Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Monday, November 8, 2021 · Capital One Arena
NBCSWA · MSG-B
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 on Monday, November 8, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 30-28.
Tom Wilson scored twice. Connor McMichael, Cody Eakin, Alex Ovechkin, Anders Bjork, John Carlson and Colin Miller also scored.
Vitek Vanecek made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Dustin Tokarski stopped 25 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tom Wilson (2)Alex Ovechkin (9), Trevor van Riemsdyk (5)0–102:13 WSH
2nd period
Connor McMichael (2)Justin Schultz (1), Carl Hagelin (2)0–202:30 WSH
Cody Eakin (2)Unassisted1–203:43 BUF
Alex Ovechkin (11)Dmitry Orlov (4), Evgeny Kuznetsov (9)1–308:55 WSH
3rd period
Anders Bjork (2)Arttu Ruotsalainen (1), Robert Hagg (3)2–303:17 BUF- Tom Wilson (3)Evgeny Kuznetsov (10)2–406:45 WSH
John Carlson (3)Evgeny Kuznetsov (11), Alex Ovechkin (10)2–517:47 WSH · PPG
Colin Miller (1)Mark Pysyk (2), Vinnie Hinostroza (5)3–518:56 BUF
Team stats
BUFWSH
28Shots on goal30
44%Faceoff %56%
0/3Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes6
11Hits20
6Blocked shots15
3Giveaways4
7Takeaways4
Penalties
- 1st 03:44
Tage Thompson · holding2 min - 1st 10:07
Carl Hagelin · holding2 min - 2nd 14:49Carl Hagelin · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:45Cody Eakin · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 14:40Dmitry Orlov · interference2 min
- 3rd 16:31Zemgus Girgensons · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 20Cody EakinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 13:34 |
| 25Arttu RuotsalainenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:06 |
| 29Vinnie HinostrozaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 16:26 |
| 96Anders BjorkL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 10:39 |
| 8Robert HaggD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 18:34 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 22:15 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 21:24 |
| 15John HaydenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 08:51 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:16 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:55 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:39 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:11 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:51 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 91Drake CaggiulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:31 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:36 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:17 |
| 86Christian WolaninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 08:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Dustin TokarskiG | L | 30 | 25 | 5 | .833 | 58:52 |
| 80Aaron DellG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 6 | 24:19 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 1 | 25:34 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 21:16 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:56 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:01 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:01 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:29 |
| 57Trevor van RiemsdykD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 24:27 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:08 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:51 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:37 |
| 45Axel Jonsson-FjallbyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:44 |
| 49Brett LeasonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 05:54 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:53 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:38 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:09 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 60:00 |