Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres
Tue, Dec 30, 2008 · HSBC Arena · 2008–09 Regular Season
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Tue, Dec 30, 2008 at HSBC Arena. Nicklas Backstrom led the way with 2 points. Jose Theodore made 31 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 31–33.
Linescore
| Team | T | SOG |
|---|---|---|
| WSH | 4 | 31 |
| BUF | 2 | 33 |
Washington Capitals
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Nicklas Backstrom | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 16.7 | 17:47 | 18 |
| 25 | Viktor Kozlov | C | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:20 | 17 | |
| 52 | Mike Green | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24:10 | 28 | |
| 21 | Brooks Laich | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 40.0 | 19:48 | 24 |
| 39 | David Steckel | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 50.0 | 14:21 | 22 |
| 15 | Boyd Gordon | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 33.3 | 14:01 | 18 |
| 16 | Eric Fehr | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10:44 | 14 | |
| 56 | Chris Bourque | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:59 | 14 | |
| 8 | Alex Ovechkin | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 21:35 | 20 | |
| 89 | Tyler Sloan | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:59 | 27 | |
| 55 | Jeff Schultz | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:49 | 25 | |
| 26 | Shaone Morrisonn | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 18:05 | 25 | |
| 23 | Milan Jurcina | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 17:36 | 24 | |
| 62 | Sean Collins | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:02 | 21 | |
| 92 | Michael Nylander | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 | 14:43 | 16 |
| 10 | Matt Bradley | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 13:02 | 17 | |
| 17 | Chris Clark | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12:38 | 16 | |
| 33 | Alexandre Giroux | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:32 | 13 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | Jose Theodore | W | 33 | 31 | 2 | .939 | 59:53 |
| 1 | Brent Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres
| # | Skater | Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | HIT | BLK | FO% | TOI | SHF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Toni Lydman | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19:59 | 21 | |
| 6 | Jaroslav Spacek | D | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19:05 | 21 | |
| 55 | Jochen Hecht | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 46.2 | 18:17 | 21 |
| 41 | Clarke MacArthur | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 17:05 | 20 | |
| 28 | Paul Gaustad | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 55.6 | 13:29 | 20 |
| 22 | Adam Mair | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 55.6 | 12:16 | 19 |
| 9 | Derek Roy | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 | 22:33 | 26 |
| 29 | Jason Pominville | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21:26 | 23 | |
| 44 | Andrej Sekera | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21:13 | 24 | |
| 26 | Thomas Vanek | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:57 | 23 | |
| 21 | Drew Stafford | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:24 | 22 | |
| 34 | Chris Butler | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:08 | 18 | |
| 27 | Teppo Numminen | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:08 | 17 | |
| 10 | Henrik Tallinder | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:04 | 21 | |
| 12 | Ales Kotalik | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 15:58 | 21 |
| 42 | Nathan Gerbe | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8:23 | 12 | |
| 20 | Daniel Paille | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7:31 | 12 | |
| 37 | Matt Ellis | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.7 | 6:20 | 10 |
| # | Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Ryan Miller | L | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 59:36 |
| 40 | Patrick Lalime | 0 | 0 | 0 |