Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Monday, March 15, 2021 · KeyBank Center

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6–0

Final

SOG 30–23

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-0 on Monday, March 15, 2021 at KeyBank Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 30-23.

Goals came from Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicklas Backstrom, Richard Panik, Daniel Sprong, Garnet Hathaway and Alex Ovechkin.

Vitek Vanecek made 23 saves on 23 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 24 of 30.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	3	2	6	30
BUF	0	0	0	0	23

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Evgeny Kuznetsov (3)Justin Schultz (9), Conor Sheary (3)1–018:46 WSH

2nd period

Nicklas Backstrom (11)T.J. Oshie (13), Nick Jensen (9)2–002:41 WSH
Richard Panik (3)Dmitry Orlov (1)3–005:59 WSH
Daniel Sprong (6)Nick Jensen (10)4–015:07 WSH

3rd period

Garnet Hathaway (4)Justin Schultz (10), Carl Hagelin (5)5–006:46 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (11)Conor Sheary (4)6–016:21 WSH

Team stats

WSHBUF

30Shots on goal23

56%Faceoff %44%

0/2Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes4

5Hits9

14Blocked shots9

9Giveaways5

4Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 16:43Rasmus Dahlin · hooking2 min
3rd 07:17Taylor Hall · hooking2 min
3rd 12:48Dmitry Orlov · holding2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

73Conor ShearyL	0	2	2	+3	0	0	0	0	–	12:45
2Justin SchultzD	0	2	2	+4	1	0	1	0	–	16:16
3Nick JensenD	0	2	2	+2	0	0	2	0	–	17:27
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	+3	6	0	0	0	–	20:04
10Daniel SprongR	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	–	16:20
14Richard PanikR	1	0	1	+2	1	0	1	0	100	13:05
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	0	1	+2	1	0	0	0	50	17:40
21Garnet HathawayR	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	14:41
62Carl HagelinL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	15:22
77T.J. OshieR	0	1	1	+1	5	1	0	0	50	18:30
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	0	1	+2	3	0	0	0	38	18:59
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	+3	1	1	0	2	–	18:14
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	13:28
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	5	0	72	20:14
4Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	19:13
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	18:51
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	07:00
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	19:51

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ilya SamsonovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Vitek VanecekG	W	23	23	0	1.000	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

4Taylor HallL	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	–	15:58
12Eric StaalC	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	–	15:21
13Tobias RiederC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	14:49
15Riley SheahanC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50	15:24
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	15:33
23Sam ReinhartC	0	0	0	-4	1	0	0	0	100	16:09
27Curtis LazarC	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	0	50	11:16
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	50	13:53
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	13:59
68Victor OlofssonR	0	0	0	-4	1	1	0	0	–	16:11
72Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	13:53
74Rasmus AsplundC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	50	14:17
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	2	–	19:55
33Colin MillerD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	–	20:28
44Matt IrwinD	0	0	0	-2	4	0	3	0	–	18:43
55Rasmus RistolainenD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	–	21:42
62Brandon MontourD	0	0	0	-3	1	0	1	0	–	19:41
78Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	–	18:48

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Jonas JohanssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Carter HuttonG	L	30	24	6	.800	60:00