NHL · Apr 4, 2026

Buffalo Sabres

2–6

Final

Washington Capitals

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The Capitals rolled past the Sabres 6–2 at Capital One Arena. L. Thompson took first star.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Sabres	2	0	0	2	39
Capitals	3	1	2	6	28

★ Three Stars

1L. ThompsonWSH

2C. McMichaelWSH · 1G 1A

3A. ProtasWSH · 1G 1A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

03:15

Jakob Chychrun (Alex Ovechkin, Pierre-Luc Dubois)

0-1

03:35

Dylan Strome (Aliaksei Protas, Alex Ovechkin)

0-2

05:52

Connor McMichael (Jakob Chychrun, Pierre-Luc Dubois)

0-3

06:30

Rasmus Dahlin (Josh Norris, Alex Tuch)

1-3

12:15

Beck Malenstyn (Jordan Greenway, Rasmus Dahlin)

2-3

2nd Period

06:06

Aliaksei Protas

2-4

3rd Period

06:26

Ryan Leonard (Cole Hutson, Justin Sourdif)

2-5

08:55

Tom Wilson (Connor McMichael)SH

2-6

Boxscore

Sabres2

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Rasmus DahlinD	1	1	2	+1	0	3	1	0	22:28
Beck MalenstynL	1	0	1	+1	0	1	4	0	12:27
Josh NorrisC	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	15:48
Alex TuchR	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0	2	16:20
Jordan GreenwayL	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	13:32
Zach BensonL	0	0	0	-2	12	3	0	1	15:20
Josh DoanR	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	0	12:57
Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	12:15
Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	12:05
Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	16:53
Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	-3	0	6	0	0	18:27
Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	-3	0	5	1	1	19:20
Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	18:20
Zach MetsaD	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	15:15
Owen PowerD	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	20:22
Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	+2	2	2	0	2	19:54
Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	0	20:59
Logan StanleyD	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	13:18

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Alex LyonStart	5	2	3	.400	5:52
Colten Ellis	23	20	3	.870	54:08

Capitals6

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
Aliaksei ProtasL	1	1	2	+1	0	4	0	1	16:15
Jakob ChychrunD	1	1	2	+1	0	2	1	0	19:40
Connor McMichaelL	1	1	2	+3	2	5	1	2	16:03
Pierre-Luc DuboisC	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0	12:58
Alex OvechkinL	0	2	2	+1	0	4	1	0	17:01
Ryan LeonardR	1	0	1	+1	2	2	2	0	12:55
Dylan StromeC	1	0	1	+2	2	4	0	1	16:38
Tom WilsonR	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	0	17:19
Justin SourdifC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	15:25
Cole HutsonD	0	1	1	+2	2	2	0	0	18:58
Hendrix LapierreC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	11:05
Anthony BeauvillierR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15:44
Ethen FrankR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	9:34
Martin FehérváryD	0	0	0	+2	10	0	0	3	21:10
Matt RoyD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	3	1	20:56
Rasmus SandinD	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	20:25
Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	16:11
Brandon DuhaimeL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	11:43

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
Logan ThompsonStart	39	37	2	.949	60:00
Charlie Lindgren	0	0	0	-	0:00