Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Sunday, September 24, 2023, 2:00 PM ET Capital One Arena, Washington Preseason Final/2OT

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 in overtime on Sunday, September 24, 2023 on the road.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2023-2024 record
Buffalo Sabres	4	39-37-6
at Washington Capitals	3	40-31-11

Goals by period

Goals by period, Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Buffalo Sabres	0	1	2	0	1	4
Washington Capitals	1	1	1	0	0	3

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Shootout	Total
Buffalo Sabres	10	11	5	1	0	27
Washington Capitals	5	16	8	3	0	32

Three stars

S. Milano, Washington Capitals (1 goal)
Z. Benson, Buffalo Sabres (1 goal)
R. Hofer, Washington Capitals (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	14:52	Washington Capitals	Nicolas Aube-Kubel (1)	Riley Sutter (1), Lucas Johansen (1)	Even strength	BUF 0, WSH 1
2nd	13:02	Washington Capitals	Ryan Hofer (1)	Henrik Rybinski (1), Trevor van Riemsdyk (1)	Even strength	BUF 0, WSH 2
2nd	15:58	Buffalo Sabres	JJ Peterka (1)	Brandon Biro (1)	Even strength	BUF 1, WSH 2
3rd	01:19	Buffalo Sabres	Peyton Krebs (1)	Jacob Bryson (1), Lukas Rousek (1)	Even strength	BUF 2, WSH 2
3rd	08:59	Buffalo Sabres	Zach Benson (1)	Ryan Johnson (1), Jordan Greenway (1)	Even strength	BUF 3, WSH 2
3rd	12:31	Washington Capitals	Sonny Milano (1)	Anthony Mantha (1), Dylan Strome (1)	Even strength	BUF 3, WSH 3

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

Shootout

Shootout attempts in order
Round	Team	Shooter	Result
1	Washington Capitals	Sonny Milano	Goal
1	Buffalo Sabres	JJ Peterka	Goal
2	Washington Capitals	Hendrix Lapierre	Saved
2	Buffalo Sabres	Zach Benson	Saved
3	Washington Capitals	Dylan Strome	Saved
3	Buffalo Sabres	Brandon Biro	Goal (winner)

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals
Stat	Buffalo Sabres	Washington Capitals
Shots on goal	27	32
Power play	0 of 5	0 of 3
Penalty minutes	6	10
Hits	7	18
Blocked shots	17	11
Giveaways	6	10
Takeaways	4	6
Faceoffs won	18/51 (35.3%)	33/51 (64.7%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 Z. Benson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		17:11
Number 12 J. Greenway	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0		19:21
Number 13 L. Rousek	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0		15:16
Number 15 B. Biro	L	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	1	28.6%	16:24
Number 17 T. Jost	C	0	0	0	+1	0	4	1	0	44.4%	17:49
Number 19 P. Krebs	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	63.6%	18:55
Number 20 J.Kulich	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16:01
Number 48 T. Kozak	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	2	27.3%	10:19
Number 49 F. Cederqvist	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0		12:35
Number 63 I. Rosen	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		16:52
Number 65 L. Weissbach	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		13:25
Number 77 J. Peterka	R	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	0		18:53
Number 4 J. Davies	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		17:07
Number 33 R. Johnson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	1	5		20:32
Number 38 K. Clague	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3		19:40
Number 61 R. Stillman	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2		20:31
Number 78 J. Bryson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0		23:46
Number 91 N. Novikov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		14:28

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 E. Comrie	21	19	2	.905	39:55
Number 40 D. Tokarski	11	10	1	.909	25:00	Win

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 14 A. Suzdalev	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		11:39
Number 15 S. Milano	L	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	0		21:19
Number 17 D. Strome	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	68.8%	21:23
Number 21 A. Protas	L	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	66.7%	18:31
Number 29 H. Lapierre	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	55.6%	17:47
Number 39 A. Mantha	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		21:09
Number 45 M. Phillips	R	0	0	0	-2	2	4	1	0		18:13
Number 58 H. Rybinski	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		13:34
Number 61 R. Sutter	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	68.8%	12:42
Number 84 R. Hofer	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	57.1%	07:49
Number 95 J. Karabela	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		09:25
Number 96 N. Aube-Kubel	R	1	0	1	+1	4	2	1	0		11:25
Number 2 V. Iorio	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		24:22
Number 25 D. McIlrath	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	4	0		13:39
Number 27 A. Alexeyev	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	4		22:30
Number 42 M. Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2		21:46
Number 46 L. Johansen	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	1		19:17
Number 57 T. van Riemsdyk	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	2		18:30

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 H. Shepard	18	18	0	1.000	31:34
Number 33 C. Stevenson	9	6	3	.667	33:26	OT loss

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:51	Washington Capitals	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	Hooking	2
1st	03:51	Washington Capitals	Alexander Alexeyev	Tripping	2
1st	04:48	Buffalo Sabres	Filip Cederqvist	Tripping	2
1st	06:35	Washington Capitals	Matthew Phillips	Tripping	2
2nd	02:16	Washington Capitals	Lucas Johansen	Tripping	2
2nd	13:46	Buffalo Sabres	Brandon Biro	Hooking	2
2nd	18:00	Buffalo Sabres	Tyson Kozak	Cross checking	2
3rd	02:12	Washington Capitals	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	Holding	2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Don Granato
Washington Capitals head coach: Spencer Carbery
Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Mike Sullivan
Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso, Libor Suchanek
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Artem Kriukov, Erik Johnson, Kyle Okposo, Jeff Skinner, Michael Houser, Michael Mersch, Zemgus Girgensons, Connor Clifton, Connor Hurley, Alex Tuch, Christopher Brown, Victor Olofsson, Brendan Warren, Joseph Cecconi, Ivan Chukarov, Ethan Prow, Brett Murray, Tage Thompson, Philip Nyberg, Vasily Glotov, Casey Mittelstadt, Henri Jokiharju, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, Mattias Samuelsson, Rasmus Dahlin, Mason Jobst, Brandon Fortunato, Dylan Cozens, Aaron Huglen, Jack Quinn, Justin Richards, Matteo Costantini, Devon Levi, Devin Cooley, Albert Lyckasen, Jakub Konecny, Owen Power, Aleksandr Kisakov, Olivier Nadeau, Viljami Marjala, Prokhor Poltapov, William Von Barnekow Lofberg, Stiven Sardarian, Nicolas Savoie, Lawson Sherk, Riley Fiddler-Schultz, Topias Leinonen, Mats Lindgren, Viktor Neuchev, Noah Ostlund, Matt Savoie, Graham Slaggert, Linus Sjodin, Joel Ratkovic Berndtsson, Vsevolod Komarov, Gustav Karlsson, Jake Richard, Dominick Mersch, Gavin McCarthy, Ethan Miedema, Scott Ratzlaff, Maxim Strbak, Anton Wahlberg, Zach Metsa, Sean Keohane, Norwin Panocha, Josh Fleming
Washington Capitals scratches: Igor Ignatushkin, Alex Ovechkin, Michail Yunkov, Peter Guggisberg, T.J. Oshie, Nicklas Backstrom, Max Pacioretty, John Carlson, Aaron Ness, Garrett Roe, Darcy Kuemper, Nick Jensen, Nic Dowd, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Michael Sgarbossa, Garrett Haar, Joel Edmundson, Tom Wilson, Sergey Kostenko, Jake Massie, Charlie Lindgren, Beck Malenstyn, Hardy Haman Aktell, Chase Priskie, Matthew Strome, Mike Vecchione, Benton Maass, Nick Leivermann, Michael Kim, Logan Day, Rasmus Sandin, Mitchell Gibson, Jimmy Huntington, Joe Snively, Connor McMichael, Bogdan Trineyev, Garin Bjorklund, Oskar Magnusson, Alex Limoges, David Gucciardi, Brent Johnson, Haakon Hanelt, Joaquim Lemay, Chase Clark, Brett Hyland, Ryan Chesley, Ivan Miroshnichenko, Colin Swoyer, Ethen Frank, Julian Napravnik, Ludwig Persson, Pierrick Dube, Cam Allen, Andrew Cristall, Ryan Leonard, Patrick Thomas, Antoine Keller, Jonathan McDonald

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