Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Mon, Nov 8, 2021 · Capital One Arena · 2021–22 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 5

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Mon, Nov 8, 2021 at Capital One Arena. Tom Wilson scored twice. Vitek Vanecek made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	2	3	28
WSH	1	2	2	5	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:13	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (2) · tip-in	Alex Ovechkin (9), Trevor van Riemsdyk (5)	0–1
2nd	02:30	WSH	EV	Connor McMichael (2) · wrist	Justin Schultz (1), Carl Hagelin (2)	0–2
2nd	03:43	BUF	EV	Cody Eakin (2) · wrist	Unassisted	1–2
2nd	08:55	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (11) · tip-in	Dmitry Orlov (4), Evgeny Kuznetsov (9)	1–3
3rd	03:17	BUF	EV	Anders Bjork (2) · backhand	Arttu Ruotsalainen (1), Robert Hagg (3)	2–3
3rd	06:45	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (3) · backhand	Evgeny Kuznetsov (10)	2–4
3rd	17:47	WSH	PP	John Carlson (3) · wrist	Evgeny Kuznetsov (11), Alex Ovechkin (10)	2–5
3rd	18:56	BUF	EV	Colin Miller (1) · slap	Mark Pysyk (2), Vinnie Hinostroza (5)	3–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:44	BUF	Tage Thompson	holding	2
1st	10:07	WSH	Carl Hagelin	holding	2
2nd	14:49	WSH	Carl Hagelin	tripping	2
3rd	09:45	BUF	Cody Eakin	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	14:40	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	interference	2
3rd	16:31	BUF	Zemgus Girgensons	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.01 · WSH 2.80 · xG% BUF 41.8

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
13	Mark Pysyk	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1		22:15	26
33	Colin Miller	D	1	0	1	+2	0	4	2	0		21:24	29
8	Robert Hagg	D	0	1	1	-3	0	0	2	0		18:34	23
29	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0		16:26	20
20	Cody Eakin	C	1	0	1	-1	2	3	0	0	66.7	13:34	19
25	Arttu Ruotsalainen	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	42.9	13:06	17
96	Anders Bjork	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		10:39	16
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		26:36	28
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		19:17	30
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		19:11	22
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	35.3	18:51	22
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		17:29	22
91	Drake Caggiula	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		16:31	19
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	46.7	15:55	20
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2		15:16	22
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0		13:39	19
15	John Hayden	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0		8:51	13
86	Christian Wolanin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2		8:18	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Dustin Tokarski	L	30	25	5	.833	58:52

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	3	3	+1	0	1	0	0	69.6	25:34	29
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	2	3	+1	0	6	0	0		24:19	26
43	Tom Wilson	R	2	0	2	+1	0	4	1	2		21:16	26
74	John Carlson	D	1	0	1	-1	0	4	2	1		24:27	27
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	0		18:29	23
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		18:01	20
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	2		16:39	20
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0	0		13:01	18
24	Connor McMichael	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	1	28.6	11:56	15
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	5	2		20:09	25
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	1		18:38	24
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	100.0	17:53	21
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	61.1	17:24	24
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		15:08	18
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	5	0		14:51	20
49	Brett Leason	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		5:54	9
45	Axel Jonsson-Fjallby	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		5:44	9
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	50.0	4:37	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	28	25	3	.893	60:00