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Saturday, October 24, 2026 (7:00 PM ET)
Capital One Arena | MNMT
Buffalo Sabres BUF
3-4
Final/OT
WSH Washington Capitals
34% xGF Expected Goals Share 66% xGF
BUF was expected to score 2.30 goals WSH was expected to score 4.40 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 OT 0 1 2 3 4 Cumulative xG BUF WSH Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Jack Quinn scores at 6:27 in the 1st period 0.10 xG (1-0)
  • ► Josh Doan scores at 10:36 in the 1st period 0.06 xG (2-0)
  • ► Alex Tuch scores at 16:10 in the 1st period 0.01 xG (2-1) End of Period 1
  • ► Dylan Strome scores at 2:59 in the 2nd period 0.16 xG (2-2)
  • ► Dylan Strome scores at 17:24 in the 2nd period 0.19 xG (2-3) End of Period 2
  • ► Noah Ostlund scores at 2:20 in the 3rd period 0.07 xG (3-3) End of Period 3
  • ► Alex Tuch scores at 3:42 in the OT period 0.19 xG (3-4) End of Game
  • ► Watch the full game recap here
xG by State
Buffalo Sabres
Washington Capitals
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 4:00 0.37 0 6:00 0.82 0
Even Strength 53:42 1.67 3 53:42 3.48 4
Short-Handed 6:00 0.26 0 4:00 0.11 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 5:34 0.17 0 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 10:58 0.24 1 4:56 0.17 0
Tied 42:14 1.52 1 42:14 3.13 2
Down 1 4:56 0.38 1 10:58 0.80 1
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 5:34 0.30 1
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
WSH Dylan Strome (C) 0.66 2 1 3 25 20:59 5 +3 0 0
WSH Aliaksei Protas (L) 0.59 0 0 0 22 16:48 4 +1 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.50 0 1 1 26 18:32 2 +1 0 0
WSH Tom Wilson (R) 0.49 0 0 0 24 19:13 3 0 2 0
WSH Ryan Leonard (R) 0.47 0 0 0 19 15:10 3 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.44 1 0 1 24 17:24 3 -1 0 0
WSH Jordan Kyrou (R) 0.35 0 2 2 23 16:51 3 +1 0 0
WSH Pierre-Luc Dubois (C) 0.30 0 0 0 23 18:08 2 0 0 0
WSH Alex Tuch (R) 0.23 2 0 2 27 22:32 3 +1 2 0
WSH Alex Ovechkin (L) 0.19 0 0 0 14 11:43 1 0 0 0
WSH Justin Sourdif (C) 0.18 0 1 1 20 15:26 2 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.17 0 0 0 27 17:06 1 -1 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.14 0 1 1 25 17:15 1 +1 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.13 1 0 1 20 12:40 1 +1 0 0
WSH Boone Jenner (C) 0.11 0 0 0 21 15:04 1 -1 0 0
WSH Ilya Protas (L) 0.09 0 0 0 11 09:25 1 -1 0 0
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.07 1 0 1 24 16:25 1 -1 0 0
BUF Konsta Helenius (C) 0.04 0 0 0 18 12:10 1 +1 2 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.04 0 0 0 22 17:00 0 -1 0 0
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.01 0 0 0 20 13:17 1 0 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.00 0 0 0 21 13:52 0 -1 0 0
WSH Anthony Beauvillier (R) 0.00 0 0 0 10 07:41 0 -1 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.00 0 0 0 24 15:13 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.00 0 0 0 20 14:21 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
WSH Jakob Chychrun (D) 0.46 0 2 2 28 25:01 4 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.31 0 1 1 31 27:20 3 +1 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.20 0 0 0 27 25:27 1 0 2 0
WSH Martin Fehérváry (D) 0.18 0 1 1 25 23:19 2 0 0 0
BUF Olen Zellweger (D) 0.12 0 1 1 29 21:06 2 +1 2 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.09 0 1 1 32 30:09 2 0 0 0
WSH Cole Hutson (D) 0.08 0 0 0 26 22:32 0 +1 0 0
BUF Louis Crevier (D) 0.04 0 0 0 12 07:37 2 -2 0 0
WSH Matt Roy (D) 0.02 0 0 0 25 24:04 0 -1 0 0
WSH Timothy Liljegren (D) 0.00 0 0 0 22 15:56 0 0 0 0
WSH Dylan McIlrath (D) 0.00 0 0 0 12 07:14 0 0 0 0
BUF Dennis Gilbert (D) 0.00 0 0 0 15 08:12 0 -2 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) +0.84% 0.882 0.4 4 30 63:42 34 O 0
WSH Charlie Lindgren (G) -2.12% 0.857 -0.7 3 18 63:42 21 W 0