National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, Buffalo 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Monday, November 8, 2021
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Jake Brenk, Trevor Hanson
Linesmen: Tyson Baker, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance: 18573
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0123
Washington 1225
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:13 - Capitals Tom Wilson (EV) Assists: Alex Ovechkin , Trevor van Riemsdyk
Penalties
3:44 - Sabres Tage Thompson (2) Holding
 10:07 - Capitals Carl Hagelin (2) Holding
2nd Period
Scoring
2:30 - Capitals Connor McMichael (EV) Assists: Justin Schultz , Carl Hagelin
3:43 - Sabres Cody Eakin (EV) Unassisted
8:55 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Dmitry Orlov , Evgeny Kuznetsov
Penalties
14:49 - Capitals Carl Hagelin (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
3:17 - Sabres Anders Bjork (EV) Assists: Arttu Ruotsalainen , Robert Hagg
6:45 - Capitals Tom Wilson (EV) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov
17:47 - Capitals John Carlson (PP) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov , Alex Ovechkin
18:56 - Sabres Colin Miller (EV) Assists: Mark Pysyk , Vinnie Hinostroza
Penalties
9:45 - Sabres Cody Eakin (2) Delay of game
 14:40 - Capitals Dmitry Orlov (2) Interference
 16:31 - Sabres Zemgus Girgensons (2) Slashing
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 58:52 48:21 5:24 5:07 0 0 - - - - -
Aaron Dell G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Robert Hagg D 0 1 1 -3 0 0 23 18:34 15:07 0:00 3:27 0 0 2 - - - -
Mark Pysyk D 0 1 1 +1 0 2 26 22:15 18:56 0:00 3:19 0 0 1 1 - - -
John Hayden LW 0 0 0 +1 0 2 13 8:51 8:51 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Cody Eakin C 1 0 1 -1 2 3 19 13:34 11:41 0:00 1:53 0 0 - - 10 5 67
Kyle Okposo RW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22 15:16 12:11 2:05 1:00 0 0 - 2 - 1 0
Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 20 15:55 13:29 2:26 0:00 0 0 - - 7 8 47
Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 17 13:06 9:04 3:36 0:26 0 0 1 - 3 4 43
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 E 0 2 28 26:36 22:56 3:35 0:05 0 0 2 - - - -
Zemgus Girgensons LW 0 0 0 -1 2 2 19 13:39 10:26 2:05 1:08 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Vinnie Hinostroza LW 0 1 1 -1 0 1 20 16:26 14:33 0:37 1:16 0 0 - - - - -
Colin Miller D 1 0 1 +2 0 4 29 21:24 17:13 2:15 1:56 0 0 2 - - - -
Jeff Skinner LW 0 0 0 E 0 5 22 19:11 15:41 3:25 0:05 0 0 - - - - -
Tage Thompson RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 22 18:51 15:10 3:36 0:05 0 0 1 - 6 11 35
Rasmus Asplund C 0 0 0 E 0 1 22 17:29 13:42 3:36 0:11 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 E 0 0 30 19:17 15:34 2:16 1:27 0 0 - 1 - - -
Christian Wolanin D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 11 8:18 8:18 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Drake Caggiula LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 16:31 13:46 0:10 2:35 0 0 1 - - - -
Anders Bjork LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 16 10:39 9:04 0:00 1:35 0 0 - - - - -
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 49:02 5:07 5:51 0 0 - - - - -
Justin Schultz D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 20 18:01 16:47 1:14 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Nick Jensen D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 24 18:38 15:22 0:05 3:11 0 0 1 1 - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 2 3 +1 0 6 26 24:19 19:17 5:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 1 1 +1 2 1 23 18:29 16:14 1:39 0:36 0 0 2 - - - -
Daniel Sprong RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18 15:08 13:11 1:57 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Lars Eller C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 24 17:24 13:47 1:14 2:23 0 0 - 2 11 7 61
Garnet Hathaway RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 20 14:51 12:29 0:05 2:17 0 0 5 - - - -
Connor McMichael C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 15 11:56 11:51 0:05 0:00 0 0 - 1 4 10 29
Nic Dowd C 0 0 0 E 0 0 7 4:37 4:03 0:00 0:34 0 0 2 - 1 1 50
Martin Fehervary D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 25 20:09 17:03 0:00 3:06 0 0 5 2 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 2 0 2 +1 0 4 26 21:16 16:00 3:05 2:11 0 0 1 2 - - -
Axel Jonsson-Fjallby LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9 5:44 5:21 0:00 0:23 0 0 1 2 - - -
Brett Leason RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 9 5:54 5:54 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Trevor van Riemsdyk D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 20 16:39 14:30 0:00 2:09 0 0 - 2 - - -
Carl Hagelin LW 0 1 1 +1 4 1 18 13:01 12:13 0:05 0:43 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Conor Sheary LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 21 17:53 12:56 3:41 1:16 0 0 - 2 1 0 100
John Carlson D 1 0 1 -1 0 4 27 24:27 17:59 3:48 2:40 1 0 2 1 - - -
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 3 3 +1 0 1 29 25:34 20:04 3:35 1:55 0 0 - - 16 7 70
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Dustin Tokarski L (10-12-5) 30 25 5 .833 0 58:52
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Vitek Vanecek W (20-12-6) 28 25 3 .893 0 60:00