Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Fri, Jan 22, 2021 · Capital One Arena · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 4

Final/SO

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in a shootout on Fri, Jan 22, 2021 at Capital One Arena. Jakub Vrana led the way with 2 points. Vitek Vanecek made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 27–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
BUF	1	2	0	0	0	3	27
WSH	1	2	0	0	1	4	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	12:33	BUF	EV	Eric Staal (1) · wrist	Victor Olofsson (2)	1–0
1st	16:18	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (3) · backhand	Tom Wilson (3), Brenden Dillon (1)	1–1
2nd	04:14	WSH	EV	Nic Dowd (2) · snap	Jakub Vrana (2), John Carlson (3)	1–2
2nd	10:43	BUF	EV	Dylan Cozens (1) · wrist	Unassisted	2–2
2nd	13:07	WSH	EV	Jakub Vrana (3) · wrist	Zdeno Chara (1), T.J. Oshie (4)	2–3
2nd	13:49	BUF	EV	Riley Sheahan (1) · backhand	Jeff Skinner (1), Curtis Lazar (1)	3–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	17:03	WSH	Conor Sheary	slashing	2
2nd	10:49	BUF	Tage Thompson	hooking	2
2nd	10:49	WSH	Jakub Vrana	tripping	2
3rd	04:53	WSH	T.J. Oshie	hooking	2
3rd	19:50	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	holding	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.23 · WSH 2.03 · xG% BUF 52.3

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
68	Victor Olofsson	L	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	0		14:25	21
24	Dylan Cozens	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2		13:24	18
27	Curtis Lazar	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	1	33.3	13:12	18
12	Eric Staal	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	54.5	12:54	21
15	Riley Sheahan	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	66.7	12:53	19
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		12:15	16
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	+2	2	2	5	2		26:39	31
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		25:44	30
4	Taylor Hall	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		25:08	27
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	68.0	23:31	27
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	+2	0	2	1	0		23:22	30
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		22:54	25
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2		22:28	26
33	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		18:13	26
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	64.3	16:35	21
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1		13:30	17
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		10:08	12
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		8:34	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Linus Ullmark	OTL	32	29	3	.906	65:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
13	Jakub Vrana	L	1	1	2	+3	2	3	0	1		18:44	28
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	6	3	2		28:37	31
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	1		23:31	30
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	2	33.3	20:56	29
26	Nic Dowd	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	3	0	40.0	19:10	25
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	2	0		19:08	22
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	1	1	0	2	2	3	0	50.0	17:45	22
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	1	1	+1	0	4	0	1	50.0	12:57	19
34	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	2		20:13	25
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		19:52	26
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		19:12	23
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		19:08	28
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	30.8	17:29	27
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	5	0	100.0	16:19	23
14	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		13:19	18
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		10:14	15
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0		9:52	14
64	Brian Pinho	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	62.5	7:26	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	27	24	3	.889	64:57