Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres Game Boxscore

FINAL	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T
WSH	1	0	1	0	(0 - 0)	2
BUF	0	2	0	1	(0 - 0)	3

Scoring Summary

1st Period
08:03	WSH	K. Alzner (1) Slap - ASST: A. Semin (10)	1 - 0 WSH

2nd Period
10:10	BUF	S. Montador (2) Slap - ASST: M. Grier (5) AND J. Leopold (7)	1 - 1 TIE
16:29	BUF	PPG - T. Vanek (5) Wrist - ASST: J. Leopold (8) AND T. Connolly (6)	2 - 1 BUF

3rd Period
07:09	WSH	N. Backstrom (5) Wrist - ASST: J. Chimera (3) AND J. Erskine (3)	2 - 2 TIE

OT Period
04:00	BUF	T. Vanek (6) Backhand - ASST: D. Roy (11) AND J. Leopold (9)	3 - 2 BUF

Penalty Summary

1st Period
02:38	WSH	David Steckel : Delaying Game-Puck over glass
11:04	BUF	Tim Connolly : Slashing (Matt Bradley)

2nd Period
03:46	WSH	Jason Chimera : Cross checking (Patrick Kaleta)
03:46	WSH	Jason Chimera : Unsportsmanlike conduct (Patrick Kaleta)
16:05	WSH	Tomas Fleischmann : Hi-sticking (Tyler Ennis)
16:05	BUF	Derek Roy : Hooking (Tomas Fleischmann)
16:05	WSH	Tomas Fleischmann : Hi stick - double minor (Tyler Ennis)

3rd Period
17:06	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom : Hi stick - double minor (Shaone Morrisonn)

OT Period
NONE

Stats

Washington Capitals Skaters
No.	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA	FO%	TOI
4	J. Erskine	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	-	13:50
8	A. Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	0	1	0	-	17:38
10	M. Bradley	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	-	8:51
14	T. Fleischmann	L	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	3	0	62%	11:37
16	E. Fehr	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	1	-	14:30
19	N. Backstrom	C	1	0	1	1	4	4	1	1	1	1	92%	18:57
21	B. Laich	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	20%	17:57
22	M. Knuble	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	16:19
25	J. Chimera	L	0	1	1	1	4	2	0	1	0	1	0%	15:36
26	M. Hendricks	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	100%	14:00
27	K. Alzner	D	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	-	22:45
28	A. Semin	R	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	-	17:48
39	D. Steckel	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	59%	12:28
52	M. Green	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	-	25:53
55	J. Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	4	0	0	-	24:25
74	J. Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	-	24:32
89	T. Sloan	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	-	13:20
90	M. Johansson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1	0	0	33%	14:25

Washington Capitals Goaltenders
No.	Player	EV	PP	SH	Saves - Shots	Sv%	PIM	TOI
30	M. Neuvirth	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	-	0	0:00
70	B. Holtby (L) 2-0-1	14 - 16	9 - 10	1 - 1	24 - 27	.889	0	64:00

Buffalo Sabres Skaters
No.	Player	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA	FO%	TOI
3	J. Leopold	D	0	3	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	-	23:33
4	S. Montador	D	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	-	20:30
8	C. McCormick	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	0	0	44%	13:13
9	D. Roy	C	0	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	2	2	46%	19:22
19	T. Connolly	C	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	0	3	1	30%	18:15
20	R. Niedermayer	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1	0	0	60%	16:01
25	M. Grier	R	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	-	17:10
26	T. Vanek	L	2	0	2	1	0	3	0	0	1	1	-	21:30
27	S. Morrisonn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	1	0	-	15:24
28	P. Gaustad	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	56%	11:24
29	J. Pominville	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	1	0	-	17:55
34	C. Butler	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	1	0	-	14:22
36	P. Kaleta	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	1	0	-	12:46
37	M. Ellis	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	-	10:07
44	A. Sekera	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	0	0	-	21:28
55	J. Hecht	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	36%	17:16
57	T. Myers	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	-	26:12
63	T. Ennis	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0%	17:32

Buffalo Sabres Goaltenders
No.	Player	EV	PP	SH	Saves - Shots	Sv%	PIM	TOI
30	R. Miller (W) 4-5-2	22 - 24	1 - 1	0 - 0	23 - 25	.920	0	64:00
40	P. Lalime	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	0 - 0	-	0	0:00

Official Game Reports

SHOTS BY PERIOD

PERIOD	WSH	BUF
1st	13	6
2nd	4	11
3rd	7	6
OT	1	4
Total	25	27

TEAM STATS

CATEGORY	WSH	BUF
Power Plays	0/1	1/6
Hits	21	18
Faceoff Wins	33	25
Giveaways	11	15
Takeaways	7	6
Blocked Shots	17	11
Penalty Minutes	14	4

Additional Game Facts

OFFICIALS
Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Brian Pochmara
Linesmen: Brad Kovachik, Scott Driscoll

HEAD COACHES
Bruce Boudreau: (Washington Capitals)
Lindy Ruff: (Buffalo Sabres)

Washington Capitals SCRATCHES
Boyd Gordon
DJ King
Tom Poti

Buffalo Sabres SCRATCHES
Craig Rivet
Drew Stafford
Mike Weber

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