Washington Capitals vs. Buffalo SabresNov 1, 2025

Final / SOSaturday, Nov 1, 2025· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	2	1	0	0	0	3		WSH	9	15	5	5	34
BUF	3	0	0	0	1	4		BUF	10	7	6	1	24

: WSH 66BUF 53
: WSH 2.73BUF 2.36
PP goals: WSH 0BUF 0
Hits: WSH 17BUF 22
Blocks: WSH 13BUF 13
PIM: WSH 25BUF 17
: WSH 52%BUF 48%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Buffalo Sabres edge Washington Capitals 4–3 (SO)

Buffalo Sabres beat Washington Capitals 4–3 in a shootout at home. Dylan Strome (WSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for BUF: Quinn–Rosen–Kulich skated 7:41 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for BUF: Quinn–Rosen–Kulich skated 7:41 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Quinn Rosen Kulich
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New look for BUF: Zucker–Greenway–Thompson skated 6:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zucker Greenway Thompson
Usage
Dylan Strome (WSH) played 22:13, +4:14 up on his 17:59 season average over 79 games.Strome
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Tom Wilson (WSH) played 15:32, −3:59 down on his 19:31 season average over 71 games.Wilson
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Isak Rosen (BUF) played 14:44, +3:19 up on his 11:25 season average over 36 games.Rosen
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Jiri Kulich (BUF) played 11:19, −5:30 down on his 16:49 season average over 11 games.Kulich
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John Carlson (WSH) played 28:05, +5:00 up on his 23:05 season average over 70 games.Carlson
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Michael Kesselring (BUF) played 18:27, +5:13 up on his 13:14 season average over 33 games.Kesselring

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← WSH attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
WSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · BUF 53 · WSH 66

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
WSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
WSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: WSH 25% of the game, BUF 31%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

WSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

BUF skaters (rows) against WSH skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the BUF side.

Matchup matrix

BUF xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	WSH	BUF
	55	42
	1.96	1.45
	1.86	1.42
	12	4
	7	1
	18	17
	−0.014	+0.015
	25%	31%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Washington Capitals

L1Dowd – Duhaime – Sourdif
9:3756% CF
L2Wilson – McMichael – Protas
4:4229% CF
L3Strome – Beauvillier – Leonard
3:3971% CF
L4Ovechkin – Milano – Lapierre
2:19100% CF
D1van Riemsdyk – Chisholm
7:3850% CF
D2Carlson – Fehérváry
6:5146% CF
D3Roy – Chychrun
6:2362% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Wilson – Strome – Chychrun
5:1386% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Milano – Chisholm – McMichael – Leonard
2:190% CF
PK1FDowd – Duhaime
2:13
PK2FWilson – Protas
0:33
PK1Dvan Riemsdyk – Roy
2:39
PK2DCarlson – Fehérváry
2:07

Current WSH line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Tuch – McLeod – Doan
8:1929% CF
L2Malenstyn – Krebs – Dunne
7:4655% CF
L3Quinn – Rosen – Kulich
7:4140% CF
L4Zucker – Greenway – Thompson
6:0570% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
11:2447% CF
D2Kesselring – Byram
9:1813% CF
D3Timmins – Power
8:3160% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Doan – Rosen
3:4482% CF
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Byram – Quinn – Power
1:48100% CF
PK1FGreenway – Malenstyn
2:57
PK2FTuch – McLeod
1:54
PK1DTimmins – Samuelsson
4:31
PK2DKesselring – Power
3:00

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:07
WSHDylan Strome (Ryan Leonard)snap0.19 xG
WSH: Strome, Beauvillier, Roy, Chychrun, LeonardBUF: Tuch, McLeod, Kesselring, Byram, Doan
WSH 1 – 0 BUF
2:15
WSHAliaksei Protas (Connor McMichael, Tom Wilson)snap0.11 xG
WSH: Carlson, Wilson, Fehérváry, McMichael, ProtasBUF: Malenstyn, Timmins, Krebs, Dunne, Power
WSH 2 – 0 BUF
2:30
BUFTage Thompson (Jason Zucker, Jordan Greenway)snap0.18 xG
WSH: Carlson, Dowd, Duhaime, Fehérváry, SourdifBUF: Zucker, Greenway, Thompson, Kesselring, Byram
WSH 2 – 1 BUF
10:02
BUFAlex Tuch (Josh Doan, Owen Power)wrist0.14 xG
WSH: Carlson, Milano, Beauvillier, Roy, ProtasBUF: Tuch, Timmins, McLeod, Doan, Power
WSH 2 – 2 BUF
18:45
BUFIsak Rosen (Jack Quinn, Conor Timmins)wrist0.09 xG
WSH: Ovechkin, van Riemsdyk, Fehérváry, McMichael, LeonardBUF: Timmins, Quinn, Power, Rosen, Kulich
WSH 2 – 3 BUF

2nd period

19:17
WSHSonny Milano (Matt Roy, Martin Fehérváry)tip-in0.06 xG
WSH: Milano, Roy, Fehérváry, Lapierre, LeonardBUF: Samuelsson, Byram, Quinn, Rosen, Kulich
WSH 3 – 3 BUF

Decided in the shootout: WSH 3 – 4 BUF.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	16:41	—	—	59	55
Brandon Duhaime L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	0	0	14:13	—	—	59	32
Justin Sourdif C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	3	0	0	13:02	—	—	60	47
Aliaksei Protas L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.34	0	1	0	18:25	—	—	64	66
Connor McMichael L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	16:48	—	—	50	47
Tom Wilson R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	4	0	19	15:32	—	—	44	34
Dylan Strome C	L3	1	0	1	+1	6	0.38	0	0	0	22:13	—	—	52	61
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.31	1	0	0	17:27	—	—	57	70
Ryan Leonard R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	1	1	4	12:14	—	—	50	64
Alex Ovechkin L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.32	2	0	0	19:15	—	—	52	44
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	9:27	—	—	71	84
Sonny Milano L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	9:07	—	—	75	60
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	3	0	16:00	—	—	55	41
Declan Chisholm D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	2	13:39	—	—	62	66
John Carlson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.33	0	2	0	28:05	—	—	48	45
Martin Fehérváry D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	59	66
Jakob Chychrun D	D3	0	0	0	+1	5	0.31	0	1	0	27:21	—	—	61	58
Matt Roy D	D3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.06	2	4	0	19:44	—	—	57	66

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	O	24	21	3	.875	2.36	64:52

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	0	2	4	20:14	—	—	29	31
Ryan McLeod C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	1	0	0	18:05	—	—	28	28
Josh Doan R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	2	0	0	15:32	—	—	33	23
Peyton Krebs C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	0	2	15:08	—	—	46	32
Beck Malenstyn L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	1	2	12:42	—	—	50	39
Josh Dunne C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	0	0	11:51	—	—	59	41
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.12	1	0	0	16:23	—	—	36	36
Isak Rosen R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.26	2	2	0	14:44	—	—	44	44
Jiri Kulich C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	11:19	—	—	42	38
Tage Thompson C	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.57	0	2	0	19:23	—	—	53	54
Jason Zucker L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	55	63
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	0	7	13:28	—	—	57	83
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	2	0	26:12	—	—	42	37
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.09	4	2	0	20:22	—	—	48	34
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	0	2	18:54	—	—	19	20
Michael Kesselring D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:27	—	—	40	52
Owen Power D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:54	—	—	58	67
Conor Timmins D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	17:47	—	—	63	63

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	W	34	31	3	.912	2.73	64:28

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Dylan Strome (WSH) 1st 1:07 · assists Ryan Leonard · Rebound · 36.5 mph shot.

Dylan Strome · 1st 1:07 · WSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.5 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: rebound

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Aliaksei Protas · 1st 2:15 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 30.3 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

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Tage Thompson · 1st 2:30 · BUF

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.1 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Sonny Milano · 2nd 19:17 · WSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 41.6 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Type: deflection

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Alex Tuch · 1st 10:02 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 62.0 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Isak Rosen · 1st 18:45 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 47.0 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.