Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Monday, November 26, 2007 · Verizon Center

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3–1

28–31

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 3–1 on Monday, November 26, 2007 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 31–28.

Jochen Hecht scored twice. Alex Ovechkin and Jason Pominville also scored.

Ryan Miller made 30 saves on 31 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 25 of 28.

Goals
BUF	1	2	0	3	28
WSH	0	1	0	1	31

Scoring

1st period

Jochen Hecht (7)Brian Campbell (14), Jaroslav Spacek (6)1–010:55 BUF

2nd period

Alex Ovechkin (17)Steve Eminger (1)1–100:49 WSH
Jochen Hecht (8)Daniel Paille (6)2–108:07 BUF
Jason Pominville (6)Jochen Hecht (6)3–111:47 BUF

Team stats

BUFWSH

2831

39%61%

0/30/3

1111

1015

118

713

711

Penalties

1:56 into the first periodAndrew Peters · fighting5 min
1:56 into the first periodJohn Erskine · fighting5 min
2:29 into the first periodToni Lydman · hooking2 min
8:32 into the first periodViktor Kozlov · tripping2 min
13:02 into the first periodMatt Bradley · tripping2 min
5:40 into the second periodMatt Bradley · slashing2 min
5:36 into the third periodMaxim Afinogenov · slashing2 min
8:38 into the third periodMaxim Afinogenov · high sticking2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

55Jochen HechtC	2	1	3	+2	3	0	1	0	48	18:42
20Daniel PailleL	0	1	1	+3	4	2	0	0	–	17:34
29Jason PominvilleR	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	20:10
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	21:44
51Brian CampbellD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	2	0	–	21:02
9Derek RoyC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	44	17:48
12Ales KotalikR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:54
19Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	15:23
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	50	16:20
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	38	15:21
37Michael RyanC	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	–	10:27
41Clarke MacArthurL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	12:12
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	4	–	15:15
76Andrew PetersL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	–	03:55
4Nolan PrattD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	14:18
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	+1	2	3	2	2	–	21:38
38Nathan PaetschD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:30
44Andrej SekeraD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	0	–	21:47

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30Ryan MillerG	W	31	30	1	.968	60:00
35Jocelyn ThibaultG		0	0	0	–	–

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	0	9	2	0	0	–	23:30
44Steve EmingerD	0	1	1	−2	1	2	0	0	–	09:47
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	–	08:46
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	57	09:50
17Chris ClarkR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	17:40
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	50	19:25
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	100	13:28
25Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	55	19:15
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	0	–	17:08
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	69	13:37
43Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	−2	2	1	0	0	–	10:08
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	08:31
92Michael NylanderC	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	0	67	16:38
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	22:36
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	31:00
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	−2	0	2	2	5	–	12:18
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	20:12
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	21:38

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Brent JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	L	28	25	3	.893	58:33