Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Tue, Jan 28, 2014 · First Niagara Center · 2013–14 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

5 – 4

Final/OT

Buffalo Sabres

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–4 in overtime on Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at First Niagara Center. Alex Ovechkin scored twice; Cody Hodgson scored twice; Mike Green scored twice. Braden Holtby made 23 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 35–27.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
WSH	2	2	0	1	5	35
BUF	1	2	1	0	4	27

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:49	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (1) · slap	Nicklas Backstrom (1), Troy Brouwer (1)	1–0
1st	04:42	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (2) · deflected	Mike Green (1), Marcus Johansson (1)	2–0
1st	13:45	BUF	EV	Christian Ehrhoff (1) · wrist	Matt Moulson (1), Tyler Ennis (1)	2–1
2nd	01:41	BUF	PP	Cody Hodgson (1) · wrist	Matt Moulson (2), Tyler Ennis (2)	2–2
2nd	10:09	WSH	EV	Mike Green (1) · wrap-around	Dmitry Orlov (1), Jay Beagle (1)	3–2
2nd	11:11	BUF	EV	Phil Varone (1) · wrist	Marcus Foligno (1), Brian Flynn (1)	3–3
2nd	16:57	WSH	PP	Troy Brouwer (1) · slap	Martin Erat (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)	4–3
3rd	06:48	BUF	EV	Cody Hodgson (2) · backhand	Unassisted	4–4
OT	01:00	WSH	EV	Mike Green (2) · wrist	Alex Ovechkin (2), Martin Erat (2)	5–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:18	BUF	Matt Ellis	tripping	2
2nd	00:52	WSH	Dmitry Orlov	tripping	2
2nd	05:41	BUF	Mike Weber	interference	2
2nd	15:14	BUF	Henrik Tallinder	hooking	2
3rd	02:53	WSH	Mike Green	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.80 · BUF 2.24 · xG% WSH 55.6

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	2	4	+1	0	7	2	0		18:02	21
52	Mike Green	D	2	1	3	+3	2	5	0	2		23:43	25
20	Troy Brouwer	R	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	0	57.1	18:40	23
10	Martin Erat	R	0	2	2	+2	0	2	0	1	50.0	17:22	22
81	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	1	1	+3	2	1	0	2		20:54	23
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	47.1	17:32	22
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		15:38	21
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	53.8	13:23	17
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	1		23:12	24
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2		20:39	22
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	27.8	17:52	25
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	0		15:13	20
4	John Erskine	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1		15:05	19
58	Connor Carrick	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		14:12	18
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4		14:00	21
16	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		13:32	17
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		11:11	15
48	Casey Wellman	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	42.9	11:01	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	27	23	4	.852	61:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
26	Matt Moulson	L	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	0		18:50	25
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	28.6	17:36	22
19	Cody Hodgson	C	2	0	2	+1	0	4	0	0	66.7	16:54	24
10	Christian Ehrhoff	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	2		21:23	25
82	Marcus Foligno	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	6	0		18:33	22
65	Brian Flynn	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	33.3	16:41	23
84	Phil Varone	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	85.7	15:03	19
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		22:10	27
20	Henrik Tallinder	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	2		21:46	23
5	Chad Ruhwedel	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	3		19:58	24
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	-2	2	4	2	0		18:33	26
52	Alexander Sulzer	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		18:24	21
9	Steve Ott	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	0	58.8	17:40	26
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	33.3	17:16	22
23	Ville Leino	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		16:18	23
37	Matt Ellis	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	50.0	8:19	11
24	Zenon Konopka	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	81.8	8:04	16
32	John Scott	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		6:18	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Jhonas Enroth	OTL	35	30	5	.857	61:00