Capitals 2, Sabres 1: Marcus Johansson’s PP Goal Propels Washington To Win

Marcus Johansson scored with 5:40 left in the third period to give the Washington Capitals a 2-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres.

Mathieu Perreault got the scoring started for the Washington Capitals at the 6:09 mark of the second period. He scored off an errant dump in that found a crazy bounce off the glass. It ended up on his stick in the middle of the zone with a goaltender that was way out of position and an easy goal. Jason Pominville scored three minutes later to tie the game back up at one. His goal came on the powerplay off of a Brooks Laich goaltender intereference penalty.

Marcus Johansson has scored on the powerplay to give the Washington Capitals a 2-1 lead with ten minutes left in the third period. Johansson tipped in a Mathieu Perreault shot coming off a Ryan Miller rebound. The goal was assisted by Mathieu Perreault and Alex Ovechkin.

The Capitals capitalized for the first time on their fifth powerplay of the night. The Capitals had four powerplay chances in the first period and got the powerplay off of a Shaone Morrisonn interference penalty that happened 1:05 before the goal was scored. The penalty was Morrisonn’s second penalty of the game, his first came in the first period.

Mathieu Perreault scored the first goal of the game at the 6:09 mark of the second period to give the Capitals a 1-0 lead. Perreault ended up finding the puck on his stick after it kicked off the glass in a wrap around in the offensive zone and found a goaltender out of position. His goal was assisted by Matt Hendricks and Jason Chimera.

The Buffalo Sabres got that goal back three minutes later when Jason Pominville scored on the Sabres first powerplay of the game. His goal was assisted by Thomas Vanek and Tim Connolly.