The Washington Capitals finally played a home game after weeks on the road, matching up with the surging Buffalo Sabres at Capital One Arena. That surge was quickly ended by the Caps as they destroyed the Sabres 6-1 in fairly dominant fashion.
The Caps out-shot the Sabres 34 to 30 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 52 to 47.
By Chris Cerullo 4 months ago
The Washington Capitals left October behind but kept their winning ways, kicking off November with a rousing W over the Buffalo Sabres.
Jakub Vrana scored early in the first period, followed by Chandler Stephenson, Vrana (again), and Brandon Leipsic. Buffalo got a weird bounce off Jonas Siegenthaler’s back to get on the scoreboard in the second period, but Tom Wilson tipped in a Michal Kempny shot to make it 5-1 after forty minutes.
TJ Oshie added a sixth goal in the third period to make it a blowout.
Caps win 6-1!
By Peter Hassett 4 months ago
The Washington Capitals are back in town for the first time in seemingly four thousand years. The foe meeting them there is the Buffalo Sabres, a surprise force in the NHL in these early season days.
Evgeny Kuznetsov appears to be okay and ready to play. Here are your injuries.
By Chris Cerullo 4 months ago
The Washington Capitals are back home and finally ready to play some hockey in the District…of Champions. This will be the first major DC sporting event played after the Washington Nationals captured their first World Series title. Expect a lively arena.
Puck drop is at 7PM tonight and Peter graciously took the recap for me so I could attend this one in person.
By Chris Cerullo 4 months ago
Former Washington Capital Marcus Johansson joined the Buffalo Sabres on a two-year, $9 million contract over the summer.
Ahead of the Sabres’ season opener against Pittsburgh on Thursday, the team named Johnasson as one of their alternate captains.
By Donya Abramo 5 months ago
Saturday afternoon, the Washington Capitals ended a very long, up and down road trip with a 5-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres. They return home for another afternoon affair only a day later against another team from New York in the Rangers.
The Sabres out-shot the Caps 38 to 33.
By Chris Cerullo 12 months ago
The Washington Capitals dropped their final game of a very long road trip in Buffalo on Saturday, gifting the Sabres enough free chances to blow an otherwise winnable game.
Jason Pominville scored early, beating some insouciant Caps defense to get Buffalo the lead. Sam Reinhart extended that lead with a rush goal off a chip shot/stretch pass.
Early in the second, Alex Ovechkin didn’t skip leg day and won a footrace to score on a breakaway for his 44th goal. Rasmus Dahlin responded late in the period with a power-play goal to make it 3-1 entering the third.
The Caps killed a Backstrom penalty early in the third and then scored on a Djoos/Burakovsky team-up. The Sabres replied promptly to restore the two-goal lead. In the final minute, Sam Reinhart sank a long-distance empty-netter goal to get the hat trick.
Caps lose 5-2.
By Peter Hassett 12 months ago
The longest road trip of the season ends on Saturday as the Caps visit the Sabres in balmy Buffalo. It should be our first glimpse of Carl Hagelin as a Washington Capital.
It’s a day game, with the puck dropping a bit after 1 PM. Intrepid tech-savvy viewers can stream it all with the My Teams app. I’m Peter, and I’ll do the recap thing.
By Peter Hassett 12 months ago
The Washington Capitals got a sparkling performance from their goaltender and were able to take down the Buffalo Sabres for the second time in only six days. The Caps got goals from Chandler Stephenson and Tom Wilson on the way to a close fought 2-1 victory.
The Sabres out-shot the Caps 37 to 24 and out-attempted them at five-on-five 55 to 38.
By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago
If it seems like just yesterday that the Washington Capitals and Buffalo Sabres matched up at Capital One Arena, for one your sense of time is horrible, that was six days ago and for two I mean you’re kinda right. On Friday evening, the Caps took those pesky, young Buffalonians down just like they did yester…err six days ago.
We were scoreless after twenty minutes of back and forth action and we only had one scoar after forty minutes. That scoar came from Chandler Stephenson on a shorthanded breakaway. Johan Larsson tied things up midway through the third. Tom Wilson gave the Caps a late lead.
Caps beat Sabres 2-1!
By Chris Cerullo 1 year ago
