National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 4, Washington 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 16, 2016
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Brad Meier, Ian Walsh
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Devin Berg
Attendance: 19070
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 0011
Buffalo 2204
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
10:30 - Sabres Philip Varone (EV) Assists: Rasmus Ristolainen , Zach Bogosian
16:00 - Sabres Tim Schaller (SH) Unassisted
Penalties
12:14 - Sabres Mark Pysyk (2) Elbowing
 14:33 - Sabres Jack Eichel (2) Tripping
 18:05 - Capitals Taylor Chorney (2) Holding
2nd Period
Scoring
7:14 - Sabres Evander Kane (EV) Assists: Ryan O'Reilly , Sam Reinhart
15:37 - Sabres Cody Franson (PP) Assists: Evander Kane , Zach Bogosian
Penalties
2:25 - Capitals Zach Sill (2) Holding
 9:29 - Sabres Philip Varone (2) Tripping
 14:30 - Capitals T.J. Oshie (2) Slashing
 18:50 - Capitals Taylor Chorney (2) Slashing
 20:00 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Roughing
 20:00 - Sabres Sam Reinhart (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
2:54 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (EV) Assists: Jason Chimera
Penalties
7:20 - Sabres Mark Pysyk (2) Interference
 10:43 - Sabres Marcus Foligno (5) Fighting
 10:43 - Capitals Tom Wilson (5) Fighting
 12:48 - Capitals Aaron Ness (2) Holding
 14:12 - Sabres Zach Bogosian (2) Roughing
 14:12 - Capitals Jason Chimera (2) Roughing
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 32:46 23:39 4:00 5:07 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 27:14 19:14 4:00 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 E 0 3 30 26:53 15:01 5:34 6:18 0 0 1 - - - -
Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 E 4 0 21 12:39 10:49 0:00 1:50 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 0 0 0 -2 0 4 20 21:11 13:50 7:21 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 22 18:51 15:33 2:19 0:59 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Richards C 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 13:01 9:38 0:07 3:16 0 0 1 - 5 6 45
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 -2 0 4 21 15:54 9:52 3:04 2:58 0 0 - - 4 2 67
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 E 0 4 23 19:21 11:41 4:49 2:51 0 0 1 2 8 8 50
Zach Sill C 0 0 0 E 2 4 17 11:26 10:14 0:07 1:05 0 0 1 1 1 2 33
Jason Chimera LW 0 1 1 E 2 2 20 15:29 10:11 3:04 2:14 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 E 0 3 31 23:09 16:51 0:00 6:18 0 0 - 1 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 +1 7 0 15 11:18 7:57 0:00 3:21 0 0 6 - - - -
Michael Latta C 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 12:03 11:56 0:07 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Aaron Ness D 0 0 0 E 2 0 19 12:48 12:41 0:07 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13 9:45 9:13 0:32 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 -1 2 3 23 17:35 10:29 4:49 2:17 0 0 1 - 2 3 40
Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 26 17:39 14:43 0:07 2:49 0 0 - 2 - - -
Marcus Johansson LW 1 0 1 E 0 1 18 15:34 10:39 4:49 0:06 0 0 - - 5 1 83
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 18 16:17 13:07 3:04 0:06 0 0 1 - 4 4 50
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Chad Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 59:38 42:31 9:07 8:00 0 0 - - - - -
Robin Lehner G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 21 15:16 15:16 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 25 21:47 16:17 0:00 5:30 0 0 2 2 - - -
Evander Kane LW 1 1 2 +2 0 5 23 19:58 12:38 4:56 2:24 0 0 3 - - - -
Brian Gionta RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 21 17:38 10:50 4:47 2:01 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 E 2 1 19 16:13 11:53 4:20 0:00 0 0 - - 0 3 0
David Legwand C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 14:12 8:47 0:00 5:25 0 0 - 1 - - -
Johan Larsson LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 17:10 13:08 4:02 0:00 0 0 1 - 11 6 65
Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 +1 2 0 20 17:05 12:45 4:20 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Moulson LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 8:10 8:10 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 22 15:04 12:34 0:00 2:30 0 0 - 1 - - -
Cody Franson D 1 0 1 E 0 5 21 15:14 10:32 4:42 0:00 1 0 1 1 - - -
Zach Bogosian D 0 2 2 +2 2 0 24 21:29 15:14 4:15 2:00 0 0 1 2 - - -
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 +2 0 4 30 27:27 16:11 5:16 6:00 0 0 2 2 - - -
Tim Schaller C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 15 10:58 8:44 0:00 2:14 0 1 1 - 4 7 36
Marcus Foligno LW 0 0 0 E 5 1 16 11:52 11:47 0:05 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Philip Varone C 1 0 1 E 2 1 13 8:01 8:01 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jamie McGinn LW 0 0 0 +1 0 4 18 14:00 9:59 4:01 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 26 20:48 12:01 4:51 3:56 0 0 - 1 12 11 52
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Philipp Grubauer 13 12 1 .923 0 32:46
Braden Holtby L (28-5-2) 16 13 3 .812 0 27:14
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Chad Johnson W (11-12-2) 34 33 1 .971 0 59:38