Capitals 5-3 Sabres (9 Nov, 2021) Play-by-Play

Buffalo Sabres

5-5-2, 1-4-1 away

	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	1	2	3
WSH	1	2	2	5

Washington Capitals

6-2-4, 4-1-3 home

SABRES

CAPITALS

TIME	BUF	WSH
0:00
0:00
0:12
0:12
0:21	0	0
0:59
0:59
1:53	0	0
1:54
1:54
2:01
2:01
2:08	0	0
2:13	0	1
2:13
2:48
2:48
3:29	0	1
3:44
3:44
3:57	0	1
3:59	0	1
4:05	0	1
4:10
4:10
4:20	0	1
4:30
4:42	0	1
4:50	0	1
4:53	0	1
5:19
5:59
6:42	0	1
6:54	0	1
8:04
8:04
8:20	0	1
8:57	0	1
9:05	0	1
9:12	0	1
9:45	0	1
9:46
9:46
9:51	0	1
10:00
10:07
10:07
10:07
10:12	0	1
10:50
10:50
11:15
11:15
12:21
13:18	0	1
13:27	0	1
14:31
14:37	0	1
14:55
15:11	0	1
15:37
15:43	0	1
16:02	0	1
16:06
16:06
16:16
16:16
16:22	0	1
17:15	0	1
17:17
17:17
17:30
17:42	0	1
17:51
18:37
18:37
18:41	0	1
18:43
18:43
19:15	0	1
19:17
19:17
19:29	0	1
19:52
20:00

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Sabres
3
Capitals
5

Game 1

9/11

Capitals
3
Sabres
2

Game 2

12/12

Capitals
4
Sabres
3

Game 3

25/3

Capital One Arena

12:00 AM, 9 November 2021

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,573

Referees:
Trevor Hanson
Jake Brenk

Linesmen:
Mark Shewchyk
Tyson Baker

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	52	24	6	110
Boston	47	20	15	109
Toronto	46	26	10	102
Tampa Bay	45	29	8	98
Detroit	41	32	9	91
Buffalo	39	37	6	84
Ottawa	37	41	4	78
Montreal	30	36	16	76

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	55	23	4	114
Carolina	52	23	7	111
NY Islanders	39	27	16	94
Washington	40	31	11	91
Pittsburgh	38	32	12	88
Philadelphia	38	33	11	87
New Jersey	38	39	5	81
Columbus	27	43	12	66

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Buffalo Sabres

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Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

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