February 26 vs Sabres at KeyBank CenterTime: 1:00
TV: NBCSW
Radio: 106.7 FM
Washington Capitals 29-26-6
PP% 21(18th) PK% 81.8(9th) Faceoff% 49.8(18th)
Buffalo Sabres 30-23-4
PP% 25.4(5th) PK% 73.1(30th) Faceoff% 45.5(31st)
Caps anticipated lines: Ovechkin(C) 8 - Kuznetsov 92 - Wilson 43
Sheary 73 - Backstrom 19 - Smith 16
Milano 15 - Strome 17 - Oshie 77
Eller 20 - Dowd 26 - Aubé-Kubel 96
Gustafsson 56 - van Riemsdyk 57
Fehervary 42 - Jensen 3
Irwin 52 - McIlrath 25
Kuemper 35
PP1: Ovechkin, Backstrom, Kuznetsov, Oshie, Gustafsson
PP2: Wilson, Strome,
scratched:
Lindgren 79 - backup
Protas 59
Alexeyev 27
Johansson 90 - non covid flu
IR/LTIR:
Brown 28 - knee
Mantha 39 - upper body
Hagelin 62 - hip
Carlson 74 - face/head
Sabres anticipated lines: Skinner 53 - Thompson 72 - Quinn 22
Mittlestadt 37 - Cozens 24 - Hinostroza 29
Peterka 77 - Krebs 19 - Olofsson 71
Girgensons 28 - Jost 17 - Okposo 21
Power 25 - Jokiharju 10
Clague 38 - Samuelsson 23
Bryson 78 - Lyubushkin 46
Luukkonen 1
Comrie 31 - backup
today’s zebras: Kendrick Nicholson 30, Brandon Blandina 39
James Tobias 61, Brad Kovachik 71
https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-visit-buffalo/c-341512584scoring summary 1st period: Cozens from Mittlestadt and Lyubushkin at 10:40
Strome(13) from Jensen(21) and Oshie(11) at 14:45
Thompson unassisted at 16:35
Oshie(15) from Strome(27) and Jensen(22) at 16:50
2nd period: Skinner from Samuelsson and Quinn at 5:49
Girgensons from Okposo and Jost at 8:36
Hinostroza from Power and Cozens at 10:07
Cozens from Quinn at 12:49
Ovechkin(33) from Gustafsson(31) and Kuznetsov(39) at 15:49
Milano(10) PPG unassisted at 18:40
3rd period: Caps lose 7-4
