Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, April 15, 2021 · Capital One Arena
NBCSWA · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5-2 on Thursday, April 15, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 30-29.
Goals came from Sam Reinhart, Dmitry Orlov, Victor Olofsson, Casey Mittelstadt, Anthony Mantha, Anders Bjork and Tage Thompson.
Dustin Tokarski made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Vitek Vanecek stopped 17 of 21.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sam Reinhart (15)Dylan Cozens (5), Henri Jokiharju (5)1–018:50 BUF
Dmitry Orlov (6)T.J. Oshie (21)1–119:37 WSH
2nd period
Victor Olofsson (12)Unassisted2–101:36 BUF
Casey Mittelstadt (7)Anders Bjork (5)3–105:42 BUF · SHG
Anthony Mantha (13)John Carlson (28), Nicklas Backstrom (31)3–209:59 WSH
Anders Bjork (3)Dylan Cozens (6)4–213:23 BUF
3rd period
Tage Thompson (5)Rasmus Asplund (2)5–219:17 BUF · EN
Team stats
BUFWSH
30Shots on goal29
39%Faceoff %61%
0/2Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes6
13Hits28
14Blocked shots10
5Giveaways15
8Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 10:48
Nicklas Backstrom · interference2 min - 2nd 03:45
Matt Irwin · high sticking2 min - 3rd 00:35Henri Jokiharju · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:34Rasmus Dahlin · hooking2 min
- 3rd 14:01Matt Irwin · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:01Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 3rd 15:38Nicklas Backstrom · cross checking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 14:15 |
| 96Anders BjorkL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 18:40 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:15 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 16:01 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:29 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:44 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:03 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 20:25 |
| 13Tobias RiederC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:22 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:08 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 02:17 |
| 25Arttu RuotsalainenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:08 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:17 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:29 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:18 |
| 44Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:00 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:14 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 60:00 |
| 32Michael HouserG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:51 |
| 39Anthony ManthaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:59 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:18 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:34 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 23:11 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 21:49 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 12:31 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 16:37 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:56 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:01 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:16 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 13:48 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:11 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 1 | 19:21 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:31 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:58 |
| 33Zdeno CharaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Craig AndersonG | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1.000 | 24:44 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | L | 21 | 17 | 4 | .810 | 32:54 |