Buffalo Sabres 8, Washington Capitals 5: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Washington Capitals, Buffalo Sabres 8 to Washington Capitals 5, on Sunday, March 30, 2025 at Capital One Arena, Washington, DC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLSunday, March 30, 2025
DateMar 30, 2025
Start time3:00 PM ET
VenueCapital One Arena, Washington, DC
TVESPN+
Attendance18,573
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Washington Capitals | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresWashington Capitals
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
31-36-6Record47-17-9
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding4th in Metropolitan Division
4-5Road record / home record7-4
LLLWLLast 5LWWLL
L3StreakL1
Team stats
Buffalo SabresWashington Capitals
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Buffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveWashington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveVincent Desharnais D · Abdomen - Surgery
Injured ReserveBox score
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:58 | 2:16 | 1:20 | 12:22 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:25 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:25 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:08 | 0:00 | 0:35 | 11:33 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiri Kulich | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 15:20 | 2:12 | 0:01 | 13:07 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Lafferty | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:46 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:14 | 0:00 | 0:23 | 10:51 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan McLeod | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:27 | 2:12 | 1:47 | 13:28 | 25 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 53.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| JJ Peterka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:27 | 6:04 | 0:00 | 13:23 | 21 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16:39 | 2:12 | 0:00 | 14:27 | 22 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:43 | 6:04 | 0:03 | 11:36 | 23 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17:57 | 6:00 | 2:00 | 9:57 | 21 | 2 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:18 | 6:04 | 0:00 | 10:14 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Bernard-Docker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:55 | 0:00 | 1:04 | 11:51 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bowen Byram | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:46 | 0:00 | 0:30 | 20:16 | 27 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Connor Clifton | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 19:05 | 0:00 | 2:05 | 17:00 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:18 | 5:43 | 0:00 | 16:35 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:20 | 2:33 | 0:28 | 15:19 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:20 | 0:00 | 2:04 | 16:16 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Reimer | 5 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .828 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 59:49 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Beauvillier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:17 | 0:02 | 0:00 | 13:15 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:58 | 0:00 | 5:12 | 7:46 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 61.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 18:23 | 2:16 | 0:07 | 16:00 | 22 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| Brandon Duhaime | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:36 | 0:00 | 4:26 | 8:10 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Eller | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:18 | 0:00 | 0:50 | 12:28 | 17 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 45.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Mangiapane | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 10:57 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 10:10 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Connor McMichael | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:20 | 0:50 | 0:34 | 12:56 | 17 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 16:22 | 3:05 | 0:00 | 13:17 | 18 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 15:14 | 0:00 | 2:54 | 12:20 | 20 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Raddysh | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:00 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Strome | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 17:21 | 2:15 | 0:05 | 15:01 | 19 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 20:50 | 2:15 | 2:24 | 16:11 | 23 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
Washington Capitals Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Carlson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 26:12 | 2:18 | 4:57 | 18:57 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jakob Chychrun | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 21:09 | 0:47 | 0:00 | 20:22 | 21 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Fehervary | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:06 | 0:00 | 6:16 | 13:50 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roy | 2 | 3 | 1 | -2 | 17:56 | 0:00 | 3:33 | 14:23 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Sandin | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:46 | 0:50 | 0:00 | 15:56 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:37 | 0:00 | 1:46 | 13:51 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Thompson | 7 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .682 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 58:22 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals?
Buffalo Sabres won, 8-5, on Sunday, March 30, 2025.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals?
Buffalo Sabres 8, Washington Capitals 5.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Alex Tuch (2 goals). Washington Capitals: Jakob Chychrun (2 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals played?
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC.
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