Washington Capitals 6 — 4 Buffalo Sabres
2021-01-14 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | WSH | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 8 |
| 2 | 9 | 9 |
| 3 | 5 | 9 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter Hutton start | BUF | L | 22 | 27 | 5 | 17/21 | 5/6 | 0/0 | 58:36 |
| Ilya Samsonov start | WSH | W | 22 | 26 | 4 | 18/21 | 3/4 | 1/1 | 60:00 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T.J. Oshie | R | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:29 |
| John Carlson | D | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 23:43 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:54 |
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19:36 |
| Jakub Vrana | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:07 |
| Garnet Hathaway | R | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:13 |
| Brenden Dillon | D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 17:21 |
| Nick Jensen | D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 20:17 |
| Lars Eller | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:13 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:40 |
| Richard Panik | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:18 |
| Zdeno Chara | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:16 |
| Justin Schultz | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:56 |
| Carl Hagelin | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:54 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:41 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:24 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:29 |
| Tom Wilson | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:11 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Hall | L | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:30 |
| Victor Olofsson | L | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:10 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 22:12 |
| Jake McCabe | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16:36 |
| Tobias Rieder | L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:36 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:08 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:34 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:09 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:20 |
| Curtis Lazar | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:33 |
| Jeff Skinner | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:25 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 22:22 |
| Riley Sheahan | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:55 |
| Colin Miller | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:14 |
| Eric Staal | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 14:45 |
| Cody Eakin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:23 |
| Brandon Montour | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:37 |
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:56 |
Recent meetings
| Date | Season | Away | Home | End | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-04 | 2025-26 | BUF | 2 | WSH | 6 | |
| 2026-03-12 | 2025-26 | WSH | 2 | BUF | 1 | |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025-26 | WSH | 3 | BUF | 4 | SO |
| 2025-03-30 | 2024-25 | BUF | 8 | WSH | 5 | |
| 2025-01-06 | 2024-25 | WSH | 3 | BUF | 4 | SO |
| 2024-12-14 | 2024-25 | BUF | 2 | WSH | 4 | |
| 2024-04-11 | 2023-24 | WSH | 2 | BUF | 4 | |
| 2024-04-02 | 2023-24 | WSH | 2 | BUF | 6 | |
| 2023-11-22 | 2023-24 | BUF | 3 | WSH | 4 | OT |
| 2023-03-15 | 2022-23 | BUF | 4 | WSH | 5 | SO |