Sabres 1–2 Capitals — Final Score & Stats (Dec 21, 2018)

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

Tom Wilson

1 G

4 shots · 17:32 TOI

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Chandler Stephenson

1 G

1 shots · 10:46 TOI

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Braden Holtby

36 saves

0.973 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order

2nd period

🦅 Chandler Stephenson SH Go-ahead 2nd · 02:50

Assists: Nic Dowd · beat Carter Hutton

0–1

3rd period

⚔️ Johan Larsson Tying 3rd · 09:01

Assists: Tage Thompson, Rasmus Ristolainen · beat Braden Holtby

1–1

🦅 Tom Wilson Go-ahead 3rd · 13:00

Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov · beat Carter Hutton

1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

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

🦅Capitals

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

Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF WSH🦅

37 Shots on goal 24

6 Hits 19

10 Blocked shots 19

14 Takeaways 9

7 Giveaways 18

8 Penalty minutes 8

BUF shooting 2.7% (1/37) WSH shooting 8.3% (2/24)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Carter Hutton

22/24

.917 SV% · 2 GA · 57:52 TOI

🦅Capitals

Braden Holtby

36/37

.973 SV% · 1 GA · 59:54 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located

BUF WSH

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 5-1-2 (62% win rate, 8 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 3-3 (50% win rate, 6 games)

After 2nd — 0–1

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 5-2-1 (62% win rate, 8 games)

Capitals

Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 7-2 (78% win rate, 9 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 2–0

Dec 152018 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 3–4 SO Feb 242018 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 1–5 Feb 192018 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 Nov 72017 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 1–3 Dec 92016 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 4–1

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Who won Sabres vs Capitals on December 21, 2018?

Capitals won 2–1. The final score was Sabres 1, Capitals 2.

Who scored for Sabres?

Johan Larsson.

Who scored for Capitals?

Chandler Stephenson, Tom Wilson.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Carter Hutton made 22 saves on 24 shots (.917 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 36 saves on 37 shots (.973 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeDec 18 🐆FLA @ ⚔️BUF 5–2 AfterDec 22 🦆ANA @ ⚔️BUF 0–3

🦅 Capitals

BeforeDec 19 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 2–1 AfterDec 22 🦅WSH @ 🏛️OTT 4–0

Also on December 21

🏛️OTT 2–5 😈NJD 🪶CHI 2–1 🏔️COL

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