Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres, 2026-03-12

NHL · Mar 12, 2026

Washington Capitals33-27-7

2–1

Final

Buffalo Sabres40-20-6

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The Capitals slipped past the Sabres 2–1 at KeyBank Center. J. Chychrun took first star with 1 goal.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Capitals	0	1	1	2	22
Sabres	1	0	0	1	30

★ Three Stars

1J. ChychrunWSH · 1G 0A

2R. LeonardWSH · 1G 0A

3S. CarrickBUF · 1G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

06:02

Sam Carrick (Beck Malenstyn, Owen Power)

0-1

2nd Period

02:14

Ryan Leonard

1-1

3rd Period

18:27

Jakob Chychrun (Aliaksei Protas, Trevor van Riemsdyk)

2-1

Boxscore

Capitals2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Ryan LeonardR	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	0	13:46
Jakob ChychrunD	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	1	20:25
Aliaksei ProtasL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	16:31
Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	1	19:00
Hendrix LapierreC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	13:17
Anthony BeauvillierR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:07
Pierre-Luc DuboisC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	19:41
Ethen FrankR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	10:30
Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2	14:03
Justin SourdifC	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	14:50
Dylan StromeC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	15:25
Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	20:34
Martin FehervaryD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	1	19:56
Timothy LiljegrenD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	15:50
Matt RoyD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	21:46
Rasmus SandinD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	19:47
Connor McMichaelL	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1	14:15
Brandon DuhaimeL	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	12:17

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Charlie LindgrenStart	30	29	1	.967	60:00
Logan Thompson	0	0	0	-	0:00

Sabres1

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Sam CarrickC	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	1	10:51
Beck MalenstynL	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	0	10:25
Owen PowerD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	21:29
Zach BensonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	17:15
Josh DoanR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	14:42
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1	13:44
Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	17:26
Josh NorrisC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	15:45
Noah OstlundC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16:49
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	16:19
Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	0	22:04
Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	5	1	17:07
Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	23:28
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	20:30
Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	23:02
Luke SchennD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	1	14:31
Tanner PearsonL	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	0	8:58
Logan StanleyD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	13:02

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenStart	22	20	2	.909	58:33
Colten Ellis	0	0	0	-	0:00