Buffalo – Washington 4:3 (2:1 after SO) | Montreal – Vancouver 5:4 (after OT) | Colorado – Florida 3:1 (end)
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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
     
    46:04
    Penalty for Washington Capitals:
    Dylan Strome – 2 min., boarding.
     
    41:01
    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres:
    Tage Thompson – 2 min., tripping.
     
    31:46
    Penalty for Washington Capitals:
    Dylan Strome – 2 min., roughing.
     
    19:58
    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres:
    Jiří Kulich – 2 min., roughing.

    Penalty for Washington Capitals:
    Brandon Duhaime – 2 min., roughing.
     
    05:40
    Penalty for Buffalo Sabres:
    Nicolas Aube-Kubel – 2 min., holding the stick.
     
    01:02
    Penalty for Washington Capitals:
    Alexej Protas – 2 min., holding the stick.
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    Goals & lineups Match log
    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