Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Wednesday, October 1, 2014, 7:00 PM ET First Niagara Center, Buffalo Preseason Final

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 6–1 on Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at home.

Final score, Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres
Team	Goals	2014-2015 record
Washington Capitals	1	45-26-11
at Buffalo Sabres	6	23-51-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Washington Capitals	0	0	1	1
Buffalo Sabres	3	2	1	6

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Washington Capitals	9	5	9	23
Buffalo Sabres	15	7	8	30

Three stars

T. Ennis, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 2 assists)
M. Moulson, Buffalo Sabres (2 goals)
M. Foligno, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	02:54	Buffalo Sabres	Matt Moulson (1)	Tyler Ennis (2), Brian Gionta (1)	Even strength	WSH 0, BUF 1
1st	06:01	Buffalo Sabres	Drew Stafford (2)	Cody Hodgson (2), Nikita Zadorov (1)	Power play	WSH 0, BUF 2
1st	18:38	Buffalo Sabres	Tyler Ennis (2)	Brian Gionta (2), Tyler Myers (2)	Even strength	WSH 0, BUF 3
2nd	04:00	Buffalo Sabres	Matt Moulson (2)	Tyler Ennis (3)	Even strength	WSH 0, BUF 4
2nd	17:28	Buffalo Sabres	Marcus Foligno (1)	Tyson Strachan (1), Chris Stewart (2)	Even strength	WSH 0, BUF 5
3rd	02:39	Washington Capitals	Jason Chimera (1)	Garrett Mitchell (2), Connor Carrick (1)	Even strength	WSH 1, BUF 5
3rd	07:10	Buffalo Sabres	Sam Reinhart (1)	Chris Stewart (3), Marcus Foligno (2)	Even strength	WSH 1, BUF 6

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres
Stat	Washington Capitals	Buffalo Sabres
Shots on goal	23	30
Power play	0 of 4	1 of 3
Penalty minutes	11	13
Hits	19	14
Blocked shots	4	9
Giveaways	4	4
Takeaways	0	9
Faceoffs won	28/45 (62.2%)	17/45 (37.8%)

Box score

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 20 T. Brouwer	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		18:50
Number 21 B. Laich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	100%	16:22
Number 23 C. Conner	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	100%	13:51
Number 24 K. Newbury	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	80%	10:46
Number 25 J. Chimera	L	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	0		17:08
Number 42 J. Ward	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	80%	19:26
Number 48 C. Wellman	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	100%	12:09
Number 50 D. Byers	L	0	0	0	-1	7	1	3	0		10:35
Number 65 A. Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0	16.7%	16:59
Number 76 G. Mitchell	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	2	0		10:17
Number 90 M. Johansson	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	62.5%	17:56
Number 92 E. Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	60%	15:52
Number 4 J. Erskine	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	2		16:40
Number 27 K. Alzner	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	2		19:14
Number 38 J. Hillen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		19:08
Number 56 P. Wey	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		19:44
Number 58 C. Carrick	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		20:02
Number 74 J. Carlson	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0		20:27

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 P. Grubauer	8	7	1	.875	20:00
Number 70 B. Holtby	22	17	5	.773	40:00	Loss

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 12 B. Gionta	R	0	2	2	+3	0	4	0	0	0		17:19
Number 19 C. Hodgson	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	0		13:48
Number 20 Z. Dalpe	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0		10:57
Number 21 D. Stafford	R	1	0	1	-1	0	4	1	0	1		14:32
Number 23 S. Reinhart	C	1	0	1	+2	0	2	0	1	0	25%	15:36
Number 25 M. Grigorenko	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0	40%	10:58
Number 26 M. Moulson	L	2	0	2	+3	0	3	0	0	0		16:48
Number 28 Z. Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%	12:47
Number 63 T. Ennis	R	1	2	3	+3	2	4	0	0	0	53.8%	17:22
Number 65 B. Flynn	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	100%	14:36
Number 80 C. Stewart	R	0	2	2	+2	5	0	1	0	0		12:18
Number 82 M. Foligno	L	1	1	2	+2	0	1	1	2	0		14:30
Number 4 J. Gorges	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		23:02
Number 24 T. Strachan	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	2	3	0		21:39
Number 29 J. McCabe	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	1	0		17:59
Number 51 N. Zadorov	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	0		17:49
Number 57 T. Myers	D	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0	0		21:52
Number 61 A. Benoit	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	1	0		18:08

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 J. Enroth	23	22	1	.957	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	03:13	Buffalo Sabres	Tyler Ennis	Slashing	2
1st	05:27	Washington Capitals	Kris Newbury	Holding	2
1st	19:33	Washington Capitals	Dane Byers	Fighting (major)	5
1st	19:33	Buffalo Sabres	Chris Stewart	Fighting (major)	5
1st	19:33	Washington Capitals	Dane Byers	Roughing	2
2nd	06:46	Buffalo Sabres	Tyler Myers	Interference	2
2nd	14:49	Washington Capitals	John Erskine	Interference	2
2nd	18:41	Buffalo Sabres	Nikita Zadorov	Delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	09:11	Buffalo Sabres	Mikhail Grigorenko	High sticking	2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach: Barry Trotz
Buffalo Sabres head coach: Ted Nolan
Referees: Paul Devorski, Frederick L'Ecuyer
Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Mark Shewchyk
Washington Capitals scratches: Sergei Zimakov, Maxim Orlov, Igor Shadilov, Brooks Orpik, Ivan Nepriayev, Igor Ignatushkin, Eric Fehr, Alex Ovechkin, Mike Green, Justin Peters, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, Matt Niskanen, Tim Kennedy, Jon Landry, Nicklas Backstrom, Tim Spencer, Jay Beagle, Mike Moore, Tomas Kundratek, Philippe Cornet, Joel Broda, Chris Brown, Dmitry Orlov, Michael Latta, Edward Pasquale, Aaron Volpatti, Stanislav Galiev, Caleb Herbert, Erik Burgdoerfer, Brandon Anderson, Steve Oleksy, Garrett Haar, Patrick Koudys, Travis Boyd, Cameron Schilling, Tom Wilson, Chandler Stephenson, Austin Wuthrich, Thomas Di Pauli, Riley Barber, Sergey Kostenko, Christian Djoos, Liam O'Brien, Cody Reichard, Dustin Gazley, Nate Schmidt, Joe Diamond, Brian Pinho, Tyler Lewington, Blake Heinrich, Madison Bowey, Zachary Sanford, Miles Koules, Nathan Walker, Pheonix Copley, Braden Pimm, Jan Urbas, Jakub Vrana, Vitek Vanecek, Shane Gersich, Steven Spinner, Kevin Elgestal, Wade Epp, Cole Wilson, Taran Kozun, Braden Christoffer
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Artem Kriukov, Denis Denisov, Vasily Bizyayev, Cody McCormick, Matt Ellis, Maxim Sheviev, Denis Ezhov, Pavel Voroshnin, Drew Bagnall, Andrej Meszaros, Torrey Mitchell, Patrick Kaleta, Vjateslav Buravchikov, Mike Weber, Nick Petrecki, Luke Adam, Corey Fienhage, Nicolas Deslauriers, Matt Hackett, Mark Adams, Phil Varone, Jordan Samuels-Thomas, Kevin Sundher, Johan Larsson, Jerome Leduc, Mark Pysyk, Christian Isackson, Brad Navin, Nathan Lieuwen, Colin Jacobs, Daniel Catenacci, Joel Armia, Justin Kea, Linus Ullmark, Judd Peterson, Brady Austin, Andrey Makarov, Tim Schaller, Chad Ruhwedel, Cal Petersen, Gustav Possler, Anthony Florentino, Sean Malone, Hudson Fasching, J.T. Compher, Connor Hurley, Justin Bailey, William Carrier, Nick Baptiste, Rasmus Ristolainen, Brendan Lemieux, Eric Cornel, Vaclav Karabacek, Jonas Johansson, Brycen Martin, Max Willman, Christopher Brown, Victor Olofsson

2014-2015 season series

Every Washington Capitals and Buffalo Sabres game in the 2014-2015 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Buffalo Sabres 0 at Washington Capitals 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals, Sun, Sep 21, 2014
Washington Capitals 1 at Buffalo Sabres 6	Final Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres, Wed, Oct 1, 2014

Other NHL games on Oct 1

Other NHL games on Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Matchup	Status	Details
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 6	Final Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Columbus Blue Jackets, Wed, Oct 1, 2014
Pittsburgh Penguins 2 at Detroit Red Wings 0	Final Preseason	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at Detroit Red Wings, Wed, Oct 1, 2014
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Chicago Blackhawks 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Chicago Blackhawks, Wed, Oct 1, 2014
Arizona Coyotes 2 at Edmonton Oilers 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Arizona Coyotes at Edmonton Oilers, Wed, Oct 1, 2014