Oshie, Kuznetsov Score In Shootout, Caps Beat Sabres 3-2

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — T.J. Oshie and Evgeny Kuznetsov had shootout goals for the Washington Capitals successful their 3-2 triumph implicit the Buffalo Sabres connected Saturday night.

Martin Fehervary and Lars Eller scored successful regulation, and Vitek Vanecek stopped 29 shots for the Capitals, who rebounded from Friday’s 4-2 nonaccomplishment to Pittsburgh to gain a constituent for the 11th clip successful 12 games.

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“Big comeback, for sure,” said Fehervary, who scored the tying extremity successful the 3rd period. “Back-to-back games ever hard, and we stepped up successful the 3rd period.”

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 40 saves for the Sabres, who saw goals from Vinnie Hinostroza and Will Butcher. Buffalo snapped a streak of 5 regularisation losses but extended its seven-game winless skid and fell to 3-14-3 implicit the past 20 games.

Fehervary scored for the Capitals astatine 5:41 successful the 3rd play with an assistance from Alex Ovechkin. It was the archetypal extremity successful 13 games for defenseman, who was a game-time determination aft leaving Friday night’s crippled pursuing a precocious deed from Pittsburgh’s Brock McGinn.

“It was atrocious hit,” Fehervary said. “But I felt mode amended today. So I’m happy.”

Capitals manager Peter Laviolette said it was “nice to spot him get rewarded with a large extremity similar that due to the fact that helium plays truthful hard each night,”

Laviolette besides praised the toughness shown by Capitals players who “required a small spot of repair work” earlier rallying successful the 3rd period.

Oshie came backmost aft getting bloodied by a precocious instrumentality from Buffalo’s Kyle Okposo and receiving stitches underneath his oculus precocious successful the 2nd period. Oshie’s 21st deciding shootout extremity tied him with Chicago’s Patrick Kane for 2nd all-time, and his 46 shootout goals fertile 4th successful NHL history.

Vanecek didn’t request to marque a prevention successful the shootout. Buffalo’s Tage Thompson and Dylan Cozens each deed the post, and Victor Olofsson scored.

Luukkonen made 16 saves successful the 3rd period, 2 against point-blank shots erstwhile the Capitals were connected the powerfulness play. He made a spectacular divided prevention connected Conor Sheary’s rebound changeable aboriginal successful the period.

“Incredible save,” said Sheary, a erstwhile Sabre.

It was the sixth consecutive nonaccomplishment for Luukkonen since helium won his NHL debut successful April. The 5th goalie to play for Buffalo this season, Luukkonen has stopped 90 of 96 shots he’s faced successful 3 starts since being called up from the minors.

“The efforts were outstanding,” Sabres manager Don Granato said. “The wins volition follow.”

Eller gave the Capitals an aboriginal lead, finishing a 2-on-1 provender from Sheary astatine 3:40 of the first. Hinostroza’s breakaway extremity tied tied it up with 6:12 remaining successful the archetypal period, and Buffalo took a 2-1 pb 2:09 into the 2nd play erstwhile Rasmus Asplund acceptable up Butcher successful the precocious slot for his archetypal of the season.

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NO GOAL

Oshie, who had an assistance connected Eller’s goal, came adjacent to extending the Capitals’ 1-0 pb successful the archetypal period, but officials waived disconnected the extremity due to the fact that Oshie slid feet-first into Luukkonen earlier the puck went into the net.

Laviolette said helium considered challenging whether Oshie was pushed into the crease.

“We looked astatine it a mates times,” Laviolette said. “We conscionable didn’t consciousness comfy making the call, losing the goal, and past having them spell connected the powerfulness play.”

UPON FURTHER REVIEW

The NHL announced it made the incorrect telephone successful disallowing what would person been the Sabres’ tying extremity successful the last infinitesimal of a 2-1 nonaccomplishment to the New York Rangers. In a connection released by the league connected Saturday, elder enforcement VP Colin Campbell said Olofsson’s extremity with 57 seconds remaining Friday nighttime should person stood due to the fact that video replays could not “definitively determine” whether the Sabres were offside entering the zone.

NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE NIGHT

Buffalo celebrated its section Indigenous civilization by showing a bid of videos and graphics connected the scoreboard passim the game, and having unrecorded euphony and accepted creation performances during intermissions. Former Sabres Cody McCormick, Jason Dawe and manager Ted Nolan were successful attendance.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Capitals: D Nick Jensen near the crippled concisely successful the 2nd aft crashing into the boards. … F Tom Wilson (upper body) did not question to Buffalo and his presumption is day-to-day. Mike Sgarbossa entered the lineup to regenerate Wilson, who got wounded Friday.

Sabres: D Robert Hagg (undisclosed) returned from missing 3 games and assisted connected Hinostroza’s extremity with an outlet pass.

UP NEXT

Capitals: At Chicago connected Wednesday night.

Sabres: Open three-game roadworthy travel astatine Winnipeg connected Tuesday night.

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