The Washington Capitals eked out a victory over the Buffalo Sabres, 3 to 2, in overtime on December 5, 2016.

Final

Sabres

9-10-6

2

Capitals

14-7-3

3

Team

BUF

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

WSH

Zemgus Girgensons (EV) assisted by Derek Grant and Rasmus Ristolainen

2nd period

BUF

WSH

Jay Beagle (EV) assisted by Brooks Orpik and Daniel Winnik

Kyle Okposo (EV) assisted by Ryan O'Reilly and William Carrier

3rd period

BUF

WSH

Marcus Johansson (PP) assisted by Justin Williams and John Carlson

BUF

WSH

Marcus Johansson (EV) assisted by Dmitry Orlov and Evgeny Kuznetsov

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
Robin Lehner (O) R. Lehner	0	0	1	33	30	.909	3	2.90	0	62

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Erik Burgdoerfer E. Burgdoerfer	0	0	0	-1	0	0		0	0		3	0	0	1	10:03
William Carrier W. Carrier	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0.0	0	0		3	0	0	0	12:48
Jack Eichel J. Eichel	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	4	9	44.4	2	0	1	0	18:31
Justin Falk J. Falk	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0	0	0		4	1	0	0	12:46
Marcus Foligno M. Foligno	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	0	1	1	13:14
Cody Franson C. Franson	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0.0	0	0		3	3	0	0	20:45
Brian Gionta B. Gionta	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	16:49
Zemgus Girgensons Z. Girgensons	1	0	1	+1	0	2	50.0	0	0		2	0	0	3	8:07
Derek Grant D. Grant	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	0	0	1	1	6:38
Brendan Guhle B. Guhle	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		3	4	0	0	16:48
Evander Kane E. Kane	0	0	0	0	4	2	0.0	2	3	66.7	1	0	1	0	21:04
Johan Larsson J. Larsson	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0	5	15	33.3	0	1	0	0	17:04
Jake McCabe J. McCabe	0	0	0	+1	0	4	0.0	0	0		3	3	1	1	28:52
Matt Moulson M. Moulson	0	0	0	+1	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	9:15
Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	0	1	1	+1	0	6	0.0	15	23	65.2	0	0	0	0	22:48
Kyle Okposo K. Okposo	1	0	1	+1	0	3	33.3	0	0		0	1	0	0	20:41
Sam Reinhart S. Reinhart	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	2	1	0	18:14
Rasmus Ristolainen R. Ristolainen	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0.0	0	0		11	3	0	1	29:51

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Braden Holtby (W) B. Holtby	1	0	0	33	31	.939	2	1.92	0	62

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Karl Alzner K. Alzner	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	3	0	1	21:45
Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	8	16	50.0	0	1	4	1	19:29
Jay Beagle J. Beagle	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	6	16.7	7	14	50.0	0	1	0	0	17:24
Andre Burakovsky A. Burakovsky	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	12:28
Paul Carey P. Carey	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	6:58
John Carlson J. Carlson	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		2	0	2	2	26:27
Taylor Chorney T. Chorney	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		5	1	0	0	11:23
Lars Eller L. Eller	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	2	7	28.6	0	1	1	0	11:13
Marcus Johansson M. Johansson	2	0	2	+1	0	1	0	1	1	2	100.0	0	0		2	0	1	1	20:00
Evgeny Kuznetsov E. Kuznetsov	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	6	13	46.2	2	0	0	1	18:05
Matt Niskanen M. Niskanen	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		4	2	0	0	24:43
Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	1	1	0	19:24
Brooks Orpik B. Orpik	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		3	4	0	0	16:22
Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	0	21:57
Jakub Vrana J. Vrana	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		0	1	1	1	11:58
Justin Williams J. Williams	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	4	50.0	1	0	0	0	13:59
Tom Wilson T. Wilson	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	1	1	1	13:45
Daniel Winnik D. Winnik	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100.0	0	0	1	1	14:49