National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 4, Washington 1
Saturday, January 16, 2016 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, January 16, 2016
Where: First Niagara Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Brad Meier, Ian Walsh
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Devin Berg
Attendance: 19070
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 0011
Buffalo 2204
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
10:30 - Sabres Philip Varone (EV) Assists: Rasmus Ristolainen , Zach Bogosian
16:00 - Sabres Tim Schaller (SH) Unassisted
Penalties
12:14 - Sabres Mark Pysyk (2) Elbowing
 14:33 - Sabres Jack Eichel (2) Tripping
 18:05 - Capitals Taylor Chorney (2) Holding
2nd Period
Scoring
7:14 - Sabres Evander Kane (EV) Assists: Ryan O'Reilly , Sam Reinhart
15:37 - Sabres Cody Franson (PP) Assists: Evander Kane , Zach Bogosian
Penalties
2:25 - Capitals Zach Sill (2) Holding
 9:29 - Sabres Philip Varone (2) Tripping
 14:30 - Capitals T.J. Oshie (2) Slashing
 18:50 - Capitals Taylor Chorney (2) Slashing
 20:00 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Roughing
 20:00 - Sabres Sam Reinhart (2) Roughing
3rd Period
Scoring
2:54 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (EV) Assists: Jason Chimera
Penalties
7:20 - Sabres Mark Pysyk (2) Interference
 10:43 - Sabres Marcus Foligno (5) Fighting
 10:43 - Capitals Tom Wilson (5) Fighting
 12:48 - Capitals Aaron Ness (2) Holding
 14:12 - Sabres Zach Bogosian (2) Roughing
 14:12 - Capitals Jason Chimera (2) Roughing
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 32:46
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 27:14
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 E 0 3 26:53
Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 E 4 0 12:39
Alex Ovechkin LW 0 0 0 -2 0 4 21:11
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 18:51
Mike Richards C 0 0 0 E 0 1 13:01
Justin Williams RW 0 0 0 -2 0 4 15:54
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 E 0 4 19:21
Zach Sill C 0 0 0 E 2 4 11:26
Jason Chimera LW 0 1 1 E 2 2 15:29
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 E 0 3 23:09
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 +1 7 0 11:18
Michael Latta C 0 0 0 E 0 1 12:03
Aaron Ness D 0 0 0 E 2 0 12:48
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 9:45
T.J. Oshie RW 0 0 0 -1 2 3 17:35
Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 17:39
Marcus Johansson LW 1 0 1 E 0 1 15:34
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 16:17
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Chad Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 59:38
Robin Lehner G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -1 4 0 15:16
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 21:47
Evander Kane LW 1 1 2 +2 0 5 19:58
Brian Gionta RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 17:38
Jack Eichel C 0 0 0 E 2 1 16:13
David Legwand C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 14:12
Johan Larsson LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 17:10
Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 +1 2 0 17:05
Matt Moulson LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 8:10
Jake McCabe D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 15:04
Cody Franson D 1 0 1 E 0 5 15:14
Zach Bogosian D 0 2 2 +2 2 0 21:29
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 +2 0 4 27:27
Tim Schaller C 1 0 1 +1 0 1 10:58
Marcus Foligno LW 0 0 0 E 5 1 11:52
Philip Varone C 1 0 1 E 2 1 8:01
Jamie McGinn LW 0 0 0 +1 0 4 14:00
Ryan O'Reilly C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 20:48
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Philipp Grubauer 13 12 1 .923 0 32:46
Braden Holtby L (28-5-2) 16 13 3 .812 0 27:14
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Chad Johnson W (11-12-2) 34 33 1 .971 0 59:38