At The Final Horn: Sabres 4 - Capitals 3 (SO)

Jack Eichel scored the lone goal in a shootout to send the Sabres to a 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals at Capital One Arena on Friday night.
Colin Miller, Victor Olofsson, and Eric Staal scored power-play goals for the Sabres. Linus Ullmark made 28 saves for his first victory of the season.
Justin Schultz, T.J. Oshie, and Nicklas Backstrom scored goals for the Capitals. Vitek Vanecek made 45 saves.

What happened

The Sabres erased deficits of 1-0 and 2-1 during the second period on the strength of their power play. Miller put them on the board midway through the period, utilizing a Staal screen to beat Vanecek with a shot from the point. After Oshie deflected a shot fro m Schultz in past Ullmark, Olofsson tied the game again with a one-timer from the right faceoff circle.
Special teams continued to dictate the third period. Staal scored to put the Sabres ahead, 3-2, with 12:36 remaining. Backstrom responded on the power play less than three minutes later, banking a shot in off Ullmark from behind the Buffalo goal line. Taylor Hall drew a penalty shot with 9:27 remaining but rung the post with his attempt.
Ullmark came up with two key stops late in the overtime period, including a breakaway save on Backstrom that sent the game to a shootout. Eichel scored on the first attempt and Ullmark did the rest to clinch the victory.

Worth mentioning

Kyle Okposo and Casey Mittelstadt made their season debuts for the Sabres. Okposo missed the first five games due to a lower-body injury; Mittelstadt started the season on the taxi squad.
Okposo skated 13:43. Mittelstadt skated 10:02, including 1:27 on the power play, and earned the secondary assist on the goal by Miller.
The Sabres are now 1-2-1 against the Capitals this season.

Roll the highlight film

Olofsson now has 15 career power-play goals, tied for fifth-most in the NHL since he made his debut on March 28, 2019. Check out his one-timer below.

Up next

The Sabres return to KeyBank Center for a four-game homestand, split into a pair of two-game sets against the New York Rangers and the New Jersey Devils. It begins with a game against the Rangers on Tuesday night. Coverage on MSG begins at 6:30 p.m. with puck drop set for 7.