Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Thu, Jan 14, 2021 · KeyBank Center · 2020–21 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

6 – 4

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–4 on Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at KeyBank Center. T.J. Oshie led the way with 3 points. Ilya Samsonov made 22 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 28–26.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	2	2	6	28
BUF	1	1	2	4	26

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:43	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (1) · wrist	Alex Ovechkin (1), T.J. Oshie (1)	1–0
1st	08:48	BUF	PP	Taylor Hall (1) · wrist	Victor Olofsson (1), Jack Eichel (1)	1–1
1st	10:33	WSH	PP	T.J. Oshie (1) · slap	Alex Ovechkin (2), John Carlson (1)	2–1
2nd	07:05	WSH	EV	John Carlson (1) · wrist	T.J. Oshie (2), Nicklas Backstrom (1)	3–1
2nd	13:23	WSH	EV	Brenden Dillon (1) · wrist	Conor Sheary (1), Lars Eller (1)	4–1
2nd	18:46	BUF	EV	Tobias Rieder (1) · wrap-around	Dylan Cozens (1), Jake McCabe (1)	4–2
3rd	00:20	BUF	EV	Jake McCabe (1) · slap	Jack Eichel (2), Tage Thompson (1)	4–3
3rd	00:46	WSH	EV	Jakub Vrana (1) · wrist	Unassisted	5–3
3rd	18:06	BUF	PP	Victor Olofsson (1) · wrist	Taylor Hall (1), Sam Reinhart (1)	5–4
3rd	18:57	WSH	SH EN	Garnet Hathaway (1) · wrist	Nick Jensen (1)	6–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:30	WSH	T.J. Oshie	elbowing	2
1st	09:34	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	holding	2
2nd	02:40	WSH	Nic Dowd	holding	2
2nd	11:19	BUF	Colin Miller	cross checking	2
3rd	10:04	WSH	Nic Dowd	illegal check to head	2
3rd	15:27	BUF	Jake McCabe	fighting	5
3rd	15:27	WSH	Brenden Dillon	fighting	5

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.69 · BUF 1.99 · xG% WSH 57.6

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
77	T.J. Oshie	R	1	2	3	+1	2	3	1	0	60.0	19:29	25
74	John Carlson	D	1	1	2	-2	0	6	3	1		23:43	28
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	2	2	+1	0	3	3	1		19:36	24
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	1	43.8	17:54	24
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	2		20:17	24
4	Brenden Dillon	D	1	0	1	+3	5	1	2	4		17:21	23
20	Lars Eller	C	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	68.8	15:13	19
13	Jakub Vrana	L	1	0	1	+1	0	5	1	0		14:07	20
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	2	0		12:13	19
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		10:40	15
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0		20:16	24
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1		19:41	25
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.0	17:11	23
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	41.7	16:29	22
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0		15:56	22
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		12:54	20
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	+1	4	0	2	0	33.3	11:24	19
14	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		11:18	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ilya Samsonov	W	26	22	4	.846	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	2	2	0	0	1	2	0	40.9	22:12	28
4	Taylor Hall	L	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	0		19:30	27
68	Victor Olofsson	L	1	1	2	-2	0	2	0	1		18:10	23
19	Jake McCabe	D	1	1	2	0	5	1	2	1		16:36	22
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	-2	0	2	1	0	100.0	19:34	24
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	0		17:08	24
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	50.0	12:09	18
13	Tobias Rieder	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	0		11:36	18
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0		24:20	23
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	2		22:22	27
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		20:37	23
33	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	1		15:14	19
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		14:56	18
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2	53.3	14:45	18
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		14:25	19
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	60.0	13:23	22
27	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	50.0	11:33	18
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	100.0	9:55	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Carter Hutton	L	27	22	5	.815	58:36