Game

Capitals at Sabres

Capitals 2, Sabres 1 · first star Jakob Chychrun (1 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Washington Capitals 2 at Buffalo Sabres 1

Capitals WSH

2 FINAL 1

Sabres BUF

Thursday, March 12, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Capitals	0	1	1	2	22
Sabres	1	0	0	1	30

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Capitals attack left, Sabres attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: WSH 22, BUF 30.

WSH in red BUF in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Capitals 22 shots on goal (2 goals, 18 missed, 11 blocked) attacking left; Sabres 30 shots on goal (1 goal, 20 missed, 17 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT
1st	3	0	12	15	1	29
2nd	6	1	15	10	0	19
3rd	13	1	24	5	0	19
Total	22	2	51	30	1	67

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	WSH SOG	WSH G	BUF SOG	BUF G
Even strength	18	2	25	1
Power play	4	0	5	0
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Sabres took 56.8% of the shot attempts, and 57.6% of the 92 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Sabres and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Capitals hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Capitals at Sabres
Period	BUF CF%	BUF FF%
1st	70.7	75.0
2nd	55.9	56.0
3rd	44.2	36.4
Game	56.8	55.6

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

06:02 Sam Carrick (6) Beck Malenstyn (5), Owen Power (17) · tip-in 0–1

2nd period

02:14 Ryan Leonard (14) Unassisted · snap 1–1

3rd period

18:27 Jakob Chychrun (23) Aliaksei Protas (24), Trevor van Riemsdyk (7) · snap 2–1

Three stars

Jakob Chychrun WSH · D #6 · 1 G, 0 A
Ryan Leonard WSH · R #9 · 1 G, 0 A
Sam Carrick BUF · C #10 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	17:50	WSH	Connor McMichael	hooking	2	Owen Power
2nd	12:50	BUF	Tanner Pearson	slashing	2	Justin Sourdif
2nd	16:41	WSH	Martin Fehérváry	holding	2	Josh Norris
3rd	06:08	BUF	Logan Stanley	holding	2	Ryan Leonard

Boxscore

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Ryan Leonard #9	R	1	0	1	+2	1	1	0	0	0.0	13:46
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	1	0	1	+2	1	0	1	0	0.0	20:25
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	16:31
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	0.0	19:00
Dylan Strome #17	C	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	50.0	15:25
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	13:17
Justin Sourdif #34	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	40.0	14:50
Pierre-Luc Dubois #80	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	45.5	19:41
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	0.0	14:03
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0	0.0	12:17
Connor McMichael #24	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	30.8	14:15
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	33.3	14:07
Ethen Frank #53	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	10:30
Tom Wilson #43	R	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	20:34
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0.0	19:56
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	0.0	21:46
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	19:47
Timothy Liljegren #27	D	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	0.0	15:50

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Charlie Lindgren #79	W	30	29	1	.967	24/25	5/5	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Sam Carrick #10	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0	60.0	10:51
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	1	1	+1	1	3	0	0	0.0	10:25
Owen Power #25	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	21:29
Josh Norris #9	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	50.0	15:45
Noah Ostlund #86	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33.3	16:49
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	0	0	-1	1	4	1	0	100.0	13:44
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	73.3	17:26
Tage Thompson #72	C	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	60.0	22:04
Jason Zucker #17	L	0	0	0	-1	3	5	1	0	0.0	17:07
Tanner Pearson #70	L	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	2	0.0	08:58
Zach Benson #6	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	17:15
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0.0	16:19
Josh Doan #91	R	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0.0	14:42
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0.0	23:02
Logan Stanley #64	D	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	0.0	13:02
Luke Schenn #5	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0.0	14:31
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0.0	20:30
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	23:28

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen #1	L	22	20	2	.909	16/18	4/4	58:33

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.