Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, December 11, 2021 · KeyBank Center
NBCSWA+ · MSG-B
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 in a shootout on Saturday, December 11, 2021 at KeyBank Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 42-31.
Goals came from Lars Eller, Vinnie Hinostroza, Will Butcher and Martin Fehérváry.
Vitek Vanecek made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 40 of 42.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Lars Eller (4)Conor Sheary (6), T.J. Oshie (5)1–003:40 WSH
Vinnie Hinostroza (5)Robert Hagg (4), Jacob Bryson (7)1–113:48 BUF
2nd period
Will Butcher (1)Rasmus Asplund (9), Kyle Okposo (13)1–202:09 BUF
3rd period
Martin Fehérváry (3)Alex Ovechkin (24), Evgeny Kuznetsov (21)2–205:41 WSH
SO period
T.J. OshieUnassisted3–200:00 WSH
Team stats
WSHBUF
42Shots on goal31
38%Faceoff %62%
0/3Power play0/1
2Penalty minutes6
20Hits10
8Blocked shots14
6Giveaways2
1Takeaways3
Penalties
- 2nd 14:13
Zemgus Girgensons · hooking2 min - 2nd 18:16Kyle Okposo · high sticking double minor4 min
- OT 04:36
Dmitry Orlov · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 25:36 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:23 |
| 73Conor ShearyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:21 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 24:26 |
| 42Martin FehérváryD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 19:45 |
| 10Daniel SprongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:33 |
| 23Michael SgarbossaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:05 |
| 24Connor McMichaelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:05 |
| 47Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:02 |
| 49Brett LeasonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 07:50 |
| 59Aliaksei ProtasC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:31 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12:50 |
| 2Justin SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:48 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:17 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 23:10 |
| 52Matt IrwinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:09 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 26:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Vitek VanecekG | W | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 64:47 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:30 |
| 29Vinnie HinostrozaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:48 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:05 |
| 4Will ButcherD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:26 |
| 8Robert HaggD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:22 |
| 78Jacob BrysonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 19:42 |
| 15John HaydenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:38 |
| 20Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:28 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:03 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:28 |
| 57Brett MurrayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:59 |
| 72Tage ThompsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:16 |
| 96Anders BjorkL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:08 |
| 13Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:00 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 25:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | O | 42 | 40 | 2 | .952 | 65:00 |
| 80Aaron DellG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |