Buffalo Sabres 4 — 3 Washington Capitals
2021-01-24 · Capital One Arena · SO
Shots on goal by period
| Period | BUF | WSH |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | 9 |
| 2 | 19 | 9 |
| 3 | 8 | 9 |
| 4 | 5 | 4 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitek Vanecek start | WSH | O | 45 | 48 | 3 | 32/32 | 12/15 | 1/1 | 65:00 |
| Linus Ullmark start | BUF | W | 28 | 31 | 3 | 22/23 | 6/8 | 0/0 | 65:00 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Miller | D | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17:02 |
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 24:13 |
| Jack Eichel | C | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:28 |
| Victor Olofsson | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:25 |
| Eric Staal | C | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:50 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 24:36 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:02 |
| Taylor Hall | L | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:29 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22:47 |
| Jeff Skinner | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:47 |
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:13 |
| Brandon Montour | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20:48 |
| Curtis Lazar | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10:45 |
| Tobias Rieder | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:08 |
| Cody Eakin | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:56 |
| Riley Sheahan | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:31 |
| Jake McCabe | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:33 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:43 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 22:16 |
| Justin Schultz | D | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 24:39 |
| John Carlson | D | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 28:52 |
| T.J. Oshie | R | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:03 |
| Jakub Vrana | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:50 |
| Daniel Sprong | R | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:27 |
| Brian Pinho | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 08:11 |
| Zdeno Chara | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 22:37 |
| Lars Eller | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:15 |
| Richard Panik | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:50 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:18 |
| Carl Hagelin | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:18 |
| Garnet Hathaway | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 14:09 |
| Connor McMichael | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:54 |
| Jonas Siegenthaler | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15:14 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10:11 |
| Trevor van Riemsdyk | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:14 |
| Brenden Dillon | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:50 |
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 |