The Washington Capitals were defeated by the Buffalo Sabres, 5 to 4, in overtime on January 3, 2023.

Final

Sabres

19-15-2

5

Capitals

21-13-6

4

Team

BUF

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

WSH

Alex Tuch (EV) assisted by Tage Thompson and Jeff Skinner

Sonny Milano (EV) assisted by Anthony Mantha and Matt Irwin

Tage Thompson (PP) assisted by Rasmus Dahlin and Dylan Cozens

2nd period

BUF

WSH

Tage Thompson (EV) assisted by Alex Tuch and Ilya Lyubushkin

Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov

3rd period

BUF

WSH

Nic Dowd (EV) assisted by Sonny Milano and Nick Jensen

Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by Conor Sheary

Tyson Jost (EV) assisted by Casey Mittelstadt and Owen Power

BUF

WSH

Tage Thompson (EV) assisted by Alex Tuch

Sabres

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (W) U. Luukkonen	1	0	0	32	28	.875	4	3.81	0	63

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Jacob Bryson J. Bryson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	0	0	16:30
Kale Clague K. Clague	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	0	17:20
Dylan Cozens D. Cozens	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0.0	5	12	41.7	3	0	0	0	15:53
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0		0	0		0	2	0	2	27:58
Zemgus Girgensons Z. Girgensons	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0	2	0	0	0	13:22
Tyson Jost T. Jost	1	0	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	3	8	37.5	3	0	1	0	15:06
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	9	33.3	1	0	1	0	15:13
Ilya Lyubushkin I. Lyubushkin	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	3	0	2	14:56
Casey Mittelstadt C. Mittelstadt	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	6	33.3	0	0	0	1	15:45
Kyle Okposo K. Okposo	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	4	25.0	1	0	0	0	15:07
Victor Olofsson V. Olofsson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	0	13:06
JJ Peterka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	1	12:38
Owen Power O. Power	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	2	1	21:44
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	14:33
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		4	1	0	0	22:57
Jeff Skinner J. Skinner	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	4	25.0	0	0	0	0	18:26
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	3	1	4	+2	0	1	0	1	1	5	60.0	4	17	23.5	2	0	0	1	19:56
Alex Tuch A. Tuch	1	2	3	+2	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	0		0	1	1	0	18:51

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Darcy Kuemper (O) D. Kuemper	0	0	1	29	24	.828	5	4.77	0	63

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Nic Dowd N. Dowd	1	0	1	-1	0	1	100.0	18	22	81.8	3	0	0	0	15:01
Lars Eller L. Eller	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0.0	8	12	66.7	1	3	0	0	13:41
Martin Fehervary M. Fehervary	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		6	3	0	1	17:01
Erik Gustafsson E. Gustafsson	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0.0	0	0		3	0	0	0	22:26
Garnet Hathaway G. Hathaway	0	0	0	-2	0	0		0	0		3	1	0	0	11:54
Matt Irwin M. Irwin	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0		7	3	0	0	16:22
Nick Jensen N. Jensen	0	1	1	-1	0	0		0	0		0	1	0	0	22:01
Marcus Johansson M. Johansson	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	1	0	13:45
Evgeny Kuznetsov E. Kuznetsov	0	1	1	+3	2	4	0.0	9	16	56.3	2	0	0	1	21:49
Anthony Mantha A. Mantha	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	1	0	0	2	15:05
Sonny Milano S. Milano	1	1	2	+2	0	4	25.0	0	0		0	0	1	0	14:55
Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0	0	0		3	2	0	0	21:57
T.J. Oshie	0	0	0	0	2	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	15:55
Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	2	0	2	+2	0	7	28.6	0	0		4	0	0	1	20:33
Aliaksei Protas A. Protas	0	0	0	-3	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	1	8:44
Conor Sheary C. Sheary	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0.0	0	0		3	0	0	2	16:42
Dylan Strome D. Strome	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0	7	11	63.6	0	0	1	2	15:35
Trevor van Riemsdyk T. van Riemsdyk	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	2	1	2	23:27