Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Thursday, November 17, 2005 · HSBC Arena
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 8-5 on Thursday, November 17, 2005 at HSBC Arena. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 39-27.
Brian Campbell scored twice and Taylor Pyatt scored a hat trick. Chris Clark, Ales Kotalik, Dmitri Kalinin, Andrew Cassels, Brian Sutherby, Alex Ovechkin, Ben Clymer and Tim Connolly also scored.
Martin Biron made 34 saves on 39 shots for the win; Brent Johnson stopped 19 of 27.
Scoring
1st period
Brian Campbell (3)Unassisted0–100:37 BUF
Chris Clark (3)Jamie Heward (4), Matt Pettinger (2)1–104:06 WSH
Ales Kotalik (9)Teppo Numminen (13), J-P Dumont (7)1–214:36 BUF · PPG
Taylor Pyatt (1)Adam Mair (1)1–316:18 BUF- Taylor Pyatt (2)Adam Mair (2), Toni Lydman (6)1–419:30 BUF
2nd period
Dmitri Kalinin (1)Jochen Hecht (6), Tim Connolly (8)1–503:16 BUF- Brian Campbell (4)Daniel Brière (7), Tim Connolly (9)1–608:33 BUF · PPG
Andrew Cassels (2)Chris Clark (4), Alex Ovechkin (6)2–611:06 WSH
Brian Sutherby (2)Unassisted3–614:17 WSH · SHG
Alex Ovechkin (15)Andrew Cassels (5), Brian Willsie (7)4–619:05 WSH · PPG
3rd period
- Taylor Pyatt (3)J-P Dumont (8), Daniel Brière (8)4–716:29 BUF
Ben Clymer (3)Brian Sutherby (4), Matt Bradley (3)5–716:54 WSH
Tim Connolly (5)Unassisted5–818:02 BUF
Team stats
WSHBUF
39Shots on goal27
50%Faceoff %50%
1/6Power play2/7
53Penalty minutes28
5Hits3
8Blocked shots12
7Giveaways8
2Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 05:13
Chris Clark · holding2 min - 1st 05:34
Daniel Brière · interference goalkeeper2 min - 1st 12:51Steve Eminger · hooking2 min
- 1st 14:08Jamie Heward · delaying game2 min
- 1st 16:58Brendan Witt · slashing2 min
- 2nd 01:03Thomas Vanek · tripping2 min
- 2nd 05:09Derek Roy · hooking2 min
- 2nd 07:26Adam Mair · fighting5 min
- 2nd 07:26Matt Bradley · fighting5 min
- 2nd 08:11Brendan Witt · hooking2 min
- 2nd 11:27Thomas Vanek · slashing2 min
- 2nd 11:27Brendan Witt · instigator2 min
- 2nd 11:27Brendan Witt · fighting5 min
- 2nd 11:27Brendan Witt · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 11:27Brendan Witt · game misconduct10 min
- 2nd 11:27Chris Clark · roughing2 min
- 2nd 18:09Derek Roy · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 03:38Martin Biron · roughing2 min
- 3rd 03:38Paul Gaustad · fighting5 min
- 3rd 03:38Shaone Morrisonn · fighting5 min
- 3rd 03:38Alex Ovechkin · roughing2 min
- 3rd 04:59J-P Dumont · hooking2 min
- 3rd 04:59Brian Sutherby · diving2 min
- 3rd 05:47Chris Drury · roughing2 min
- 3rd 14:07Rory Fitzpatrick · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 | 21:58 |
| 16Brian SutherbyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:21 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 13:42 |
| 25Andrew CasselsC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 | 15:20 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 18Matt PettingerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:24 |
| 24Brian WillsieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 16:06 |
| 27Ben ClymerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 11:01 |
| 6Jamie HewardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 24:02 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:08 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 12:27 |
| 38Jakub KlepisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 12:55 |
| 43Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:46 |
| 19Brendan WittD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:13 |
| 23Ivan MajeskyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 17:41 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 18:53 |
| 44Steve EmingerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:20 |
| 47Bryan MuirD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | L | 27 | 19 | 8 | .704 | 60:00 |
| 37Olie KolzigG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 24Taylor PyattL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 09:46 |
| 17J-P DumontR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 19:02 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 10:25 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 1 | 17:05 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 2 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 6 | 17:56 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:14 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:08 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:04 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 19:40 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:10 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:22 |
| 23Chris DruryC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:18 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:05 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:30 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 11:24 |
| 8Rory FitzpatrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:43 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:31 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Mika NoronenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 43Martin BironG | W | 39 | 34 | 5 | .872 | 59:57 |