals

Shots

PPG

Hits

PIM

Sabres Goals

Johan Larsson (3rd • 09:01)

Assisted by Tage Thompson , Rasmus Ristolainen

Capitals Goals

Chandler Stephenson SH (2nd • 02:50)

Assisted by Nic Dowd

Tom Wilson (3rd • 13:00)

Assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov

After 1st — 0–0

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 20-10-5 (57% win rate, 35 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 20-10-3 (61% win rate, 33 games)

After 2nd — 0–1

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Lines & Pairings · est. by ice time

BUF

L1: Eichel · Skinner · Reinhart · 20:05

L2: Sheary · Sobotka · Rodrigues · 15:15

L3: Larsson · Girgensons · Mittelstadt · 12:20

L4: Elie · Thompson · Okposo · 9:46

D1: Ristolainen · Dahlin · 23:43

D2: Bogosian · Pilut · 19:10

D3: Scandella · McCabe · 16:31

WSH

L1: Ovechkin · Kuznetsov · Oshie · 19:26

L2: Backstrom · Eller · Wilson · 17:32

L3: Vrana · Dowd · Connolly · 11:44

L4: Burakovsky · Stephenson · Smith-Pelly · 9:33

D1: Carlson · Niskanen · 22:25

D2: Orlov · Kempny · 19:15

D3: Bowey · Siegenthaler · 14:40