Washington Capitals 2 — 1 Buffalo Sabres
2021-01-15 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | WSH | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 3 | 8 | 5 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linus Ullmark start | BUF | L | 19 | 21 | 2 | 19/21 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 57:58 |
| Vitek Vanecek start | WSH | W | 30 | 31 | 1 | 23/24 | 7/7 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Wilson | R | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:44 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:22 |
| Jakub Vrana | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:56 |
| Carl Hagelin | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:55 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:58 |
| Zdeno Chara | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20:06 |
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14:51 |
| T.J. Oshie | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 16:16 |
| Lars Eller | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:30 |
| John Carlson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:19 |
| Justin Schultz | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:19 |
| Brenden Dillon | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:25 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22:15 |
| Richard Panik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:24 |
| Nick Jensen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:13 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:30 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:52 |
| Garnet Hathaway | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:05 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20:51 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23:23 |
| Taylor Hall | L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:36 |
| Brandon Montour | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19:13 |
| Victor Olofsson | L | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:51 |
| Colin Miller | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:35 |
| Tobias Rieder | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:42 |
| Eric Staal | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:43 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19:39 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 21:31 |
| Jeff Skinner | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:28 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:25 |
| Jake McCabe | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:36 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:49 |
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:15 |
| Curtis Lazar | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:47 |
| Cody Eakin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:17 |
| Riley Sheahan | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:21 |
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 |