🦅 Away Capitals 41-20-7
2–3
Final / SO
⚔️ Home Sabres 29-31-8
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
🦅 WSH 00202
⚔️ BUF 11013

Capitals at Sabres

Sabres beat Capitals 3–2 in a shootout at KeyBank Center on March 9, 2020.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2019-20 🔁 Season series tied 1–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Rasmus Dahlin
2 A
1 shots · 17:16 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 19:24 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Linus Ullmark
33 saves
0.943 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Victor Olofsson Go-ahead 1st · 04:53
Assists: Marcus Johansson, Rasmus Dahlin · beat Braden Holtby
0–1
2nd period
⚔️ Jack Eichel PP 2nd · 00:53
Assists: Rasmus Dahlin, Rasmus Ristolainen · beat Braden Holtby
0–2
3rd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 03:33
Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov · beat Linus Ullmark
1–2
🦅 Dmitry Orlov Tying 3rd · 13:11
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Tom Wilson · beat Linus Ullmark
2–2

The written recap generates within a couple of hours of the final buzzer.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Kuznetsov · Wilson 19:24
L2 Backstrom · Eller · Oshie 15:57
L3 Kovalchuk · Vrana · Hagelin 13:59
L4 Dowd · Panik · Hathaway 11:35
D1 Orlov · Carlson 26:32
D2 Jensen · Dillon 20:42
D3 Kempny · Siegenthaler 15:40
⚔️Sabres
L1 Eichel · Reinhart · Skinner 22:13
L2 Olofsson · Girgensons · Okposo 16:11
L3 Johansson · Larsson · Kahun 15:15
L4 Vesey · Lazar · Simmonds 11:34
D1 Ristolainen · Montour 27:26
D2 McCabe · Jokiharju 18:44
D3 Dahlin · Miller 16:14

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BUF⚔️
35 Shots on goal 26
0/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
13 Hits 14
10 Blocked shots 12
3 Takeaways 7
8 Giveaways 6
6 Penalty minutes 2
WSH shooting 5.7% (2/35) BUF shooting 11.5% (3/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
24/26
.923 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Linus Ullmark
33/35
.943 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located
Victor Olofsson · 1st 04:53 · 0–1 Jack Eichel · 2nd 00:53 · 0–2 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 03:33 · 1–2 Dmitry Orlov · 3rd 13:11 · 2–2
WSH BUF
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⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 1–1
Nov 12019 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 1–6 Feb 232019 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 2–5 Dec 212018 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 1–2 Dec 152018 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 3–4 SO Feb 242018 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 1–5
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Who won Capitals vs Sabres on March 9, 2020?

Sabres won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Capitals 2, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Dmitry Orlov.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jack Eichel, Victor Olofsson.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 24 saves on 26 shots (.923 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Linus Ullmark made 33 saves on 35 shots (.943 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?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 7 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 5–2 AfterAug 3 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 2–3
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 7 ⚔️BUF @ 🔔PHI 1–3 AfterJan 14 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 6–4
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