Washington Capitals 4 — 3 Buffalo Sabres
2021-04-09 · KeyBank Center
Shots on goal by period
| Period | WSH | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 9 |
| 2 | 15 | 12 |
| 3 | 11 | 12 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dustin Tokarski start | BUF | L | 29 | 33 | 4 | 25/29 | 3/3 | 1/1 | 57:59 |
| Vitek Vanecek start | WSH | W | 30 | 33 | 3 | 28/31 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 60:00 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Schultz | D | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 19:45 |
| Lars Eller | C | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13:03 |
| Brenden Dillon | D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19:44 |
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:08 |
| John Carlson | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 23:17 |
| Jakub Vrana | L | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:05 |
| T.J. Oshie | R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:02 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:47 |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:16 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:43 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:14 |
| Daniel Sprong | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:31 |
| Carl Hagelin | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:16 |
| Zdeno Chara | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:50 |
| Tom Wilson | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 15:36 |
| Garnet Hathaway | R | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 15:22 |
| Nick Jensen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:06 |
| Nic Dowd | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:15 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rasmus Ristolainen | D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 23:42 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:42 |
| Casey Mittelstadt | C | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:10 |
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:05 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:04 |
| Rasmus Asplund | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:50 |
| Kyle Okposo | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:29 |
| Sam Reinhart | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20:44 |
| Brandon Montour | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 16:17 |
| Victor Olofsson | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 |
| Matt Irwin | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:28 |
| Jeff Skinner | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:13 |
| Tobias Rieder | L | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12:16 |
| Colin Miller | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:50 |
| Riley Sheahan | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:59 |
| Arttu Ruotsalainen | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:52 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:02 |
| Cody Eakin | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:50 |
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 |