Having ended a season-long six-game losing skid with a convincing home victory against the New York Rangers this afternoon, the Washington Capitals (5th in Metropolitan Division) will try to keep themselves on the win column while visiting the Buffalo Sabres (4th in Atlantic), who have triumphed in four of their past five outings.
The season-long six-game losing streak (0-6-0) finally came to an end for the Washington Capitals (29-26-6), who rounded off their latest three-date homestand with a 1-2-0 record following a 6-3 thrashing of the New York Rangers at Capital One Arena earlier today. Evgeny Kuznetsov (11 goals, 49 points this year) bagged two snipes and as many assists. T.J Oshie (14 goals, 24 points) celebrated his 500th NHL game with a couple of markers and a helper, while Tom Wilson (5 goals, 7 points) scored and assisted for the Caps, who will now embark on a four-game road trip, having posted a 2-1-0 record on their most recent three travels.
Goalie Darcy Kuemper (17-18-3 for the ongoing campaign with a 2.69 GAA and a .912 save percentage) stopped 23 pucks today, but is almost certain to vacate the crease for Charlie Lindgren ahead of tomorrow&#x 2019;s trip to Buffalo. Lindgren, who has gone 12-8-2 for the season with a 2.71 GAA and a .906 save percentage, has raked in a 1-0-0 career total against the Sabres with a 0.95 GAA and a .971 save percentage. The Capitals, meanwhile, are sitting 12th in least goals netted per game this year (3.00), 12th in least strikes allowed on average (2.92), 18th in power play (21.0%) and 9th in penalty kill (81.8%).
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