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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Buffalo 4, Washington 3
When: 3:00 PM ET, Sunday, January 24, 2021
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Ghislain Hebert, Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen: Greg Devorski, James Tobias
Attendance: N/A
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Buffalo 0211SO4
Washington 11103
Periods:
  • All
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • OT
  • SO
1
Buffalo   Washington
  0:00 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
  0:32 Garnet Hathaway hits Sam Reinhart.
Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 0:42  
  0:57 Richard Panik hits Henri Jokiharju.
Eric Staal shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 1:04  
  1:05 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Eric Staal.
Eric Staal blocks shot from Justin Schultz. 1:30  
  1:34 Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
  1:37 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Cody Eakin.
Cody Eakin hits Connor McMichael. 1:53  
Shot by Kyle Okposo misses the net 1:55  
  2:54 Brian Pinho shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
Sam Reinhart shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 3:27  
Taylor Hall shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 3:34  
Taylor Hall shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 3:49  
  3:53 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Eric Staal.
Sam Reinhart blocks shot from Jonas Siegenthaler. 4:03  
  4:33 Nicklas Backstrom blocks shot from Rasmus Ristolainen.
  4:54 Nicklas Backstrom blocks shot from Rasmus Ristolainen.
Rasmus Ristolainen blocks shot from Connor McMichael. 5:05  
Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 5:21  
Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 5:26  
  5:43 Zdeno Chara hits Cody Eakin.
  6:10 Brian Pinho hits Henri Jokiharju.
Henri Jokiharju shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 6:11  
Shot by Brandon Montour misses the net 6:39  
  6:43 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
Takeaway by Taylor Hall. 6:55  
  6:56 Garnet Hathaway hits Taylor Hall.
  6:58 Justin Schultz scores.
Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 6:58  
Victor Olofsson blocks shot from Jakub Vrana. 7:30  
Tobias Rieder shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 8:04  
Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Brian Pinho. 8:05  
  8:06 Jonas Siegenthaler blocks shot from Kyle Okposo.
Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Brian Pinho. 8:08  
  8:32 Garnet Hathaway wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
  8:59 Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
  9:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Curtis Lazar.
  9:00 Zdeno Chara shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
  9:12 Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
Curtis Lazar hits Justin Schultz. 9:16  
  9:40 Giveaway by T.J. Oshie.
Jeff Skinner shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 9:46  
  10:34 Richard Panik hits Brandon Montour.
  10:36 Shot by Richard Panik misses the net
  10:44 Richard Panik hits Eric Staal.
  10:58 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 11:19  
  11:29 Lars Eller blocks shot from Rasmus Dahlin.
  11:51 Garnet Hathaway hits Taylor Hall.
Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie. 12:20  
  12:38 Jakub Vrana hits Curtis Lazar.
  12:41 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Eric Staal.
  12:52 Trevor van Riemsdyk blocks shot from Casey Mittelstadt.
  13:07 Brian Pinho wins the faceoff against Eric Staal.
Sam Reinhart shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 14:05  
  14:11 Justin Schultz blocks shot from Taylor Hall.
Colin Miller hits Carl Hagelin. 14:24  
  14:35 Zdeno Chara shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
Jake McCabe blocks shot from Richard Panik. 14:54  
  15:03 Lars Eller shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
  15:13 Connor McMichael shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
  15:21 Connor McMichael penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Cody Eakin.
  15:21 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Sam Reinhart.
Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 15:51  
Victor Olofsson shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 16:34  
Shot by Victor Olofsson misses the net 16:40  
Cody Eakin shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 17:46  
Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 17:47  
Henri Jokiharju shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 17:53  
  17:58 Nicklas Backstrom blocks shot from Henri Jokiharju.
Brandon Montour shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 18:45  
Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 18:46  
  18:56 Garnet Hathaway hits Jake McCabe.
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 19:35  
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 19:50  
2
Buffalo   Washington
  0:00 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
  0:10 Giveaway by Carl Hagelin.
Taylor Hall blocks shot from Brenden Dillon. 0:31  
Casey Mittelstadt wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 0:51  
Jake McCabe penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Justin Schultz. 1:23  
  1:23 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Cody Eakin.
Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 1:31  
  1:59 John Carlson shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
Giveaway by Brandon Montour. 2:05  
  2:38 Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
  2:38 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Riley Sheahan.
  2:56 Daniel Sprong shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
  3:06 Lars Eller shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
  3:22 Giveaway by Lars Eller.
Sam Reinhart hits Zdeno Chara. 3:51  
  4:03 Nic Dowd hits Sam Reinhart.
Taylor Hall shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 4:14  
Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 4:15  
  4:35 Giveaway by Jonas Siegenthaler.
Brandon Montour shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 4:37  
  4:38 Conor Sheary wins the faceoff against Cody Eakin.
  4:50 Zdeno Chara hits Kyle Okposo.
  4:57 Daniel Sprong shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
  5:01 Shot by Conor Sheary misses the net
Rasmus Dahlin hits Justin Schultz. 5:25  
  5:33 Connor McMichael wins the faceoff against Cody Eakin.
  5:38 Richard Panik shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
Rasmus Dahlin blocks shot from Richard Panik. 5:42  
Takeaway by Jake McCabe. 5:53  
Shot by Rasmus Ristolainen misses the net 6:00  
Shot by Victor Olofsson misses the net 6:57  
Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 6:58  
  7:16 Nic Dowd shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
  7:26 Carl Hagelin hits Brandon Montour.
  7:53 Nicklas Backstrom hits Jack Eichel.
Brandon Montour blocks shot from Justin Schultz. 8:04  
  8:18 Giveaway by Nicklas Backstrom.
Taylor Hall shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 8:20  
  8:20 Zdeno Chara penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Taylor Hall.
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 8:20  
Taylor Hall shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 9:17  
Sam Reinhart shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 9:23  
Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 9:30  
Jeff Skinner shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 9:36  
Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 9:37  
Colin Miller shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 9:44  
Shot by Rasmus Ristolainen misses the net 9:51  
Colin Miller scores a power play goal. Assisted by Rasmus Ristolainen and Casey Mittelstadt. 10:07  
Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 10:07  
  10:16 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Cody Eakin.
Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 10:20  
Rasmus Ristolainen hits Jakub Vrana. 10:37  
Rasmus Ristolainen penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Nicklas Backstrom. 10:45  
Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie. 10:45  
Curtis Lazar shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 10:50  
Jake McCabe hits T.J. Oshie. 11:09  
  11:20 Shot by Justin Schultz misses the net
  11:51 T.J. Oshie scores a power play goal. Assisted by Justin Schultz and Nicklas Backstrom.
  11:51 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 11:59  
Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 12:02  
  12:03 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
  12:07 Nic Dowd penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Jack Eichel.
  12:07 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 12:30  
Victor Olofsson scores a power play goal. Assisted by Sam Reinhart and Jack Eichel. 13:04  
  13:04 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Kyle Okposo.
Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 13:24  
  14:11 Justin Schultz blocks shot from Casey Mittelstadt.
Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 14:12  
Shot by Kyle Okposo misses the net 14:28  
Eric Staal shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 15:05  
  15:46 Jonas Siegenthaler penalty for tripping - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Sam Reinhart.
  15:46 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
Taylor Hall shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 16:08  
  16:32 John Carlson blocks shot from Sam Reinhart.
Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 16:46  
  17:08 Zdeno Chara blocks shot from Taylor Hall.
Taylor Hall shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 17:17  
Eric Staal wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie. 17:58  
  18:30 Justin Schultz blocks shot from Eric Staal.
  18:40 Takeaway by Justin Schultz.
Rasmus Ristolainen shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 18:49  
  18:57 Jonas Siegenthaler hits Eric Staal.
Shot by Henri Jokiharju misses the net 19:00  
Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 19:08  
  19:28 Richard Panik shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 19:29  
3
Buffalo   Washington
  0:00 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 0:11  
Shot by Sam Reinhart misses the net 0:52  
  0:59 Garnet Hathaway blocks shot from Jake McCabe.
Jake McCabe hits Garnet Hathaway. 1:06  
Henri Jokiharju blocks shot from Nicklas Backstrom. 1:23  
  1:23 Takeaway by Nicklas Backstrom.
Eric Staal shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 1:36  
Eric Staal shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 1:42  
Brandon Montour blocks shot from Justin Schultz. 1:51  
Brandon Montour blocks shot from Zdeno Chara. 2:01  
  2:12 Shot by T.J. Oshie misses the net
  2:19 Shot by Zdeno Chara misses the net
  2:23 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Eric Staal.
Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Conor Sheary. 3:09  
  3:34 Brian Pinho blocks shot from Colin Miller.
  4:18 Conor Sheary blocks shot from Riley Sheahan.
Curtis Lazar hits Conor Sheary. 4:30  
Curtis Lazar blocks shot from Zdeno Chara. 5:01  
  5:08 Jakub Vrana shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Carl Hagelin. 5:09  
  5:20 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Jack Eichel.
  5:54 Shot by Garnet Hathaway misses the net
  6:03 Nic Dowd penalty for cross checking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Rasmus Dahlin.
  6:03 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Sam Reinhart.
  6:30 Zdeno Chara blocks shot from Rasmus Dahlin.
Victor Olofsson shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 6:57  
Eric Staal scores a power play goal. Assisted by Rasmus Ristolainen and Colin Miller. 6:59  
Eric Staal wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie. 6:59  
  7:24 Brian Pinho wins the faceoff against Cody Eakin.
  7:32 Brian Pinho wins the faceoff against Cody Eakin.
  7:49 Brian Pinho shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
Brandon Montour penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Conor Sheary. 7:50  
  7:50 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Curtis Lazar.
Rasmus Ristolainen hits John Carlson. 8:05  
  8:30 John Carlson shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
  8:43 Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie. 8:44  
  9:28 Nicklas Backstrom scores a power play goal. Assisted by Jakub Vrana and John Carlson.
Jack Eichel wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 9:28  
  10:04 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Kyle Okposo.
  10:25 Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
Shot by Taylor Hall misses the net 10:33  
Riley Sheahan wins the faceoff against Brian Pinho. 10:33  
Riley Sheahan hits Trevor van Riemsdyk. 11:05  
  11:11 Daniel Sprong shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
  12:00 John Carlson blocks shot from Jack Eichel.
  12:12 Garnet Hathaway shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
  12:16 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Kyle Okposo.
  12:54 Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 13:00  
  13:16 Giveaway by Trevor van Riemsdyk.
  13:58 Shot by Conor Sheary misses the net
Victor Olofsson shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 14:32  
Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 14:37  
Brandon Montour blocks shot from Zdeno Chara. 15:00  
Shot by Sam Reinhart misses the net 15:25  
Eric Staal wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 15:26  
Rasmus Dahlin blocks shot from Nicklas Backstrom. 16:16  
  17:06 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Cody Eakin.
  18:10 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Eric Staal.
Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 18:47  
Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 18:50  
Jeff Skinner shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 18:52  
Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 18:53  
Shot by Cody Eakin misses the net 19:04  
Shot by Brandon Montour misses the net 19:39  
1 OT
Buffalo   Washington
Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 0:00  
Sam Reinhart shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 0:40  
Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 0:58  
Cody Eakin wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 0:58  
Victor Olofsson shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 1:22  
Shot by Colin Miller misses the net 2:05  
  2:22 Richard Panik hits Colin Miller.
  2:36 John Carlson shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
Jack Eichel shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 2:48  
  2:49 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Eric Staal.
  3:12 Takeaway by Nic Dowd.
  3:16 Justin Schultz shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
  3:56 Shot by John Carlson misses the net
  4:13 Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
  4:15 Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Linus Ullmark.
Rasmus Dahlin shoots Saved by Vitek Vanecek. 4:24  
Colin Miller blocks shot from Brenden Dillon. 4:55  
Shootout
Round 1
WAS Shootout attempt by John Carlson. Saved by Linus Ullmark.
BUF Jack Eichel scores on shootout attempt.
Round 2
WAS Shootout attempt by T.J. Oshie. Saved by Linus Ullmark.
BUF Shootout attempt by Casey Mittelstadt. Saved by Vitek Vanecek.
Round 3
WAS Shootout attempt by Nicklas Backstrom. Saved by Linus Ullmark.