The Washington Capitals handily beat the Buffalo Sabres, 5 to 2, on December 30, 2015.

Final

Sabres

15-18-4

2

Capitals

28-6-2

5

Team

BUF

WSH

1

0

2

1

3

0

4

Total

2

5

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

WSH

Brian Gionta (EV) assisted by Jack Eichel and Zemgus Girgensons

1

0

2nd period

BUF

WSH

Justin Williams (EV) unassisted

1

Zemgus Girgensons (EV) assisted by Jack Eichel

2

1

3rd period

BUF

WSH

Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov and T.J. Oshie

2

Marcus Johansson (PP) assisted by Evgeny Kuznetsov and Matt Niskanen

2

3

Andre Burakovsky (EV) assisted by Marcus Johansson

2

4

Alex Ovechkin (EV-EN) unassisted

2

5

Sabres

Capitals

Goals

2

5

Shots

27

43

Penalty Minutes

10

Power-Play Goals

0

1

Power-Play Opportunities

4

3

Faceoff Wins

33

30

Hits

12

24

Giveaways

7

9

Takeaways

9

6

Sabres

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Chad Johnson (L)	1	42	4	38	.905	59:02

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Zach Bogosian	0	0	-4	2	0	22:17	2	3	0	0
Nicolas Deslauriers	0	0	-1	0	2	9:09	0	2	0	0
Jack Eichel	0	2	-1	0	6	18:08	0	0	0	1
Tyler Ennis	0	0	0	2	0	8:21	1	0	1	0
Marcus Foligno	0	0	0	0	0	10:11	2	0	0	0
Cody Franson	0	0	+2	0	1	15:17	0	2	2	1
Brian Gionta	1	0	-1	0	2	15:50	1	0	1	0
Zemgus Girgensons	1	1	0	0	3	16:36	1	0	0	0
Josh Gorges	0	0	-1	0	0	19:11	0	2	0	1
Evander Kane	0	0	0	4	6	21:04	1	2	1	1
Johan Larsson	0	0	0	2	0	14:44	1	1	0	1
David Legwand	0	0	0	0	0	8:40	0	0	0	1
Jake McCabe	0	0	-2	0	0	20:29	1	4	0	0
Jamie McGinn	0	0	-1	0	0	16:08	1	1	0	1
Ryan O'Reilly	0	0	-2	0	2	21:23	0	0	0	1
Sam Reinhart	0	0	-1	0	3	19:10	0	0	0	1
Rasmus Ristolainen	0	0	-1	0	1	25:19	1	2	0	0
Mike Weber	0	0	+2	0	1	11:54	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Braden Holtby (W)	1	27	2	25	.926	59:42

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Karl Alzner	0	0	+1	0	1	20:24	1	3	0	1
Nicklas Backstrom	0	0	0	0	0	14:35	0	0	0	0
Jay Beagle	0	0	0	0	1	7:50	0	1	0	0
Andre Burakovsky	1	0	+1	0	1	7:22	0	0	0	0
Connor Carrick	0	0	-2	0	1	11:04	2	0	0	0
Jason Chimera	0	0	0	0	1	14:08	0	2	0	0
Taylor Chorney	0	0	0	0	1	13:12	1	0	0	0
Marcus Johansson	1	1	0	2	7	20:11	4	0	0	0
Evgeny Kuznetsov	0	2	+1	0	6	18:46	0	1	1	0
Brooks Laich	0	0	+1	0	2	11:37	1	1	1	0
Matt Niskanen	0	1	+2	0	2	25:40	1	1	0	0
Dmitry Orlov	0	0	+1	0	3	21:53	1	2	1	1
T.J. Oshie	0	1	+2	0	1	20:03	2	1	0	0
Alex Ovechkin	2	0	+2	4	10	21:38	6	0	2	2
Nate Schmidt	0	0	+2	0	0	23:23	1	3	2	0
Zach Sill	0	0	0	0	2	10:08	2	0	1	1
Justin Williams	1	0	-1	0	4	17:27	0	1	0	1
Tom Wilson	0	0	0	4	0	12:57	2	0	0	0