Washington Capitals 4 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 28 - 24
PP: 2 of 4 (12 shots), Passing:59/72=81 %, Challenges:34/48=69 %
PP: 2 of 5 (12 shots), Passing:62/80=77 %, Challenges:40/54=72 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 515411 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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10:44 0-1
Cory Stillman [28] (Joe Thornton, Ryan Whitney)PP
17:51 0-2
Marian Hossa [39] (Mats Sundin, Joe Thornton)
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22:23 1-2
Alexander Ovechkin [36] (Luca Sbisa)
33:35 1-3
Alexandre Daigle [9] (Ladislav Nagy, Nik Antropov)PP
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46:01 2-3
Matthew Lombardi [19] (Phil Kessel, Alexander Ovechkin)PP
48:38 3-3
Phil Kessel [14] (Alexander Ovechkin, Matthew Lombardi)PP
50:55 4-3
Mike Green [7] (Phil Kessel, Ian Laperriere)
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Penalty summary:
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09:39
Matthew Lombardi (2 min for high-sticking)
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23:27
Erik Karlsson (2 min for hooking)
33:17
Erik Karlsson (2 min for hooking)
36:36
Nik Antropov (2 min for hooking)
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41:38
David Toews (2 min for cross-checking)
44:14
Alexandre Daigle (2 min for hooking)
47:03
Mike Richards (2 min for slashing)
53:31
Michal Repík (2 min for roughing)
58:54
Brayden Schenn (2 min for slashing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Ian Laperriere 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 0 15.40 6
R Ed Purcell 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 9.20 5
R Kris Versteeg 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 15.20 7
R Phil Kessel 1 2 4 0 1 0 0 2 21.40 10
C David Steckel 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8.40 4
C Cody Hodgson 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10.20 7
C Brayden Schenn 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 -1 14.30 7
C Matthew Lombardi 1 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 21.10 8
L Sean Bergenheim 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 11.20 6
L Anton Lander 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.20 5
L Michal Repík 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 14.30 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 2 4 2 3 1 0 2 21.40 8
D Paul Mara 0 0 3 2 1 3 0 0 19.20 7
D Chris Pronger 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 -1 23.20 7
D Mike Green 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 22.50 7
D Anton Strålman 0 0 1 4 0 4 0 0 18.20 8
D Erik Karlsson 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 -1 13.20 6
D Luca Sbisa 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 22.50 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Marek Schwarz 3 0 21 0 0 60.00 6
G Dan Cloutier 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Alexandre Daigle 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 9.40 8
R Ryan Kesler 0 0 2 5 2 5 0 -1 20.00 8
R Nik Antropov 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 13.50 6
R Marian Hossa 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 21.40 10
C Matt Duchene 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 5
C Mike Modano 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.50 6
C Mike Richards 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 11.20 6
C Joe Thornton 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 21.50 8
L David Toews 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 6.40 5
L Ladislav Nagy 0 1 2 1 2 2 0 -1 15.30 6
L Cory Stillman 1 0 6 1 1 0 0 0 15.40 7
C Mats Sundin 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 14.10 7
D Jared Cowen 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -1 16.30 4
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 7
D Ryan Whitney 0 1 1 4 1 2 0 0 29.30 8
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 -1 16.00 5
D Shea Weber 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 18.50 7
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Devan Dubnyk 4 0 24 0 0 58.50 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Phil Kessel
2nd star: Alexander Ovechkin
3rd star: Matthew Lombardi
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Matthew Lombardi has marked a new career high in points with 47 points.
-Mike Green finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Cory Stillman has marked a new career high in goals with 28 tallies.
-Nik Antropov has marked a new career high in assists with 31 assists.
-Brian Rafalski had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 7( 39) , Portland Pirates 1( 6)
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1-0 HER Björn Melin (Kyle Bailey)
2-0 HER Mike Keane (Ramzi Abid, Kevin Dallman)
3-0 HER Anton Korolev (Janis Sprukts)
4-0 HER Mike Keane (Clarke Wilm)
5-0 HER Anton Korolev (Martin Rucinsky)
5-1 POR Josh Gorges (Jason Ward, Shawn Matthias)
6-1 HER Sami Salo (Clarke Wilm)
7-1 HER Clarke Wilm (Björn Melin)
Goalies: Sébastien Caron - Mika Noronen