Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 2, 2006 · Verizon Center
CSN-DC (HD) · MSG
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 7-4 on Saturday, December 2, 2006 at Verizon Center. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 30-28.
Matt Pettinger scored twice. Richard Zednik, Bryan Muir, Alex Ovechkin, Derek Roy, Ben Clymer, Chris Drury, Thomas Vanek, Drew Stafford and John Erskine also scored.
Olie Kolzig made 26 saves on 30 shots for the win; Martin Biron stopped 15 of 18.
Scoring
1st period
Richard Zednik (5)Unassisted0–102:01 WSH
Bryan Muir (1)Brian Sutherby (7)0–202:35 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (17)Unassisted0–307:45 WSH
Derek Roy (4)Dmitri Kalinin (7), Thomas Vanek (16)1–315:09 BUF
Ben Clymer (3)Jakub Klepis (5), John Erskine (3)1–416:02 WSH
2nd period
Matt Pettinger (7)Brian Pothier (14)1–507:24 WSH
Chris Drury (16)Maxim Afinogenov (18), Teppo Numminen (15)2–509:46 BUF · PPG
Thomas Vanek (17)Maxim Afinogenov (19), Brian Campbell (16)3–519:32 BUF
3rd period
- Matt Pettinger (8)Alexander Semin (11), Kris Beech (7)3–609:52 WSH
Drew Stafford (2)Chris Drury (10)4–612:14 BUF
John Erskine (1)Steve Eminger (5)4–719:04 WSH · EN
Team stats
BUFWSH
30Shots on goal28
40%Faceoff %60%
1/6Power play0/7
75Penalty minutes42
19Hits11
16Blocked shots7
7Giveaways11
8Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 04:41
Dmitri Kalinin · tripping2 min - 1st 09:40Daniel Brière · hooking2 min
- 1st 09:40Daniel Brière · roughing2 min
- 1st 09:40
Alexander Semin · roughing2 min - 1st 16:42Adam Mair · roughing2 min
- 2nd 04:52Adam Mair · instigator2 min
- 2nd 04:52Adam Mair · fighting5 min
- 2nd 04:52Adam Mair · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 04:52Adam Mair · game misconduct10 min
- 2nd 04:52Paul Gaustad · instigator2 min
- 2nd 04:52Paul Gaustad · fighting5 min
- 2nd 04:52Paul Gaustad · misconduct10 min
- 2nd 04:52Paul Gaustad · game misconduct10 min
- 2nd 04:52Bryan Muir · fighting5 min
- 2nd 04:52Alex Ovechkin · boarding5 min
- 2nd 04:52Alex Ovechkin · fighting5 min
- 2nd 04:52Alex Ovechkin · game misconduct10 min
- 2nd 08:02Richard Zednik · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 2nd 10:39Derek Roy · hooking2 min
- 2nd 14:14Daniel Brière · hooking2 min
- 2nd 16:31Bryan Muir · holding2 min
- 3rd 02:45Ben Clymer · tripping2 min
- 3rd 04:51Daniel Brière · hooking2 min
- 3rd 16:38Alexander Semin · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 17:17Chris Drury · tripping2 min
- 3rd 18:13Shaone Morrisonn · hooking2 min
- 3rd 19:43Maxim Afinogenov · fighting5 min
- 3rd 19:43Steve Eminger · fighting5 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Chris DruryC | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 1 | 18:48 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 19:11 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 5 | 20:12 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 18:44 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 09:26 |
| 27Teppo NumminenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 25:08 |
| 45Dmitri KalininD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:08 |
| 51Brian CampbellD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 2 | 29:24 |
| 12Ales KotalikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:39 |
| 20Daniel PailleL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 06:57 |
| 22Adam MairC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 02:28 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 04:53 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:35 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 21:02 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 16:52 |
| 76Andrew PetersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:29 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 22:45 |
| 38Nathan PaetschD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | 9 | 6 | 3 | .667 | 07:45 | |
| 43Martin BironG | L | 18 | 15 | 3 | .833 | 50:56 |
Washington Capitals
| 18Matt PettingerL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 4John ErskineD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:24 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:33 |
| 16Brian SutherbyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:29 |
| 20Richard ZednikR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:45 |
| 24Kris BeechC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13:51 |
| 27Ben ClymerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 16:04 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:53 |
| 38Jakub KlepisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 23:11 |
| 44Steve EmingerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 20:55 |
| 47Bryan MuirD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:28 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:11 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:48 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:08 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 06:06 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:52 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | W | 30 | 26 | 4 | .867 | 59:58 |