Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Tuesday, December 26, 2006 · HSBC Arena

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3–6

26–39

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 6–3 on Tuesday, December 26, 2006 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 39–26.

Chris Drury scored twice. Brian Campbell, Ales Kotalik, Maxim Afinogenov, Thomas Vanek, Kris Beech, Alex Ovechkin and Chris Clark also scored.

Ryan Miller made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Brent Johnson stopped 2 of 6.

Goals
WSH	1	1	1	3	26
BUF	6	0	0	6	39

Scoring

1st period

Brian Campbell (5)Derek Roy (15)0–101:51 BUF
Chris Drury (18)Ryan Miller (1), Ales Kotalik (12)0–203:33 BUF
Chris Drury (19)Ales Kotalik (13), Andrew Peters (1)0–307:15 BUF
Ales Kotalik (10)Chris Drury (15), Henrik Tallinder (3)0–407:30 BUF
Maxim Afinogenov (17)Daniel Brière (29), Chris Drury (16)0–509:50 BUF ·
Thomas Vanek (19)Derek Roy (16), Maxim Afinogenov (23)0–610:57 BUF
Kris Beech (5)Unassisted1–618:30 WSH

2nd period

Alex Ovechkin (25)Lawrence Nycholat (1)2–614:36 WSH

3rd period

Chris Clark (14)Unassisted3–603:19 WSH ·

Team stats

WSHBUF

2639

38%63%

0/41/7

1913

1819

1219

1910

35

Penalties

8:51 into the first periodMike Green · hooking2 min
10:19 into the first periodAndrew Peters · fighting5 min
10:19 into the first periodDonald Brashear · fighting5 min
15:26 into the first periodAlexander Semin · hooking2 min
1:14 into the second periodAlex Ovechkin · interference goalkeeper2 min
6:20 into the second periodJochen Hecht · interference2 min
8:33 into the second periodMike Green · interference2 min
10:30 into the second periodAles Kotalik · holding2 min
19:59 into the second periodPaul Gaustad · holding2 min
2:57 into the third periodBen Clymer · hooking2 min
5:19 into the third periodChris Clark · hooking2 min
15:13 into the third periodToni Lydman · holding2 min
18:36 into the third periodJakub Klepis · holding2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	−1	6	2	0	2	100	21:07
17Chris ClarkR	1	0	1	−1	2	1	0	2	100	16:37
24Kris BeechC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	33	13:48
3Lawrence NycholatD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	–	18:06
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	0	0	−1	3	3	0	0	33	17:16
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	46	12:18
16Brian SutherbyC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	29	14:38
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	20:18
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	–	13:37
27Ben ClymerR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	1	2	–	15:20
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	+1	7	1	0	2	50	17:46
38Jakub KlepisC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	2	–	06:09
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	5	–	09:45
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	2	0	–	20:02
6Jamie HewardD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	14:38
44Steve EmingerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	18:52
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	–	20:20
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	−2	0	1	3	0	–	16:58

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Brent JohnsonG	L	6	2	4	.333	07:30
37Olie KolzigG		33	31	2	.939	52:29

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

23Chris DruryC	2	2	4	+2	6	0	2	0	59	22:20
12Ales KotalikR	1	2	3	+2	6	4	0	2	–	14:05
9Derek RoyC	0	2	2	+1	1	1	0	0	60	17:31
61Maxim AfinogenovR	1	1	2	+1	4	0	0	0	–	18:37
26Thomas VanekL	1	0	1	+2	5	0	0	0	100	17:13
48Daniel BrièreC	0	1	1	−2	0	0	1	0	67	17:11
76Andrew PetersL	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	5	–	05:58
10Henrik TallinderD	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	–	17:33
51Brian CampbellD	1	0	1	+1	3	1	1	0	–	22:51
13Jiri NovotnyC	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	64	11:41
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	08:05
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	+3	3	1	0	2	100	12:57
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	13:33
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	−2	2	2	1	2	–	17:16
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	–	15:30
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	21:55
27Teppo NumminenD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	4	0	–	21:38
45Dmitri KalininD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	0	–	16:49

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30Ryan MillerG	W	26	23	3	.885	59:17
43Martin BironG		0	0	0	–	–