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Buffalo Skates Past Washington 3-2 - Recap

It came down to a shootout and Linus Ullmark foiled the opposition in a 3-2 victory for Buffalo over Washington Monday.

Buffalo was an underdog by +139 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.

Victor Olofsson, and Jack Eichel each scored for the Sabres in the victory. Olofsson opened the scoring for Buffalo.

Linus Ullmark stopped 33 of 35 Washington shots in the victory.

Washington got goals from Dmitry Orlov, and Alex Ovechkin in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Braden Holtby stopped 24 of 26 shots for the Capitals, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Buffalo scored 1 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Washington went 0-for-1 with the man advantage.

Buffalo lost the shots on goal battle to Washington by a margin of 35-26.

Buffalo heads into a battle against the Canadiens. Washington, meanwhile, will have their next action against Detroit.