Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Thu, Apr 15, 2021 · Capital One Arena · 2020–21 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

5 – 2

Final

Washington Capitals

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5–2 on Thu, Apr 15, 2021 at Capital One Arena. Anders Bjork led the way with 2 points. Dustin Tokarski made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	3	1	5	30
WSH	1	1	0	2	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	18:50	BUF	EV	Sam Reinhart (15) · tip-in	Dylan Cozens (5), Henri Jokiharju (5)	1–0
1st	19:37	WSH	EV	Dmitry Orlov (6) · slap	T.J. Oshie (21)	1–1
2nd	01:36	BUF	EV	Victor Olofsson (12) · wrist	Unassisted	2–1
2nd	05:42	BUF	SH	Casey Mittelstadt (7) · wrist	Anders Bjork (5)	3–1
2nd	09:59	WSH	PP	Anthony Mantha (13) · tip-in	John Carlson (28), Nicklas Backstrom (31)	3–2
2nd	13:23	BUF	EV	Anders Bjork (3) · slap	Dylan Cozens (6)	4–2
3rd	19:17	BUF	SH EN	Tage Thompson (5) · wrist	Rasmus Asplund (2)	5–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:48	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	interference	2
2nd	03:45	BUF	Matt Irwin	high sticking	2
3rd	00:35	BUF	Henri Jokiharju	tripping	2
3rd	09:34	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	hooking	2
3rd	14:01	BUF	Matt Irwin	roughing	2
3rd	14:01	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2
3rd	15:38	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	cross checking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 4.70 · WSH 2.63 · xG% BUF 64.2

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
96	Anders Bjork	L	1	1	2	+2	0	2	0	1		18:40	26
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	2	2	+2	0	4	2	0	50.0	14:15	21
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	3		20:25	21
23	Sam Reinhart	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0	36.4	18:15	25
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		16:03	22
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	1	0	1	+2	0	4	0	1	41.7	16:01	22
68	Victor Olofsson	L	1	0	1	+1	0	5	0	1		15:29	22
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		13:44	16
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	2	0		22:14	24
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0		22:04	22
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	1		20:29	22
33	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		18:18	23
25	Arttu Ruotsalainen	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0		16:08	22
44	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	+1	4	0	1	2		16:00	22
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	1		15:17	21
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	1	45.5	13:08	15
13	Tobias Rieder	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1		12:22	15
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2:17	3

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Dustin Tokarski	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	1		23:11	22
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	0	4	2	1	1	87.5	19:51	20
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	60.0	19:18	21
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	1	0	1	+2	0	2	2	1		18:34	19
39	Anthony Mantha	R	1	0	1	-1	0	1	3	2	100.0	17:59	22
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	6	2	0		21:49	21
2	Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	-4	0	1	0	1		19:21	22
4	Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1		17:58	21
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	50.0	17:11	18
20	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	71.4	16:37	20
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1	4	0		16:35	23
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1		16:31	18
33	Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	2		15:55	17
73	Conor Sheary	L	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0		13:48	16
10	Daniel Sprong	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		12:31	14
62	Carl Hagelin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:16	14
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	37.5	9:01	11
21	Garnet Hathaway	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0		8:56	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41	Vitek Vanecek	L	21	17	4	.810	32:54
31	Craig Anderson		8	8	0	1.000	24:44