Buffalo Sabres (9-2-2 20pts) v. Washington Capitals (9-2-3 21pts)
Game Recap:
After a successful month of October that was capped off with an even more successful five game road trip to end the month, the Washington Capitals start the month of November at home against the Buffalo Sabres. In the first period the Sabres would get an early powerplay, but after the Capitals killed it off it would spark them as Jakub Vrana would score on a breakaway to to the early lead, but then less than 45 seconds later the Capitals would go on a 4 on 1 and off the tic tac toe play Chandler Stephenson would score his second of the season. Then before the game would be ten minutes old Michal Kempny would find a wide open Vrana who would one time a blast past Linus Ullmark for his second of the game. But the Capitals weren’t done there as Brendan Leipsic would score his first as a Capital on another passing play to give the Capitals the 4-0 lead less than eleven minutes into the game. In the final minutes of the period the Sabres would surge, but they would not be able to solve Braden Holtby before the first period ended.
In the second period after a very quick moving first half it would be the Sabres getting on the board as Henri Jokiharju would score his first career goal to cut the Capitals lead to three. Then with a little over three minutes left in the period the Sabres would fail to clear their zone as Michal Kempney would be able to keep the puck in and wrist it from the point for a Tom Wilson tip to make it 5-1 heading into the second intermission.
In the third period it would be relatively quiet for the majority of the period. The Sabres would get a late powerplay opportunity, but would not capitalize on it. Then after the Capitals killed the penalty it would be TJ Oshie scoring to put the Capitals up by five. The Capitals would get a late powerplay, but would be unable to get Vrana the hat trick goal before the final buzzer as the Capitals would go on to win 6-1.
Lineups:
Buffalo Sabres:
Victor Olofsson — Jack Eichel — Sam Reinhart
Jeff Skinner — Marcus Johansson — Vladimir Sobotka
Evan Rodrigues — Casey Mittelstadt — Conor Sheary
Zemgus Girgensons — Johan Larsson — Kyle Okposo
Jake McCabe — Rasmus Ristolainen
Rasmus Dahlin — Henri Jokiharju
John Gilmour — Colin Miller
Carter Hutton
Scratched: None
Injured: Marco Scandella (lower body), Jimmy Vesey (upper body), Brandon Montour (hand), Zach Bogosian (hip)
Tonight's anticipated lineup in the capital. #Sabres50 pic.twitter.com/bcM2MEOc5f
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) November 1, 2019
Tonight is the first of three meetings between us and the Caps this season!
Details in #SharpenUp: https://t.co/th4I7VQece pic.twitter.com/7M6aHCAMXl
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) November 1, 2019
Washington Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — T.J. Oshie
Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — Tom Wilson
Carl Hagelin — Lars Eller — Garnet Hathaway
Brendan Leipsic — Chandler Stephenson — Travis Boyd
Michal Kempny — John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov — Radko Gudas
Jonas Siegenthaler — Nick Jensen
Braden Holtby
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Tyler Lewington, Liam O’Brien
Injured: Richard Panik (upper body), Nic Dowd (lower body)
Here be them lines!
News / Notes from #CapsSabres: https://t.co/qeB0l3fI7o#ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/tVSJnn4MVi
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 1, 2019
First Period:
WAS Penalty – 2:42 – Dmitry Orlov 2 minutes for Elbowing
WAS Goal – 6:17 – Jakub Vrana (5) from Tom Wilson (4)
V good #CapsSabres pic.twitter.com/3N4lW11seY
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 1, 2019
WAS Goal – 6:59 – Chandler Stephenson (2) from Travis Boyd (2) and Brendan Leipsic (4)
Stevie on the odd man rush! Goals galore #ALLCAPS pic.twitter.com/mcjfGxAAav
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 1, 2019
WAS Goal – 9:29 – Jakub Vrana (6) from Michal Kempny (3) and Tom Wilson (5)
It's still the first period and @JVranaa has his 2nd goal tonight 🔥 pic.twitter.com/tllH6rFnEt
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 1, 2019
WAS Goal – 10:44 – Brendan Leipsic (1) from Travis Boyd (3) and Radko Gudas (5)
OMG ANOTHER GOAL ARE YOU KEEPING UP?? Welcome to the scoring club, Brendan! pic.twitter.com/dlDefoBC7E
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 1, 2019
End of 1st
Second Period:
BUF Goal – 10:40 – Henri Jokiharju (1) from Rasmus Dahlin (10)
Jokiharju gets his first career goal! 🚨
We're on the board! #Sabres50 pic.twitter.com/xC5qpaaHyS
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) November 2, 2019
WAS Goal – 16:53 – Tom Wilson (5) from Michal Kempny (4)
TIP DRILL TOM! #CapsSabres pic.twitter.com/d0JaXwSfDL
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 2, 2019
End of 2nd
Third Period:
WAS Penalty – 11:10 – Dmitry Orlov 2 minutes for Tripping
WAS Goal – 13:43 – TJ Oshie (8) from Michal Kempny (5) and Alex Ovechkin (8)
OOOOOO-SH! pic.twitter.com/0HdH4xmqap
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) November 2, 2019
BUF Penalty – 18:24 – Johan Larsson 2 minutes for Slashing
End of 3rd
Next Up:
Washington (10-2-3 23pts) v. Calgary (7-6-2 16pts)
Buffalo (9-3-2 20pts) v. NY Islanders (9-3-0 16pts)
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