Game

Sabres at Capitals

Capitals 6, Sabres 2 · first star Logan Thompson (0 GA, .949 SV%).

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

Buffalo Sabres 2 at Washington Capitals 6

Sabres BUF

2 FINAL 6

Capitals WSH

Saturday, April 4, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Capital One Arena, Washington

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	2	0	0	2	39
Capitals	3	1	2	6	28

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Sabres attack left, Capitals 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: BUF 39, WSH 28.

BUF in red WSH in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Sabres 39 shots on goal (2 goals, 9 missed, 13 blocked) attacking left; Capitals 28 shots on goal (6 goals, 17 missed, 10 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT	WSH SOG	WSH G	WSH ATT
1st	13	2	18	11	3	24
2nd	15	0	25	7	1	15
3rd	11	0	18	10	2	16
Total	39	2	61	28	6	55

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	BUF SOG	BUF G	WSH SOG	WSH G
Even strength	31	2	25	5
Power play	8	0	1	0
Short-handed	0	0	2	1

Attempt share by period

Sabres took 52.6% of the shot attempts, and 50.5% of the 91 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 Capitals and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Sabres hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Sabres at Capitals
Period	WSH CF%	WSH FF%
1st	57.1	55.9
2nd	37.5	39.4
3rd	47.1	50.0
Game	47.4	48.4

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

Scoring summary

1st period

03:15 Jakob Chychrun (25) Alex Ovechkin (29), Pierre-Luc Dubois (11) · snap 0–1
03:35 Dylan Strome (18) Aliaksei Protas (25), Alex Ovechkin (30) · tip-in 0–2
05:52 Connor McMichael (11) Jakob Chychrun (34), Pierre-Luc Dubois (12) · snap 0–3
06:30 Rasmus Dahlin (18) Josh Norris (18), Alex Tuch (32) · snap 1–3
12:15 Beck Malenstyn (7) Jordan Greenway (5), Rasmus Dahlin (51) · snap 2–3

2nd period

06:06 Aliaksei Protas (24) Unassisted · snap 2–4

3rd period

06:26 Ryan Leonard (17) Cole Hutson (5), Justin Sourdif (18) · snap 2–5
08:55 Tom Wilson (29) SH Connor McMichael (30) · backhand 2–6

Three stars

Logan Thompson WSH · G #48 · 0 GA, .949 SV%
Connor McMichael WSH · L #24 · 1 G, 1 A
Aliaksei Protas WSH · L #21 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
2nd	04:21	BUF	Zach Benson	interference	2	Tom Wilson
2nd	05:08	WSH	Ryan Leonard	tripping	2	Zach Metsa
2nd	10:58	WSH	Dylan Strome	tripping	2	Zach Benson
2nd	12:22	WSH	Connor McMichael	tripping	2	Josh Doan
2nd	19:42	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	hooking	2	Pierre-Luc Dubois
3rd	03:13	WSH	Trevor van Riemsdyk	holding	2	Zach Benson
3rd	08:32	WSH	Cole Hutson	hooking	2	Jack Quinn
3rd	17:15	WSH	Martin Fehérváry	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
3rd	17:15	BUF	Zach Benson	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—

Boxscore

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	1	1	2	+1	3	1	0	0	0.0	22:28
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	1	0	1	+1	1	4	0	0	0.0	12:27
Josh Norris #9	C	0	1	1	0	4	1	1	0	58.8	15:48
Jordan Greenway #12	L	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	13:32
Alex Tuch #89	R	0	1	1	+1	5	0	2	0	0.0	16:20
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	37.5	12:05
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	63.2	16:53
Tage Thompson #72	C	0	0	0	-3	5	1	1	0	57.1	19:20
Tyson Kozak #48	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	33.3	12:15
Jason Zucker #17	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	100.0	18:20
Zach Benson #6	L	0	0	0	-2	3	0	1	12	0.0	15:20
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	0	0	-3	6	0	0	0	0.0	18:27
Josh Doan #91	R	0	0	0	-3	1	1	0	0	0.0	12:57
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0	0.0	20:59
Logan Stanley #64	D	0	0	0	-2	3	0	0	0	0.0	13:18
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	2	2	0.0	19:54
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0.0	20:22
Zach Metsa #73	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	0	0.0	15:15

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Alex Lyon #34	L	5	2	3	.400	2/5	0/0	05:52
Colten Ellis #92	—	23	20	3	.870	18/20	1/1	54:08

Washington Capitals

Capitals skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Aliaksei Protas #21	L	1	1	2	+1	4	0	1	0	0.0	16:15
Connor McMichael #24	L	1	1	2	+3	5	1	2	2	42.9	16:03
Jakob Chychrun #6	D	1	1	2	+1	2	1	0	0	0.0	19:40
Pierre-Luc Dubois #80	C	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	53.8	12:58
Alex Ovechkin #8	L	0	2	2	+1	4	1	0	0	0.0	17:01
Dylan Strome #17	C	1	0	1	+2	4	0	1	2	44.4	16:38
Ryan Leonard #9	R	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	2	0.0	12:55
Tom Wilson #43	R	1	0	1	+2	1	1	0	0	0.0	17:19
Justin Sourdif #34	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	77.8	15:25
Cole Hutson #44	D	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	2	0.0	18:58
Hendrix Lapierre #29	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	54.5	11:05
Brandon Duhaime #22	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0.0	11:43
Anthony Beauvillier #72	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	15:44
Ethen Frank #53	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0.0	09:34
Martin Fehérváry #42	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	10	0.0	21:10
Matt Roy #3	D	0	0	0	+2	1	3	1	0	0.0	20:56
Rasmus Sandin #38	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0.0	20:25
Trevor van Riemsdyk #57	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2	0.0	16:11

Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Logan Thompson #48	W	39	37	2	.949	29/31	8/8	60:00

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.