Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Friday, January 15, 2021 · KeyBank Center

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2–1

Final

SOG 21–31

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NBCSWA · MSG-B

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Friday, January 15, 2021 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 31-21.

Goals came from Jakub Vrana, Rasmus Ristolainen and Tom Wilson.

Vitek Vanecek made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 19 of 21.

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

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Jakub Vrana (2)Tom Wilson (1)1–001:34 WSH

3rd period

Rasmus Ristolainen (1)Taylor Hall (2), Jack Eichel (3)1–100:31 BUF
Tom Wilson (1)Nicklas Backstrom (2)2–107:47 WSH

Team stats

WSHBUF

21Shots on goal31

47%Faceoff %53%

0/0Power play0/5

10Penalty minutes0

27Hits15

7Blocked shots8

5Giveaways7

1Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 05:57Brenden Dillon · hooking2 min
1st 10:23Conor Sheary · tripping2 min
1st 16:35Evgeny Kuznetsov · holding2 min
2nd 12:23John Carlson · slashing2 min
3rd 15:47Zdeno Chara · holding2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

43Tom WilsonR	1	1	2	+1	1	4	0	0	–	18:44
13Jakub VranaL	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	13:56
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	63	16:22
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	14:51
14Richard PanikR	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	12:24
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	58	17:30
21Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:05
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:30
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	13:55
73Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	08:52
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	–	16:16
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	+1	3	1	1	2	33	14:58
2Justin SchultzD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	17:19
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	19:13
4Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	2	–	19:25
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	22:15
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	+1	3	2	1	2	–	20:06
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	–	22:19

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Vitek VanecekG	W	31	30	1	.968	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

4Taylor HallL	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	–	21:36
9Jack EichelC	0	1	1	+1	3	2	0	0	40	23:23
55Rasmus RistolainenD	1	0	1	+1	3	4	0	0	–	20:51
12Eric StaalC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	60	17:43
13Tobias RiederC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	12:42
15Riley SheahanC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:21
20Cody EakinC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	64	12:17
23Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	100	21:25
24Dylan CozensC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	12:49
27Curtis LazarC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	08:47
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:28
68Victor OlofssonR	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	–	19:51
72Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	3	0	–	19:39
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	14:15
19Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	17:36
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	–	21:31
33Colin MillerD	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	–	15:35
62Brandon MontourD	0	0	0	-1	4	1	1	0	–	19:13

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Linus UllmarkG	L	21	19	2	.905	57:58
40Carter HuttonG		0	0	0	–	00:00