Buffalo Sabres @ Washington Capitals

20-11-5, 9-7-3 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Sabres BUF	0	0	1	1
Capitals WSH	0	1	1	2

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

21-10-3, 11-5-2 Home

Tom Wilson breaks tie in 3rd, Capitals beat Sabres 2-1

Tom Wilson broke a tie with seven minutes left, Braden Holtby made 36 saves and the Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Friday night.

Dec 22, 2018, 03:58 am - Associated Press

		1	2	3	T
	Sabres	0	0	1	1
	Capitals	0	1	1	2

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			BUF	WSH
2:50		Chandler Stephenson (3) (Shorthanded Shorthanded Goal) Assists: Nic Dowd (9)	0	1

3rd Period			BUF	WSH
9:01		Johan Larsson (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Tage Thompson (3), Rasmus Ristolainen (19)	1	1
13:00		Tom Wilson (10) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (25)	1	2

SABRES

CAPITALS

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

Sabres
3
Capitals
4

Game 1

16/12

Sabres
1
Capitals
2

Game 2

22/12

Capitals
2
Sabres
5

Game 3

23/2

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

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Buffalo Sabres @ Washington Capitals

Stars of the Game

Braden HoltbyG - WSH

Tom WilsonRW - WSH

Chandler StephensonC - WSH

Game Information

Tom Wilson breaks tie in 3rd, Capitals beat Sabres 2-1

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

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