Sabres 8 - 5 Capitals — Recap

Sun, Mar 30, 2025

07:00 PM

FinalRegular season

Capital One Arena

BUF

8–5

WSH

L W W W L

L L W W W L

W L OW OW L L W W W L

L OL W W W

L OL W W W W

L OL W W W W L W W W

Retroactive prediction

Wrong winner predicted

BUF 34%66% WSH

Probable score

3 - 4

Regulation win (home)

59%

OT / shootout probability

14%

Elo home / away

1552 / 1470

Likely goal scorers

3/6 correct

Alex Ovechkin0.53 goal · 41%1

Tom Wilson0.46 goal · 37%0

Tage Thompson0.42 goal · 34%2

Alex Tuch0.38 goal · 31%2

Dylan Strome0.35 goal · 29%0

Connor McMichael0.33 goal · 28%0

Likely goal scorers

3/6 correct

Alex Ovechkin0.53 goal · 41%1

Tom Wilson0.46 goal · 37%0

Tage Thompson0.42 goal · 34%2

Alex Tuch0.38 goal · 31%2

Dylan Strome0.35 goal · 29%0

Connor McMichael0.33 goal · 28%0

Likely assists

1/6 correct

John Carlson0.44 assist · 36%0

Ryan McLeod0.33 assist · 28%0

Pierre-Luc Dubois0.31 assist · 26%0

Aliaksei Protas0.30 assist · 26%0

Alex Ovechkin0.30 assist · 26%2

Rasmus Dahlin0.29 assist · 25%0

Likely point getters

6/6 correct

Alex Ovechkin0.83 point · 56%3

Tom Wilson0.70 point · 50%1

Dylan Strome0.63 point · 47%2

Tage Thompson0.61 point · 46%2

Pierre-Luc Dubois0.59 point · 45%1

Aliaksei Protas0.59 point · 44%1

Tonight's matchup

Tage Thompson

BUF · C · 76 GP

vs

Dylan Strome

WSH · C · 82 GP

BUF	Stat	WSH
44	G	29
28	A	53
72	PTS	82
18.2%	S%	19.5%
18.8	TOI	17.4

BUF 5 – 3 WSH · goal diff (home) -0.88

Jan 6WSH3–4BUFSO2024-25 Dec 14BUF2–4WSH2024-25 Apr 11WSH2–4BUF2023-24 Apr 2WSH2–6BUF2023-24 Nov 22BUF3–4WSHOT2023-24 Mar 15BUF4–5WSHSO2022-23 Feb 26WSH4–7BUF2022-23 Jan 3BUF5–4WSHOT2022-23

Result

Three stars

1

A. Tuch

R · BUF

2G · 1A · 3P

2

T. Thompson

C · BUF

2G · 0A · 2P

3

J. Chychrun

D · WSH

2G · 0A · 2P

Scoring summary

1st period

10:06
WSHJ. Chychrun(19)
A. Ovechkin (25), D. Strome (46)
BUF 0–1 WSH
12:49
BUFT. Thompson(37)TYINGPP
A. Tuch (26), J. Peterka (35)
BUF 1–1 WSH

2nd period

02:14
BUFR. McLeod(18)
J. Quinn (19), O. Power (32)
BUF 2–1 WSH
02:46
WSHJ. Chychrun(20)TYING
BUF 2–2 WSH
05:17
BUFA. Tuch(30)
C. Clifton (12), J. Zucker (28)
BUF 3–2 WSH
11:52
BUFS. Lafferty(3)
C. Clifton (13)
BUF 4–2 WSH

3rd period

00:37
WSHA. Protas(30)SH
T. Wilson (29), M. Fehérváry (19)
BUF 4–3 WSH
01:28
BUFT. Thompson(38)PP
J. Zucker (29), J. Peterka (36)
BUF 5–3 WSH
05:52
BUFJ. Quinn(14)
BUF 6–3 WSH
09:11
WSHA. Ovechkin(37)
R. Sandin (24), T. van Riemsdyk (20)
BUF 6–4 WSH
14:03
WSHP. Dubois(19)PP
A. Ovechkin (26), D. Strome (47)
BUF 6–5 WSH
15:34
BUFA. Tuch(31)
M. Samuelsson (8)
BUF 7–5 WSH
19:36
BUFP. Krebs(8)EN
J. Quinn (20)
BUF 8–5 WSH

Team comparison

BUF	Stat	WSH
23	Shots	29
2	Power play	1
16	Hits	21
19	Blocked shots	12
6	PIM	12

Actual result

Goal scorers(10)

Retroactive prediction

Likely goal scorers

Likely goal scorers

Likely assists

Likely point getters

Tonight's matchup

Result

Three stars

Scoring summary

Team comparison

Actual result

Goal scorers(10)

Goal scorers(10)

Assists(13)

Points(20)