Final/Thu Mar 12, 2026/KeyBank Center, Buffalo/2025-26 regular season

01/Line score

Goals by period, from play-by-play
Team1st2nd3rdT
0112
1001

02/Scoring summary

3 goals

1st

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsWSHBUF
06:02BUFSam Carrick (6)Beck Malenstyn, Owen Power01

2nd

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsWSHBUF
02:14WSHRyan Leonard (14)unassisted11

3rd

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsWSHBUF
18:27WSHJakob Chychrun (23)Aliaksei Protas, Trevor van Riemsdyk21

03/Team stats

Counted from the play-by-play
WSH
Away / Home
BUF
2
Goals
1
22
Shots on goal
30
18
Missed shots
20
17
Blocked shots
11
51
Shot attempts
67
22
Hits
24
18
Faceoffs won of 45
27
40.0%
Faceoff win %
60.0%
17
Giveaways
13
9
Takeaways
5
2
Penalties
2
4
Penalty minutes
4
2
Power plays
2

Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them. Shot attempts are shots on goal plus misses plus attempts that were blocked. A club's blocked shots are the blocks it made, credited to the blocker's club: a shot that deflects off one of the shooter's own teammates is credited to neither side, so this can run under the raw count of blocked shots in the game. Penalty minutes are the durations the feed publishes, plus the ten minute misconduct that automatically rides with a match penalty.

Power plays are opportunities, and they are derived rather than stored. The feed carries no strength on a goal and no end time on a penalty, so the penalty record is run forward to find the seconds a club really had a skater more than its opponent: coincidental penalties offset, a double minor counts twice, a misconduct costs no skater, and a call at the final horn counts for nothing. Power play time is not printed, it would rest on the same reconstruction with nothing published to check it against.


04/Washington Capitals

Away · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Jakob ChychrunD101+2010120:25
Trevor van RiemsdykD011+1030119:00
Aliaksei ProtasC011+1010016:31
Ryan LeonardR101+2011013:46
Matt RoyD000-1011221:46
Tom WilsonR000004200-120:34
Martin FehérváryD0000211119:56
Rasmus SandinD000-1011019:47
Pierre-Luc DuboisL000001215-619:41
Timothy LiljegrenD000+1012015:50
Dylan StromeC000+101006-615:25
Justin SourdifR000000412-314:50
Connor McMichaelC000022214-914:15
Anthony BeauvillierL000001001-214:07
Alex OvechkinL000-1021214:03
Hendrix LapierreC0000011113:17
Brandon DuhaimeR0000003512:17
Ethen FrankC0000001110:30
Skaters2244222217

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Charlie Lindgren30291.96760:00
Logan Thompson

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


05/Buffalo Sabres

Home · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Owen PowerD0110000021:29
Sam CarrickC101+102116-410:51
Beck MalenstynL011+101300-110:25
Rasmus DahlinD0000021023:28
Bowen ByramD0000031223:02
Tage ThompsonC000005203-222:04
Mattias SamuelssonD0000012220:30
Ryan McLeodC000-1010111-417:26
Zach BensonL0000010117:15
Jason ZuckerL000-103510-117:07
Noah OstlundC000000011-216:49
Jack QuinnR000-1011016:19
Josh NorrisC000-102104-415:45
Josh DoanR000-1030014:42
Luke SchennD000-1002114:31
Peyton KrebsC000-101412-013:44
Logan StanleyD000-1211013:02
Tanner PearsonL000+123008:58
Skaters1234302411

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen22202.90958:33
Colten Ellis

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


06/Penalties

4 called
PerTimeTeamPlayerInfractionMinDrawn by
1st17:50WSHConnor McMichaelHooking2Owen Power
2nd12:50BUFTanner PearsonSlashing2Justin Sourdif
2nd16:41WSHMartin FehérváryHolding2Josh Norris
3rd06:08BUFLogan StanleyHolding2Ryan Leonard

07/Game

Date
Thu Mar 12, 2026
Venue
KeyBank Center, Buffalo
Season
2025-26
Type
Regular season
Decision
Final
NHL game id
2025021028

Goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks and faceoffs are counted from the play-by-play for this game. Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them, so a club's skater shot total is the shot total the opposing goaltender faced. The skater line does not include a goaltender's own assists. Time on ice, penalty minutes and plus-minus come from the box score. Save percentage is saves over shots faced and excludes any empty-net goal, which the feed does not credit to a goaltender.