Washington Capitals 3, Buffalo Sabres 4: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Washington Capitals, Washington Capitals 3 to Buffalo Sabres 4, on Saturday, November 1, 2025 at KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals.
NHLSaturday, November 1, 2025
DateNov 1, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueKeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance19,070
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | OT2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Capitals | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Washington CapitalsBuffalo Sabres
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
6-5-1Record5-4-3
4th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding6th in Atlantic Division
3-2Road record / home record4-6
WWLLWLast 5LLWLW
W2StreakL2
Team stats
Washington CapitalsBuffalo Sabres
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.
Washington Capitals
Rasmus Sandin D · Knee - Surgery
Injured ReserveVincent Desharnais D · Abdomen - Surgery
Injured ReservePatrick Thomas C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBuffalo Sabres
Konsta Helenius C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBox score
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 | 0 | 17:27 | 0:04 | 0:15 | 17:08 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nic Dowd | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 16:41 | 0:07 | 3:58 | 12:36 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Duhaime | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:13 | 0:00 | 2:52 | 11:21 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hendrix Lapierre | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9:27 | 1:03 | 0:00 | 8:24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Leonard | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:14 | 3:17 | 0:00 | 8:57 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Connor McMichael | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:48 | 2:31 | 1:32 | 12:45 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 27.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sonny Milano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:07 | 2:36 | 0:00 | 6:31 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Ovechkin | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 19:15 | 6:43 | 0:00 | 12:32 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aliaksei Protas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:25 | 0:00 | 1:50 | 16:35 | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Sourdif | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 13:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:02 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Strome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:13 | 5:20 | 0:17 | 16:36 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Wilson | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 15:32 | 4:40 | 1:14 | 9:38 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 4 | 19 |
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 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 28:05 | 5:24 | 2:07 | 20:34 | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Declan Chisholm | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:39 | 2:36 | 0:46 | 10:17 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jakob Chychrun | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27:21 | 5:19 | 1:10 | 20:52 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Fehervary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:55 | 0:00 | 2:11 | 15:44 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Roy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:44 | 0:09 | 3:06 | 16:29 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:00 | 0:11 | 2:42 | 13:07 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Washington Capitals Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Lindgren | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .875 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 64:52 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Doan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:32 | 3:53 | 0:00 | 11:39 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Dunne | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 11:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:51 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Greenway | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13:28 | 0:00 | 4:14 | 9:14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Peyton Krebs | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:08 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 15:02 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jiri Kulich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:19 | 0:39 | 0:01 | 10:39 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 12:42 | 0:00 | 3:02 | 9:40 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan McLeod | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:05 | 1:24 | 3:45 | 12:56 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 31.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:23 | 2:10 | 2:09 | 12:04 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isak Rosen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:44 | 3:48 | 0:00 | 10:56 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:23 | 3:58 | 0:18 | 15:07 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 60.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Tuch | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:14 | 2:05 | 2:24 | 15:45 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:07 | 3:53 | 0:06 | 11:08 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:54 | 2:01 | 0:05 | 16:48 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26:12 | 3:54 | 0:10 | 22:08 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Kesselring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:27 | 0:00 | 3:12 | 15:15 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:54 | 2:06 | 3:06 | 14:42 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 2 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 20:22 | 0:00 | 4:43 | 15:39 | 30 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Timmins | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:47 | 0:03 | 4:45 | 12:59 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 3 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .912 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 64:28 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres?
Buffalo Sabres won, 4-3, on Saturday, November 1, 2025.
What was the final score of Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres?
Washington Capitals 3, Buffalo Sabres 4.
Who were the top performers?
Washington Capitals: Dylan Strome (1 goals). Buffalo Sabres: Tage Thompson (1 goals).
Where is Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres played?
KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY.
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