Caps, Sabres Slam Door on Desperate Rallies

The Capitals lean on Pierre-Luc Dubois' back-to-back strikes and Jakob Chychrun's sniper touch to build a lead they refuse to cough up against a Golden Knights squad smelling blood late. Over in Sunrise, Buffalo's Beck Malenstyn and Peyton Krebs salt the game away in the third before Florida scratches one back with seconds ticking. These post-Olympic nail-biters reveal how both clubs grind through the chaos of a playoff chase where every point feels like a gut punch.