Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Fri, Apr 9, 2021 · KeyBank Center · 2020–21 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

4 – 3

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 on Fri, Apr 9, 2021 at KeyBank Center. Justin Schultz led the way with 3 points. Vitek Vanecek made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–33.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	1	1	4	33
BUF	1	1	1	3	33

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:39	WSH	EV	Brenden Dillon (2) · slap	Justin Schultz (17), T.J. Oshie (18)	1–0
1st	11:39	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (21) · wrist	Brenden Dillon (12), John Carlson (25)	2–0
1st	18:26	BUF	EV	Henri Jokiharju (3) · wrist	Rasmus Dahlin (14)	2–1
2nd	00:28	WSH	EV	Justin Schultz (3) · slap	Lars Eller (10)	3–1
2nd	10:08	BUF	EV	Casey Mittelstadt (5) · wrist	Rasmus Asplund (1), Rasmus Ristolainen (8)	3–2
3rd	09:48	WSH	EV	Jakub Vrana (11) · slap	Justin Schultz (18), Lars Eller (11)	4–2
3rd	18:40	BUF	PP	Tage Thompson (4) · tip-in	Rasmus Ristolainen (9)	4–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	12:38	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	cross checking	2
1st	18:45	WSH	Nick Jensen	high sticking	2
1st	19:41	BUF	Bench	too many men on the ice	2
2nd	16:20	WSH	John Carlson	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.55 · BUF 1.97 · xG% WSH 56.3

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Justin Schultz	D	1	2	3	+2	0	3	2	1		19:45	24
4	Brenden Dillon	D	1	1	2	+2	0	1	2	1		19:44	25
20	Lars Eller	C	0	2	2	+3	0	2	0	1	60.0	13:03	20
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	-1	2	2	1	3		23:17	27
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	0		14:08	19
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0		13:02	20
13	Jakub Vrana	L	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	0		11:05	16
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0		21:47	26
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		18:16	23
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	26.3	18:15	22
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		17:50	22
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1		17:06	23
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2		15:36	19
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	7	2		15:22	20
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	27.3	15:14	19
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1	64.3	14:16	18
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1		13:43	18
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		12:31	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	W	33	30	3	.909	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	2	2	0	0	6	3		23:42	21
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0		24:04	25
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	1	0	1	-1	2	0	1		20:05	21
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	30.8	17:10	21
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0		16:42	21
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0		12:50	17
23	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	-2	3	0	2	42.9	20:44	26
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		19:02	19
68	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0		18:28	25
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	100.0	18:13	22
33	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		16:50	19
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	+1	4	1	1	100.0	16:29	22
62	Brandon Montour	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	3		16:17	19
15	Riley Sheahan	C	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	68.8	15:59	22
25	Arttu Ruotsalainen	C	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0		15:52	19
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		12:16	15
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.0	10:50	14
44	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0		4:28	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Dustin Tokarski	L	33	29	4	.879	57:59