The Washington Capitals “got back on track” with a win against the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 that puts the Caps back even with the New York Islanders for first in the East Division. Find out why I put part of that sentence in quotes below.
Shots finished tied at 33 apiece and the Caps out-attempted the Sabres at five-on-five 49 to 48.
By Chris Cerullo 3 days ago
An unrested Washington Capitals team received a gift of a road game from the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night. The Caps didn’t need a lot to win this one, and still they just barely managed.
Brenden Dillon, of all people, scored the game’s first goal, a one-timer from the blue line. Alex Ovechkin banked a shot off one of the Rasmii to make it 2-0, but Henri Jokiharju got Buffalo on the board with a screened shot later that period.
Early in the second, the Sabres ceded a shooting lane to Justin Schultz, but later he anticipated an icing call that never came, allowing Casey Mittelstadt to score.
Jakub Vrana roofed the puck halfway through the third to grow Washington’s lead, but Tage Thompson drew Buffalo within one late in the game.
Caps win!
By Peter Hassett 3 days ago
Vitek Vanecek will start his 27th game of the season against the Buffalo Sabres, Friday.
Capitals head coach Peter Laviolette announced the news in his pregame press conference two hours before puck drop.
The Washington Capitals have hit the road less than 24 hours after their loss to the Boston Bruins. But today is a new day. While the Caps have lost the last four out of six games, hopefully they can turn it around tonight when they play the Buffalo Sabres. Key word is “hopefully”.
Puck drop will be 7 PM and Pete will have your recap.
By Elyse Bailey 3 days ago
Taylor Hall was signed over the offseason to be a part of the solution in Buffalo.
Now, he will sit and likely join his fourth team in 16 months.
Throw some confetti and pump your fists. The Buffalo Sabres have won for the first time since February 23, ending a streak of futility nearly unmatched in NHL history.
The Sabres defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 6-1 on Wednesday to end their losing streak at 18 games. It’s tied for the the longest losing streak in NHL history with the 2003-04 Pittsburgh Penguins.
By Ian Oland 2 weeks ago
On Monday night, the Washington Capitals played what will likely be their easiest game of the season when they destroyed the Buffalo Sabres 6-0. They didn’t even really try the whole third period. Buffalo is…bad.
The Caps outshot the Sabres 30 to 23. We don’t really need to get into anything more “fancy” for this sort of game.
By Chris Cerullo 4 weeks ago
The Washington Capitals have won four in a row and the Buffalo Sabres have lost ten in a row. Would both of those streaks come to an end or would both be extended?
Evgeny Kuznetsov threw an innocent wrister on net from the half-wall that found its way past Carter Hutton to open the scoring. TJ Oshie danced through multiple Sabres before Nicklas Backstrom promptly slammed home a rebound to double the lead. Richard Panik took a beautiful feed from Dmitry Orlov and fired it home for the Caps third.
Nick Jensen sprung Daniel Sprong who converted top shelf on a breakaway to continue the beatdown. Garnet Hathaway got a piece of a Justin Schultz point-drive to start the third period. Ovi ties Esposito to make it six.
First career NHL shutout for Vitek Vanecek.
Caps beat Sabres 6-0!
By Chris Cerullo 4 weeks ago
The Capitals have headed north to Buffalo to face off against the Sabres. Still without Lars Eller, the squad will be playing with 11 forwards this evening and Trevor van Riemsdyk will be the seventh defenseman. The Caps are hoping to extend their winning streak to five games and will also probably extend their streak of having close games and almost giving all of us a collective heart attack.
Puck drop will commence at 7 PM and Chris is back on recap duty.
By Elyse Bailey 4 weeks ago
The Washington Capitals halted their four-game losing streak with a win over Pittsburgh on Tuesday and now have turned the tide completely and started a winning streak by taking down the Buffalo Sabres by a score of 3-1.
The Sabres outshot the Caps 23 to 21 but were out-attempted at five-on-five 42 to 40.
By Chris Cerullo 2 months ago
