BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
0-0-0 · L10: 0-0-0
L
W
W
W
W
W
W
L
OT
W
Final/OT
5—4
2023-01-03 · Capital One Arena
WSH
WSH
Washington Capitals
0-0-0 · L10: 0-0-0
W
OT
W
W
W
W
W
L
W
W
WSH controlled xG 3.3 to 3.0 but BUF won on execution · Decided in overtime

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RDOT
BUF xG
2.97
ACTUAL
5 — 4
WSH xG
3.31

Scoring Timeline

0.11
HIGH xG
BUF1P 10:48Even Strength
Alex Tuch
89
Alex Tuch(18)
R · BUF · #89
Tage Thompson (25), Jeff Skinner (22)
BUF 1 - 0 WSH
0.12
HIGH xG
WSH1P 12:07Even Strength
Sonny Milano
15
Sonny Milano(6)
L · WSH · #15
Anthony Mantha (13), Matt Irwin (2)
BUF 1 - 1 WSH
0.09
MED xG
BUF1P 17:29Power Play
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson(28)
C · BUF · #72
Rasmus Dahlin (29), Dylan Cozens (23)
BUF 2 - 1 WSH
0.12
HIGH xG
BUF2P 05:50Even Strength
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson(29)
C · BUF · #72
Alex Tuch (23), Ilya Lyubushkin (4)
BUF 3 - 1 WSH
0.07
MED xG
WSH2P 16:46Even Strength
Alex Ovechkin
8
Alex Ovechkin(27)
L · WSH · #8
Evgeny Kuznetsov (28)
BUF 3 - 2 WSH
0.07
MED xG
WSH3P 00:55Even Strength
Nic Dowd
26
Nic Dowd(10)
C · WSH · #26
Sonny Milano (12), Nick Jensen (16)
BUF 3 - 3 WSH
0.19
HIGH xG
WSH3P 07:10Even Strength
Alex Ovechkin
8
Alex Ovechkin(28)
L · WSH · #8
Conor Sheary (16)
BUF 3 - 4 WSH
0.22
HIGH xG
BUF3P 11:42Even Strength
Tyson Jost
27
Tyson Jost(3)
C · BUF · #27
Casey Mittelstadt (13), Owen Power (13)
BUF 4 - 4 WSH
0.39
HIGH xG
BUFOT 03:003 on 3
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson(30)
C · BUF · #72
Alex Tuch (24)
BUF 5 - 4 WSH

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson
C · BUF · #72
3G, 1A, 5 SOG, 2 HIT
★2
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
G · BUF · #1
28/32 saves, .875 SV%, -0.7 GSAx
★3
Alex Tuch
89
Alex Tuch
R · BUF · #89
1G, 2A, 4 SOG

Team Stats

BUFWSH
0Shots0
2.98xGF3.32
47.4CF%52.6
—FO%—
0/0PP0/0
0Hits0
0Blocks0
0Giveaways0
0Takeaways0
0PIM0

Period Breakdown

PeriodBUF SOGWSH SOGBUF xGWSH xG
1st970.800.66
2nd5100.631.45
3rd991.081.10
OT120.470.10
Total24282.983.31

Penalties

4 TOTAL
1P 16:57
WSH
T.J. Oshiehigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Kyle Okposo
2P 17:49
BUF
Ilya Lyubushkinslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Garnet Hathaway
3P 18:00
WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsovtripping (2 min)
Drawn by Rasmus Dahlin
3P 19:43
WSH
Lars Ellertripping (2 min)
Drawn by Alex Tuch