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Capitals: Top 3 heroes against the Sabres

By Michael Marzzacco

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 01: Tom Wilson #43 of the Washington Capitals celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal in the second period against the Buffalo Sabres at Capital One Arena on November 1, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 01: Tom Wilson #43 of the Washington Capitals celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal in the second period against the Buffalo Sabres at Capital One Arena on November 1, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images) /
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WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 01: T.J. Oshie #77 of the Washington Capitals celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal in the third period against the Buffalo Sabres at Capital One Arena on November 1, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 01: T.J. Oshie #77 of the Washington Capitals celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal in the third period against the Buffalo Sabres at Capital One Arena on November 1, 2019 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Patrick McDermott/NHLI via Getty Images) /

The Washington Capitals finally headed home after their season-long five game road trip and got a huge win Friday night over the Buffalo Sabres.

The Washington Capitals earned a 6-1 win over the Buffalo Sabres thanks in large part to scoring the first four goals of the night in a span of just over four minutes.

Two of those four were scored by Jakub Vrana. Chandler Stephenson lit the lamp and Brendan Leipsic scored his first goal as a Capital.

Vrana got the scoring started on a breakaway goal at 6:17 off a pass from Tom Wilson.

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The Caps doubled their lead with an odd-man, 3-on-1 rush down the ice from Leipsic to Travis Boyd to Stephenson. Tic-tac-toe for Stephenson’s second of the night just 42 seconds after Vrana’s goal.

Michal Kempny got the first of three assists on Vrana’s second goal of the night. It was a cross-ice beauty, a Czech connection. Wilson had the secondary assist.

The Sabres got on the board in the second period with a goal by Henri Jokiharju at 10:40. Wilson answered at 16:53 for his fifth goal of the season.

T.J. Oshie added his eighth goal of the season at 13:43. Braden Holtby stopped 29 of the 30 shots he faced. There are many players we can consider for hero of the game. Here are our top three.

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