Capitals @ Sabres Recap: Caps Best Sabres 4-3

Photo by Bill Wippert/NHLI via Getty ImagesThe Washington Capitals arrived in upstate New York last night after a rough 4-2 loss to the Bruins at Capital One Arena, looking to rebound against the last place Buffalo Sabres. In addition to Daniel Sprong returning to the lineup in exchange for Daniel Carr, Vitek Vanecek started tonight’s game. This marks a whopping 27th start of the season for Vanecek, which means he has started in 66% of Washington’s game this year. The Capitals looked something like this when they took the ice for warmups:

#Caps' lines/pairs vs. BUF:

8-Ovechkin, 92-Kuznetsov, 43-Wilson

73-Sheary, 19-Backstrom, 10-Sprong

13-Vrana, 20-Eller, 77-Oshie

62-Hagelin, 26-Dowd, 21-Hathaway

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