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National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 2, Buffalo 0
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, December 28, 2015
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Dave Lewis, Chris Rooney
Linesmen: Scott Driscoll, Brad Kovachik
Attendance: 19070
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 0202
Buffalo 0000
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
5:17 - Sabres Mike Weber (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
0:19 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , T.J. Oshie
12:55 - Capitals Jay Beagle (EV) Assists: Tom Wilson
Penalties
5:57 - Capitals Jay Beagle (2) Slashing
 10:49 - Sabres Nicolas Deslauriers (5) Fighting
 10:49 - Capitals Michael Latta (5) Fighting
 14:10 - Capitals Taylor Chorney (2) Interference
3rd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
7:50 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Interference
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 52:00 2:00 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 33 27:25 22:33 1:14 3:38 0 0 1 3 - - -
Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 23 12:14 10:58 0:00 1:16 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Ovechkin RW 1 0 1 +1 0 4 23 19:30 17:30 2:00 0:00 0 0 4 1 - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 E 0 0 25 19:45 18:57 0:00 0:48 0 0 3 1 - - -
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 18 13:45 11:57 0:46 1:02 0 0 - - - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 23 18:21 16:08 1:14 0:59 0 0 1 - 5 9 36
Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 12:16 10:14 0:00 2:02 0 0 1 - 0 2 0
Jason Chimera LW 0 0 0 +1 0 3 22 14:06 11:23 0:46 1:57 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 34 26:23 22:26 0:01 3:56 0 0 3 2 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 1 1 +1 2 2 22 14:16 12:14 0:00 2:02 0 0 2 1 - - -
Michael Latta C 0 0 0 E 5 0 6 6:19 6:19 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Connor Carrick D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 19 9:19 8:34 0:45 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 11:51 11:51 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 25 19:11 16:08 1:14 1:49 0 0 2 1 1 2 33
Jay Beagle RW 1 0 1 +1 2 1 22 13:56 11:47 0:00 2:09 0 0 - - 8 5 62
Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 E 0 1 30 23:07 20:45 0:00 2:22 0 0 - 2 - - -
Marcus Johansson C 0 0 0 E 0 3 16 13:41 12:27 1:14 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 E 0 3 22 18:35 17:49 0:46 0:00 0 0 1 1 7 9 44
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Chad Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Linus Ullmark G 0 0 0 0 0 58:17 50:17 6:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Josh Gorges D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 24 18:45 17:22 0:00 1:23 0 0 3 1 - - -
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 E 2 0 21 12:56 12:56 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Evander Kane LW 0 0 0 E 0 4 21 20:20 17:42 2:38 0:00 0 0 3 - 0 1 0
Brian Gionta RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 15:48 12:11 2:49 0:48 0 0 1 - - - -
Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 18 17:03 14:05 2:58 0:00 0 0 - - 3 4 43
David Legwand C 0 0 0 E 0 0 12 8:54 7:42 0:00 1:12 0 0 - 1 4 4 50
Johan Larsson LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 12:31 12:24 0:07 0:00 0 0 - - 8 6 57
Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 20:57 17:55 3:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Moulson LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 13 9:43 7:08 2:35 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 E 0 2 17 12:23 11:35 0:00 0:48 0 0 2 - 0 1 0
Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 E 0 2 27 19:58 19:08 0:13 0:37 0 0 1 1 - - -
Nicolas Deslauriers LW 0 0 0 E 5 0 10 7:15 7:15 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 - - - -
Cody Franson D 0 0 0 E 0 1 23 16:14 13:39 2:35 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 E 0 5 26 20:38 19:24 0:31 0:43 0 0 - 1 - - -
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 30 25:03 20:34 3:12 1:17 0 0 1 2 - - -
Tyler Ennis C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 18 16:43 14:03 2:40 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Jamie McGinn LW 0 0 0 -2 0 3 23 20:00 16:55 3:05 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 24 24:32 19:45 3:35 1:12 0 0 - - 15 8 65
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (23-4-1) 31 31 0 1.000 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Linus Ullmark L (5-8-2) 26 24 2 .923 0 58:17