Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Sun, Jan 24, 2021 · Capital One Arena · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

4 – 3

Final/SO

Washington Capitals

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 in a shootout on Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at Capital One Arena. Rasmus Ristolainen led the way with 2 points. Linus Ullmark made 28 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 48–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
BUF	0	2	1	0	1	4	48
WSH	1	1	1	0	0	3	31

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	06:58	WSH	EV	Justin Schultz (1) · slap	Unassisted	0–1
2nd	10:07	BUF	PP	Colin Miller (1) · slap	Rasmus Ristolainen (1), Casey Mittelstadt (1)	1–1
2nd	11:51	WSH	PP	T.J. Oshie (2) · tip-in	Justin Schultz (1), Nicklas Backstrom (3)	1–2
2nd	13:04	BUF	PP	Victor Olofsson (3) · wrist	Sam Reinhart (2), Jack Eichel (7)	2–2
3rd	07:24	BUF	PP	Eric Staal (2) · slap	Rasmus Ristolainen (2), Colin Miller (1)	3–2
3rd	09:28	WSH	PP	Nicklas Backstrom (4) · wrist	Jakub Vrana (3), John Carlson (4)	3–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	15:21	WSH	Connor McMichael	hooking	2
2nd	01:23	BUF	Jake McCabe	tripping	2
2nd	08:20	WSH	Zdeno Chara	tripping	2
2nd	10:45	BUF	Rasmus Ristolainen	tripping	2
2nd	12:07	WSH	Nic Dowd	tripping	2
2nd	15:46	WSH	Jonas Siegenthaler	tripping	2
3rd	06:03	WSH	Nic Dowd	cross checking	2
3rd	07:50	BUF	Brandon Montour	interference	2
3rd	10:33	WSH	Justin Schultz	ps holding on breakaway	0

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 4.17 · WSH 2.50 · xG% BUF 62.5

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	2	2	0	2	1	2	1		24:13	26
33	Colin Miller	D	1	1	2	-1	0	2	1	1		17:02	24
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	1	1	-1	0	4	1	1		24:36	25
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	-1	0	8	0	0	42.1	24:28	25
68	Victor Olofsson	L	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	1		21:25	23
12	Eric Staal	C	1	0	1	0	0	5	0	1	50.0	15:50	19
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	10:02	14
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	6	1	2		22:47	23
4	Taylor Hall	L	0	0	0	-1	0	7	0	1		22:29	25
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	4		20:48	24
19	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1		19:33	23
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		14:13	17
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:43	18
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		13:08	19
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	66.7	12:56	20
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		11:47	16
27	Curtis Lazar	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		10:45	14
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	80.0	10:31	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Linus Ullmark	W	31	28	3	.903	65:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Justin Schultz	D	1	1	2	+1	0	5	0	3		24:39	26
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	1	2	0	0	6	1	3	45.5	22:16	25
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	2		28:52	30
77	T.J. Oshie	R	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		22:03	25
13	Jakub Vrana	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		18:50	23
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	2		22:37	27
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		20:18	26
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18:50	28
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	58.8	18:15	24
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	+1	4	1	1	0	53.3	17:18	26
34	Jonas Siegenthaler	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1		15:14	21
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		14:14	23
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	1	100.0	14:09	23
14	Richard Panik	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0		11:50	16
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50.0	10:11	13
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	100.0	9:54	13
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		9:27	13
64	Brian Pinho	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	50.0	8:11	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	OTL	48	45	3	.938	65:00