Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Fri, Jan 15, 2021 · KeyBank Center · 2020–21 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

2 – 1

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–1 on Fri, Jan 15, 2021 at KeyBank Center. Tom Wilson led the way with 2 points. Vitek Vanecek made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 21–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	1	2	21
BUF	0	0	1	1	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	01:34	WSH	EV	Jakub Vrana (2) · snap	Tom Wilson (1)	1–0
3rd	00:31	BUF	EV	Rasmus Ristolainen (1) · wrist	Taylor Hall (2), Jack Eichel (3)	1–1
3rd	07:47	WSH	EV	Tom Wilson (1) · snap	Nicklas Backstrom (2)	2–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:57	WSH	Brenden Dillon	hooking	2
1st	10:23	WSH	Conor Sheary	tripping	2
1st	16:35	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	holding	2
2nd	12:23	WSH	John Carlson	slashing	2
3rd	15:47	WSH	Zdeno Chara	holding	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 1.63 · BUF 2.97 · xG% WSH 35.4

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
43	Tom Wilson	R	1	1	2	+1	0	1	4	0		18:44	23
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	62.5	16:22	17
13	Jakub Vrana	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	2	0		13:56	18
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0		22:19	25
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2		22:15	23
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	+1	2	3	2	1		20:06	26
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	1		19:25	27
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0		19:13	24
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	58.3	17:30	22
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		17:19	22
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		16:16	16
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	+1	2	3	1	1	33.3	14:58	19
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1		14:51	17
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		13:55	20
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12:30	16
14	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		12:24	16
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		9:05	13
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		8:52	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	31	30	1	.968	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	+1	3	2	0	40.0	23:23	25
4	Taylor Hall	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0		21:36	22
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	1	0	1	+1	3	4	0		20:51	24
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2		21:31	20
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	100.0	21:25	21
68	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1		19:51	20
72	Tage Thompson	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3		19:39	20
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	0	0	-1	4	1	1		19:13	19
12	Eric Staal	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	60.0	17:43	21
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0		17:36	21
33	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0		15:35	20
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		14:28	19
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1		14:15	21
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0		12:49	19
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0		12:42	18
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	63.6	12:17	20
27	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66.7	8:47	13
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8:21	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Linus Ullmark	L	21	19	2	.905	57:58