Buffalo – Washington 4:3 (2:1 after SO) | Montreal – Vancouver 5:4 (after OT) | Colorado – Florida 3:1 (end)
Seattle – New Jersey 2:3 (end)
after shootout (2:1)
Buffalo Sabres
4:3 (1:1, 2:1, 0:1 - 0:0)
Washington Capitals
Tuesday 07.01.2025, 01:00 • KeyBank Center, Buffalo • NHL
     
    Game over. (03:59:04)
    John Peterka (BUF) - 4:3
     
    Buffalo Sabres has won after the penalty shoot-out.

    The winning goal scored by JOHN PETERKA.
     
    4. series
    2:1
    Jakob CHYCHRUN fails.
     
    4. series
    2:1
    John PETERKA scores.
     
    3. series
    1:1
    John CARLSON fails.
     
    3. series
    1:1
    Alex TUCH scores.
     
    2. series
    0:1
    Dylan STROME fails.
     
    2. series
    0:1
    Jack QUINN fails.
     
    1. series
    0:1
    Pierre-Luc DUBOIS scores.
     
    1. series
    0:0
    Tage THOMPSON fails.
     
    Start of shootout.
     
    65:00
    Overtime finished.
     
    60:01
    Overtime began.
     
    60:00
    3rd period finished.
    55:47 Alexej Protas (WSH) - 3:3
     
    55:47
    Team Washington with just scored a goal!
    Scorer is ALEXEJ PROTAS. Assisted by John Carlson, Pierre-Luc Dubois.
     
    46:04
    Penalty for Washington Capitals:
    Dylan Strome – 2 min., boarding.
     
    41:01
    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres:
    Tage Thompson – 2 min., tripping.
     
    40:01
    Start of 3rd period.
    Goals and assists: 5. Peterka, 22. Tuch, 33. T. Thompson (Dahlin, Peterka), dec. goal Peterka – 7. Wilson (Chychrun, D. Strome), 32. Wilson (Protas, Carlson), 56. Protas (Carlson, Dubois)

    Shootout:

    1. series:
    0:0   Tage Thompson (BUF)
    0:1   Pierre-Luc Dubois (WSH)
    2. series:
    0:1   Jack Quinn (BUF)
    0:1   Dylan Strome (WSH)
    3. series:
    1:1   Alex Tuch (BUF)
    1:1   John Carlson (WSH)
    4. series:
    2:1   John Peterka (BUF)
    2:1   Jakob Chychrun (WSH)


    Buffalo Sabres: Luukkonen (Reimer) – Byram, Dahlin (C), Clifton, Power, Jokiharju, Samuelsson – T. Thompson, Cozens (A), Zucker – Tuch (A), McLeod, Peterka – Krebs, Kulich, Benson – Aube-Kubel, Lafferty, Quinn.
    Coach: Lindy Ruff

    Washington Capitals: C. Lindgren (L. Thompson) – Carlson (A), Sandin, M. Roy, Chychrun, T. van Riemsdyk, Fehervary – T. Raddysh, D. Strome, Ovechkin (C) – Wilson (A), Dubois, Protas – Vrána, McMichael, Eller – Mangiapane, Dowd, Duhaime.
    Coach: Spencer Carbery

    Referees: Hebert, Blandina – Tobias, Deschamps

    Attendance: 15 548