The Washington Capitals took on the Buffalo Sabres for the fourth time already in this new, strange season, and finally, took their first loss to the Jack Eichel led squad in a shootout 4-3.
The Sabres outshot the Caps 48 to 31 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 50 to 39.
By Chris Cerullo 3 days ago
Down like a hundred players, the Washington Capitals had an afternoon date with the Buffalo Sabres that was awkward and weird and more than a little greasy, just like me in middle school.
The Caps scored first as the line formerly known as the fourth line helped Justin Schultz to his first goal with the team. The Sabres fired back in the second period with a pair of power-play goals from Miller and Olofsson respectively. Those goals were bookends for a Caps PPG from TJ Oshie.
The Sabres took the lead in the third period when Eric Staal scored on — you guessed it — a power play. Nicklas Backstrom banked a shot from no angle off Linus Ullmark to restore a tie that pushed us yet again into overtime. Which was fun but, yet again, gave us no decision.
Shootout bullets!
Caps lose.
By Peter Hassett 4 days ago
A very shorthanded Caps team will host the Buffalo Sabres again this afternoon for their fourth meeting in ten days. With a depleted lineup, Washington will look to their depth in order to add a fourth taco to the Buffalo row on my taco chart, which I will not explain.
Puck drop is at 3 PM. Make a mimosa, put on your housepants, stream the game, and kick it with me, Peter, on recap duty.
By Peter Hassett 4 days ago
The Washington Capitals came into Friday night’s action without their Russians but still left with their third victory of the season over the Buffalo Sabres. It wasn’t pretty but the Caps clutched up in the shootout and downed Buffalo by a final score of 4-3.
The Caps outshot the Sabres 32 to 27 but were out-attempted at five-on-five 49 to 42.
By Chris Cerullo 5 days ago
The Washington Capitals opened their 2021 home campaign against the Buffalo Sabres and did so for the first time sans Alex Ovechkin since 2003. I repeat…2003. Could they enter bizarro world and come away with two points?
Eric Staal sent home a layup in front after Victor Olofsson stripped Zdeno Chara behind the net to open the scoring. Nicklas Backstrom converted a rebound off a Tom Wilson tip-in try to tie things up.
Nic Dowd one-timed the Caps into their first lead of the night off of a great Caps cycle and smart feed from Jakub Vrana. Dylan Cozens sniped home his first NHL goal to tie the game once more. Vrana got one of his own shortly before Riley Sheahan locked the game up again.
No goal in overtime so we got the ole boring skill contest.
Caps beat the Sabres 4-3!
By Chris Cerullo 6 days ago
Bad just met up with worse at the bar and now they’re straight-up tongue-kissing and it’s disgusting.
With four Caps already out due to COVID protocols, the already shorthanded Caps got even shorterhanded when Forward Tom Wilson left Friday’s game against the Buffalo Sabres.
By Peter Hassett 6 days ago
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that there has been some news. Listen, if the Capitals are going to face off against any team, I’m glad it’s the Sabres. Four key Caps are out, so we’re working with some interesting moves including top line Jakub Vrana and the return of Brian Pinho. Anything is possible, please wear a mask.
Puck drop is at 7PM. Grab your beverage of choice, sit back, stream the game and hang out with us! Chris will have your recap.
By Elyse Bailey 6 days ago
The Washington Capitals got right back to business and picked up their second victory of the young season, slaying the Buffalo Sabres in back-to-back nights to kick off the 2021 season with a bang.
The white-clad Caps needed heroics from two Czech youngsters but ultimately sealed a stingy 2-1 victory in the hot wing capital of the country.
The Sabres outshot the Caps 31 to 21 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 36 to 34.
By Chris Cerullo 2 weeks ago
It was a big Friday night for 25-year-old Czech rookie Vitek Vanecek. After years in the Capitals farm system, he finally made his NHL debut against the Buffalo Sabres. He stopped 30 of 31 shots to deliver a win for his team and secure the first W of his NHL career. His teammates sung his praises after the game. He was given a post-game award.
And then, naturally, he got a shaving cream pie to the face.
By Peter Hassett 2 weeks ago
With a narrow win on Friday night, the Capitals emerged victorious in the back-to-back season opening series in Buffalo. But this was not quite the commanding performance that had the Caps coasting on Thursday night.
The Caps took took three penalties in the first period, but ably killed them to escape tied. The second period was similarly blah, but Jakub Vrana scored a pretty rush goal to give the Caps the lead.
The Sabres scored on their first shift of the third period, with one of their many Rasmii loosing a wrister from the blue line. Tom Wilson answered back with a wrister to the top shelf from the faceoff dot to restore Washington’s lead.
Caps win!
By Peter Hassett 2 weeks ago
