Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Thu, Feb 18, 2021 · Capital One Arena · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

1 – 3

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Thu, Feb 18, 2021 at Capital One Arena. Vitek Vanecek made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 23–21.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	1	1	23
WSH	1	1	1	3	21

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	17:23	WSH	PP	Nicklas Backstrom (8) · backhand	T.J. Oshie (7), Alex Ovechkin (9)	0–1
2nd	06:38	WSH	SH	Tom Wilson (6) · backhand	Unassisted	0–2
3rd	07:28	WSH	EV	Conor Sheary (4) · wrist	Lars Eller (4), Justin Schultz (6)	0–3
3rd	11:27	BUF	PP	Victor Olofsson (6) · wrist	Sam Reinhart (5), Jack Eichel (10)	1–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	16:19	BUF	Will Borgen	slashing	2
2nd	05:46	WSH	T.J. Oshie	high sticking	2
3rd	09:36	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.05 · WSH 2.84 · xG% BUF 42.0

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	1		23:27	22
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	1	47.4	22:24	23
68	Victor Olofsson	L	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	0		17:33	20
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	3		25:42	24
4	Taylor Hall	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2		23:52	22
33	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2		20:08	23
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	27.3	19:59	20
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		19:08	21
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		17:43	22
3	Will Borgen	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	1		16:31	20
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		15:30	19
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0		14:16	19
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		14:14	17
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	66.7	13:00	17
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		11:26	16
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		9:36	15
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	100.0	8:34	14
27	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	100.0	8:01	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Linus Ullmark	L	21	18	3	.857	57:52

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1		18:04	19
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	0	0	4	4	0		16:25	21
20	Lars Eller	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	57.1	16:06	19
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	0		15:56	20
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0		15:53	20
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	40.0	14:28	18
73	Conor Sheary	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		12:56	15
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		23:07	24
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		22:24	23
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0		19:16	20
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2		18:28	19
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	1		17:37	18
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	2	60.0	15:54	20
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		15:32	19
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	53.3	14:56	20
14	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0		13:52	14
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		13:00	16
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12:47	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	23	22	1	.957	59:28