Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres (Mar 15, 2021)

Team Context

Home context · Buffalo Sabres

Best Scorer

Sam Reinhart with 3

Most Assists

Taylor Hall with 3

Last Five W L OT/SO

Away context · Washington Capitals

Best Scorer

Alex Ovechkin with 3

Most Assists

Nicklas Backstrom with 5

Last Five W L OT/SO

Recent Matchups Full head-to-head →

Feb 18, 2021

Sabres @ Capitals

1–3

Jan 24, 2021

Sabres @ Capitals

4–3 (SO)

Jan 22, 2021

Sabres @ Capitals

3–4 (SO)

Jan 15, 2021

Capitals @ Sabres

2–1

Jan 14, 2021

Capitals @ Sabres

6–4

WSH 🦅

Stats

⚔️ BUF

Goals

Shots

PPG

Hits

PIM

Capitals Goals

Evgeny Kuznetsov (1st • 18:46)

Assisted by Justin Schultz , Conor Sheary

Nicklas Backstrom (2nd • 02:41)

Assisted by T.J. Oshie , Nick Jensen

Richard Panik (2nd • 05:59)

Assisted by Dmitry Orlov

Daniel Sprong (2nd • 15:07)

Assisted by Nick Jensen

Garnet Hathaway (3rd • 06:46)

Assisted by Justin Schultz , Carl Hagelin

Alex Ovechkin (3rd • 16:21)

Assisted by Conor Sheary

Sabres Goals

After 1st — 1–0

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 4–0

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Lines & Pairings · est. by ice time

WSH

L1: Ovechkin · Dowd · Kuznetsov · 20:04

L2: Backstrom · Oshie · Sprong · 17:40

L3: Hagelin · Vrana · Hathaway · 14:41

L4: Sheary · Panik · 12:55

D1: Carlson · Dillon · 19:32

D2: Chara · Orlov · 18:32

D3: Jensen · Schultz · 16:52

D4: van Riemsdyk · 7:00

BUF

L1: Olofsson · Hall · Reinhart · 16:09

L2: Sheahan · Staal · Okposo · 15:24

L3: Rieder · Asplund · Skinner · 14:17

L4: Mittelstadt · Thompson · Lazar · 13:53

D1: Ristolainen · Miller · 21:05

D2: Dahlin · Montour · 19:48

D3: Bryson · Irwin · 18:46