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Saturday, April 4, 2026
7:00 PM ET
Capital One Arena (MSG-B)
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
2 – 6
Final
Washington Capitals
 WSH
54% xGF%
46% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 3.18 goals WSH was expected to score 2.74 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 2 Cumulative xG BUF WSH Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Buffalo Sabres Washington Capitals
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 8:11 1.04 0 2:47 0.24 0
Even Strength 49:02 2.13 2 49:02 2.33 5
Penalty Kill 2:47 0.00 0 8:11 0.17 1
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 42:34 1.73 3
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 14:11 0.81 2
Tied 3:15 0.17 0 3:15 0.19 1
Down 1 14:11 0.52 0 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 42:34 2.48 2 0:00 0.00 0
  • ► Jakob Chychrun scores at 3:15 in the 1st period 0.06 xG (0-1)
  • ► Dylan Strome scores at 3:35 in the 1st period 0.14 xG (0-2)
  • ► Connor McMichael scores at 5:52 in the 1st period 0.06 xG (0-3)
  • ► Rasmus Dahlin scores at 6:30 in the 1st period 0.10 xG (1-3)
  • ► Beck Malenstyn scores at 12:15 in the 1st period 0.16 xG (2-3)
  • ► Aliaksei Protas scores at 6:06 in the 2nd period 0.08 xG (2-4)
  • ► Ryan Leonard scores at 6:26 in the 3rd period 0.03 xG (2-5)
  • ► Tom Wilson scores at 8:55 in the 3rd period 0.17 xG (2-6)
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WSH WSH xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.69 0 0 0 22 18:27 6 -3 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Alex Ovechkin (L) 0.57 0 2 2 22 17:01 4 +1 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Connor McMichael (C) 0.50 1 1 2 23 16:03 5 +3 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.44 0 1 1 21 15:48 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Tom Wilson (R) 0.41 1 0 1 23 17:19 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Dylan Strome (C) 0.39 1 0 1 23 16:38 4 +2 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.34 0 0 0 22 19:20 5 -3 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.30 1 0 1 17 12:27 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.29 0 0 0 23 15:20 3 -2 12 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.25 0 0 0 17 12:05 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.24 0 0 0 22 18:20 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.21 0 1 1 24 16:20 5 +1 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Aliaksei Protas (C) 0.21 1 1 2 22 16:15 4 +1 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Justin Sourdif (R) 0.18 0 1 1 21 15:25 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.10 0 0 0 19 12:57 1 -3 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Ethen Frank (C) 0.07 0 0 0 15 09:34 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Pierre-Luc Dubois (L) 0.06 0 2 2 18 12:58 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Ryan Leonard (R) 0.05 1 0 1 20 12:55 2 +1 2 0 0 0 0
WSH Brandon Duhaime (R) 0.05 0 0 0 18 11:43 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jordan Greenway (L) 0.01 0 1 1 20 13:32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Anthony Beauvillier (L) 0.00 0 0 0 21 15:44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.00 0 0 0 18 12:15 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.00 0 0 0 24 16:53 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Hendrix Lapierre (C) 0.00 0 0 0 15 11:05 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.17 1 1 2 26 22:28 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Jakob Chychrun (D) 0.15 1 1 2 22 19:40 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Rasmus Sandin (D) 0.07 0 0 0 22 20:25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.07 0 0 0 24 20:22 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Logan Stanley (D) 0.03 0 0 0 17 13:18 3 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.02 0 0 0 20 15:15 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Cole Hutson (D) 0.02 0 1 1 21 18:58 2 +2 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.02 0 0 0 26 19:54 2 +2 2 0 0 0 0
WSH Matt Roy (D) 0.01 0 0 0 23 20:56 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0
WSH Martin Fehérváry (D) 0.00 0 0 0 24 21:10 0 +2 10 0 0 0 0
WSH Trevor van Riemsdyk (D) 0.00 0 0 0 22 16:11 0 +1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.00 0 0 0 27 20:59 0 -3 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
WSH Logan Thompson (G) +3.02% 0.949 1.2 2 37 60:00 39 W 0
BUF Colten Ellis (G) -3.30% 0.870 -0.8 3 20 54:08 23 - 0
BUF Alex Lyon (G) -50.01% 0.400 -2.5 3 2 05:52 5 L 0