WSH @ BUF Gameday Thread

Game date: 2026-03-12 Posted by kaylee on 2026-03-12 04:00:15

WSH @ BUF

Venue: KeyBank Center

Puck drop: Thu Mar 12, 2026 7:00pm EDT

Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.

Game Preview

WSH (last 10)

Record 5-5-0
Streak L1
GF/GP · GA/GP 2.9 · 2.9
Power play 6/32 (18.8%)
Last game L vs PHI (1–4)

BUF (last 10)

Record 8-1-1
Streak W8
GF/GP · GA/GP 4.1 · 2.9
Power play 9/36 (25%)
Last game W vs SJS (6–3)

Recent meetings:

2025-11-01 WSH 3 @ BUF 4 OT/SO

Players to watch (last 5 team games):

WSH

Ryan Leonard 4 pts · 3 G · 9 SOG
Alex Ovechkin 3 pts · 2 G · 19 SOG
Justin Sourdif 3 pts · 1 G · 10 SOG
Dylan Strome 3 pts · 0 G · 9 SOG

BUF

Rasmus Dahlin 9 pts · 1 G · 9 SOG
Jason Zucker 7 pts · 5 G · 15 SOG
Tage Thompson 7 pts · 2 G · 12 SOG
Alex Tuch 6 pts · 4 G · 9 SOG

Prediction:

Expected goals: WSH 2.9 · BUF 3.74 · Win odds: WSH 35.3% · BUF 64.7% · OT/SO chance: 15.2%

3-3 33.5%
3-4 33.3%
2-4 33.2%

Box Score

WSH 2 Final BUF 1

2026-03-12

Stat	WSH	BUF
Goals	2	1
Shots	22	30
Power Play	0/2 (0.0%)	0/2 (0.0%)
PIM	4	4
Faceoffs	18 / 27	27 / 18
Blocks	17	12
Saves	29	20

WSH Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Jakob Chychrun	1	0	1
Ryan Leonard	1	0	1
Aliaksei Protas	0	1	1
Trevor van Riemsdyk	0	1	1

BUF Scorers
	G	A	PTS
Sam Carrick	1	0	1
Beck Malenstyn	0	1	1
Owen Power	0	1	1

Lineups

As of 2026-03-12 11:46PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

Expected lineup

WSH Away

Forwards

Line 1

Alex Ovechkin

#8 · LW

TOI 14:03xGF/60 2.54xGA/60 4.30CF/60 54.8SC±/60 -23.48G±/60 -7.83CF% 36.8xGF% 37.2

Justin Sourdif

#34 · C

TOI 14:50xGF/60 2.49xGA/60 3.26CF/60 46.3SC±/60 -4.62G±/60 0.00CF% 37.0xGF% 43.3

Anthony Beauvillier

#72 · RW

TOI 14:07xGF/60 2.20xGA/60 3.21CF/60 43.3SC±/60 -9.61G±/60 0.00CF% 37.5xGF% 40.7

Line 2

Hendrix Lapierre

#29 · LW

TOI 13:17xGF/60 2.14xGA/60 2.85CF/60 49.6SC±/60 -18.59G±/60 0.00CF% 44.4xGF% 42.9

Pierre-Luc Dubois

#80 · C

TOI 19:41xGF/60 3.00xGA/60 3.43CF/60 63.4SC±/60 -38.03G±/60 0.00CF% 40.0xGF% 46.7

Tom Wilson

#43 · RW

TOI 20:34xGF/60 2.35xGA/60 1.85CF/60 52.4SC±/60 -12.09G±/60 0.00CF% 52.0xGF% 55.9

Line 3

Aliaksei Protas

#21 · LW

TOI 16:31xGF/60 2.32xGA/60 4.65CF/60 49.4SC±/60 -24.68G±/60 +4.12CF% 44.4xGF% 33.4

Dylan Strome

#17 · C

TOI 15:25xGF/60 3.12xGA/60 7.28CF/60 77.4SC±/60 -38.71G±/60 +6.45CF% 44.4xGF% 30.0

Ryan Leonard

#9 · RW

TOI 13:46xGF/60 1.28xGA/60 3.86CF/60 34.9SC±/60 -30.51G±/60 +8.72CF% 38.1xGF% 24.9

Line 4

Brandon Duhaime

#22 · LW

TOI 12:17xGF/60 1.29xGA/60 3.32CF/60 38.4SC±/60 -21.92G±/60 0.00CF% 31.8xGF% 27.9

Connor McMichael

#24 · C

TOI 14:15xGF/60 2.43xGA/60 1.35CF/60 55.6SC±/60 -5.56G±/60 0.00CF% 52.6xGF% 64.2

Ethen Frank

#53 · RW

TOI 10:30xGF/60 2.03xGA/60 2.11CF/60 51.4SC±/60 -5.71G±/60 0.00CF% 42.9xGF% 49.0

Defense

Pair 1

Rasmus Sandin

#38 · LD

TOI 19:47xGF/60 1.75xGA/60 2.31CF/60 38.8SC±/60 -16.17G±/60 -3.23CF% 42.9xGF% 43.1

Matt Roy

#3 · RD

TOI 21:46xGF/60 2.29xGA/60 2.83CF/60 60.7SC±/60 -25.00G±/60 -3.57CF% 47.2xGF% 44.7

Pair 2

Jakob Chychrun

#6 · LD

TOI 20:25xGF/60 2.87xGA/60 5.33CF/60 65.8SC±/60 -35.45G±/60 +10.13CF% 39.4xGF% 35.0

Trevor van Riemsdyk

#57 · RD

TOI 19:00xGF/60 2.11xGA/60 3.01CF/60 44.9SC±/60 -7.48G±/60 +3.74CF% 41.4xGF% 41.2

Pair 3

Martin Fehervary

#42 · LD

TOI 19:56xGF/60 2.48xGA/60 3.28CF/60 64.5SC±/60 -20.15G±/60 0.00CF% 44.4xGF% 43.1

Timothy Liljegren

TOI 15:50xGF/60 2.25xGA/60 4.44CF/60 45.1SC±/60 -27.07G±/60 +4.51CF% 35.7xGF% 33.6

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Charlie Lindgren [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 3]
G2	Logan Thompson

BUF Home

Forwards

Line 1

Zach Benson

#6 · LW

TOI 17:15xGF/60 1.36xGA/60 1.51CF/60 47.8SC±/60 -3.68G±/60 0.00CF% 61.9xGF% 47.4

Tage Thompson

#72 · C

TOI 22:04xGF/60 1.76xGA/60 2.33CF/60 58.9SC±/60 +9.81G±/60 0.00CF% 52.9xGF% 43.0

Noah Ostlund

#86 · RW

TOI 16:49xGF/60 1.98xGA/60 1.75CF/60 62.3SC±/60 +7.79G±/60 0.00CF% 61.5xGF% 53.1

Line 2

Josh Doan

#91 · LW

TOI 14:42xGF/60 3.90xGA/60 2.41CF/60 57.8SC±/60 +50.60G±/60 -7.23CF% 53.3xGF% 61.7

Josh Norris

#9 · C

TOI 15:45xGF/60 2.64xGA/60 1.84CF/60 39.2SC±/60 +29.43G±/60 -4.90CF% 50.0xGF% 58.9

Peyton Krebs

#19 · RW

TOI 13:44xGF/60 4.16xGA/60 2.59CF/60 74.0SC±/60 +49.31G±/60 -6.16CF% 60.0xGF% 61.6

Line 3

Jason Zucker

#17 · LW

TOI 17:07xGF/60 4.09xGA/60 3.52CF/60 82.1SC±/60 +11.73G±/60 -5.86CF% 48.3xGF% 53.7

Ryan McLeod

#71 · C

TOI 17:26xGF/60 2.87xGA/60 2.20CF/60 67.9SC±/60 +11.97G±/60 -3.99CF% 54.8xGF% 56.6

Jack Quinn

#22 · RW

TOI 16:19xGF/60 4.05xGA/60 2.99CF/60 69.0SC±/60 +4.60G±/60 -4.60CF% 51.7xGF% 57.5

Line 4

Tanner Pearson

TOI 8:58

Sam Carrick

TOI 10:51xGF/60 10.50xGA/60 4.35CF/60 189.0SC±/60 +49.73G±/60 +9.94CF% 67.9xGF% 70.7

Beck Malenstyn

#29 · RW

TOI 10:25xGF/60 6.83xGA/60 0.97CF/60 122.5SC±/60 +47.12G±/60 +9.42CF% 76.5xGF% 87.6

Defense

Pair 1

Mattias Samuelsson

#23 · LD

TOI 20:30xGF/60 3.06xGA/60 2.12CF/60 69.8SC±/60 +13.96G±/60 0.00CF% 57.1xGF% 59.1

Rasmus Dahlin

#26 · RD

TOI 23:28xGF/60 3.92xGA/60 2.63CF/60 91.1SC±/60 +18.98G±/60 0.00CF% 57.1xGF% 59.8

Pair 2

Bowen Byram

#4 · LD

TOI 23:02xGF/60 3.51xGA/60 1.96CF/60 79.8SC±/60 +30.69G±/60 0.00CF% 65.0xGF% 64.2

Owen Power

#25 · RD

TOI 21:29xGF/60 3.25xGA/60 2.12CF/60 64.8SC±/60 +17.06G±/60 0.00CF% 61.3xGF% 60.6

Pair 3

Logan Stanley

TOI 13:02xGF/60 2.40xGA/60 2.00CF/60 41.0SC±/60 +10.24G±/60 -5.12CF% 47.1xGF% 54.5

Luke Schenn

TOI 14:31xGF/60 1.77xGA/60 1.50CF/60 28.8SC±/60 +9.58G±/60 -4.79CF% 42.9xGF% 54.2

Goalies

Slot	Goalie
G1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen [Status: CONFIRMED • Start Score: 82]
G2	Alex Lyon

Injuries

As of 2026-03-12 11:46PM EDT

Source: DailyFaceoff.com

WSH

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Sonny Milano	NA	15	DTD	DTD

BUF

Player	Pos	#	Description	Status
Conor Timmins	NA	21	IR	IR
Jordan Greenway	NA	12	IR	IR
Jiri Kulich	NA	20	IR	IR
Justin Danforth	NA	15	IR	IR
Alex Tuch	NA	89	DTD	DTD

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