Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Thursday, February 18, 2021 · Capital One Arena

BuffaloSabresAway

1–3

Final

SOG 23–21

WashingtonCapitalsHome

NBCSWA · MSG-B

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 23-21.

Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, Tom Wilson, Conor Sheary and Victor Olofsson.

Vitek Vanecek made 22 saves on 23 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 18 of 21.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	1	1	23
WSH	1	1	1	3	21

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nicklas Backstrom (8)T.J. Oshie (7), Alex Ovechkin (9)0–117:23 WSH · PPG

2nd period

Tom Wilson (6)Unassisted0–206:38 WSH · SHG

3rd period

Conor Sheary (4)Lars Eller (4), Justin Schultz (6)0–307:28 WSH
Victor Olofsson (6)Sam Reinhart (5), Jack Eichel (10)1–311:27 BUF · PPG

Team stats

BUFWSH

23Shots on goal21

49%Faceoff %51%

1/2Power play1/1

2Penalty minutes4

17Hits22

14Blocked shots7

10Giveaways11

5Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 16:19Will Borgen · slashing2 min
2nd 05:46T.J. Oshie · high sticking2 min
3rd 09:36Dmitry Orlov · tripping2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Jack EichelC	0	1	1	-1	2	1	1	0	47	22:24
23Sam ReinhartC	0	1	1	-1	1	1	1	0	–	23:27
68Victor OlofssonR	1	0	1	-2	1	0	0	0	–	17:33
4Taylor HallL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	–	23:52
12Eric StaalC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	27	19:59
13Tobias RiederC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:36
15Riley SheahanC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	08:34
20Cody EakinC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	67	13:00
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	14:14
27Curtis LazarC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	100	08:01
53Jeff SkinnerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	11:26
72Tage ThompsonC	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	–	14:16
3Will BorgenD	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	–	16:31
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:30
19Jake McCabeD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	17:43
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	3	0	–	25:42
33Colin MillerD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	20:08
62Brandon MontourD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	19:08

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Linus UllmarkG	L	21	18	3	.857	57:52
40Carter HuttonG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	0	4	4	0	0	–	16:25
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	40	14:28
20Lars EllerC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	57	16:06
43Tom WilsonR	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	15:53
73Conor ShearyL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	12:56
77T.J. OshieR	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	–	15:56
2Justin SchultzD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	–	18:04
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	13:00
14Richard PanikR	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	–	13:52
21Garnet HathawayR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	12:47
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	2	0	60	15:54
62Carl HagelinL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:32
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	53	14:56
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	0	–	18:28
4Brenden DillonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	22:24
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	2	–	17:37
33Zdeno CharaD	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	–	19:16
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	23:07

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Craig AndersonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Vitek VanecekG	W	23	22	1	.957	59:28