Buffalo Sabres 2, Washington Capitals 6: final score and stats
Washington Capitals beat Buffalo Sabres, Buffalo Sabres 2 to Washington Capitals 6, on Saturday, April 4, 2026 at Capital One Arena, Washington, DC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLSaturday, April 4, 2026
DateApr 4, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueCapital One Arena, Washington, DC
TVESPN+
Attendance18,347
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Washington Capitals | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresWashington Capitals
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
46-23-8Record39-29-9
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding4th in Metropolitan Division
4-4Road record / home record7-4
LWLWWLast 5WWLLW
L1StreakW2
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
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin 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 ReservePatrick Thomas C · Upper Body
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 | -2 | 15:20 | 2:59 | 0:00 | 12:21 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 12:57 | 2:24 | 0:00 | 10:33 | 19 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13:32 | 0:15 | 2:11 | 11:06 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12:15 | 0:15 | 0:18 | 11:42 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:05 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12:27 | 0:15 | 0:37 | 11:35 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 16:53 | 2:41 | 0:38 | 13:34 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 63.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Norris | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:48 | 5:15 | 0:00 | 10:33 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 58.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 18:27 | 5:30 | 0:00 | 12:57 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 19:20 | 5:15 | 0:00 | 14:05 | 22 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:20 | 2:36 | 1:52 | 11:52 | 24 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:20 | 4:55 | 0:00 | 13:25 | 22 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Byram | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 20:59 | 2:26 | 1:22 | 17:11 | 27 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22:28 | 5:47 | 0:00 | 16:41 | 26 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Metsa | 1 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 15:15 | 0:00 | 2:10 | 13:05 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 20:22 | 0:00 | 0:37 | 19:45 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:54 | 0:22 | 0:47 | 18:45 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Logan Stanley | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 13:18 | 0:00 | 0:36 | 12:42 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colten Ellis | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .870 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 54:08 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Lyon | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .400 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5:52 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:44 | 0:00 | 4:33 | 11:11 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pierre-Luc Dubois | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:58 | 1:52 | 0:00 | 11:06 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 53.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Duhaime | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:43 | 0:00 | 1:15 | 10:28 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethen Frank | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:34 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:34 | 15 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:05 | 0:00 | 0:03 | 11:02 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leonard | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12:55 | 1:52 | 0:00 | 11:03 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Connor McMichael | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16:03 | 0:55 | 2:48 | 12:20 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:01 | 2:47 | 0:00 | 14:14 | 22 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:15 | 0:00 | 2:46 | 13:29 | 22 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Sourdif | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:25 | 0:51 | 0:03 | 14:31 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 77.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Strome | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:38 | 0:53 | 0:11 | 15:34 | 23 | 1 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 44.4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tom Wilson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:19 | 1:56 | 4:05 | 11:18 | 23 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakob Chychrun | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19:40 | 1:54 | 0:59 | 16:47 | 22 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Fehervary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:10 | 0:00 | 5:17 | 15:53 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| Cole Hutson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18:58 | 0:55 | 0:00 | 18:03 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Matt Roy | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 20:56 | 0:00 | 4:17 | 16:39 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Sandin | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 20:25 | 0:00 | 3:36 | 16:49 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:11 | 0:00 | 2:15 | 13:56 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Washington Capitals Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logan Thompson | 2 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 37 | .949 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals?
Washington Capitals won, 6-2, on Saturday, April 4, 2026.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals?
Buffalo Sabres 2, Washington Capitals 6.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Rasmus Dahlin (1 goals). Washington Capitals: Connor McMichael (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals played?
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC.
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