GDT #67 Caps at Sabres W 2-1

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March 12 vs Sabres at KeyBank Center
Time: 7:00
TV: Monumental Sports 2
Radio: 106.7FM, Caps Radio Network

Washington Capitals 32-27-7
PP% 16.7(26th) PK% 78.8(18th) Faceoff% 50.2(17th)
Buffalo Sabres 40-19-6
PP% 20.8(16th) PK% 82.5(4th) Faceoff% 45.1(32nd)

Caps anticipated lines:
Beauvillier 72 - Sourdif 34 - Ovechkin(C) 8
Lapierre 29 - Dubois 80 - Wilson(A) 43
Protas 21 - Strome 17 - Leonard 9
Duhaime 22 - McMichael 24 - Frank 53

Sandin 38 - Roy(A) 3
Chychrun 6 - van Riemsdyk 57
Fehérváry 42 - Liljegren 27

Lindgren 79
Thompson 48 - backup

PP1: Ovechkin, Strome, Wilson, Dubois, Chychrun
PP2: Ovechkin, McMichael, Leonard, Protas, Sandin

scratched:
Miroshnichenko 63
Kampf 64
Chisholm 47
McIlrath 52

Sabres anticipated lines:
Benson 6 - Ostlund 86 - Thompson(A) 72
Zucker 17 - McLeod 71 - Quinn 22
Krebs 19 - Norris 9 - Doan 91
Pearson 70 - Carrick 10 - Malenstyn 29

Samuelsson(A) 23 - Dahlin(C) 26
Byram 4 - Power 25
Stanley 64 - Schenn 5

Luukkonen 1
Lyon 34 - backup

tonight’s zebras:
Francis Charron 6, Furman South 13
Andrew Smith 51, Brandon Grillo 75

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/caps-battle-sabres-in-buffalo

https://www.nhl.com/capitals/news/skate-shavings-news-and-notes-from-caps-morning-skate-x1511

https://scoutingtherefs.com/2026/03/51456/todays-nhl-referees-and-linespersons-3-12-26/

scoring summary
1st period:
Carrick from Malenstyn at 6:02
2nd period:
Leonard(14) unassisted at 2:14
3rd period:
Chychrun(23) from Protas and van Riemsdyk at 18:27

Caps win 2-1

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Coach met with the media this afternoon. Lineup will stay the same, but some line changes. Lindgren in net. It appears Kampf still has visa issues.


Tonight is McMichael’s 300th game.

[ArJunaZ]

[ArJunaZ]

  Someone needs to tell the Caps that the  game has begun.

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[Mickstix]

We got this! They're only outshooting us 8-zip half way through the 1st! 

[richkrt99]

37 tries to get that Fn stream to work to find THIS! 


Mick!  WTH were you doing with my Caps for the first 11 minutes? 

[richkrt99]

Guys are prolly tired from ALL the shots they took yesterday 

[richkrt99]

Buffalo 1st in the Atlantic is crazy.  They were like THE worst team in the league the first (*unknown portion) of the season

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OV getting physical seems to have motivated the guys a tad

[ArJunaZ]

Buffalo is making the Caps look

[richkrt99]

Silent treatment?  two can play at that game smart guy.  Total Fucking Silence....

[richkrt99]

Hmm me thinks the Caps are making the caps look that way

[richkrt99]

Guys would have a better chance of getting a shot if they moved the puck to the other end of the ice

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PK time

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Caps down 1-0 after one

[ArJunaZ]

That was the worst successful PK I think I've seen 

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How much slower would the Caps look before the trade deadline?

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GOOOAAALLLL

LEONARD

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PP time