Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, January 14, 2021 · KeyBank Center

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6–4

Final

SOG 28–26

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-4 on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at KeyBank Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 28-26.

Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, Taylor Hall, T.J. Oshie, John Carlson, Brenden Dillon, Tobias Rieder, Jake McCabe, Jakub Vrana, Victor Olofsson and Garnet Hathaway.

Ilya Samsonov made 22 saves on 26 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 22 of 27.

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

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nicklas Backstrom (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), T.J. Oshie (1)1–005:43 WSH
Taylor Hall (1)Victor Olofsson (1), Jack Eichel (1)1–108:48 BUF · PPG
T.J. Oshie (1)Alex Ovechkin (2), John Carlson (1)2–110:33 WSH · PPG

2nd period

John Carlson (1)T.J. Oshie (2), Nicklas Backstrom (1)3–107:05 WSH
Brenden Dillon (1)Conor Sheary (1), Lars Eller (1)4–113:23 WSH
Tobias Rieder (1)Dylan Cozens (1), Jake McCabe (1)4–218:46 BUF

3rd period

Jake McCabe (1)Jack Eichel (2), Tage Thompson (1)4–300:20 BUF
Jakub Vrana (1)Unassisted5–300:46 WSH
Victor Olofsson (1)Taylor Hall (1), Sam Reinhart (1)5–418:06 BUF
Garnet Hathaway (1)Nick Jensen (1)6–418:57 WSH · EN

Team stats

WSHBUF

28Shots on goal26

51%Faceoff %49%

1/2Power play1/3

11Penalty minutes9

19Hits20

11Blocked shots7

7Giveaways9

5Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 08:30T.J. Oshie · elbowing2 min
1st 09:34Rasmus Dahlin · holding2 min
2nd 02:40Nic Dowd · holding2 min
2nd 11:19Colin Miller · cross checking2 min
3rd 10:04Nic Dowd · illegal check to head2 min
3rd 15:27Jake McCabe · fighting5 min
3rd 15:27Brenden Dillon · fighting5 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

77T.J. OshieR	1	2	3	+1	3	1	0	2	60	19:29
8Alex OvechkinL	0	2	2	+1	3	3	1	0	–	19:36
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	1	2	+1	3	0	1	0	44	17:54
74John CarlsonD	1	1	2	-2	6	3	1	0	–	23:43
13Jakub VranaL	1	0	1	+1	5	1	0	0	–	14:07
20Lars EllerC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	69	15:13
21Garnet HathawayR	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	–	12:13
73Conor ShearyL	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:40
3Nick JensenD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	–	20:17
4Brenden DillonD	1	0	1	+3	1	2	4	5	–	17:21
14Richard PanikR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	11:18
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	4	33	11:24
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	17:11
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	12:54
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	42	16:29
2Justin SchultzD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	0	0	–	15:56
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	–	19:41
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	+2	1	1	0	0	–	20:16

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG	W	26	22	4	.846	60:00
41Vitek VanecekG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

4Taylor HallL	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	–	19:30
9Jack EichelC	0	2	2	0	1	2	0	0	41	22:12
68Victor OlofssonR	1	1	2	-2	2	0	1	0	–	18:10
19Jake McCabeD	1	1	2	0	1	2	1	5	–	16:36
13Tobias RiederC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	11:36
23Sam ReinhartC	0	1	1	-2	2	1	0	0	100	19:34
24Dylan CozensC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	50	12:09
72Tage ThompsonC	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	–	17:08
12Eric StaalC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	53	14:45
15Riley SheahanC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	100	09:55
20Cody EakinC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	60	13:23
27Curtis LazarC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	50	11:33
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	14:25
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	14:56
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	–	24:20
33Colin MillerD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	2	–	15:14
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	2	0	–	22:22
62Brandon MontourD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	–	20:37

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Linus UllmarkG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Carter HuttonG	L	27	22	5	.815	58:36