Final/Sat Apr 4, 2026/Capital One Arena, Washington/2025-26 regular season

01/Line score

Goals by period, from play-by-play
Team1st2nd3rdT
2002
3126

02/Scoring summary

8 goals

1st

5 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsBUFWSH
03:15WSHJakob Chychrun (25)Alex Ovechkin, Pierre-Luc Dubois01
03:35WSHDylan Strome (18)Aliaksei Protas, Alex Ovechkin02
05:52WSHConnor McMichael (11)Jakob Chychrun, Pierre-Luc Dubois03
06:30BUFRasmus Dahlin (18)Josh Norris, Alex Tuch13
12:15BUFBeck Malenstyn (7)NHL 8478413, Rasmus Dahlin23

2nd

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsBUFWSH
06:06WSHAliaksei Protas (24)unassisted24

3rd

2 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsBUFWSH
06:26WSHRyan Leonard (17)NHL 8484873, Justin Sourdif25
08:55WSHTom Wilson (29)Connor McMichael26

03/Team stats

Counted from the play-by-play
BUF
Away / Home
WSH
2
Goals
6
39
Shots on goal
28
9
Missed shots
17
8
Blocked shots
11
61
Shot attempts
55
17
Hits
14
33
Faceoffs won of 64
31
51.6%
Faceoff win %
48.4%
17
Giveaways
18
3
Takeaways
9
3
Penalties
6
14
Penalty minutes
20
5
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/Buffalo Sabres

Away · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Rasmus DahlinD112+1031022:28
Alex TuchR011+105020-216:20
Josh NorrisC0110041110-715:48
NHL 8478413011001100-113:32
Beck MalenstynL101+1014012:27
Bowen ByramD000-3001020:59
Owen PowerD000-2020020:22
Mattias SamuelssonD000+2220219:54
Tage ThompsonC000-305114-319:20
Jack QuinnR000-3060018:27
Jason ZuckerL000-101101-018:20
Ryan McLeodC000-3000012-716:53
Zach BensonL000-21230115:20
Zach MetsaD000-3000115:15
Logan StanleyD000-2030013:18
Josh DoanR000-3011012:57
Tyson KozakC000+100303-612:15
Peyton KrebsC000002303-512:05
Skaters2461439178

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Colten Ellis23203.87054:08
Alex Lyon523.4005:52

05/Washington Capitals

Home · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Jakob ChychrunD112+1021019:40
Alex OvechkinL022+1041017:01
Aliaksei ProtasC112+104010-216:15
Connor McMichaelC112+325123-416:03
Pierre-Luc DuboisL022+201007-612:58
NHL 8484873011+2220018:58
Tom WilsonR101+2011017:19
Dylan StromeC101+224018-1016:38
Justin SourdifR011+100007-215:25
Ryan LeonardR101+1222012:55
Martin FehérváryD000+21000321:10
Matt RoyD000+2013120:56
Rasmus SandinD0000012220:25
Trevor van RiemsdykD000+1201016:11
Anthony BeauvillierL000001000-415:44
Brandon DuhaimeR000-1001011:43
Hendrix LapierreC000-100106-511:05
Ethen FrankC000-100019:34
Skaters691520281411

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Logan Thompson39372.94960:00
Charlie Lindgren

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


06/Penalties

9 called
PerTimeTeamPlayerInfractionMinDrawn by
2nd04:21BUFZach BensonInterference2Tom Wilson
2nd05:08WSHRyan LeonardTripping2Zach Metsa
2nd10:58WSHDylan StromeTripping2Zach Benson
2nd12:22WSHConnor McMichaelTripping2Josh Doan
2nd19:42BUFMattias SamuelssonHooking2Pierre-Luc Dubois
3rd03:13WSHTrevor van RiemsdykHolding2Zach Benson
3rd08:32WSHNHL 8484873Hooking2Jack Quinn
3rd17:15WSHMartin FehérváryMisconduct10
3rd17:15BUFZach BensonMisconduct10

07/Game

Date
Sat Apr 4, 2026
Venue
Capital One Arena, Washington
Season
2025-26
Type
Regular season
Decision
Final
NHL game id
2025021213

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. 2 players are not in the player index and appear by NHL id rather than under an invented name.