Jack Eichel and Sam Reinhart drew assists on both Buffalo goals. It was the first game of the preseason for Reinhart after signing a new contract on Wednesday.
Not playing for Buffalo were the likes of Jack Eichel, Kyle Okposo, Jason Pominville, Conor Sheary, Jeff Skinner, Rasmus Ristolainen and their top rookie defenseman Rasmus Dahlin.
The Capitals scored three times in the first period and cruised to their third straight win over the Knights to take a commanding 3 games to 1 lead in the Stanley Cup final
The save of the game, perhaps the playoffs came with two minutes to play and Knights' forward Alex Tuch had a wide open net, but Caps goaltender Braden Holtby somehow got his goal stick on the shot to prevent the tying goal