Sabres 2 - 6 Capitals — Recap

Sat, Apr 4, 2026

11:00 PM

FinalRegular season

Capital One Arena

BUF

2–6

WSH

OL L OW W L

OL OL L OW W L

OW W W W OL OL L OW W L

L W OW W L

L W OW W L OL

L W OW W L OL W W OL W

Retroactive prediction

Wrong winner predicted

BUF 51%49% WSH

Probable score

4 - 3

Regulation win (home)

38%

OT / shootout probability

15%

Elo home / away

1515 / 1543

Likely goal scorers

2/6 correct

0.51 goal · 40%0

0.48 goal · 38%1

0.47 goal · 38%0

0.43 goal · 35%0

0.37 goal · 31%0

0.32 goal · 27%1

Likely goal scorers

2/6 correct

0.51 goal · 40%0

0.48 goal · 38%1

0.47 goal · 38%0

0.43 goal · 35%0

0.37 goal · 31%0

0.32 goal · 27%1

Likely assists

5/6 correct

0.36 assist · 30%2

0.33 assist · 28%1

0.33 assist · 28%1

0.29 assist · 25%1

0.28 assist · 25%1

0.28 assist · 24%0

Likely point getters

5/6 correct

0.75 point · 53%0

0.68 point · 49%2

0.66 point · 49%1

0.64 point · 47%1

0.59 point · 44%2

0.58 point · 44%2

Tonight's matchup

Tage Thompson

BUF · C · 81 GP

vs

Alex Ovechkin

WSH · L · 82 GP

BUF	Stat	WSH
40	G	32
41	A	32
81	PTS	64
14.7%	S%	13.1%
19.2	TOI	17.4

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

Mar 12WSH2–1BUF2025-26 Nov 1WSH3–4BUFSO2025-26 Mar 30BUF8–5WSH2024-25 Jan 6WSH3–4BUFSO2024-25 Dec 14BUF2–4WSH2024-25 Apr 11WSH2–4BUF2023-24 Apr 2WSH2–6BUF2023-24 Nov 22BUF3–4WSHOT2023-24

Result

Three stars

1

L. Thompson

G · WSH

0G · 0A · 0P

2

C. McMichael

L · WSH

1G · 1A · 2P

3

A. Protas

L · WSH

1G · 1A · 2P

Scoring summary

1st period

03:15
WSHJ. Chychrun(25)
A. Ovechkin (29), P. Dubois (11)
BUF 0–1 WSH
03:35
WSHD. Strome(18)
A. Protas (25), A. Ovechkin (30)
BUF 0–2 WSH
05:52
WSHC. McMichael(11)
J. Chychrun (34), P. Dubois (12)
BUF 0–3 WSH
06:30
BUFR. Dahlin(18)
J. Norris (18), A. Tuch (32)
BUF 1–3 WSH
12:15
BUFB. Malenstyn(7)
J. Greenway (5), R. Dahlin (51)
BUF 2–3 WSH

2nd period

06:06
WSHA. Protas(24)
BUF 2–4 WSH

3rd period

06:26
WSHR. Leonard(17)
C. Hutson (5), J. Sourdif (18)
BUF 2–5 WSH
08:55
WSHT. Wilson(29)SH
C. McMichael (30)
BUF 2–6 WSH

Team comparison

BUF	Stat	WSH
39	Shots	28
17	Hits	14
8	Blocked shots	11
14	PIM	20

Actual result

Goal scorers(8)

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(8)

Goal scorers(8)

Assists(11)

Points(15)