Washington Capitals 3 — 2 Buffalo Sabres
2021-12-11 · KeyBank Center · SO
Shots on goal by period
| Period | WSH | BUF |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | 13 |
| 2 | 13 | 10 |
| 3 | 17 | 6 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | Team | Dec | Saves | SA | GA | EV | PP | SH | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen start | BUF | O | 40 | 42 | 2 | 33/35 | 7/7 | 0/0 | 65:00 |
| Vitek Vanecek start | WSH | W | 29 | 31 | 2 | 28/30 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 64:47 |
WSH skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin | L | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25:36 |
| Evgeny Kuznetsov | C | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 24:26 |
| T.J. Oshie | R | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22:21 |
| Lars Eller | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:23 |
| Martin Fehérváry | D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 19:45 |
| Conor Sheary | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:18 |
| Carl Hagelin | L | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:50 |
| John Carlson | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 26:04 |
| Daniel Sprong | R | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 |
| Brett Leason | R | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:50 |
| Dmitry Orlov | D | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:10 |
| Matt Irwin | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:09 |
| Justin Schultz | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:48 |
| Beck Malenstyn | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 09:02 |
| Connor McMichael | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:05 |
| Aliaksei Protas | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:31 |
| Nick Jensen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:17 |
| Michael Sgarbossa | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:05 |
BUF skaters
| Player | Pos | SOG | G | A | Blk | Hits | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Okposo | R | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:30 |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:48 |
| Will Butcher | D | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:26 |
| Jacob Bryson | D | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:42 |
| Robert Hagg | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 17:22 |
| Rasmus Asplund | C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:05 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | D | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 25:22 |
| John Hayden | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:38 |
| Cody Eakin | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17:21 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:28 |
| Brett Murray | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:22 |
| Tage Thompson | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:16 |
| Henri Jokiharju | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26:08 |
| Anders Bjork | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:26 |
| Victor Olofsson | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:59 |
| Jeff Skinner | L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 |
| Mark Pysyk | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21:00 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:03 |
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 |