Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Score | Status |
| Washington Capitals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 5:43 | Washington Capitals, goal by Nicklas Backstrom (Assist: T.J. Oshie, Alex Ovechkin) |
| 8:48 | Buffalo Sabres, power play goal by Taylor Hall (Assist: Victor Olofsson, Jack Eichel) |
| 10:33 | Washington Capitals, power play goal by T.J. Oshie (Assist: John Carlson, Alex Ovechkin) |
| 2nd Period | |
| 7:05 | Washington Capitals, goal by John Carlson (Assist: Nicklas Backstrom, T.J. Oshie) |
| 13:23 | Washington Capitals, goal by Brenden Dillon (Assist: Lars Eller, Conor Sheary) |
| 18:46 | Buffalo Sabres, goal by Tobias Rieder (Assist: Jake McCabe, Dylan Cozens) |
| 3rd Period | |
| 0:20 | Buffalo Sabres, goal by Jake McCabe (Assist: Tage Thompson, Jack Eichel) |
| 0:46 | Washington Capitals, goal by Jakub Vrana |
| 18:06 | Buffalo Sabres, goal by Victor Olofsson (Assist: Taylor Hall, Sam Reinhart) |
| 18:57 | Washington Capitals, goal by Garnet Hathaway (Assist: Nick Jensen) |
| Penalty Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 8:30 | Washington Capitals, T.J. Oshie 2 minutes for Elbowing Curtis Lazar |
| 9:34 | Buffalo Sabres, Rasmus Dahlin 2 minutes for Holding Tom Wilson |
| 2nd Period | |
| 2:40 | Washington Capitals, Nic Dowd 2 minutes for Holding Eric Staal |
| 11:19 | Buffalo Sabres, Colin Miller 2 minutes for Cross Checking Carl Hagelin |
| 3rd Period | |
| 10:04 | Washington Capitals, Nic Dowd 2 minutes for Illegal check to head Eric Staal |
| 15:27 | Buffalo Sabres, Jake McCabe 5 minutes for Fighting Brenden Dillon |
| 15:27 | Washington Capitals, Brenden Dillon 5 minutes for Fighting Jake McCabe |
| Washington Capitals | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| N. Backstrom C | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:54 |
| N. Dowd C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12:57 |
| L. Eller C | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:13 |
| C. Hagelin LW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:54 |
| G. Hathaway RW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:13 |
| E. Kuznetsov C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:29 |
| T.J. Oshie RW | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:29 |
| A. Ovechkin LW | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:36 |
| R. Panik RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11:18 |
| C. Sheary LW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 |
| J. Vrana LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:07 |
| T. Wilson RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:11 |
| J. Carlson D | 1 | 1 | -2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 23:43 |
| Z. Chara D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20:16 |
| B. Dillon D | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:21 |
| N. Jensen D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:17 |
| D. Orlov D | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:41 |
| J. Schultz D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:56 |
| Buffalo Sabres | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| D. Cozens C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12:09 |
| C. Eakin C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13:23 |
| J. Eichel C | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:12 |
| T. Hall LW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:30 |
| C. Lazar C | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11:33 |
| V. Olofsson RW | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:10 |
| S. Reinhart C | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:34 |
| T. Rieder C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:36 |
| R. Sheahan C | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:55 |
| J. Skinner LW | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:31 |
| E. Staal C | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:45 |
| T. Thompson RW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17:08 |
| R. Dahlin D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 25:25 |
| H. Jokiharju D | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:56 |
| J. McCabe D | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:36 |
| C. Miller D | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:14 |
| B. Montour D | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:43 |
| R. Ristolainen D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 22:22 |
Last updated on Thursday, January 21, 2021 11:29 AM.