NHL Hockey Box Scores

National Hockey League

Scores and Statistics

NHL

Scores Matchups Injuries Teams Players Statistics Standings Transactions Odds Draft

BOXSCORE | RECAP

Buffalo 5, Washington 2

When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, April 15, 2021
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Trevor Hanson, Furman South
Linesmen: Brandon Gawryletz, James Tobias
Attendance: N/A

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	T
Buffalo	1	3	1	5
Washington	1	1	0	2

Scoring/Penalty Summary

1st Period
Scoring
18:50 - Sabres Sam Reinhart (EV) Assists: Dylan Cozens , Henri Jokiharju 19:37 - Capitals Dmitry Orlov (EV) Assists: T.J. Oshie
Penalties
10:48 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
1:36 - Sabres Victor Olofsson (EV) Unassisted 5:42 - Sabres Casey Mittelstadt (SH) Assists: Anders Bjork 9:59 - Capitals Anthony Mantha (EV) Assists: John Carlson , Nicklas Backstrom 13:23 - Sabres Anders Bjork (EV) Assists: Dylan Cozens
Penalties
3:45 - Sabres Matt Irwin (2) High sticking
3rd Period
Scoring
19:17 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) (EN) Assists: Rasmus Asplund
Penalties
0:35 - Sabres Henri Jokiharju (2) Tripping 9:34 - Sabres Rasmus Dahlin (2) Hooking 14:01 - Sabres Matt Irwin (2) Roughing 14:01 - Capitals Tom Wilson (2) Roughing 15:38 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (2) Cross checking 15:38 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (2) Cross checking

Buffalo Sabres

Player	POS	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PP	SH	HT	BS	FW	FL	FO%
Dustin Tokarski	G	0	0	0		0	0		60:00	50:00	4:00	6:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Michael Houser	G	0	0	0		0	0		0:00	0:00	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Henri Jokiharju	D	0	1	1	+1	2	2	21	20:25	18:38	1:07	0:40	0	0	1	3	-	-	-
Tobias Rieder	LW	0	0	0	-2	0	1	15	12:22	9:19	0:00	3:03	0	0	-	1	0	2	0
Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	15	13:08	9:27	0:00	3:41	0	0	1	1	5	6	45
Kyle Okposo	RW	0	0	0	E	0	0	3	2:17	2:17	0:00	0:00	0	0	-	1	-	-	-
Sam Reinhart	RW	1	0	1	+1	0	3	25	18:15	15:46	2:26	0:03	0	0	-	-	4	7	36
Dylan Cozens	C	0	2	2	+2	0	4	21	14:15	12:41	1:34	0:00	0	0	2	-	5	5	50
Arttu Ruotsalainen	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	22	16:08	14:24	1:44	0:00	0	0	1	-	0	1	0
Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	22	20:29	18:34	1:55	0:00	0	0	1	1	-	-	-
Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	E	0	0	23	18:18	14:54	0:51	2:33	0	0	1	1	-	-	-
Casey Mittelstadt	C	1	0	1	+2	0	4	22	16:01	13:30	2:16	0:15	0	1	-	1	5	7	42
Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	+1	4	0	22	16:00	14:14	0:05	1:41	0	0	1	2	-	-	-
Jeff Skinner	LW	0	0	0	+2	0	1	21	15:17	14:33	0:41	0:03	0	0	-	1	0	2	0
Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	24	22:14	16:30	2:02	3:42	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Victor Olofsson	LW	1	0	1	+1	0	5	22	15:29	13:41	1:48	0:00	0	0	-	1	-	-	-
Tage Thompson	RW	1	0	1	E	0	2	16	13:44	12:53	0:51	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Rasmus Asplund	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	22	16:03	14:24	0:00	1:39	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	22	22:04	17:13	1:24	3:27	0	0	3	-	-	-	-
Anders Bjork	LW	1	1	2	+2	0	2	26	18:40	14:31	0:53	3:16	0	0	-	1	-	-	-

Washington Capitals

Player	POS	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PP	SH	HT	BS	FW	FL	FO%
Craig Anderson	G	0	0	0		0	0		24:44	18:44	4:00	2:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Vitek Vanecek	G	0	0	0		0	0		32:54	28:54	2:00	2:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Justin Schultz	D	0	0	0	-4	0	1	22	19:21	17:02	2:19	0:00	0	0	-	1	-	-	-
Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	18	16:31	13:45	0:00	2:46	0	0	2	1	-	-	-
Brenden Dillon	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	21	17:58	16:41	0:03	1:14	0	0	1	1	-	-	-
Alex Ovechkin	LW	0	0	0	-1	0	6	21	21:49	15:52	5:57	0:00	0	0	2	-	-	-	-
Dmitry Orlov	D	1	0	1	+2	0	2	19	18:34	18:34	0:00	0:00	0	0	2	1	-	-	-
Daniel Sprong	RW	0	0	0	-1	0	3	14	12:31	12:28	0:03	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	E	6	2	20	19:51	15:43	4:08	0:00	0	0	1	1	7	1	88
Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	20	16:37	14:34	0:03	2:00	0	0	1	-	10	4	71
Garnet Hathaway	RW	0	0	0	-1	0	0	9	8:56	7:28	0:00	1:28	0	0	3	-	-	-	-
Nic Dowd	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	11	9:01	7:11	0:00	1:50	0	0	1	-	3	5	38
Zdeno Chara	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	17	15:55	12:27	0:00	3:28	0	0	4	2	-	-	-
Anthony Mantha	RW	1	0	1	-1	0	1	22	17:59	16:05	1:49	0:05	0	0	3	2	1	0	100
Tom Wilson	RW	0	0	0	-2	2	1	23	16:35	13:51	1:49	0:55	0	0	4	-	0	1	0
Carl Hagelin	LW	0	0	0	E	0	1	14	11:16	9:57	0:00	1:19	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
Conor Sheary	LW	0	0	0	-3	0	1	16	13:48	11:56	1:52	0:00	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	22	23:11	18:58	3:41	0:32	0	0	1	1	-	-	-
T.J. Oshie	RW	0	1	1	E	0	2	21	19:18	15:10	4:08	0:00	0	0	2	-	3	2	60
Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	E	0	3	18	17:11	13:03	4:08	0:00	0	0	1	-	6	6	50

Goaltending

Buffalo
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV %	PIM	TOI
Dustin Tokarski W (1-4-2)	29	27	2	.931	0	60:00

Washington
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV %	PIM	TOI
Vitek Vanecek L (17-8-3)	21	17	4	.810	0	32:54
Craig Anderson	8	8	0	1.000	0	24:44