Washington Capitals @ Buffalo Sabres

8-7-1, 5-4-1 Away

Final

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

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

5-8-2, 2-3-1 Home

CAPITALS

SABRES

TIME	WSH	BUF
0:00
0:00
0:35
0:35
0:45	0	0
0:46	0	0
0:47	0	0
0:59	0	0
1:18	0	0
1:20
1:26	0	0
1:30
1:30
1:59	0	0
2:04	0	0
2:08
2:10	0	0
2:12
2:12
2:24	0	0
2:32	0	0
2:40
2:40
3:45
3:45
4:00	0	0
4:00
4:00
4:25
4:25
4:41	0	0
4:57	0	0
6:05
6:30	0	0
7:10	0	0
7:24	0	0
8:09	0	0
8:14	0	0
8:31	0	0
9:11	0	0
9:33
9:33
9:54	0	0
10:28	0	0
10:59
10:59
10:59
11:30	0	0
11:38	0	0
12:06	0	0
12:55	0	0
13:16	0	0
13:38	0	0
14:09
14:09
14:31	0	0
14:42	0	0
14:44
14:44
14:58
14:58
15:21
15:34
15:37
15:53	0	0
16:02	0	0
16:07	0	0
16:18
16:41
17:00
17:25
17:46
18:10
18:10
18:57	0	0
18:59
18:59
18:59
19:10	0	0
19:19	0	0
19:20
19:20
19:55
19:55
20:00

Regular Season Series

BUF leads 1-0

Capitals
1
Sabres
3

Game 1

8/11

Capitals
3
Sabres
2

Game 2

19/2

Sabres
1
Capitals
5

Game 3

25/2

KeyBank Center

12:00 AM, 8 November 2017

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 17,146

Referees:
Tom Kowal

Linesmen:
Derek Amell
Devin Berg

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

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

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Washington Capitals @ Buffalo Sabres

Regular Season Series

BUF leads 1-0

Game Information

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

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