{"id":541802,"date":"2026-04-05T09:29:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/541802\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T09:29:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T09:29:06","slug":"logan-thompson-37-saves-helps-capitals-wreck-sabres-field-level-media-professional-sports-content-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/541802\/","title":{"rendered":"Logan Thompson (37 saves) helps Capitals wreck Sabres – Field Level Media – Professional sports content solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Logan Thompson made 37 saves for the Washington Capitals in a 6-2 win against the visiting Buffalo Sabres on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Jakob Chychrun, Aliaksei Protas and Connor McMichael each had a goal and an assist for the Capitals (39-29-9, 87 points), who have won four of their past five games.<\/p>\n

Rasmus Dahlin had a goal and an assist, and Beck Malenstyn scored for the Sabres (46-23-8, 100 points), who have lost consecutive games in regulation for the first time since dropping three straight from Dec. 3-8.<\/p>\n

Alex Lyon allowed three goals on five shots before he was replaced by Colten Ellis (20 saves).<\/p>\n

Washington took a 3-0 lead in just over two and a half minutes early in the first.<\/p>\n

Chychrun opened the scoring at 3:15 when he snapped a rebound from the left circle past Lyon\u2019s blocker.<\/p>\n

Dylan Strome connected 20 seconds later to make it 2-0, redirecting a centering pass from Protas from in front.<\/p>\n

That prompted Buffalo coach Lindy Ruff to call his timeout.<\/p>\n

McMichael pushed it to 3-0 at 5:52, when a rebound off the end boards bounced to him and, with Lyon on the opposite side, he put into the open side.<\/p>\n

That marked the end of Lyon\u2019s night.<\/p>\n

Dahlin got one back for the visitors at 6:30. Josh Norris dished a cross-ice feed to Dahlin streaking into the zone, and the Buffalo captain fired a snap shot from the slot blocker side to cut it to 3-1.<\/p>\n

Malenstyn narrowed it to 3-2 when he collected a loose puck on the doorstep and snapped over a sprawled Thompson at 12:15.<\/p>\n

Seconds after the Sabres had a chance to pull even on a 2-on-1, Protas converted from the right circle on a Capitals 2-on-1 the other way to make it 4-2 at 6:06 of the second period.<\/p>\n

Ryan Leonard buried a snap shot from the top of the left circle to extend it to 5-2 at 6:26 of the third period.<\/p>\n

Tom Wilson slipped a backhand by Ellis\u2019 right pad on a short-handed rush to make it 6-2 at 8:55.<\/p>\n

\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n

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