The meeting of the teams, which took place at the Capital One Arena stadium, ended with a score of 4:3 in overtime in favor of the hosts. Washington managed to send the game into overtime just over a minute before the end of regulation time. And in overtime, Dylan Strome scored the winning goal.
Russian defenseman Alexander Alekseev, TJ Oshie and Tom Wilson also scored for the Capitals. Washington’s Russian captain, Alexander Ovechkin, failed to score any points.
The Washington farm club has signed 27-year-old Russian defender Osipov to a contract.
Zachary Benson, John-Jason Peterka and Dylan Cozens scored a goal each for the visitors.
Washington is in 5th place in the Eastern Conference standings. Buffalo is in 12th place.
Source: Sport
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