Dustin Tokarski earns first win since 2015 as Sabres top Capitals, 5-2 fingerlakes1.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from fingerlakes1.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Buffalo dominates fast-paced game with big win against Washington @kerratriv
Shots: BUF 30 | WSH 29
Sabres Goals: Sam Reinhart (15), Victor Olofsson (12), Casey Mittelstadt (7), Anders Bjork (3), Tage Thompson (5)
Capitals Goals: Dmitry Orlov (6), Anthony Mantha (1)
Minus - 1 | Okposo Out
After suffering a puck shot to the face by teammate Matt Irwin, Kyle Okposo left the game with a towel on his face to stop some heavy bleeding. The shot appeared to slice him in the left cheek area, but not much was reported since his departure. He did not return to the ice.
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Dylan Cozens (future captain?) opened up scoring with a shot from the point, which would be credited to Sam Reinhart with his deflection late in the first period. Though the Caps answered back rather quickly to tie up the game, it was a great first period.
Newly confident Sabres set to host Penguins pittsburghstar.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pittsburghstar.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Craig Smith continued his torrid pace on Tuesday, notching a goal and an assist in his 700
th career game. The winger extended his point streak to five games and now has 15 points (5 goals, 10 assists) over his last 13 contests. He s scored goals in three of his last four.
On Tuesday night, Smith was part of Boston s new-look second line with David Krejci and trade deadline acquisition Taylor Hall, which combined for both of Boston s regulation goals.
Smith made a strong play on the B s first marker by navigating through traffic and feeding Jeremy Lauzon at the point. Krejci cleaned up Lauzon s long-distance shot to tie the game, 1-1, with 6:40 left in the first period.
In the thirteenth weekly East Divison snapshot of the 2020-21 NHL season, the Washington Capitals are still barely leading a three-team race for first and the bottom four remains the same. All this and more in this week’s snapshot.