National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 4, Buffalo 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, April 9, 2021
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Francis Charron, Peter MacDougall
Linesmen: Libor Suchanek, James Tobias
Attendance: N/A
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 2114
Buffalo 1113
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:39 - Capitals Brenden Dillon (EV) Assists: Justin Schultz , T.J. Oshie
11:39 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Brenden Dillon , John Carlson
18:26 - Sabres Henri Jokiharju (EV) Assists: Rasmus Dahlin
Penalties
12:38 - Capitals Dmitry Orlov (2) Cross checking
 18:45 - Capitals Nick Jensen (2) High sticking
 19:41 - Sabres Bench (2) Too many men on ice
2nd Period
Scoring
0:28 - Capitals Justin Schultz (EV) Assists: Lars Eller
10:08 - Sabres Casey Mittelstadt (EV) Assists: Rasmus Asplund , Rasmus Ristolainen
Penalties
16:20 - Capitals John Carlson (2) Hooking
3rd Period
Scoring
9:48 - Capitals Jakub Vrana (EV) Assists: Justin Schultz , Lars Eller
18:40 - Sabres Tage Thompson (EV) Assists: Rasmus Ristolainen
Penalties
None.
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ilya Samsonov G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Vitek Vanecek G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 54:08 0:56 4:56 0 0 - - - - -
Justin Schultz D 1 2 3 +2 0 3 24 19:45 19:44 0:01 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 -1 2 23 17:06 14:15 0:02 2:49 0 0 - 1 - - -
Brenden Dillon D 1 1 2 +2 0 1 25 19:44 18:26 0:01 1:17 0 0 2 1 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 0 1 E 0 5 19 14:08 13:15 0:53 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 E 2 4 26 21:47 20:58 0:04 0:45 0 0 1 - - - -
Daniel Sprong RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 15 12:31 12:31 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jakub Vrana LW 1 0 1 +2 0 1 16 11:05 11:04 0:01 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 18 14:16 13:21 0:55 0:00 0 0 - 1 9 5 64
Lars Eller C 0 2 2 +3 0 2 20 13:03 10:52 0:01 2:10 0 0 - 1 6 4 60
Garnet Hathaway RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 15:22 14:30 0:00 0:52 0 0 7 2 0 1 0
Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 22 18:15 15:49 0:00 2:26 0 0 - - 5 14 26
Zdeno Chara D 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 17:50 14:11 0:00 3:39 0 0 2 - - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 15:36 14:16 0:01 1:19 0 0 4 2 0 1 0
Carl Hagelin LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 23 18:16 15:42 0:00 2:34 0 0 1 - - - -
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 18 13:43 13:43 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
John Carlson D 0 1 1 -1 2 2 27 23:17 21:00 0:55 1:22 0 0 1 3 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 0 1 1 +2 0 0 20 13:02 11:41 0:55 0:26 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 15:14 14:18 0:51 0:05 0 0 - 1 3 8 27
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 57:59 52:07 4:56 0:56 0 0 - - - - -
Linus Ullmark G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Henri Jokiharju D 1 0 1 -1 0 2 21 20:05 20:05 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Tobias Rieder LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 15 12:16 11:25 0:00 0:51 0 0 2 1 - - -
Riley Sheahan C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 22 15:59 15:43 0:00 0:16 0 0 - - 11 5 69
Cody Eakin C 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 10:50 10:10 0:00 0:40 0 0 - - 8 0 100
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 +1 0 4 22 16:29 14:03 2:22 0:04 0 0 1 1 3 0 100
Sam Reinhart RW 0 0 0 -2 0 3 26 20:44 18:04 2:40 0:00 0 0 - 2 6 8 43
Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 15:52 15:52 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 25 24:04 21:24 2:40 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Colin Miller D 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 16:50 14:33 2:16 0:01 0 0 2 - - - -
Casey Mittelstadt C 1 0 1 E 0 2 21 17:10 14:30 2:40 0:00 0 0 - - 4 9 31
Matt Irwin D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 6 4:28 4:28 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Skinner LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 18:13 15:57 2:16 0:00 0 0 1 - 3 0 100
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 2 2 E 0 0 21 23:42 20:07 2:40 0:55 0 0 6 3 - - -
Brandon Montour D 0 0 0 E 0 2 19 16:17 14:00 2:16 0:01 0 0 - 3 - - -
Victor Olofsson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 25 18:28 15:54 2:34 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tage Thompson RW 1 0 1 +1 0 4 21 16:42 14:26 2:16 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Rasmus Asplund C 0 1 1 +2 0 1 17 12:50 12:49 0:00 0:01 0 0 - - - - -
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 19:02 18:07 0:00 0:55 0 0 - 1 - - -
Goaltending
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Vitek Vanecek W (16-7-3) 33 30 3 .909 0 60:00
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Dustin Tokarski L (0-4-1) 33 29 4 .879 0 57:59