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2020-21 regular season

Capitals at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 5–1

Capitals beat Sabres 6–0 at KeyBank Center on March 15, 2021.

WSH – BUF
30–23
Shots on goal
5–9
Hits
14–9
Blocked shots
4–7
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Justin Schultz
2 A
1 shots · 16:16 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Nick Jensen
2 A
17:27 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Conor Sheary
2 A
12:45 TOI

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Evgeny Kuznetsov Go-ahead 1st · 18:46
Assists: Justin Schultz, Conor Sheary · beat Carter Hutton
1–0
2nd period
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom 2nd · 02:41
Assists: T.J. Oshie, Nick Jensen · beat Carter Hutton
2–0
🦅 Richard Panik 2nd · 05:59
Assists: Dmitry Orlov · beat Carter Hutton
3–0
🦅 Daniel Sprong 2nd · 15:07
Assists: Nick Jensen · beat Carter Hutton
4–0
3rd period
🦅 Garnet Hathaway 3rd · 06:46
Assists: Justin Schultz, Carl Hagelin · beat Carter Hutton
5–0
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 16:21
Assists: Conor Sheary · beat Carter Hutton
6–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
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
⚔️Sabres
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

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BUF⚔️
30 Shots on goal 23
5 Hits 9
14 Blocked shots 9
4 Takeaways 7
9 Giveaways 5
2 Penalty minutes 4
WSH shooting 20.0% (6/30) BUF shooting 0.0% (0/23)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Vitek Vanecek Shutout
23/23
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Carter Hutton
24/30
.800 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located
Evgeny Kuznetsov · 1st 18:46 · 1–0 Nicklas Backstrom · 2nd 02:41 · 2–0 Richard Panik · 2nd 05:59 · 3–0 Daniel Sprong · 2nd 15:07 · 4–0 Garnet Hathaway · 3rd 06:46 · 5–0 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 16:21 · 6–0
WSH BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-1-2 (67% win rate, 9 games)
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-4 (33% win rate, 6 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 5–1
Feb 182021 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 1–3 Jan 242021 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 4–3 SO Jan 222021 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 3–4 SO Jan 152021 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 Jan 142021 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 6–4
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Who won Capitals vs Sabres on March 15, 2021?

Capitals won 6–0. The final score was Capitals 6, Sabres 0.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Daniel Sprong, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Garnet Hathaway, Nicklas Backstrom, Richard Panik.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Vitek Vanecek made 23 saves on 23 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Carter Hutton made 24 saves on 30 shots (.800 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Sabres season series?

Capitals lead the season series 5–1 after 6 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 13 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 5–4 AfterMar 16 🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH 1–3
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 13 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 3–0 AfterMar 16 ⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD 2–3
Also on March 15
🐯NSH 4–1 ⚡TBL 🔔PHI 5–4 🗽NYR 🪶CHI 3–6 🐆FLA 🐻BOS 1–4 🐧PIT 🐋VAN 3–2 🏛️OTT 🇨🇦MTL 4–2 ✈️WPG 🛢️EDM 3–4 🔥CGY 🦈SJS 1–2 🎰VGK
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