Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Score | Status |
| Buffalo Sabres | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| Washington Capitals | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | F/SO |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 6:58 | Washington Capitals, goal by Justin Schultz |
| 2nd Period | |
| 10:07 | Buffalo Sabres, power play goal by Colin Miller (Assist: Rasmus Ristolainen, Casey Mittelstadt) |
| 11:51 | Washington Capitals, power play goal by T.J. Oshie (Assist: Nicklas Backstrom, Justin Schultz) |
| 13:04 | Buffalo Sabres, power play goal by Victor Olofsson (Assist: Jack Eichel, Sam Reinhart) |
| 3rd Period | |
| 7:24 | Buffalo Sabres, power play goal by Eric Staal (Assist: Colin Miller, Rasmus Ristolainen) |
| 9:28 | Washington Capitals, power play goal by Nicklas Backstrom (Assist: Jakub Vrana, John Carlson) |
| Shootout | |
| Washington Capitals, Shootout attempt by John Carlson saved by Linus Ullmark | |
| Buffalo Sabres, Shootout GOAL scored by Jack Eichel on Vitek Vanecek | |
| Washington Capitals, Shootout attempt by T.J. Oshie saved by Linus Ullmark | |
| Buffalo Sabres, Shootout attempt by Casey Mittelstadt saved by Vitek Vanecek | |
| Washington Capitals, Shootout attempt by Nicklas Backstrom saved by Linus Ullmark | |
| Penalty Summary | |
| 1st Period | |
| 15:21 | Washington Capitals, Connor McMichael 2 minutes for Hooking Cody Eakin |
| 2nd Period | |
| 1:23 | Buffalo Sabres, Jake McCabe 2 minutes for Tripping Justin Schultz |
| 8:20 | Washington Capitals, Zdeno Chara 2 minutes for Tripping Taylor Hall |
| 10:45 | Buffalo Sabres, Rasmus Ristolainen 2 minutes for Tripping Nicklas Backstrom |
| 12:07 | Washington Capitals, Nic Dowd 2 minutes for Tripping Jack Eichel |
| 15:46 | Washington Capitals, Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Tripping Sam Reinhart |
| 3rd Period | |
| 6:03 | Washington Capitals, Nic Dowd 2 minutes for Cross Checking Rasmus Dahlin |
| 7:50 | Buffalo Sabres, Brandon Montour 2 minutes for Interference Conor Sheary |
| 10:33 | Washington Capitals, |
| Buffalo Sabres | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| C. Eakin C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 |
| J. Eichel C | 0 | 1 | -1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:28 |
| T. Hall LW | 0 | 0 | -1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22:29 |
| C. Lazar C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:45 |
| C. Mittelstadt C | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:02 |
| K. Okposo RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:43 |
| V. Olofsson RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:25 |
| S. Reinhart C | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:36 |
| T. Rieder C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:08 |
| R. Sheahan C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:31 |
| J. Skinner LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:47 |
| E. Staal C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:50 |
| R. Dahlin D | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:47 |
| H. Jokiharju D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:13 |
| J. McCabe D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19:33 |
| C. Miller D | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:02 |
| B. Montour D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:48 |
| R. Ristolainen D | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24:13 |
| Washington Capitals | ||||||||||||
| Player | G | A | +/- | S | SM | BS | PN | PIM | HT | TK | GV | TOI |
| N. Backstrom C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22:16 |
| N. Dowd C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:18 |
| L. Eller C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:15 |
| C. Hagelin LW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:18 |
| G. Hathaway RW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14:09 |
| C. McMichael C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:54 |
| T.J. Oshie RW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:03 |
| R. Panik RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:50 |
| B. Pinho C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:11 |
| C. Sheary LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:11 |
| D. Sprong RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:27 |
| J. Vrana LW | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:50 |
| J. Carlson D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28:52 |
| Z. Chara D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 22:37 |
| B. Dillon D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:50 |
| J. Schultz D | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24:39 |
| J. Siegenthaler D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:14 |
| T. van Riemsdyk D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:14 |
Last updated on Monday, January 25, 2021 1:00 AM.