Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Sat, Dec 11, 2021 · KeyBank Center · 2021–22 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

3 – 2

Final/SO

Buffalo Sabres

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 in a shootout on Sat, Dec 11, 2021 at KeyBank Center. Vitek Vanecek made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 42–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
WSH	1	0	1	0	2	3	42
BUF	1	1	0	0	1	2	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:40	WSH	EV	Lars Eller (4) · wrist	Conor Sheary (6), T.J. Oshie (5)	1–0
1st	13:48	BUF	EV	Vinnie Hinostroza (5) · wrist	Robert Hagg (4), Jacob Bryson (7)	1–1
2nd	02:09	BUF	EV	Will Butcher (1) · snap	Rasmus Asplund (9), Kyle Okposo (13)	1–2
3rd	05:41	WSH	EV	Martin Fehérváry (3) · slap	Alex Ovechkin (24), Evgeny Kuznetsov (21)	2–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
2nd	14:13	BUF	Zemgus Girgensons	hooking	2
2nd	18:16	BUF	Kyle Okposo	high sticking double minor	4
OT	04:36	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	slashing	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 3.61 · BUF 2.38 · xG% WSH 60.3

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	1	1	0	0	6	0	0		25:36	21
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	1	1	+1	0	5	1	0	43.8	24:26	23
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	66.7	22:21	25
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	1	0	1	+1	0	3	7	1		19:45	23
20	Lars Eller	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	22.7	19:23	24
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1		19:18	22
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	4	0	1		26:04	28
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0		23:10	27
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		20:17	23
59	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		18:31	23
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		17:48	23
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		14:33	15
52	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		14:09	18
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0		12:50	15
23	Michael Sgarbossa	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	60.0	12:05	15
47	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		9:02	12
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33.3	8:05	11
49	Brett Leason	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		7:50	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	31	29	2	.935	64:47

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	1	1	-2	0	2	1	0		19:42	27
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	1	1	0	4	3	1	0		18:30	24
8	Robert Hagg	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	3	4		17:22	23
4	Will Butcher	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	1		15:26	21
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		13:05	22
29	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	100.0	11:48	16
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		26:08	30
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	3		25:22	30
13	Mark Pysyk	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	2		21:00	26
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	60.0	18:28	21
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	40.0	18:16	23
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	2	72.7	17:21	28
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		16:59	21
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	75.0	16:28	21
57	Brett Murray	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		15:22	19
96	Anders Bjork	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		13:26	18
15	John Hayden	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		12:38	21
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	57.1	12:03	22

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	OTL	42	40	2	.952	65:00