Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 14, 2007 · Verizon Center
XM 204 · CSN-DC (HD) · MSG
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Friday, December 14, 2007 at Verizon Center. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 30–23.
Goals came from Alex Ovechkin, Derek Roy, Nicklas Backstrom, Maxim Afinogenov, Drew Stafford, Brooks Laich, Tim Connolly and Jochen Hecht.
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (23)Nicklas Backstrom (16), Michael Nylander (19)0–113:12 WSH · 
Derek Roy (12)Unassisted1–118:57 BUF ·
2nd period
Nicklas Backstrom (5)Viktor Kozlov (16)1–200:38 WSH
Maxim Afinogenov (5)Andrej Sekera (2), Paul Gaustad (10)2–218:42 BUF
3rd period
Drew Stafford (6)Brian Campbell (19), Derek Roy (14)3–200:19 BUF
Brooks Laich (6)Milan Jurcina (2), Tom Poti (10)3–305:09 WSH
Tim Connolly (5)Jason Pominville (16), Toni Lydman (8)4–316:18 BUF
Jochen Hecht (11)Jason Pominville (17)5–318:46 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFWSH
3023
52%48%
0/61/4
812
2318
1319
1925
613
Penalties
- 0:59 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 2:40 into the first period
Thomas Vanek · interference2 min - 8:33 into the first periodTom Poti · tripping2 min
- 12:32 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 14:44 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · hooking2 min
- 17:11 into the first periodMaxim Afinogenov · slashing2 min
- 3:32 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 14:51 into the second periodMilan Jurcina · tripping2 min
- 2:48 into the third periodHenrik Tallinder · hooking2 min
- 9:43 into the third periodMike Green · tripping2 min
Season series
The box score appears once the game starts.