Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Wed, Nov 17, 2010 · Verizon Center · 2010–11 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

2 – 4

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at Verizon Center. Alexander Semin led the way with 2 points. Michal Neuvirth made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 33–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	2	0	2	33
WSH	2	1	1	4	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	12:31	WSH	PP	Nicklas Backstrom (1) · wrist	Alexander Semin (1), Brooks Laich (1)	0–1
1st	17:04	WSH	EV	Matt Bradley (1) · wrist	Jason Chimera (1), Karl Alzner (1)	0–2
2nd	02:45	WSH	EV	David Steckel (1) · wrist	Jason Chimera (2), Matt Bradley (1)	0–3
2nd	12:07	BUF	PP	Derek Roy (1) · snap	Thomas Vanek (1), Tim Connolly (1)	1–3
2nd	12:55	BUF	EV	Jordan Leopold (1) · wrist	Cody McCormick (1), Rob Niedermayer (1)	2–3
3rd	19:56	WSH	SH EN	Alexander Semin (1) · wrist	Unassisted	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:41	WSH	Tyler Sloan	slashing	2
1st	10:55	BUF	Chris Butler	hooking	2
1st	11:08	BUF	Tyler Myers	holding	2
2nd	11:32	WSH	Mike Green	holding	2
2nd	14:19	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	11:17	WSH	Jason Chimera	hooking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: BUF 3.59 · WSH 3.33 · xG% BUF 51.9

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
3	Jordan Leopold	D	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	1		25:01	28
9	Derek Roy	C	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	2	40.0	19:12	20
19	Tim Connolly	C	0	1	1	-2	0	3	0	1	57.1	18:47	23
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0		18:39	19
8	Cody McCormick	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	38.9	15:47	20
20	Rob Niedermayer	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		15:01	20
4	Steve Montador	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	6		22:35	25
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3		21:01	23
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	0	0	-2	0	6	1	1		19:07	22
44	Andrej Sekera	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		18:58	24
25	Mike Grier	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	50.0	17:35	24
55	Jochen Hecht	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	50.0	14:49	18
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		14:44	20
27	Shaone Morrisonn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		13:57	21
34	Chris Butler	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2		13:35	20
42	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		9:56	13
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	76.9	9:51	14
37	Matt Ellis	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		9:02	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ryan Miller	L	28	25	3	.893	58:47

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
28	Alexander Semin	R	1	1	2	+1	0	4	0	0		18:30	22
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	2	2	+2	2	1	2	1		12:40	19
10	Matt Bradley	R	1	1	2	+2	0	5	0	0		11:17	18
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0		21:59	27
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1		17:12	23
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	47.6	16:39	24
39	David Steckel	C	1	0	1	+2	0	2	3	2	52.9	13:48	21
52	Mike Green	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	3	1		25:04	25
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	2		22:52	27
55	Jeff Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	3		22:13	25
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	+1	2	4	4	0		19:04	23
22	Mike Knuble	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		16:51	21
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	66.7	15:04	17
89	Tyler Sloan	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	1		13:25	17
15	Boyd Gordon	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	41.7	12:08	20
4	John Erskine	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0		12:06	16
26	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		11:40	15
16	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		10:55	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Michal Neuvirth	W	33	31	2	.939	59:58