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FINAL / OTCapital One Arena · Jan 4
Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals: score, goals, shots, period-by-period stats and the HabsMetrics prediction made before puck drop, from the NHL’s official data. Analytics for educational purposes only — not gambling advice.
Game analysis
Sabres beat Capitals 5–4 in overtime
- T. Thompson scored the game-winner at 3:00 in overtime.
- A back-and-forth game: the lead changed hands 2 times.
- U. Luukkonen stopped 28 of 32 shots (.875) for the win.
- Power play: BUF 1/3, WSH 0/1.
- The Capitals dominated the dot, winning 69% of faceoffs.
- T. Thompson recorded a hat trick and 1 assist.
Three stars
- 1st starT. Thompson
BUF · 3G 1A
- 2nd starA. Ovechkin
WSH · 2G 0A
- 3rd starS. Milano
WSH · 1G 1A
Scoring summary
1st
- 10:48BUFA. TuchAssists: T. Thompson, J. Skinner1–0
- 12:07WSHS. MilanoAssists: A. Mantha, M. Irwin1–1
- 17:29BUFT. ThompsonPPAssists: R. Dahlin, D. Cozens2–1
2nd
- 5:50BUFT. ThompsonAssists: A. Tuch, I. Lyubushkin3–1
- 16:46WSHA. OvechkinAssists: E. Kuznetsov3–2
3rd
OT
- 3:00BUFT. ThompsonAssists: A. Tuch5–4
Period by Period
Stats not yet available
Team Stats
BUFWSH
| Shots | -- | -- |
| Hits | 21 | 39 |
| Blocked | 10 | 15 |
| Power Play | 1/3 | 0/1 |
| Faceoff % | 30.6 | 69.4 |
| Corsi % | 48.2 | 51.8 |
| xG | 2.41 | 3.22 |
| Giveaways | 8 | 12 |
| Takeaways | 5 | 4 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 20:33 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:01 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:05 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:42 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 22:01 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:35 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:41 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:54 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 08:44 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:57 | |
| -- | -- | 33/38 | -- | .868 | 62:56 | |
| -- | -- | 24/29 | -- | .828 | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | P | +/- | SOG | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 5 | 19:56 | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 18:51 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:53 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 15:45 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:44 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 27:58 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:56 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:13 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 14:33 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:22 | |
| -- | -- | 43/47 | -- | .915 | 63:00 |
Lineups
BUF
Lineup not available yet.
WSH
Lineup not available yet.
HabsMetrics Analytics — for educational purposes. Lines are inferred from shared five-skater ice time in NHL shift data; projections are estimates.
For educational/analytics purposes only — not gambling advice