Chychrun scores late, Capitals end Sabres’ 8-game winning streak
The Sabres outshot the Capitals 15-3 in the first. Lindgren had to be sharp, including making three saves in a 10-second span on consecutive one-timers from Tage Thompson from the left circle on the power play with less than a minute remaining.
“That was probably one of the crazier sequences I’ve ever seen on the power play,” Lindgren said. “He was letting it rip three times in a row there. Obviously the guy can shoot the puck and thankfully kept those pucks out.”
Leonard scored for a third straight game to tie it 1-1 at 2:14 of the second period. He intercepted a pass intended for Logan Stanley at the left point and skated to the right circle for a snap shot that beat Luukkonen inside the far post.
“I thought our start was great. Our first was really good. They obviously had a little bit of a pushback in the second,” Thompson said. “I thought we got a little sloppy with the puck, a little cute, slowed it down a little too much. … I think we were one and done, a little perimeter, even off the rush. There weren’t too many times we had extended O-zone off our rush.
“Obviously, you’re not going to win every game. Tough, obviously, losing that one, but we just got to regroup as a team here. The schedule’s so dense right now, that we play every other day basically. So really no time to hang your head on this one and keep moving forward.”
