Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Wednesday, October 26, 2005 · Blue Cross Arena

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3–2

Final

SOG 28–17

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at Blue Cross Arena. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 28-17.

Goals came from Ales Kotalik, Jeff Friesen, Petr Sykora, Jochen Hecht and Jamie Heward.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	1	3	28
BUF	1	0	1	2	17

Scoring

1st period

Ales Kotalik (4)Maxim Afinogenov (3), Toni Lydman (4)0–114:38 BUF · PPG
Jeff Friesen (1)Petr Sykora (2), Steve Eminger (6)1–115:00 WSH

2nd period

Petr Sykora (2)Matt Pettinger (1), Steve Eminger (7)2–101:48 WSH

3rd period

Jochen Hecht (2)Chris Drury (3), Daniel Brière (3)2–201:18 BUF · PPG
Jamie Heward (2)Bryan Muir (2), Alex Ovechkin (5)3–204:22 WSH · PPG

Team stats

WSHBUF

28Shots on goal17

57%Faceoff %43%

1/7Power play2/6

12Penalty minutes14

16Hits14

10Blocked shots16

9Giveaways10

2Takeaways1

Penalties

1st 02:17Brooks Laich · holding2 min
1st 05:35Toni Lydman · holding2 min
1st 08:44Bryan Muir · hooking2 min
1st 13:08Chris Clark · tripping2 min
1st 19:32Toni Lydman · delaying game2 min
2nd 03:08Bryan Muir · tripping2 min
2nd 05:02Shaone Morrisonn · hooking2 min
2nd 10:39Jay McKee · interference2 min
2nd 15:49Ales Kotalik · hooking2 min
3rd 00:38Jeff Halpern · holding2 min
3rd 02:27Ales Kotalik · tripping2 min
3rd 02:40Rory Fitzpatrick · hooking2 min
3rd 11:48Adam Mair · cross checking2 min

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