Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Sat, Mar 7, 2015 · Verizon Center · 2014–15 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

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Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–1 on Sat, Mar 7, 2015 at Verizon Center. Curtis Glencross led the way with 3 points. Braden Holtby made 16 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 17–45.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	1	0	0	1	17
WSH	1	3	2	6	45

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:35	BUF	EV	Johan Larsson (2) · wrist	Marcus Foligno (8), Zach Bogosian (14)	1–0
1st	05:15	WSH	EV	Curtis Glencross (11) · wrist	Mike Green (32), Jay Beagle (10)	1–1
2nd	05:27	WSH	EV	Jay Beagle (10) · wrist	Troy Brouwer (16), Curtis Glencross (20)	1–2
2nd	09:31	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (44) · wrist	John Carlson (36), Nicklas Backstrom (50)	1–3
2nd	13:53	WSH	EV	Brooks Laich (6) · wrist	Tom Wilson (11)	1–4
3rd	03:41	WSH	PP	Joel Ward (16) · wrist	Curtis Glencross (21), Mike Green (33)	1–5
3rd	17:01	WSH	EV	Marcus Johansson (17) · wrist	Alex Ovechkin (25), Nicklas Backstrom (51)	1–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	12:47	WSH	Jason Chimera	interference	2
2nd	06:40	BUF	Zach Bogosian	high sticking	2
2nd	09:08	BUF	Brian Gionta	boarding	2
2nd	19:21	BUF	Andre Benoit	ps hooking on breakaway	0
3rd	01:19	WSH	Jason Chimera	fighting	5
3rd	01:19	BUF	Mike Weber	fighting	5
3rd	02:07	BUF	Tim Schaller	cross checking	2
3rd	05:40	WSH	Brooks Laich	tripping	2
3rd	09:15	WSH	Matt Niskanen	interference	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 1.57 · WSH 4.23 · xG% BUF 27.1

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
47	Zach Bogosian	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2		20:20	23
82	Marcus Foligno	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	1	33.3	17:20	23
22	Johan Larsson	L	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	35.7	16:34	20
61	Andre Benoit	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		25:41	30
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	4		25:35	28
12	Brian Gionta	R	0	0	0	+1	2	4	1	2	22.2	22:19	24
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	-1	5	0	1	1		20:12	27
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		19:42	20
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2		19:28	21
44	Nicolas Deslauriers	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	1		17:57	20
24	Tyson Strachan	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	4	0		17:22	25
19	Cody Hodgson	C	0	0	0	-3	0	3	1	0		16:39	18
84	Phil Varone	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	42.9	14:26	19
59	Tim Schaller	L	0	0	0	-2	2	1	4	2	38.5	14:21	17
49	Jerry D'Amigo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		11:00	14
37	Matt Ellis	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	37.5	7:52	14
20	Zac Dalpe	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	50.0	6:10	9
41	Andrej Meszaros	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		3:05	3

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Matt Hackett	L	23	19	4	.826	33:53
35	Anders Lindback		22	20	2	.909	26:07

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
22	Curtis Glencross	L	1	2	3	+2	0	2	1	0		11:41	15
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	2	2	+1	0	2	0	0	77.8	18:50	24
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	0	0	8	2	0		18:29	22
52	Mike Green	D	0	2	2	+2	0	3	1	2		16:56	24
83	Jay Beagle	C	1	1	2	+2	0	4	0	0	60.0	12:29	17
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	2		23:40	28
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0		18:11	21
42	Joel Ward	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		16:55	21
20	Troy Brouwer	R	0	1	1	+2	0	2	2	0	50.0	15:42	20
21	Brooks Laich	C	1	0	1	+1	2	3	3	0	50.0	14:13	19
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	1		10:34	14
44	Brooks Orpik	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	4		22:24	27
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2		19:19	27
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		17:25	25
6	Tim Gleason	D	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	1		17:05	23
16	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	75.0	16:00	19
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	7	3	0	0		12:10	17
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45.5	11:57	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	17	16	1	.941	60:00