Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals (Apr 15, 2021)

Team Context

Home context · Washington Capitals

Best Scorer

Alex Ovechkin with 3

Most Assists

John Carlson with 5

Last Five W L OT/SO

Away context · Buffalo Sabres

Best Scorer

Casey Mittelstadt with 3

Most Assists

Kyle Okposo with 3

Last Five W L OT/SO

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BUF ⚔️

Stats

🦅 WSH

Goals

Shots

PPG

Hits

PIM

Sabres Goals

Sam Reinhart (1st • 18:50)

Assisted by Dylan Cozens , Henri Jokiharju

Victor Olofsson (2nd • 01:36)

Unassisted

Casey Mittelstadt SH (2nd • 05:42)

Assisted by Anders Bjork

Anders Bjork (2nd • 13:23)

Assisted by Dylan Cozens

Tage Thompson EN (3rd • 19:17)

Assisted by Rasmus Asplund

Capitals Goals

Dmitry Orlov (1st • 19:37)

Assisted by T.J. Oshie

Anthony Mantha (2nd • 09:59)

Assisted by John Carlson , Nicklas Backstrom

After 1st — 1–1

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 10-25-7 (24% win rate, 42 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 28-11-4 (65% win rate, 43 games)

After 2nd — 4–2

Sabres

Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Lines & Pairings · est. by ice time

BUF

L1: Bjork · Reinhart · Ruotsalainen · 18:15

L2: Olofsson · Asplund · Mittelstadt · 16:01

L3: Skinner · Cozens · Thompson · 14:15

L4: Rieder · Eakin · Okposo · 12:22

D1: Ristolainen · Bryson · 22:09

D2: Dahlin · Jokiharju · 20:27

D3: Miller · Irwin · 17:09

WSH

L1: Ovechkin · Backstrom · Oshie · 19:51

L2: Kuznetsov · Eller · Mantha · 17:11

L3: Sheary · Wilson · Sprong · 13:48

L4: Hagelin · Dowd · Hathaway · 9:01

D1: Carlson · Schultz · 21:16

D2: Orlov · Dillon · 18:16

D3: Jensen · Chara · 16:13