National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 8, Washington 5
When: 3:00 PM ET, Sunday, March 30, 2025
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Brandon Blandina, T.J. Luxmore
Linesmen: Mark Shewchyk, Libor Suchanek
Attendance: 18573
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1348
Washington 1135
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
10:06 - Capitals Jakob Chychrun (EV) Assists: Alex Ovechkin , Dylan Strome
12:49 - Sabres Tage Thompson (PP) Assists: Alex Tuch , JJ Peterka
Penalties
6:28 - Capitals Pierre-Luc Dubois (2) Roughing
 11:10 - Capitals Rasmus Sandin (2) Boarding
 11:10 - Sabres Ryan McLeod (2) Roughing
 11:10 - Capitals John Carlson (2) Roughing
 15:28 - Sabres Bowen Byram (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
2:14 - Sabres Ryan McLeod (EV) Assists: Jack Quinn , Owen Power
2:46 - Capitals Jakob Chychrun (EV) Unassisted
5:17 - Sabres Alex Tuch (EV) Assists: Connor Clifton , Jason Zucker
11:52 - Sabres Sam Lafferty (EV) Assists: Connor Clifton
Penalties
13:30 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Tripping
 18:51 - Capitals Pierre-Luc Dubois (4) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
0:37 - Capitals Aliaksei Protas (SH) Assists: Tom Wilson , Martin Fehervary
1:28 - Sabres Tage Thompson (PP) Assists: Jason Zucker , JJ Peterka
5:52 - Sabres Jack Quinn (EV) Unassisted
9:11 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Rasmus Sandin , Trevor van Riemsdyk
14:03 - Capitals Pierre-Luc Dubois (PP) Assists: Alex Ovechkin , Dylan Strome
15:34 - Sabres Alex Tuch (EV) Assists: Mattias Samuelsson
19:36 - Sabres Peyton Krebs (EV) (EN) Assists: Jack Quinn
Penalties
12:58 - Sabres Beck Malenstyn (2) Tripping
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 59:49 48:28 8:16 3:05 0 0 - - - - -
Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 27 20:46 20:16 0:00 0:30 0 0 - - - - -
Zach Benson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 15:58 12:22 2:16 1:20 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jason Zucker LW 0 2 2 -1 0 1 19 16:18 10:14 6:04 0:00 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Peyton Krebs C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 18 12:08 11:33 0:00 0:35 0 0 1 - 4 4 50
Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 21 15:20 13:07 2:12 0:01 0 0 2 1 3 1 75
Jack Quinn RW 1 2 3 +2 0 3 22 16:39 14:27 2:12 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 24 18:20 16:16 0:00 2:04 0 0 2 1 - - -
Jacob Bernard-Docker D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 21 12:55 11:51 0:00 1:04 0 0 - 3 - - -
Owen Power D 0 1 1 E 0 0 24 18:20 15:19 2:33 0:28 0 0 - 1 - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 26 22:18 16:35 5:43 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 +1 2 1 21 11:14 10:51 0:00 0:23 0 0 1 1 - - -
Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 20 12:25 12:25 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 4 5 44
Ryan McLeod C 1 0 1 +2 2 1 25 17:27 13:28 2:12 1:47 0 0 - 2 8 7 53
Tage Thompson C 2 0 2 E 0 6 23 17:43 11:36 6:04 0:03 2 0 - 1 5 5 50
Connor Clifton D 0 2 2 +1 0 2 26 19:05 17:00 0:00 2:05 0 0 4 6 - - -
JJ Peterka RW 0 2 2 +2 0 2 21 19:27 13:23 6:04 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Lafferty C 1 0 1 E 0 1 20 12:46 12:46 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - 3 1 75
Alex Tuch RW 2 1 3 E 0 2 21 17:57 9:57 6:00 2:00 0 0 1 1 1 0 100
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Logan Thompson G 0 0 0 0 0 58:22 47:01 3:05 8:16 0 0 - - - - -
Charlie Lindgren G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Roy D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 18 17:56 14:23 0:00 3:33 0 0 3 2 - - -
Jakob Chychrun D 2 0 2 -3 0 4 21 21:09 20:22 0:47 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 2 3 -2 0 3 18 16:22 13:17 3:05 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Taylor Raddysh RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 14 10:00 10:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dylan Strome C 0 2 2 -3 0 4 19 17:21 15:01 2:15 0:05 0 0 - - 5 10 33
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 13:18 12:28 0:00 0:50 0 0 1 1 5 6 45
Aliaksei Protas C 1 0 1 -3 0 3 20 15:14 12:20 0:00 2:54 0 1 1 - 0 1 0
Brandon Duhaime RW 0 0 0 +1 0 0 16 12:36 8:10 0:00 4:26 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
Connor McMichael C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 17 14:20 12:56 0:50 0:34 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 16 12:58 7:46 0:00 5:12 0 0 2 1 8 5 62
Rasmus Sandin D 0 1 1 E 2 1 19 16:46 15:56 0:50 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Martin Fehervary D 0 1 1 E 0 2 21 20:06 13:50 0:00 6:16 0 0 1 1 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 1 1 -1 2 2 23 20:50 16:11 2:15 2:24 0 0 2 - - - -
Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 1 1 E 0 0 17 15:37 13:51 0:00 1:46 0 0 - 2 - - -
Anthony Beauvillier LW 0 0 0 +2 0 0 15 13:17 13:15 0:02 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
John Carlson D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 20 26:12 18:57 2:18 4:57 0 0 1 1 - - -
Pierre-Luc Dubois LW 1 0 1 -2 6 2 22 18:23 16:00 2:16 0:07 1 0 - 1 6 5 55
Andrew Mangiapane LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16 10:57 10:10 0:47 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
James Reimer W (7-8-2) 29 24 5 .828 0 59:49
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Logan Thompson L (31-6-6) 22 15 7 .682 0 58:22