Washington Capitals 5 , Buffalo Sabres 3
Shots: 37 - 23
PP: 1 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:64/71=90 %, Challenges:49/54=89 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:73/86=84 %, Challenges:40/45=87 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 515411 Match televised: Yes
BOXSCORE OF THE GAME
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08:09 1-0
Bill Guerin [14] (Jiri Fischer, Michael Nylander)
11:41 1-1
Jason Pominville [11] (Thomas Vanek, Clarke MacArthur)
19:14 2-1
Sergei Fedorov [10] (Chris Clark, Mike Green)
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28:42 2-2
Jason Pominville [12] (Derek Roy, Jochen Hecht)
29:41 3-2
Chris Higgins [8] (Michael Nylander, Bill Guerin)
34:44 4-2
Peter Bondra [9] (Nicklas Bäckström, Mike Green)
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44:01 5-2
Patrice Brisebois [2] (Chris Higgins, Sergei Fedorov)PP
53:51 5-3
Thomas Vanek [12] (Maxim Afinogenov, Tim Connolly)
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Penalty summary:
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29:57
Dan Paillé (2 min for hooking)
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41:37
Jiri Fischer (2 min for roughing)
41:37
Andrej Sekera (2 min for roughing)
42:43
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for high-sticking)
44:43
Tomas Fleischmann (2 min for slashing)
57:01
Clarke MacArthur (2 min for roughing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 7.10 6
R Chris Clark 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 15.20 7
R Bill Guerin 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 17.00 9
R Peter Bondra 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 18.40 7
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 -1 7.10 6
C Sergei Fedorov 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 9
C Michael Nylander 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 16.50 7
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 1 20.30 7
L Donald Brashear 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 7.10 5
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 15.30 6
L Chris Higgins 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 16.50 9
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 20.30 7
D Patrice Brisebois 1 0 2 1 0 3 0 -1 16.20 7
D Jiri Fischer 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 18.10 7
D Mike Komisarek 0 0 1 4 0 2 0 0 20.30 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 15.10 6
D Mike Green 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 3 23.10 9
D Scott Niedermayer 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 25.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 20 0 0 60.00 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 7
R Ales Kotalik 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 12.10 6
R Jason Pominville 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 9
R Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 -1 18.00 8
C Dan Paillé 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 10.50 5
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 -1 16.30 7
C Derek Roy 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 14.40 7
C Tim Connolly 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 -1 18.00 8
L Clarke MacArthur 0 1 0 2 1 1 4 0 9.20 7
L Tyler Ennis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 12.10 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 -1 17.20 7
L Thomas Vanek 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 21.10 8
D Tyler Myers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 14.00 6
D Henrik Tallinder 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 19.10 7
D Toni Lydman 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 25.00 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 -1 16.00 6
D Craig Rivet 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 19.10 6
D Teppo Numminen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 26.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 5 0 32 0 0 60.00 6
G Jocelyn Thibault 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Bill Guerin
2nd star: Jason Pominville
3rd star: Sergei Fedorov
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Sergei Fedorov scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Chris Higgins has marked a new career high in assists with 16 assists.
-Nicklas Bäckström had his 7 game goal streak snapped.
-Patrice Brisebois finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Jochen Hecht had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 2( 10) , Rochester Americans 0( 14)
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1-0 HER Joe Motzko (Chris Bourque)
2-0 HER Matt Bradley (Shaone Morrisonn, Rico Fata)
Goalies: Frédéric Cassivi - Patrick Lalime