Tuch, Peterka score in shootout to lift Sabres over Capitals 4-3
— Alex Tuch scored twice, JJ Peterka had the deciding goal in the shootout and the Buffalo Sabres defeated the Washington Capitals 4-3 on on Monday night.
National Hockey League
FINAL
Washington Capitals
3
Buffalo Sabres
4
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WSH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| BUF | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
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Match Report
Last five matches
| Date | Opp | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/1/26 | vs Minnesota Wild | L 1-5 | NHL |
| 10/29/26 | @ Nashville Predators | W 4-3 | NHL |
| 10/28/26 | vs Philadelphia Flyers | W 5-2 | NHL |
| 10/24/26 | vs Buffalo Sabres | W 4-3 | NHL |
| 10/20/26 | vs Los Angeles Kings | L 2-5 | NHL |
| Full Schedule | |||
Play by Play
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Shootout End 0:00 1-2
End of Shootout
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Goal 0:00 1-2
JJ Peterka Goal Wrist Shot
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Goal 0:00 1-2
Alex Tuch Goal Wrist Shot
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Goal 0:00 1-2
Pierre-Luc Dubois Goal Wrist Shot
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Goal 15:47 3-3
Aliaksei Protas Goal (18) Tip-In, assists: John Carlson (23), Pierre-Luc Dubois (26)
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Missed 15:32 2-3
Jakob Chychrun Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
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Missed 15:13 2-3
Tom Wilson Slap Shot Short
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Missed 12:28 2-3
Pierre-Luc Dubois Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Missed 10:18 2-3
Rasmus Sandin Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 6:42 2-3
Rasmus Dahlin Slap Shot High and Wide Right
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Missed 6:35 2-3
Jason Zucker Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Penalty 6:04 2-3
Dylan Strome Boarding against Henri Jokiharju
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Missed 5:15 2-3
Alex Tuch Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
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Missed 4:31 2-3
Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot Off Crossbar
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Missed 4:28 2-3
Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 1:41 2-3
Dylan Strome Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Penalty 1:01 2-3
Tage Thompson Tripping against Nic Dowd
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Missed 0:26 2-3
JJ Peterka Wrist Shot High and Wide Left
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Missed 19:21 2-3
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Missed 17:29 2-3
Pierre-Luc Dubois Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 16:01 2-3
Zach Benson Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Missed 15:30 2-3
Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Goal 12:49 2-3
Tage Thompson Goal (19) Slap Shot, assists: Rasmus Dahlin (23), JJ Peterka (20)
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Penalty 11:46 2-2
Dylan Strome Roughing against Peyton Krebs
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Goal 11:29 2-2
Tom Wilson Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: Aliaksei Protas (17), John Carlson (22)
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Missed 9:57 1-2
Jakob Chychrun Snap Shot Wide Left
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Missed 9:40 1-2
Matt Roy Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Missed 5:38 1-2
Dylan Cozens Backhand Wide Left
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Missed 5:37 1-2
Tage Thompson Backhand Wide Left
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Goal 1:07 1-2
Alex Tuch Goal (14) Wrist Shot, assists: none
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Missed 0:26 1-1
Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Penalty 19:58 1-1
Brandon Duhaime Roughing against Jiri Kulich
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Penalty 19:58 1-1
Jiri Kulich Roughing against Brandon Duhaime
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Missed 19:25 1-1
Pierre-Luc Dubois Snap Shot Wide Left
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Missed 19:04 1-1
Tage Thompson Tip-In Hit Left Post
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Missed 17:56 1-1
JJ Peterka Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Missed 17:48 1-1
Alex Tuch Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Missed 14:14 1-1
Matt Roy Slap Shot Wide Right
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Missed 13:32 1-1
Taylor Raddysh Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 10:26 1-1
Tom Wilson Wrist Shot Short
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Goal 6:10 1-1
Tom Wilson Goal (17) Slap Shot, assists: Jakob Chychrun (17), Dylan Strome (33)
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Penalty 5:40 0-1
Nicolas Aube-Kubel High-sticking against Aliaksei Protas
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Missed 5:15 0-1
Connor Clifton Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Goal 4:42 0-1
Alex Tuch Goal (13) Tip-In, assists: JJ Peterka (19)
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Missed 2:27 0-0
Jack Quinn Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Missed 1:24 0-0
Tage Thompson Slap Shot Wide Left
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Penalty 1:02 0-0
Aliaksei Protas Holding the stick against Dylan Cozens
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Missed 0:46 0-0
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
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End of Game 0:00 1-2
Game End
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Period End 0:00 1-2
End of OT
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Shootout End 0:00 1-2
End of Shootout
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Shot 0:00 1-2
Jakob Chychrun Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
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Goal 0:00 1-2
JJ Peterka Goal Wrist Shot
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Shot 0:00 1-2
John Carlson Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
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Goal 0:00 1-2
Alex Tuch Goal Wrist Shot
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Shot 0:00 1-2
Dylan Strome Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
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Shot 0:00 1-2
Jack Quinn Backhand saved by Charlie Lindgren
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Goal 0:00 1-2
Pierre-Luc Dubois Goal Wrist Shot
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Shot 0:00 1-2
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
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Period Start 0:00 1-2
Start of Shootout
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Period End 5:00 3-3
End of OT
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Shot 4:53 3-3
Rasmus Dahlin Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
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Hit 4:43 3-3
Nic Dowd hit Jason Zucker
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Face Off 4:36 3-3
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Jason Zucker
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Stoppage 4:36 3-3
Goalie Stopped
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Shot 4:33 3-3
Ryan McLeod Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
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Face Off 4:00 3-3
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against Ryan McLeod
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Stoppage 4:00 3-3
Goalie Stopped
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Shot 3:58 3-3
Jason Zucker Backhand saved by Charlie Lindgren
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Shot 3:45 3-3
Tage Thompson Wrist Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
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Shot 3:36 3-3
Alex Ovechkin Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
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Takeaway 3:32 3-3
Takeaway by Alex Ovechkin
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Face Off 1:36 3-3
Pierre-Luc Dubois faceoff won against JJ Peterka
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Stoppage 1:36 3-3
Puck in Benches
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Shot 1:30 3-3
Dylan Strome Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
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Takeaway 1:06 3-3
Takeaway by Dylan Strome
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Shot 0:58 3-3
Jakob Chychrun Wrist Shot saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
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Face Off 0:53 3-3
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Dylan Cozens
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Stoppage 0:53 3-3
Puck in Netting
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Blocked 0:52 3-3
Dylan Strome shot blocked by Bowen Byram
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Face Off 0:38 3-3
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Tage Thompson
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Stoppage 0:38 3-3
Goalie Stopped
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Shot 0:36 3-3
Alex Tuch Slap Shot saved by Charlie Lindgren
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Face Off 0:00 3-3
Ryan McLeod faceoff won against Pierre-Luc Dubois
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Period Start 0:00 3-3
Start of Overtime
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Period End 20:00 3-3
End of 3rd Period
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Shot 18:12 3-3
Taylor Raddysh Backhand saved by Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
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Face Off 18:10 3-3
Dylan Cozens faceoff won against Nic Dowd
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Team Stats
WSH
BUF
12
Blocked Shots
20
23
Hits
10
8
Takeaways
2
28
Shots
27
1
Power Play Goals
1
2
Power Play Opportunities
3
50.0
Power Play Percentage
33.3
0
Short Handed Goals
0
0
Shootout Goals
0
33
Faceoffs Won
28
54.1
Faceoff Win Percent
45.9
19
Giveaways
10
4
Total Penalties
3
8
Penalty Minutes
6
Head to Head
Injuries
Buffalo Sabres
- Jiri Kulich Day-To-Day
- Konsta Helenius Out
- Justin Danforth Injured Reserve
- Alex Lyon Injured Reserve
- Matt Grzelcyk Injured Reserve
Washington Capitals
- Vincent Desharnais Injured Reserve
- Rasmus Sandin Injured Reserve
- Patrick Thomas Injured Reserve
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