Washington Capitals

Sam Reinhart led the Sabres attack with his second career hat trick while Carter Hutton was brilliant in goal stopping 31 shots.

12 teams now have never won the Stanley Cup and the Sabres are one of them

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

Caps are two wins away after Saturday night's 3-1 victory over the Las Vegas Golden Knights

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

The Knights beat the Capitals in Game One of the Stanley Cup Finals as the year's most incredible sports story continues to evolve.

For the first time in 7 games the Buffalo Sabres lost a road game in regulation.

The Buffalo Sabres played a much better game on Monday afternoon against the Washington Capitals than the one they played Saturday against the Los Angeles Kings.

The Buffalo Sabres continued their impressive play on home ice with Saturday's 4-0 shut out of the Ottawa Senators who came in as one of the hottest teams in the NHL.  Robin Lehner stopped 37 shots including 16 in the third period for his fourth career shutout and first this season.

The Buffalo Sabres just have to be the worst shooting team in the National Hockey League.  They work hard to put themselves in scoring position but fail to finish and it continues to cost them games including the one Friday night against the Washington Capitals.

Give the Buffalo Sabres credit for playing two and a half periods of solid hockey.  It was that half a period that killed them.