Capitals vs. Sabres Prediction, Odds & Stats - March 12, 2026

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
Washington Capitals 43-30-3-6	0	1	1	+7
Buffalo Sabres 50-23-8-1	1	0	0	+180

Date	Result	Competition
05/18/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 3 - 2	Atlantic
05/16/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 8 - 3	Atlantic
05/14/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 6 - 3	Atlantic
05/12/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 3 - 2	Atlantic
05/10/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 2 - 6	Atlantic
05/08/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 5 - 1	Atlantic
04/14/26	Washington Capitals WAS ( 43-30-3-6 ) Columbus Blue Jackets CLB ( 40-30-10-2 ) 2 - 1	Metropolitan
04/12/26	Pittsburgh Penguins PIT ( 41-25-6-10 ) Washington Capitals WAS ( 43-30-3-6 ) 0 - 3	Metropolitan
04/11/26	Washington Capitals WAS ( 43-30-3-6 ) Pittsburgh Penguins PIT ( 41-25-6-10 ) 6 - 3	Metropolitan
04/08/26	Washington Capitals WAS ( 43-30-3-6 ) Toronto Maple Leafs TOR ( 32-36-10-4 ) 4 - 0	Metropolitan
04/05/26	Washington Capitals WAS ( 43-30-3-6 ) NY Rangers Rangers NYR ( 34-39-8-1 ) 1 - 8	Metropolitan
04/04/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Washington Capitals WAS ( 43-30-3-6 ) 2 - 6	Atlantic

Team	Puckline	Moneyline	Over / Under
Washington Capitals WAS	+1.5 0	0	U+70
Buffalo Sabres BUF	-1.5 0	0	O+70

time	fav	spread	money line	total
Opening 11 Mar 5:04pm	WAS	-1.5 +135	-	O +6 -120
Closing 11 Mar 5:04pm	WAS	-1.5 +135	-	O +6 -120

Tage Thompson Center Washington	81	Points	64	Alex Ovechkin Left Wing Buffalo
Mattias Samuelsson Defense Washington	41	+ / -	20	Jakob Chychrun Defense Buffalo
Tage Thompson Center Washington	272	Shots	244	Alex Ovechkin Left Wing Buffalo
Tom Wilson Right Wing Buffalo	117	Penalty Mins	78	Peyton Krebs Center Washington
Logan Thompson Goaltender Buffalo	31	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Washington
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Washington	2.5	GAA	2	Clay Stevenson Goaltender Buffalo

Tage Thompson Center Washington	15	Points
Zach Benson Left Wing Washington	6	+ / -
Rasmus Dahlin Defense Washington	46	Shots	Did not qualify
Zach Benson Left Wing Washington	64	Penalty Mins
Alex Lyon Goaltender Washington	4	Wins
Alex Lyon Goaltender Washington	2.6	GAA

Washington Capitals WAS Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Stat
32	Games Won	40
27	Games Lost	19
8-2-0	Last 10	6-3-0-1
20-11-0-3	W L Streak	21-8-3
31-30	Against The Spread	36-23
498	Money	1015
20-11-0-3	Home	21-8-3
12-16-2-2	Away	19-11-3
27-27-7	Total	27-24-8

date	home-away	ats	o/u	BUF:Shots	BUF:Goals	BUF:Assists	WAS:Shots	WAS:Goals	WAS:Assists
04/04/2026	WAS 6 - BUF 2	WAS	Over 6.5	39	2	4	28	6	9
03/12/2026	BUF 1 - WAS 2	WAS	Over 0	30	1	2	22	2	2
11/01/2025	BUF 3 - WAS 3	WAS	Under 6	24	3	6	34	3	5
03/30/2025	WAS 5 - BUF 8	BUF	Over 6.5	23	8	11	29	5	8
01/06/2025	BUF 3 - WAS 3	BUF	Under 6	28	3	6	27	3	3
12/14/2024	WAS 4 - BUF 2	WAS	Under 6	21	2	4	31	4	7
04/11/2024	BUF 4 - WAS 2	BUF	Under 6	24	2	4	17	4	8
04/02/2024	BUF 6 - WAS 2	BUF	Over 6	26	2	4	35	6	11
11/22/2023	WAS 4 - BUF 3	WAS	Over 6	27	3	5	30	4	6
09/24/2023	WAS 3 - BUF 3	BUF	Under 6	27	3	5	32	3	6
03/15/2023	WAS 4 - BUF 4	BUF	Over 7	27	4	5	39	4	7
02/26/2023	BUF 7 - WAS 4	BUF	Over 6.5	30	4	6	37	7	11
01/03/2023	WAS 4 - BUF 5 (OT)	BUF	Over 6.5	29	5	9	32	4	6
09/25/2022	WAS 3 - BUF 4 (OT)	BUF	Over 6	28	4	8	27	3	5
03/25/2022	BUF 3 - WAS 3	BUF	Under 6.5	40	3	5	23	3	4
12/11/2021	BUF 2 - WAS 2	BUF	Under 6	42	2	4	31	2	4
11/08/2021	WAS 5 - BUF 3	WAS	Over 6	28	3	4	30	5	9
04/15/2021	WAS 2 - BUF 5	BUF	Over 6	30	5	5	29	2	3
04/09/2021	BUF 3 - WAS 4	WAS	Over 6	33	4	7	33	3	4
03/15/2021	BUF 0 - WAS 6	WAS	Under 6	30	6	9	23	0	0

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/14/2026	CLB 1 - WAS 2	W	Under 6.5	21	2	3
04/12/2026	WAS 3 - PIT 0	W	Under 7	24	0	0
04/11/2026	PIT 3 - WAS 6	W	Over 6.5	32	6	10
04/08/2026	TOR 0 - WAS 4	W	Under 6.5	20	4	7
04/05/2026	NYR 8 - WAS 1	L	Over 6	21	1	2
04/04/2026	WAS 6 - BUF 2	W	Over 6.5	39	2	4
04/02/2026	NJ 7 - WAS 3	L	Over 6.5	32	3	6
03/31/2026	WAS 6 - PHI 4	W	Over 5.5	24	4	7
03/28/2026	VEG 4 - WAS 4	W	Over 6	22	4	8
03/26/2026	UTAH 4 - WAS 7	W	Over 6	25	7	11

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
05/18/2026	BUF 2 - MON 3 (OT)	L	Over 0	39	2	4
05/16/2026	MON 3 - BUF 8	W	Over 6.5	22	3	4
05/14/2026	BUF 3 - MON 6	L	Over 6	36	3	5
05/12/2026	MON 2 - BUF 3	W	Under 6.5	31	2	4
05/10/2026	MON 6 - BUF 2	L	Over 6	36	6	11
05/08/2026	BUF 1 - MON 5	L	Under 6	30	1	2
05/06/2026	BUF 4 - MON 2	W	Under 6	16	4	5
05/01/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 4	W	Under 5.5	26	1	2
04/28/2026	BUF 1 - BOS 2 (OT)	L	Under 6	26	1	2
04/26/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 6	W	Over 6	24	1	2

Washington Capitals WAS Buffalo Sabres BUF

avg	rank	edge in	rank	avg
3.2	5	Goals Per Game	4	3.3
2.0	2	Goals Against Per Game	11	3.0
21.3	20	Shots Per Game	2	28.5
25.0	16	Shots Against Per Game	21	27.5
14.8	7	Shooting %	15	11.7
8.0	1	Opponent Shooting %	8	10.9
-3.67	22	Shot Differential Per Game	13	1
14.8	7	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	15	11.7
.920	1	Save %	4	.890
.890	5	Opponent Save %	4	.880
11.2	13	Penalty Minutes Per Game	26	6.8
0.17	13	Power Play Goals Per Game	4	0.83
0.67	9	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	13	1
9.1	21	Power Play %	6	23.8
81.0	13	Penalty Kill %	22	62.5
1.61	22	Blocks To Shots On Goal Ratio	11	2.2

Washington Capitals WAS

	Season stats	rank
Goals Against	2.9	8
Shots Against	28.13	19
Penalty Kill (%)	80	13
Shutouts	5	9
Penalty Mins	751	20

Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Season stats	rank
Goals Against	2.93	11
Shots Against	29.06	23
Penalty Kill (%)	82	4
Shutouts	5	7
Penalty Mins	827	27

Washington Capitals WAS

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.18	15
Shots	28.05	16
Power Play (%)	18	25
Faceoff (%)	49	20
Penalty Mins	773	11

Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.45	5
Shots	28.12	13
Power Play (%)	20	18
Faceoff (%)	46	31
Penalty Mins	797	7

Washington Capitals WAS

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Rasmus Sandin (D)	Ques Tues	Leg - 13 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Pierre-Luc Dubois (LW)	Ques Sun	Upper Body - 12 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Charlie Lindgren (G)	Ques Tues	Upper Body - 09 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Aliaksei Protas (LW)	Ques Sat	Upper Body - 29 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Ethen Frank (RW)	Ques Sat	Lower Body - 22 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tom Wilson (RW)	Ques Fri	Illness - 26 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tom Wilson (RW)	Ques Wed	Illness - 25 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
John Carlson (D)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 22 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Sonny Milano (LW)	Ques Feb 25	Personal - 05 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Connor McMichael (LW)	Out indefinitely	Undisclosed - 31 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Buffalo Sabres BUF

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Rasmus Dahlin (D)	Ques Fri	Undisclosed - 07 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Logan Stanley (D)	Ques Wed	Illness - 30 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Ostlund (C)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 29 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jason Zucker (LW)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 27 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tyson Kozak (C)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 27 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Josh Norris (C)	Ques Fri	Undisclosed - 23 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alex Lyon (G)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 08 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Sam Carrick (C)	Out indefinitely	Arm - 01 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Ostlund (C)	Ques Thurs	Upper Body - 27 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mattias Samuelsson (D)	Ques Wed	Illness - 24 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

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Washington Capitals WAS

Under is 5-0-1 in Capitals last 6 games as a favorite.

Capitals are 13-39 in their last 52 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Capitals are 23-2 in their last 25 games as a road favorite of -201 or greater.

Capitals are 0-5 in their last 5 games playing on 0 days rest.

Capitals are 1-4 in their last 5 games as an underdog of +110 to +150.

Buffalo Sabres BUF

Sabres are 6-1 in their last 7 after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game.

Over is 35-16-4 in Sabres last 55 vs. a team with a losing record.

Over is 32-15-6 in Sabres last 53 games as a favorite.

Sabres are 37-112 in their last 149 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Under is 9-2-1 in Sabres last 12 games as a home underdog.

Washington Capitals

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Buffalo Sabres

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Game Statistics

Shots

9.1

3.3

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
Washington Capitals WAS ( 43-30-3-6 )	W W W W L
Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 )	W L W L L

Tage Thompson Center Washington	81	Points	64	Alex Ovechkin Left Wing Buffalo
Mattias Samuelsson Defense Washington	41	+ / -	20	Jakob Chychrun Defense Buffalo
Tage Thompson Center Washington	272	Shots	244	Alex Ovechkin Left Wing Buffalo
Tom Wilson Right Wing Buffalo	117	Penalty Mins	78	Peyton Krebs Center Washington
Logan Thompson Goaltender Buffalo	31	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Washington
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Washington	2.5	GAA	2	Clay Stevenson Goaltender Buffalo

Tage Thompson Center Washington	15	Points
Zach Benson Left Wing Washington	6	+ / -
Rasmus Dahlin Defense Washington	46	Shots	Did not qualify
Zach Benson Left Wing Washington	64	Penalty Mins
Alex Lyon Goaltender Washington	4	Wins
Alex Lyon Goaltender Washington	2.6	GAA

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