Buffalo Sabres 3 — 4 Washington Capitals
2021-01-22 · Capital One Arena · SO
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | WSH |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 2 | 14 | 10 |
| 3 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | 0 | 4 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitek Vanecek start | WSH | W | 24 | 27 | 3 | 19/22 | 4/4 | 1/1 | 64:57 |
| Linus Ullmark start | BUF | O | 29 | 32 | 3 | 25/28 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 65:00 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Olofsson | L | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:25 |
| Eric Staal | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:54 |
| Riley Sheahan | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:53 |
| Jeff Skinner | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:15 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13:24 |
| Curtis Lazar | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13:12 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23:31 |
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22:28 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:08 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 26:39 |
| Brandon Montour | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25:44 |
| Taylor Hall | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25:08 |
| Tobias Rieder | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 13:30 |
| Jake McCabe | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:22 |
| Colin Miller | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:13 |
| Cody Eakin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:35 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:54 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:34 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Vrana | L | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:44 |
| John Carlson | D | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28:37 |
| Tom Wilson | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:57 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20:56 |
| T.J. Oshie | R | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:45 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:10 |
| Brenden Dillon | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23:31 |
| Zdeno Chara | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:08 |
| Nick Jensen | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:12 |
| Daniel Sprong | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:14 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 20:13 |
| Brian Pinho | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:26 |
| Garnet Hathaway | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16:19 |
| Justin Schultz | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19:08 |
| Richard Panik | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:19 |
| Lars Eller | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:29 |
| Carl Hagelin | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:52 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:52 |
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 |