Washington Capitals 5 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 20 - 30
PP: 1 of 2 (1 shots), Passing:63/78=80 %, Challenges:35/50=68 %
PP: 1 of 2 (4 shots), Passing:74/92=80 %, Challenges:30/37=79 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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12:25 0-1
Thomas Vanek [11] (Craig Rivet, Jason Pominville)
14:12 1-1
Mike Knuble [9] (Mikhail Grabovski, Alexander Ovechkin)
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22:55 2-1
Tom Poti [1] (Mike Knuble, Éric Bélanger)PP
29:33 3-1
Cal O'Reilly [3] (Mike Green, Tom Poti)
36:12 3-2
Jason Pominville [8] (Jochen Hecht, Paul Gaustad)PP
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45:54 3-3
Drew Stafford [10] (Tim Connolly, Toni Lydman)
55:12 4-3
Mike Knuble [10] (Mikhail Grabovski, Michael Nylander)
59:33 5-3
Alexander Radulov [9] (Drew Doughty, Joe Corvo) EN
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Penalty summary:
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19:42
Jason Chimera (2 min for roughing)
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22:12
Daniel Paillé (2 min for high-sticking)
23:01
Steve Montador (2 min for roughing)
23:01
Jason Chimera (2 min for roughing)
34:29
Cal O'Reilly (2 min for high-sticking)
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50:45
Paul Gaustad (2 min for roughing)
50:45
Michael Nylander (2 min for roughing)
57:14
Daniel Paillé (2 min for elbowing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Dmitri Kugryshev 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 5
R Eric Fehr 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 14.10 5
R Mike Knuble 2 1 4 1 1 1 0 2 16.00 9
R Alexander Radulov 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 17.50 9
C Cal O'Reilly 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 9.00 6
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 18.10 4
C Michael Nylander 0 1 3 0 0 0 2 2 12.00 8
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 20.10 8
L Éric Bélanger 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 11.20 7
L Jason Chimera 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 -1 15.30 5
L Mikhail Grabovski 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 2 12.00 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 20.30 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 -1 19.50 5
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 13.50 7
D Drew Doughty 0 1 0 4 2 2 0 1 21.40 8
D Tom Poti 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 -1 18.40 6
D Joe Corvo 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 2 16.10 6
D Mike Green 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 29.50 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Semyon Varlamov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Cody McCormick 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 7.20 5
R Mike Grier 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 -1 16.50 6
R Drew Stafford 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 -1 17.30 8
R Jason Pominville 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 17.40 7
C Adam Mair 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.20 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 1 2 2 0 4 2 -1 19.40 6
R Tim Connolly 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 15.50 8
C Derek Roy 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 17.10 6
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 6.50 4
L Raffi Torres 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 14.30 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 -1 19.40 6
L Thomas Vanek 1 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 16.40 6
D Steve Montador 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 17.30 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 -2 17.40 5
D Craig Rivet 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 22.10 6
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 18.10 7
D Toni Lydman 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 -2 18.50 6
D Tyler Myers 0 0 3 7 0 2 0 0 25.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 5 0 15 0 0 59.30 4
G Patrick Lalime 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Knuble
2nd star: Alexander Radulov
3rd star: Jason Pominville
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Mike Knuble scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Michael Nylander scored the 700th point of his career.
-Tom Poti finally ended his 32 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Drew Stafford scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Derek Roy had his 5 game point streak snapped.
-Tyler Myers had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 6( 24) , Rochester Americans 2( 9)
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1-0
Steve Pinizzotto (Alexandre Giroux, Sean Collins)
2-0
Mitch Fadden (Cody Franson)
2-1
Philippe Gogulla (Nathan Gerbe, Chris Butler)
3-1
Quintin Laing (Mathieu Perreault)
4-1
François Bouchard (Cody Franson)
5-1
François Bouchard (Mitch Fadden, Oscar Hedman)
6-1
Steve Pinizzotto (Alexandre Giroux, Keith Aucoin)
6-2
Drew Schiestel (Felix Schütz)
Goalies: Braden Holtby - Jhonas Enroth