NHL · Sunday 25 October · Capital One Arena
Washington Capitals – Buffalo Sabres 4:3 (after overtime): NHL, 25/10/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Washington Capitals – Buffalo Sabres 4:3 (25 October). Washington Capitals won after overtime. Venue: Capital One Arena.
By period: 1:2, 2:0, 0:1, 1:0. Buffalo Sabres led after the first period (1:2), but their opponents came back to win.
Goals: J. Quinn (Buffalo Sabres); J. Doan (Buffalo Sabres); A. Tuch (Washington Capitals) ×2; D. Strome (Washington Capitals) ×2; N. Ostlund (Buffalo Sabres).
Table now: Washington Capitals — 10th, 18 points from 15 matches; Buffalo Sabres — 9th, 19 points from 17 matches.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 06'
🏒 J. Quinn0:1
assist: O. Zellweger, Z. Benson
- 10'
- 16'
2nd period
- 00'pen.
Slashing
- 02'
🏒 D. Strome2:2
assist: J. Kyrou, J. Chychrun
- 14'pen.
Delay of game
- 17'
🏒 D. Strome3:2
assist: J. Sourdif, M. Fehervary
3rd period
- 02'
🏒 N. Ostlund3:3
- 04'pen.
Tripping
- 07'pen.
Slashing
- 13'pen.
High sticking
Overtime
- 03'
🏒 A. Tuch4:3
assist: D. Strome, J. Chychrun
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 13
- 22
- 32
- 42
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Strome | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| A. Tuch | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| J. Chychrun | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Kyrou | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Sourdif | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Fehervary | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Doan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Quinn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Ostlund | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| O. Power | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| O. Zellweger | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| R. Dahlin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R. McLeod | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Z. Benson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K. Helenius | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Samuelsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Washington Capitals
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Lindgren(W) | 21 | 18 | 3 | 85.7% |
Buffalo Sabres
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U. Luukkonen | 34 | 30 | 4 | 88.2% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 34Shots on goal21
- 18Saves30
- 85%Save %88%
- 23Faceoffs won30
- 4Penalty minutes6
- 2Penalties3
- 0Power-play goals0
- 0%Power play %0%
- 100%Penalty kill %100%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18 | WWLLW | |
| 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | WWLWL |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away