National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, Buffalo 4
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, March 15, 2023
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Jake Brenk, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: Bevan Mills, Derek Nansen
Attendance: 18573
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Buffalo 30104
Washington 1031SO5
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
4:43 - Sabres Ilya Lyubushkin (EV) Assists: Peyton Krebs , Riley Stillman
8:50 - Sabres JJ Peterka (EV) Assists: Jack Quinn
10:03 - Capitals T.J. Oshie (PP) Assists: Dylan Strome , Alex Ovechkin
18:06 - Sabres Tyson Jost (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
9:46 - Sabres Riley Stillman (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
4:01 - Capitals Nick Jensen (2) Holding
3rd Period
Scoring
1:32 - Capitals Evgeny Kuznetsov (EV) Assists: Alexander Alexeyev , T.J. Oshie
5:22 - Sabres Zemgus Girgensons (EV) Assists: Peyton Krebs , Owen Power
10:30 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Trevor van Riemsdyk , Dylan Strome
18:52 - Capitals Tom Wilson (PP) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom
Penalties
16:18 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Slashing
 17:36 - Sabres Alex Tuch (2) Roughing
Overtime
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
4:03 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (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 65:00 59:54 3:18 1:48 0 0 - - - - -
Craig Anderson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 29 24:11 23:13 0:00 0:58 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jordan Greenway LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 19 14:23 13:40 0:00 0:43 0 0 - 2 - - -
Tyson Jost C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 19 14:45 14:12 0:00 0:33 0 0 - 1 2 5 29
Peyton Krebs C 0 2 2 +2 0 0 20 15:40 14:26 1:11 0:03 0 0 - 1 5 6 45
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 20 14:18 13:47 0:23 0:08 0 0 2 1 1 2 33
Jack Quinn RW 0 1 1 E 0 1 16 12:36 11:34 1:02 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 19 12:54 10:38 2:16 0:00 0 0 - - 9 7 56
Owen Power D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 33 27:34 26:07 1:02 0:25 0 0 - - - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 32 26:22 23:35 2:16 0:31 0 0 - 3 - - -
Zemgus Girgensons LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 19 14:56 13:49 0:00 1:07 0 0 1 2 0 4 0
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 19 14:42 13:37 1:05 0:00 0 0 - - 4 5 44
Ilya Lyubushkin D 1 0 1 +2 0 1 22 14:47 13:07 0:00 1:40 0 0 - 4 - - -
Jeff Skinner LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 25 19:17 17:33 1:44 0:00 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Riley Stillman D 0 1 1 +2 2 0 18 11:50 11:50 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Tage Thompson RW 0 0 0 E 0 5 28 23:29 21:09 2:13 0:07 0 0 3 - 4 9 31
JJ Peterka RW 1 0 1 E 0 1 15 11:00 10:12 0:48 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 24 18:11 18:11 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Alex Tuch RW 0 0 0 E 2 3 26 22:32 20:02 2:30 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Darcy Kuemper G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Charlie Lindgren G 0 0 0 0 0 64:32 59:54 1:20 3:18 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 E 2 3 23 17:15 17:15 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 1 2 E 2 5 25 19:32 17:44 1:48 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Craig Smith RW 0 0 0 -1 0 4 20 13:18 13:18 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Dylan Strome C 0 2 2 -1 0 2 19 16:43 15:52 0:51 0:00 0 0 - - 11 3 79
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 -1 0 22 16:30 14:48 1:42 0:00 0 0 1 - 7 8 47
Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 E 0 0 25 16:48 14:30 0:00 2:18 0 0 1 - 10 5 67
Alexander Alexeyev D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 23 18:40 16:42 0:00 1:58 0 0 2 - - - -
Rasmus Sandin D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 32 26:31 24:56 1:35 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Anthony Mantha RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 13 9:58 9:58 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Martin Fehervary D 0 0 0 E 0 1 31 25:22 23:32 0:06 1:44 0 0 5 1 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 1 0 1 -1 0 1 21 17:18 15:34 0:25 1:19 1 0 5 3 0 1 0
Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 13:12 11:35 0:00 1:37 0 0 - 1 - - -
Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 1 1 -2 0 5 31 24:44 23:15 0:09 1:20 0 0 - 2 - - -
Aliaksei Protas C 0 0 0 E 0 7 22 14:04 14:04 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 1 0 100
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 20 16:17 15:18 0:02 0:57 0 0 3 2 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 1 1 2 -1 0 2 18 13:54 12:40 1:14 0:00 1 0 3 1 2 1 67
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 1 0 1 E 0 4 26 17:07 14:57 0:39 1:31 0 0 - - 9 7 56
Nicolas Aube-Kubel RW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 23 15:12 14:44 0:00 0:28 0 0 2 - - - -
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L (17-11-4) 39 35 4 .897 0 65:00
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Charlie Lindgren W (13-11-3) 27 23 4 .852 0 64:32
Shootout
BUF Score Score WAS
Alex Tuch Evgeny Kuznetsov
Tage Thompson T.J. Oshie
- N/A N/A -
0 2