Buffalo Sabres 2–6 Washington Capitals · Saturday, April 4, 2026

Final

Saturday, April 4, 2026

Capital One Arena, Washington

MSG-B, MNMT

Scoring

1st period

03:15

Jakob Chychrun (25)Alex Ovechkin (29), Pierre-Luc Dubois (11) · snap0–1

03:35

Dylan Strome (18)Aliaksei Protas (25), Alex Ovechkin (30) · tip-in0–2

05:52

Connor McMichael (11)Jakob Chychrun (34), Pierre-Luc Dubois (12) · snap0–3

06:30

Rasmus Dahlin (18)Josh Norris (18), Alex Tuch (32) · snap1–3

12:15

Beck Malenstyn (7)Jordan Greenway (5), Rasmus Dahlin (51) · snap2–3

2nd period

06:06

Aliaksei Protas (24)Unassisted · snap2–4

3rd period

06:26

Ryan Leonard (17)Cole Hutson (5), Justin Sourdif (18) · snap2–5

08:55

Tom Wilson (29)shConnor McMichael (30) · backhand2–6

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Z. Benson	L	0	0	0	-2	12	3	0	1	0	0	–	15:20	23
9	J. Norris	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	1	59	15:48	21
12	J. Greenway	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	–	13:32	20
17	J. Zucker	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	100	18:20	22
19	P. Krebs	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	38	12:05	17
22	J. Quinn	R	0	0	0	-3	0	6	0	0	3	0	–	18:27	22
29	B. Malenstyn	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	4	0	1	0	–	12:27	17
48	T. Kozak	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	0	0	33	12:15	18
71	R. McLeod	C	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0	63	16:53	24
72	T. Thompson	C	0	0	0	-3	0	5	1	1	1	0	57	19:20	22
89	A. Tuch	R	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0	2	1	0	–	16:20	24
91	J. Doan	R	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	12:57	19
4	B. Byram	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	20:59	27
23	M. Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	+2	2	2	0	2	0	0	–	19:54	26
25	O. Power	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	2	0	–	20:22	24
26	R. Dahlin	D	1	1	2	+1	0	3	1	0	2	1	–	22:28	26
64	L. Stanley	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	2	0	–	13:18	17
73	Z. Metsa	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	15:15	20

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34	A. LyonSTART	L	5	2	3	.400	05:52
92	C. Ellis		23	20	3	.870	54:08

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	HITS	BLK	GVA	TKA	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	A. Ovechkin	L	0	2	2	+1	0	4	1	0	0	0	–	17:01	22
9	R. Leonard	R	1	0	1	+1	2	2	2	0	1	0	–	12:55	20
17	D. Strome	C	1	0	1	+2	2	4	0	1	1	1	44	16:38	23
21	A. Protas	L	1	1	2	+1	0	4	0	1	0	0	–	16:15	22
22	B. Duhaime	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	11:43	18
24	C. McMichael	L	1	1	2	+3	2	5	1	2	2	1	43	16:03	23
29	H. Lapierre	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	55	11:05	15
34	J. Sourdif	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	2	1	78	15:25	21
43	T. Wilson	R	1	0	1	+2	0	1	1	0	0	0	–	17:19	23
53	E. Frank	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:34	15
72	A. Beauvillier	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	–	15:44	21
80	P. Dubois	C	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	54	12:58	18
3	M. Roy	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	3	1	1	1	–	20:56	23
6	J. Chychrun	D	1	1	2	+1	0	2	1	0	1	1	–	19:40	22
38	R. Sandin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	4	1	–	20:25	22
42	M. Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	+2	10	0	0	3	1	0	–	21:10	24
44	C. Hutson	D	0	1	1	+2	2	2	0	0	2	3	–	18:58	21
57	T. van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	1	0	–	16:11	22

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
48	L. ThompsonSTART	W	39	37	2	.949	60:00
79	C. Lindgren		0	0	0	–	00:00

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