Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, January 22, 2021 · Capital One Arena
NBCSWA+ · MSG-B
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in a shootout on Friday, January 22, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 32-27.
Goals came from Eric Staal, Nicklas Backstrom, Nic Dowd, Dylan Cozens, Jakub Vrana and Riley Sheahan.
Vitek Vanecek made 24 saves on 27 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 29 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Eric Staal (1)Victor Olofsson (2)1–012:33 BUF
Nicklas Backstrom (3)Tom Wilson (3), Brenden Dillon (1)1–116:18 WSH
2nd period
Nic Dowd (2)Jakub Vrana (2), John Carlson (3)1–204:14 WSH
Dylan Cozens (1)Unassisted2–210:43 BUF
Jakub Vrana (3)Zdeno Chara (1), T.J. Oshie (4)2–313:07 WSH
Riley Sheahan (1)Jeff Skinner (1), Curtis Lazar (1)3–313:49 BUF
SO period
John CarlsonUnassisted3–400:00 WSH
Team stats
BUFWSH
27Shots on goal32
60%Faceoff %40%
0/2Power play0/1
4Penalty minutes6
20Hits24
12Blocked shots11
3Giveaways7
2Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 17:03
Conor Sheary · slashing2 min - 2nd 10:49
Tage Thompson · hooking2 min - 2nd 10:49Jakub Vrana · tripping2 min
- 3rd 04:53T.J. Oshie · hooking2 min
- 3rd 19:50Rasmus Ristolainen · holding2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 12Eric StaalC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:54 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:53 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 27Curtis LazarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:12 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:15 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 14:25 |
| 4Taylor HallL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:08 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:31 |
| 13Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:30 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:35 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:54 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:34 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:28 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 23:22 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 10:08 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:13 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 26:39 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 25:44 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jonas JohanssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | O | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 65:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 18:44 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:56 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:10 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 12:57 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:45 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 23:31 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:08 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 28:37 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 10:14 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:19 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:19 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:52 |
| 64Brian PinhoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 07:26 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 09:52 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:08 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 19:12 |
| 34Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Craig AndersonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 64:57 |