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Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

NHL
Sabres
2-3-1, 5 PTS
4-3
Final/SO
Capitals
3-0-3, 9 PTS
Capital One Arena
TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

BUF shoots leftWSH shoots right

Shots on goal

1st2nd3rdOTSOT
BUF161985250
WSH9994334

In net

Linus Ullmark28/31 SV, .903
Vitek Vanecek45/48 SV, .938
Team123OTSOT
BUF021014
WSH111003

Who won: Sabres 4-3

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 in a shootout on Sunday, January 24, 2021 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals lead the series 3-1. Colin Miller led the Sabres in goals (1). Justin Schultz led the Capitals in goals (1).

Player of the game

Justin Schultz

WSH · 1 G, 1 A, 5 SOG

8.2

Deserved to win

65%
BUF · 4.06 xG
35%
WSH · 3.13 xG

Sabres created better chances: they win this game 65% of the time

Play by play

  1. End of the shootout
  2. SO 0:00Nicklas Backstrom

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    N. Backstrom · 1 G, 1 A

  3. GOALSO 0:00
    Jack Eichel

    Goal!

    J. Eichel · 1 A

    Goal

    BUF 1 - 0 WSH
  4. Start of the shootout
  5. End of the overtime
  6. OT 4:55Brenden Dillon

    Shot blocked by C. Miller

    Blocked

    B. Dillon

  7. OT 4:45Taylor Hall

    Missed the net

    Missed

    T. Hall

  8. OT 4:24Rasmus Dahlin

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    R. Dahlin

  9. OT 3:12Nic Dowd
    TO

    Takeaway

    N. Dowd

  10. OT 2:49Nic Dowd

    Faceoff win

    Face Off

    N. Dowd

  11. OT 2:22Richard Panik

    Big hit on C. Miller

    Hit

    R. Panik

  12. Start of the overtime
  13. End of the 3rd period
  14. P3 0:21Brandon Montour

    Missed the net

    Missed

    B. Montour

  15. P3 1:07Cody Eakin

    Face off

    Face Off

  16. P3 1:08Jeff Skinner

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    J. Skinner

  17. P3 3:44Nicklas Backstrom

    Shot blocked by R. Dahlin

    Blocked

    N. Backstrom · 1 G, 1 A

  18. P3 6:44Trevor van Riemsdyk
    TO

    Giveaway

    T. van Riemsdyk

  19. P3 8:55Riley Sheahan

    Big hit on T. van Riemsdyk

    Hit

    R. Sheahan

  20. P3 9:27Justin Schultz

    Penalty: penalty

    Penalty

    J. Schultz · 1 G, 1 A

  21. GOALP3 10:32
    Nicklas Backstrom

    Goal!

    N. Backstrom · 1 G, 1 A

    Goal

    BUF 3 - 3 WSH
  22. P3 11:16Cody Eakin

    Faceoff win

    Face Off

    C. Eakin

  23. P3 11:17Justin Schultz

    Shot on goal

    Shot

    J. Schultz · 1 G, 1 A

  24. P3 11:55Rasmus Ristolainen

    Big hit on J. Carlson

    Hit

    R. Ristolainen · 2 A

  25. P3 12:10Brandon Montour

    Penalty: penalty

    Penalty

    B. Montour

Leaders

BUFWSH
Goals
Colin Miller
1
Justin Schultz
1
Assists
Rasmus Ristolainen
2
Justin Schultz
1
Points
Colin Miller
2
Nicklas Backstrom
2

Season seriesWSH leads series 3-1

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