Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Sunday, January 24, 2021 · Capital One Arena

BuffaloSabresAway

4–3

Final/SO

SOG 48–31

WashingtonCapitalsHome

NBCSWA · MSG-B

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 in a shootout on Sunday, January 24, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 48-31.

Goals came from Justin Schultz, Colin Miller, T.J. Oshie, Victor Olofsson, Eric Staal and Nicklas Backstrom.

Linus Ullmark made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Vitek Vanecek stopped 45 of 48.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
BUF	0	2	1	0	1	4	48
WSH	1	1	1	0	0	3	31

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Justin Schultz (1)Unassisted0–106:58 WSH

2nd period

Colin Miller (1)Rasmus Ristolainen (1), Casey Mittelstadt (1)1–110:07 BUF · PPG
T.J. Oshie (2)Justin Schultz (1), Nicklas Backstrom (3)1–211:51 WSH · PPG
Victor Olofsson (3)Sam Reinhart (2), Jack Eichel (7)2–213:04 BUF · PPG

3rd period

Eric Staal (2)Rasmus Ristolainen (2), Colin Miller (1)3–207:24 BUF · PPG
Nicklas Backstrom (4)Jakub Vrana (3), John Carlson (4)3–309:28 WSH · PPG

SO period

Jack EichelUnassisted4–300:00 BUF

Team stats

BUFWSH

48Shots on goal31

51%Faceoff %49%

3/5Power play2/3

6Penalty minutes10

11Hits16

15Blocked shots16

1Giveaways6

2Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 15:21Connor McMichael · hooking2 min
2nd 01:23Jake McCabe · tripping2 min
2nd 08:20Zdeno Chara · tripping2 min
2nd 10:45Rasmus Ristolainen · tripping2 min
2nd 12:07Nic Dowd · tripping2 min
2nd 15:46Jonas Siegenthaler · tripping2 min
3rd 06:03Nic Dowd · cross checking2 min
3rd 07:50Brandon Montour · interference2 min
3rd 10:33Justin Schultz · ps holding on breakaway0 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

33Colin MillerD	1	1	2	-1	2	1	1	0	–	17:02
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	2	2	0	1	2	1	2	–	24:13
9Jack EichelC	0	1	1	-1	8	0	0	0	42	24:28
12Eric StaalC	1	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	50	15:50
23Sam ReinhartC	0	1	1	-1	4	1	1	0	–	24:36
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	100	10:02
68Victor OlofssonR	1	0	1	0	5	0	1	0	–	21:25
4Taylor HallL	0	0	0	-1	7	0	1	0	–	22:29
13Tobias RiederC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:08
15Riley SheahanC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	80	10:31
20Cody EakinC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	67	12:56
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:43
27Curtis LazarC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	10:45
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	11:47
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	14:13
19Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	–	19:33
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	-1	6	1	2	0	–	22:47
62Brandon MontourD	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	–	20:48

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Jonas JohanssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Linus UllmarkG	W	31	28	3	.903	65:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	1	1	2	0	6	1	3	0	45	22:16
2Justin SchultzD	1	1	2	+1	5	0	3	0	–	24:39
13Jakub VranaL	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	18:50
77T.J. OshieR	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	22:03
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	–	28:52
10Daniel SprongR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	09:27
14Richard PanikR	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	–	11:50
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	59	18:15
21Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	+1	1	4	1	0	100	14:09
24Connor McMichaelC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	100	09:54
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	4	53	17:18
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	20:18
64Brian PinhoC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	50	08:11
73Conor ShearyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50	10:11
4Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	18:50
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	2	–	22:37
34Jonas SiegenthalerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	15:14
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	14:14

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Craig AndersonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Vitek VanecekG	O	48	45	3	.938	65:00