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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP

Washington 4, Buffalo 3

When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 15, 2018
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Pierre Lambert, Francois St. Laurent
Linesmen: Shandor Alphonso, Bryan Pancich
Attendance: 18506

Final Scoring Summary

Final OT	1	2	3	OT	T
Buffalo	1	2	0	0	3
Washington	2	1	0	1SO	4

Periods:

Buffalo		Washington
	0:00	Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
	0:06	Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
Rasmus Ristolainen hits Jakub Vrana.	0:16
	0:17	Shot by Tom Wilson misses the net
	0:25	Tom Wilson hits Rasmus Ristolainen.
	0:27	Shot by Jakub Vrana misses the net
	0:35	Tom Wilson hits Jeff Skinner.
	0:41	Michal Kempny penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jack Eichel.
	0:41	Devante Smith-Pelly wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt.
	1:30	Tom Wilson shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
	1:54	John Carlson blocks shot from Rasmus Dahlin.
	2:04	Lars Eller shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	2:29
Sam Reinhart shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	2:39
Jack Eichel scores. Assisted by Sam Reinhart and Rasmus Dahlin.	2:41
	2:41	Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Vladimir Sobotka.
	2:51	Giveaway by T.J. Oshie.
	3:15	Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
	3:24	Madison Bowey hits Jason Pominville.
	3:27	Michal Kempny blocks shot from Matt Tennyson.
	3:29	Michal Kempny hits Vladimir Sobotka.
	3:29	Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues.
Giveaway by Carter Hutton.	3:37
	3:39	Brett Connolly scores. Assisted by Devante Smith-Pelly.
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.	3:39
Zach Bogosian blocks shot from Jakub Vrana.	3:50
	3:59	Shot by Tom Wilson misses the net
Kyle Okposo wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.	4:06
	4:27	Nic Dowd hits Kyle Okposo.
	4:48	Giveaway by Chandler Stephenson.
Takeaway by Marco Scandella.	5:27
Rasmus Ristolainen shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	5:35
	5:36	Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
Takeaway by Jack Eichel.	5:42
Rasmus Ristolainen blocks shot from Evgeny Kuznetsov.	5:48
	6:03	Jonas Siegenthaler blocks shot from Evan Rodrigues.
	7:23	Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt.
	7:30	Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
	7:31	Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues.
	7:38	Shot by T.J. Oshie misses the net
	8:27	Nic Dowd hits Rasmus Dahlin.
Shot by Zach Bogosian misses the net	8:46
Vladimir Sobotka hits Jonas Siegenthaler.	8:51
	9:00	Nic Dowd blocks shot from Rasmus Dahlin.
	9:39	Takeaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov.
	9:41	Jakub Vrana scores. Assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov.
	9:41	Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson.
	10:10	John Carlson shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Evan Rodrigues penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by John Carlson.	10:12
	10:12	Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson.
	10:24	Shot by John Carlson misses the net
Giveaway by Zach Bogosian.	10:26
	10:37	Shot by Evgeny Kuznetsov misses the net
	11:20	Shot by Evgeny Kuznetsov misses the net
	11:45	Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
	11:50	Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net
Takeaway by Rasmus Ristolainen.	12:09
Shot by Conor Sheary misses the net	12:49
	12:55	Giveaway by Pheonix Copley.
Kyle Okposo shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	12:57
	13:04	Chandler Stephenson hits Rasmus Dahlin.
Casey Mittelstadt blocks shot from Chandler Stephenson.	13:10
	13:17	Chandler Stephenson hits Rasmus Dahlin.
	14:05	Shot by Michal Kempny misses the net
	14:10	T.J. Oshie shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Marco Scandella blocks shot from Nicklas Backstrom.	14:14
	14:18	T.J. Oshie shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Marco Scandella hits T.J. Oshie.	14:21
Marco Scandella hits Alex Ovechkin.	14:35
Vladimir Sobotka blocks shot from Jonas Siegenthaler.	14:36
Giveaway by Matt Tennyson.	15:07
	15:09	Shot by Tom Wilson misses the net
Matt Tennyson hits Evgeny Kuznetsov.	15:17
Jack Eichel hits Tom Wilson.	15:24
	15:32	Tom Wilson hits Matt Tennyson.
Shot by Jeff Skinner misses the net	15:33
Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.	16:06
	16:38	Brett Connolly blocks shot from Zach Bogosian.
Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	16:50
	17:29	Nicklas Backstrom blocks shot from Conor Sheary.
	17:37	Shot by T.J. Oshie misses the net
Shot by Jason Pominville misses the net	18:24
Jason Pominville shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	18:41
	18:52	Giveaway by Matt Niskanen.
	18:53	Dmitry Orlov hits Tage Thompson.
Jason Pominville shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	18:56
	18:56	Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
	19:02	Tom Wilson blocks shot from Zach Bogosian.
	19:08	Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Jeff Skinner.
Johan Larsson wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.	19:21
Zach Bogosian blocks shot from Jakub Vrana.	19:30
Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.	19:56

Buffalo		Washington
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.	0:00
	0:15	Giveaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov.
	0:26	Tom Wilson shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
	0:43	Takeaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov.
	0:50	Michal Kempny penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Sam Reinhart.
Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.	0:50
Shot by Nathan Beaulieu misses the net	1:14
Kyle Okposo shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	1:19
Kyle Okposo shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	1:20
	1:32	Tom Wilson hits Nathan Beaulieu.
	2:00	Dmitry Orlov blocks shot from Jack Eichel.
Jack Eichel scores a power play goal. Assisted by Rasmus Dahlin and Rasmus Ristolainen.	2:25
	2:25	T.J. Oshie wins the faceoff against Tage Thompson.
Vladimir Sobotka wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.	2:47
Vladimir Sobotka wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.	3:23
Giveaway by Marco Scandella.	3:29
	4:16	Giveaway by Pheonix Copley.
Shot by Zemgus Girgensons misses the net	4:17
Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	4:33
	4:42	Lars Eller shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
	4:44	Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Evan Rodrigues.
Rasmus Ristolainen blocks shot from Michal Kempny.	4:47
Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.	4:48
	5:16	Nic Dowd hits Casey Mittelstadt.
	5:27	Shot by Travis Boyd misses the net
Kyle Okposo blocks shot from Jonas Siegenthaler.	5:38
Kyle Okposo hits Jonas Siegenthaler.	5:49
	5:51	Nic Dowd hits Kyle Okposo.
	6:10	Madison Bowey penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jack Eichel.
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.	6:10
Shot by Jack Eichel misses the net	6:47
Shot by Rasmus Dahlin misses the net	6:55
Takeaway by Jeff Skinner.	7:02
Takeaway by Rasmus Dahlin.	7:07
	7:20	Michal Kempny blocks shot from Jeff Skinner.
Rasmus Dahlin scores a power play goal. Assisted by Jeff Skinner and Sam Reinhart.	7:21
	7:21	Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Vladimir Sobotka.
	7:32	Shot by Nicklas Backstrom misses the net
Vladimir Sobotka wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.	7:42
	7:52	Giveaway by Matt Niskanen.
Tage Thompson shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	7:59
Marco Scandella shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	8:07
Tage Thompson penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by T.J. Oshie.	8:12
Johan Larsson wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie.	8:12
	9:26	Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
	9:55	Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
	10:00	Alex Ovechkin hits Zach Bogosian.
	10:11	Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt.
	10:18	Travis Boyd shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Tage Thompson wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.	10:20
	10:28	Takeaway by Dmitry Orlov.
	10:31	Shot by Chandler Stephenson misses the net
Rasmus Ristolainen hits Nic Dowd.	10:49
	10:53	Matt Niskanen shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
	10:54	Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson.
	10:59	Madison Bowey shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie.	11:00
	11:20	Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Zach Bogosian blocks shot from John Carlson.	11:42
Zach Bogosian shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	11:50
	11:51	Michal Kempny penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Sam Reinhart.
Sam Reinhart penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Pheonix Copley.	11:51
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.	11:51
	12:39	Tom Wilson hits Jack Eichel.
	12:46	Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Kyle Okposo.
Marco Scandella hits Lars Eller.	13:05
	13:24	Shot by Jonas Siegenthaler misses the net
	13:31	Jakub Vrana shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Vladimir Sobotka wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.	13:32
	13:46	Alex Ovechkin scores. Assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and Dmitry Orlov.
	13:46	Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	14:06
	14:08	Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Jeff Skinner.
Shot by Jeff Skinner misses the net	14:12
	14:25	Giveaway by Jakub Vrana.
	14:34	Matt Niskanen hits Jeff Skinner.
	14:40	Jakub Vrana shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Zach Bogosian penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Tom Wilson.	14:42
Johan Larsson wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie.	14:42
	14:57	Giveaway by Nicklas Backstrom.
	15:54	Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Johan Larsson wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.	15:55
Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin.	16:02
	16:06	John Carlson shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
	16:10	Alex Ovechkin hits Rasmus Ristolainen.
Rasmus Ristolainen hits Alex Ovechkin.	16:13
Matt Tennyson hits Chandler Stephenson.	17:02
	17:14	Takeaway by Matt Niskanen.
Jeff Skinner hits Matt Niskanen.	17:37
	17:58	Brett Connolly shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
	18:09	Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt.
	18:30	Devante Smith-Pelly hits Marco Scandella.
	18:39	Madison Bowey hits Casey Mittelstadt.
	18:46	Madison Bowey shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Kyle Okposo hits Madison Bowey.	18:52
	18:55	Shot by Lars Eller misses the net
	19:33	Giveaway by T.J. Oshie.

Buffalo		Washington
	0:00	Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
	0:06	Shot by Tom Wilson misses the net
	0:13	Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
	0:14	Shot by Evgeny Kuznetsov misses the net
Marco Scandella penalty for delay of game - 2 mins (Minor).	0:16
	0:16	Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson.
	0:43	Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
	0:44	T.J. Oshie wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson.
	0:55	Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net
	1:27	Shot by T.J. Oshie misses the net
	1:52	Brett Connolly shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.	2:24
Kyle Okposo shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	3:44
Giveaway by Marco Scandella.	3:56
	3:58	Shot by Brett Connolly misses the net
	4:01	Brett Connolly hits Conor Sheary.
	4:14	Jonas Siegenthaler hits Casey Mittelstadt.
Zach Bogosian blocks shot from T.J. Oshie.	4:29
Jason Pominville hits Michal Kempny.	4:46
	4:56	Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Jeff Skinner.
	5:08	Alex Ovechkin hits Rasmus Ristolainen.
Jeff Skinner shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	5:22
	5:38	Takeaway by Tom Wilson.
	5:50	Shot by Jonas Siegenthaler misses the net
	5:55	Matt Niskanen shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
	5:56	Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson.
	6:33	Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Johan Larsson wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.	6:40
	6:50	Madison Bowey shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Matt Tennyson hits Lars Eller.	7:03
	7:04	Shot by Lars Eller misses the net
	7:48	Nic Dowd hits Rasmus Ristolainen.
	7:51	Takeaway by Chandler Stephenson.
Vladimir Sobotka wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.	7:53
	9:08	Shot by Evgeny Kuznetsov misses the net
	9:31	Michal Kempny blocks shot from Jack Eichel.
	9:40	Tom Wilson hits Jack Eichel.
Evan Rodrigues hits Madison Bowey.	9:52
	10:11	Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin.
Marco Scandella blocks shot from Brett Connolly.	10:46
	10:59	Devante Smith-Pelly hits Casey Mittelstadt.
	11:24	Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Vladimir Sobotka.
	11:30	Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Vladimir Sobotka.
	11:53	Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
	11:58	Jakub Vrana shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Giveaway by Jack Eichel.	12:12
	12:19	Tom Wilson shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Shot by Jack Eichel misses the net	12:27
	12:40	Michal Kempny shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
	12:41	Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Johan Larsson.
	12:46	Alex Ovechkin hits Evan Rodrigues.
	13:14	Takeaway by T.J. Oshie.
	13:25	Takeaway by T.J. Oshie.
Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.	13:46
	14:09	Giveaway by Jonas Siegenthaler.
Shot by Casey Mittelstadt misses the net	14:12
Casey Mittelstadt blocks shot from Devante Smith-Pelly.	14:26
	14:36	Devante Smith-Pelly hits Casey Mittelstadt.
	15:13	Tom Wilson hits Rasmus Ristolainen.
Jason Pominville shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	15:15
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.	15:16
	15:22	Takeaway by Jakub Vrana.
	16:20	Shot by Nicklas Backstrom misses the net
Johan Larsson wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie.	16:21
	16:41	Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Casey Mittelstadt.
	17:00	Dmitry Orlov blocks shot from Kyle Okposo.
	18:08	Brett Connolly hits Vladimir Sobotka.
	18:21	Devante Smith-Pelly hits Rasmus Dahlin.
Jeff Skinner shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	18:58
Shot by Sam Reinhart misses the net	19:00
Jeff Skinner shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	19:06
	19:18	Tom Wilson hits Rasmus Ristolainen.
Zach Bogosian blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin.	19:58

1 OT

Buffalo		Washington
	0:00	Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
Rasmus Ristolainen shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	0:19
Rasmus Ristolainen shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	0:20
	0:33	Shot by John Carlson misses the net
Evan Rodrigues wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.	0:41
Marco Scandella shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	0:44
Tage Thompson shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	1:58
	2:16	Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin.
	2:22	Lars Eller blocks shot from Jack Eichel.
	2:36	T.J. Oshie shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Evan Rodrigues shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	3:08
	3:27	T.J. Oshie hits Evan Rodrigues.
	3:29	T.J. Oshie penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Evan Rodrigues.
Evan Rodrigues penalty for roughing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by T.J. Oshie.	3:29
Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.	3:29
Giveaway by Tage Thompson.	3:49
	3:55	Jakub Vrana shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Rasmus Ristolainen shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	4:07
	4:17	Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Carter Hutton.
Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Pheonix Copley.	4:43
Takeaway by Rasmus Dahlin.	4:56
Shot by Jack Eichel misses the net	4:59

Shootout

Round 1

BUF	Jack Eichel misses the net.
WAS	T.J. Oshie misses the net.

Round 2

WAS	Evgeny Kuznetsov scores on shootout attempt.
BUF	Shootout attempt by Tage Thompson. Saved by Pheonix Copley.

Round 3

WAS	Shootout attempt by Nicklas Backstrom. Saved by Carter Hutton.
BUF	Casey Mittelstadt scores on shootout attempt.

Round 4

WAS	Alex Ovechkin scores on shootout attempt.
BUF	Shootout attempt by Jason Pominville. Saved by Pheonix Copley.