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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Washington 2, Buffalo 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, January 15, 2021
Where: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, New York
Referees: Chris Lee, Justin St. Pierre
Linesmen: Bryan Pancich, Libor Suchanek
Attendance: N/A
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Washington 0112
Buffalo 0011
Periods:
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1
Washington   Buffalo
  0:00 Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. 0:43  
  0:50 Colin Miller hits Tom Wilson.
  0:58 Eric Staal shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  0:59 Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  1:03 Colin Miller shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Cody Eakin. 1:05  
  1:20 Tobias Rieder shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  1:38 Takeaway by Brandon Montour.
Richard Panik hits Rasmus Dahlin. 1:45  
  2:38 Henri Jokiharju hits Tom Wilson.
  3:10 Tage Thompson blocks shot from Garnet Hathaway.
  3:17 Rasmus Ristolainen hits Nic Dowd.
  3:42 Shot by Rasmus Ristolainen misses the net
  4:36 Victor Olofsson blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin.
  4:58 Tobias Rieder hits Tom Wilson.
  5:15 Curtis Lazar wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Giveaway by Tom Wilson. 5:23  
Jakub Vrana hits Rasmus Dahlin. 5:47  
Brenden Dillon penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jeff Skinner. 5:57  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel. 5:57  
Dmitry Orlov hits Rasmus Dahlin. 6:44  
  7:39 Jeff Skinner shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  7:45 Dylan Cozens shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  7:46 Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
  8:23 Shot by Taylor Hall misses the net
Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 8:33  
Evgeny Kuznetsov hits Brandon Montour. 9:08  
  9:28 Brandon Montour shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
Justin Schultz hits Eric Staal. 9:33  
  9:46 Shot by Colin Miller misses the net
Brenden Dillon blocks shot from Brandon Montour. 9:56  
Tom Wilson hits Eric Staal. 9:57  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Curtis Lazar. 10:18  
Conor Sheary penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Rasmus Dahlin. 10:23  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel. 10:23  
  10:57 Victor Olofsson shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
Takeaway by Brenden Dillon. 11:35  
  11:41 Shot by Taylor Hall misses the net
Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 13:16  
  13:55 Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
Shot by Jakub Vrana misses the net 14:06  
  14:11 Jack Eichel hits Jakub Vrana.
Nick Jensen hits Sam Reinhart. 14:38  
Shot by Nick Jensen misses the net 14:49  
  15:09 Brandon Montour shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 15:25  
  15:27 Curtis Lazar wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  15:34 Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  15:43 Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin.
Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 15:48  
Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 15:48  
Tom Wilson hits Tobias Rieder. 15:56  
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel. 16:07  
  16:15 Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
Tom Wilson hits Rasmus Dahlin. 16:32  
Evgeny Kuznetsov penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Taylor Hall. 16:35  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel. 16:35  
  16:45 Giveaway by Linus Ullmark.
  17:23 Taylor Hall hits Nick Jensen.
  17:50 Rasmus Ristolainen hits Nic Dowd.
  18:25 Eric Staal shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  18:58 Shot by Tobias Rieder misses the net
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel. 19:24  
  19:47 Jack Eichel hits Tom Wilson.
Lars Eller shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 19:58  
2
Washington   Buffalo
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Cody Eakin. 0:00  
Alex Ovechkin hits Jake McCabe. 0:13  
  0:28 Tage Thompson shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  0:28 Tage Thompson shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  0:28 Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
  1:14 Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  1:29 Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin.
Jakub Vrana scores. Assisted by Tom Wilson. 1:34  
  1:34 Curtis Lazar wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
Shot by Nic Dowd misses the net 1:53  
  2:03 Brandon Montour blocks shot from Dmitry Orlov.
  2:31 Jeff Skinner shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
T.J. Oshie hits Taylor Hall. 2:54  
T.J. Oshie blocks shot from Rasmus Ristolainen. 3:01  
  3:24 Taylor Hall hits Brenden Dillon.
Alex Ovechkin hits Rasmus Ristolainen. 3:35  
  3:40 Victor Olofsson shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  3:41 Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
  4:06 Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 4:26  
  5:17 Takeaway by Brandon Montour.
  5:40 Tage Thompson blocks shot from Zdeno Chara.
Zdeno Chara hits Tage Thompson. 5:50  
  6:03 Rasmus Dahlin blocks shot from Lars Eller.
Giveaway by Nick Jensen. 6:11  
  6:26 Rasmus Ristolainen shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  6:27 Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Carl Hagelin.
  6:32 Colin Miller shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 7:19  
  7:20 Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie.
Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 7:44  
T.J. Oshie hits Jake McCabe. 7:49  
  8:11 Brandon Montour shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
Giveaway by T.J. Oshie. 8:20  
Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 8:25  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel. 8:36  
  8:47 Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
Richard Panik hits Tage Thompson. 9:16  
  9:38 Colin Miller hits Conor Sheary.
Brenden Dillon hits Henri Jokiharju. 9:46  
Evgeny Kuznetsov blocks shot from Jeff Skinner. 10:01  
  10:04 Giveaway by Jeff Skinner.
  10:09 Sam Reinhart wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
Brenden Dillon hits Eric Staal. 10:22  
Zdeno Chara shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 10:58  
  11:03 Rasmus Dahlin hits Nick Jensen.
  11:15 Sam Reinhart shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  11:17 Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
Richard Panik hits Jack Eichel. 11:39  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Cody Eakin. 12:15  
John Carlson penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Cody Eakin. 12:23  
  12:23 Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd.
  12:28 Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  12:39 Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  12:42 Victor Olofsson shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  12:47 Sam Reinhart shoots misses the net
  12:51 Sam Reinhart shoots misses the net
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. 13:22  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. 13:23  
Zdeno Chara blocks shot from Jeff Skinner. 14:28  
John Carlson hits Eric Staal. 14:32  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Dylan Cozens. 14:39  
  14:57 Tobias Rieder shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
Alex Ovechkin blocks shot from Rasmus Ristolainen. 15:28  
  15:53 Colin Miller shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  16:10 Jake McCabe shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  16:20 Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  17:21 Rasmus Dahlin blocks shot from Evgeny Kuznetsov.
  17:48 Tage Thompson blocks shot from Tom Wilson.
  18:05 Curtis Lazar wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
  18:37 Takeaway by Jake McCabe.
  18:39 Shot by Jake McCabe misses the net
  18:55 Giveaway by Rasmus Ristolainen.
  19:14 Rasmus Ristolainen hits Nic Dowd.
Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 19:30  
  19:30 Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel. 19:44  
3
Washington   Buffalo
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel. 0:00  
Dmitry Orlov blocks shot from Jack Eichel. 0:20  
  0:31 Rasmus Ristolainen scores. Assisted by Taylor Hall and Jack Eichel.
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. 0:31  
  0:37 Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
Jakub Vrana hits Henri Jokiharju. 0:46  
Brenden Dillon shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 1:02  
  1:03 Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel. 1:19  
  1:33 Brandon Montour shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  1:42 Brandon Montour hits Richard Panik.
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Cody Eakin. 2:03  
Alex Ovechkin hits Dylan Cozens. 2:37  
John Carlson shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 2:48  
Zdeno Chara shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 2:58  
Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Curtis Lazar. 2:58  
Shot by Evgeny Kuznetsov misses the net 3:03  
T.J. Oshie shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 4:10  
Zdeno Chara hits Tage Thompson. 4:40  
Dmitry Orlov blocks shot from Sam Reinhart. 5:07  
Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 5:44  
  5:45 Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Eric Staal. 6:54  
  7:05 Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
Tom Wilson scores. Assisted by Nicklas Backstrom. 7:47  
Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel. 7:47  
  8:12 Shot by Jeff Skinner misses the net
  8:30 Rasmus Ristolainen shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  8:56 Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
  9:29 Giveaway by Rasmus Dahlin.
  10:01 Henri Jokiharju blocks shot from Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 10:20  
Shot by Richard Panik misses the net 10:31  
Zdeno Chara shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark. 10:37  
  10:50 Rasmus Ristolainen hits Nic Dowd.
  10:56 Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom.
Garnet Hathaway hits Henri Jokiharju. 11:48  
  12:47 Shot by Rasmus Ristolainen misses the net
Nick Jensen hits Rasmus Ristolainen. 12:50  
T.J. Oshie hits Tage Thompson. 13:23  
Giveaway by Evgeny Kuznetsov. 13:53  
Richard Panik hits Taylor Hall. 14:13  
Tom Wilson hits Cody Eakin. 15:44  
Zdeno Chara penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jeff Skinner. 15:47  
  15:47 Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Lars Eller.
  16:01 Shot by Taylor Hall misses the net
  17:23 Shot by Taylor Hall misses the net
  17:31 Shot by Jack Eichel misses the net
  17:37 Giveaway by Jack Eichel.
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel. 18:26  
Shot by John Carlson misses the net 18:59  
Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel. 19:02  
  19:18 Taylor Hall hits Zdeno Chara.
Giveaway by Zdeno Chara. 19:35  
  19:39 Shot by Rasmus Dahlin misses the net
  19:55 Sam Reinhart shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
  19:58 Victor Olofsson shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek.