Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Friday, April 9, 2021 · KeyBank Center
NBCSWA+ · MSG-B
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 on Friday, April 9, 2021 at KeyBank Center.
Goals came from Brenden Dillon, Alex Ovechkin, Henri Jokiharju, Justin Schultz, Casey Mittelstadt, Jakub Vrana and Tage Thompson.
Vitek Vanecek made 30 saves on 33 shots for the win; Dustin Tokarski stopped 29 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Brenden Dillon (2)Justin Schultz (17), T.J. Oshie (18)1–002:39 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (21)Brenden Dillon (12), John Carlson (25)2–011:39 WSH
Henri Jokiharju (3)Rasmus Dahlin (14)2–118:26 BUF
2nd period
Justin Schultz (3)Lars Eller (10)3–100:28 WSH
Casey Mittelstadt (5)Rasmus Asplund (1), Rasmus Ristolainen (8)3–210:08 BUF
3rd period
Jakub Vrana (11)Justin Schultz (18), Lars Eller (11)4–209:48 WSH
Tage Thompson (4)Rasmus Ristolainen (9)4–318:40 BUF
Team stats
WSHBUF
33Shots on goal33
40%Faceoff %60%
0/1Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes2
21Hits16
14Blocked shots12
3Giveaways5
2Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 12:38
Dmitry Orlov · cross checking2 min - 1st 18:45Nick Jensen · high sticking2 min
- 1st 19:41
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 2nd 16:20John Carlson · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 2Justin SchultzD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 19:45 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 13:03 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 14:08 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 11:05 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 13:02 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 23:17 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:31 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:16 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 18:15 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:16 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:43 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:14 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:47 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:50 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 33 | 30 | 3 | .909 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23:42 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:10 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:42 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:50 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 20:05 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 24:04 |
| 13Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:16 |
| 15Riley SheahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:59 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:50 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 16:29 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 20:44 |
| 25Arttu RuotsalainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:13 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:28 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:50 |
| 44Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 04:28 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:17 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:02 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | L | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 57:59 |
| 35Linus UllmarkG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |