Washington Capitals Game Notes Fri, Nov 25, 2016 NHL Game #306 Washington Capitals 12 - 5 - 2 (26 pts) Buffalo Sabres 7 - 8 - 5 (19 pts) Team Game: 20 7 - 3 - 0 (Home) Team Game: 21 3 - 4 - 3 (Home) Home Game: 11 5 - 2 - 2 (Road) Road Game: 11 4 - 4 - 2 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 31 Philipp Grubauer 4 2 1 1 2.00 .925 31 Anders Nilsson 5 2 1 2 1.74 .951 70 Braden Holtby 15 10 4 1 2.05 .923 40 Robin Lehner 15 5 7 3 2.38 .922 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 2 D Matt Niskanen 19 0 9 9 2 6 4 D Josh Gorges 20 0 0 0 -2 21 4 D Taylor Chorney 2 0 1 1 1 0 6 D Cody Franson 20 1 4 5 -1 8 8 L Alex Ovechkin 19 12 4 16 0 10 9 L Evander Kane 9 0 2 2 -6 10 9 D Dmitry Orlov 19 1 6 7 7 10 10 L Cole Schneider 4 0 1 1 2 0 10 R Brett Connolly 11 1 0 1 0 10 12 R Brian Gionta 20 4 4 8 0 6 14 R Justin Williams 19 2 1 3 -3 12 19 C Cal O'Reilly 3 0 0 0 0 0 19 C Nicklas Backstrom 19 5 13 18 1 10 21 R Kyle Okposo 19 6 6 12 0 6 20 C Lars Eller 18 2 0 2 -2 18 22 C Johan Larsson 20 3 4 7 -4 10 26 L Daniel Winnik 12 2 1 3 3 6 23 C Sam Reinhart 20 3 6 9 -2 4 27 D Karl Alzner 19 2 2 4 6 8 26 L Matt Moulson 20 7 2 9 -3 2 43 R Tom Wilson 19 1 0 1 2 16 27 C Derek Grant 20 0 2 2 -3 17 44 D Brooks Orpik 19 0 5 5 8 4 28 C Zemgus Girgensons 20 1 3 4 -5 4 65 L Andre Burakovsky 19 2 7 9 0 2 29 D Jake McCabe 20 0 3 3 -2 12 74 D John Carlson 19 0 8 8 3 0 38 D Taylor Fedun 4 0 4 4 -1 0 77 R T.J. Oshie 17 8 4 12 10 10 41 D Justin Falk 7 0 0 0 -2 2 82 C Zachary Sanford 17 0 1 1 0 4 47 D Zach Bogosian 9 0 0 0 -2 6 83 C Jay Beagle 19 4 4 8 5 2 48 L William Carrier 10 1 0 1 2 2 88 D Nate Schmidt 17 0 5 5 1 4 55 D Rasmus Ristolainen 20 0 9 9 -2 12 90 L Marcus Johansson 19 7 6 13 5 4 77 D Dmitry Kulikov 12 0 0 0 -4 10 92 C Evgeny Kuznetsov 19 3 6 9 6 10 82 L Marcus Foligno 20 4 2 6 2 8 90 C Ryan O'Reilly 14 4 5 9 -1 4 Senior VP and General Manager Brian MacLellan Owner/CEO Terry Pegula Head Coach Barry Trotz President/Alternate Governor Russ Brandon Associate Coach/Assistant Coaches Todd Reirden/Blaine Forsythe, General Manager Tim Murray Lane Lambert Head Coach Dan Bylsma Goaltending Coach Mitch Korn Coaching Staff Terry Murray, Bob Woods, Video Coach/Analyst Brett Leonhardt/Tim Ohashi Tom Ward, Andrew Allen (Goaltending Coach), Adam Nightingale (Video Coach) Tonight's Officials Referees Kelly Sutherland (11), Jon McIsaac (2) Linesmen Kory Nagy (97), David Brisebois (96) Supervisor Video Judge Mike Jukoski Ntl. Anthem Caleb Green Today's Schedule CHI @ ANA : 1:00 NYR @ PHI : 1:00 NYI @ SJS : 1:00 PIT @ MIN : 3:00 WPG @ NSH : 5:00 BUF @ WSH : 5:00 EDM @ ARI : 7:00 CGY @ BOS : 7:30 VAN @ DAL : 7:30 DET @ NJD : 7:30 CBJ @ TBL : 7:30 Washington Capitals: Roster Active (22 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 2 Matt Niskanen D 6' 1" 200 Dec 6, 1986 Virginia, MN, USA 4 Taylor Chorney D 6' 0" 191 Apr 27, 1987 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 8 Alex Ovechkin L 6' 3" 239 Sep 17, 1985 Moscow, RUS 9 Dmitry Orlov D 5' 11" 212 Jul 23, 1991 Novokuznetsk, RUS 10 Brett Connolly R 6' 3" 194 May 2, 1992 Campbell River, BC, CAN 14 Justin Williams R 6' 1" 188 Oct 4, 1981 Cobourg, ON, CAN 19 Nicklas Backstrom C 6' 1" 213 Nov 23, 1987 Gävle, SWE 20 Lars Eller C 6' 2" 207 May 8, 1989 Rodovre, DNK 26 Daniel Winnik L 6' 2" 206 Mar 6, 1985 Toronto, ON, CAN 27 Karl Alzner D 6' 3" 219 Sep 24, 1988 Burnaby, BC, CAN 31 Philipp Grubauer G 6' 1" 182 Nov 25, 1991 Rosenheim, DEU 43 Tom Wilson R 6' 4" 217 Mar 29, 1994 Toronto, ON, CAN 44 Brooks Orpik D 6' 3" 219 Sep 26, 1980 San Francisco, CA, USA 65 Andre Burakovsky L 6' 3" 205 Feb 9, 1995 Klagenfurt, AUT 70 Braden Holtby G 6' 2" 217 Sep 16, 1989 Lloydminster, SK, CAN 74 John Carlson D 6' 3" 215 Jan 10, 1990 Natick, MA, USA 77 T.J. Oshie R 6' 0" 189 Dec 23, 1986 Everett, WA, USA 82 Zachary Sanford C 6' 4" 203 Nov 9, 1994 Salem, MA, USA 83 Jay Beagle C 6' 3" 215 Oct 16, 1985 Calgary, AB, CAN 88 Nate Schmidt D 6' 1" 194 Jul 16, 1991 St. Cloud, MN, USA 90 Marcus Johansson L 6' 1" 204 Oct 6, 1990 Landskrona, SWE 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 6' 2" 192 May 19, 1992 Chelyabinsk, RUS 22 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 205 Age: 27.8 Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks ALEX OVECHKIN (4 / 2 Games) NICKLAS BACKSTROM (2 / 2 Games) NICKLAS BACKSTROM (1-2-3 / 2 Games) ALEX OVECHKIN (4-0-4 / 2 Games) Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 4 Josh Gorges D 6' 1" 204 Aug 14, 1984 Kelowna, BC, CAN 6 Cody Franson D 6' 5" 224 Aug 8, 1987 Sicamous, BC, CAN 9 Evander Kane L 6' 2" 211 Aug 2, 1991 Vancouver, BC, CAN 10 Cole Schneider L 6' 1" 200 Aug 26, 1990 Williamsville, NY, USA 12 Brian Gionta R 5' 7" 178 Jan 18, 1979 Rochester, NY, USA 19 Cal O'Reilly C 6' 0" 193 Sep 30, 1986 Toronto, ON, CAN 21 Kyle Okposo R 6' 0" 218 Apr 16, 1988 St. Paul, MN, USA 22 Johan Larsson C 5' 11" 200 Jul 25, 1992 Lau, SWE 23 Sam Reinhart C 6' 1" 193 Nov 6, 1995 West Vancouver, BC, CAN 26 Matt Moulson L 6' 1" 200 Nov 1, 1983 North York, ON, CAN 27 Derek Grant C 6' 3" 212 Apr 20, 1990 Abbotsford, BC, CAN 28 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' 2" 200 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA 29 Jake McCabe D 6' 1" 209 Oct 12, 1993 Eau Claire, WI, USA 31 Anders Nilsson G 6' 6" 229 Mar 19, 1990 Lulea, SWE 38 Taylor Fedun D 6' 1" 198 Jun 4, 1988 Edmonton, AB, CAN 40 Robin Lehner G 6' 4" 239 Jul 24, 1991 Gothenburg, SWE 41 Justin Falk D 6' 5" 222 Oct 11, 1988 Snowflake, MB, CAN 47 Zach Bogosian D 6' 3" 228 Jul 15, 1990 Massena, NY, USA 48 William Carrier L 6' 2" 212 Dec 20, 1994 LaSalle, QC, CAN 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 203 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN 77 Dmitry Kulikov D 6' 1" 204 Oct 29, 1990 Lipetsk, RUS 82 Marcus Foligno L 6' 3" 228 Aug 10, 1991 Buffalo, NY, USA 90 Ryan O'Reilly C 6' 1" 210 Feb 7, 1991 Clinton, ON, CAN 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 209 Age: 26.8 Injured Reserve List (4 Players) 8 Cody McCormick C 6' 2" 222 Apr 18, 1983 London, ON, CAN 15 Jack Eichel C 6' 2" 196 Oct 28, 1996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA 44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 6' 1" 216 Feb 22, 1991 LaSalle, QC, CAN 63 Tyler Ennis L 5' 9" 175 Oct 6, 1989 Edmonton, AB, CAN Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks No active streaks No active streaks Washington Capitals: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 19 Nicklas Backstrom 19 5 13 18 1 10 0 0 1 40 12.5 18:28 54.78 19 7 L 8 Alex Ovechkin 19 12 4 16 0 10 4 0 4 80 15.0 18:18 0.00 50 5 L 90 Marcus Johansson 19 7 6 13 5 4 2 0 3 35 20.0 17:28 50.00 9 0 R 77 T.J. Oshie 17 8 4 12 10 10 2 1 1 37 21.6 17:11 48.93 18 10 C 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov 19 3 6 9 6 10 0 0 0 30 10.0 17:16 41.13 10 5 L 65 Andre Burakovsky 19 2 7 9 0 2 0 0 0 36 5.6 14:49 0.00 8 7 D 2 Matt Niskanen 19 0 9 9 2 6 0 0 0 34 0.0 22:44 0.00 24 25 C 83 Jay Beagle 19 4 4 8 5 2 0 1 2 27 14.8 12:39 58.74 11 10 D 74 John Carlson 19 0 8 8 3 0 0 0 0 45 0.0 23:02 0.00 15 27 D 9 Dmitry Orlov 19 1 6 7 7 10 0 0 0 30 3.3 19:10 0.00 29 23 D 44 Brooks Orpik 19 0 5 5 8 4 0 0 0 15 0.0 16:54 0.00 40 32 D 88 Nate Schmidt 17 0 5 5 1 4 0 0 0 17 0.0 14:49 0.00 14 9 D 27 Karl Alzner 19 2 2 4 6 8 0 0 0 22 9.1 20:17 0.00 21 27 R 14 Justin Williams 19 2 1 3 -3 12 1 0 0 38 5.3 15:46 66.66 5 10 L 26 Daniel Winnik 12 2 1 3 3 6 0 0 1 8 25.0 10:21 50.00 4 5 C 20 Lars Eller 18 2 0 2 -2 18 0 0 0 23 8.7 13:54 49.02 12 4 R 10 Brett Connolly 11 1 0 1 0 10 0 0 0 12 8.3 10:01 0.00 24 1 R 43 Tom Wilson 19 1 0 1 2 16 0 0 0 20 5.0 13:19 0.00 39 5 D 4 Taylor Chorney 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 12:58 0.00 1 1 C 82 Zachary Sanford 17 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 15 0.0 10:25 56.25 9 5 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 31 Philipp Grubauer 4 240 2.00 2 1 1 1 8 99 .925 0 0 0 70 Braden Holtby 15 906 2.05 10 4 1 1 31 372 .923 0 0 0 Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks R 21 Kyle Okposo 19 6 6 12 0 6 2 0 0 55 10.9 19:21 52.11 16 6 L 26 Matt Moulson 20 7 2 9 -3 2 6 0 1 48 14.6 14:40 0.00 11 8 C 90 Ryan O'Reilly 14 4 5 9 -1 4 2 0 1 48 8.3 21:50 59.50 2 6 C 23 Sam Reinhart 20 3 6 9 -2 4 2 0 1 48 6.3 17:16 39.82 4 8 D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 20 0 9 9 -2 12 0 0 0 44 0.0 26:09 0.00 45 35 R 12 Brian Gionta 20 4 4 8 0 6 0 0 1 47 8.5 17:24 46.66 15 9 C 22 Johan Larsson 20 3 4 7 -4 10 1 0 2 28 10.7 17:52 50.33 23 18 L 82 Marcus Foligno 20 4 2 6 2 8 0 0 0 36 11.1 16:27 0.00 70 15 D 6 Cody Franson 20 1 4 5 -1 8 1 0 0 29 3.4 18:11 0.00 15 19 C 28 Zemgus Girgensons 20 1 3 4 -5 4 0 0 0 34 2.9 12:46 51.51 27 9 D 38 Taylor Fedun 4 0 4 4 -1 0 0 0 0 3 0.0 15:43 0.00 1 1 D 29 Jake McCabe 20 0 3 3 -2 12 0 0 0 14 0.0 20:40 0.00 21 21 L 63 Tyler Ennis 12 1 1 2 -6 0 0 0 0 29 3.4 13:43 0.00 5 3 L 9 Evander Kane 9 0 2 2 -6 10 0 0 0 19 0.0 18:35 50.00 20 4 C 27 Derek Grant 20 0 2 2 -3 17 0 0 0 18 0.0 11:24 52.00 15 11 L 48 William Carrier 10 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 17 5.9 08:20 50.00 40 2 L 10 Cole Schneider 4 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 6 0.0 07:08 0.00 3 2 D 4 Josh Gorges 20 0 0 0 -2 21 0 0 0 9 0.0 19:25 0.00 49 38 C 19 Cal O'Reilly 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 11:31 44.44 0 0 D 41 Justin Falk 7 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 4 0.0 13:04 0.00 15 3 L 44 Nicolas Deslauriers 7 0 0 0 -3 4 0 0 0 6 0.0 08:43 0.00 16 1 D 47 Zach Bogosian 9 0 0 0 -2 6 0 0 0 13 0.0 18:59 0.00 6 15 D 77 Dmitry Kulikov 12 0 0 0 -4 10 0 0 0 6 0.0 22:35 0.00 12 13 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 31 Anders Nilsson 5 310 1.74 2 1 2 1 9 176 .951 0 0 0 40 Robin Lehner 15 907 2.38 5 7 3 0 36 424 .922 0 0 0 Buffalo Sabres @ Washington Capitals Team Records Buffalo Sabres Washington Capitals Last game: Wednesday VS DETROIT (2-1 O) Wednesday VS ST.