Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Fri, Dec 30, 2011 · Verizon Center · 2011–12 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

1 – 3

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at Verizon Center. Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Tomas Vokoun made 25 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 26–21.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	1	0	1	26
WSH	1	1	1	3	21

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	01:42	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (1) · wrist	Tomas Vokoun (1)	0–1
2nd	03:52	WSH	EV	Nicklas Backstrom (1) · wrist	Alexander Semin (1), Roman Hamrlik (1)	0–2
2nd	15:02	BUF	EV	Jochen Hecht (1) · wrist	Thomas Vanek (1), Jason Pominville (1)	1–2
3rd	14:10	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (2) · snap	Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alexander Semin (2)	1–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	00:27	BUF	Mike Weber	boarding	2
1st	03:52	WSH	Joel Ward	slashing	2
1st	10:27	BUF	Brayden McNabb	hooking	2
1st	12:26	WSH	Jason Chimera	fighting	5
1st	12:26	BUF	Mike Weber	fighting	5
1st	16:49	BUF	Christian Ehrhoff	fighting	5
1st	16:49	WSH	Troy Brouwer	fighting	5

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 2.95 · WSH 1.48 · xG% BUF 66.6

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
55	Jochen Hecht	C	1	0	1	+1	0	5	0	1	45.0	19:37	21
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1	75.0	18:34	21
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0		17:02	19
3	Jordan Leopold	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		25:58	34
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	-1	7	0	2	1		22:49	29
81	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	2		21:29	30
24	Robyn Regehr	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	1		21:25	29
17	Marc-Andre Gragnani	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		19:54	25
21	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	100.0	17:35	20
54	Zack Kassian	R	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0		16:18	17
9	Derek Roy	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	50.0	15:28	17
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		15:17	20
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	53.8	13:51	20
37	Matt Ellis	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	3	0		13:14	16
22	Brad Boyes	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	33.3	13:06	17
72	Luke Adam	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14.3	10:22	13
8	Cody McCormick	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		8:54	11
10	Christian Ehrhoff	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	1		7:23	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ryan Miller	L	21	18	3	.857	58:29

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	3	55.6	20:32	21
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	2	0	2	+2	0	4	4	0		19:59	18
28	Alexander Semin	R	0	2	2	+2	0	2	1	0		17:12	20
44	Roman Hamrlik	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	2		18:31	26
6	Dennis Wideman	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	1	1		24:39	27
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4		22:38	26
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		22:08	27
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	52.0	18:50	27
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	50.0	17:40	23
81	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		16:14	18
20	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	0	5	1	1	3		16:02	22
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1	100.0	15:31	23
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	-1	5	1	2	2		14:38	21
15	Jeff Halpern	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50.0	13:34	21
4	John Erskine	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		12:36	16
22	Mike Knuble	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		11:37	14
26	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	75.0	8:07	12
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	50.0	7:35	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Tomas Vokoun	W	26	25	1	.962	59:57