Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, December 26, 2008 · Verizon Center

BuffaloSabresAway

2–3

Final

SOG 24–34

WashingtonCapitalsHome

XM 206 · CSN-DC (HD) · MSG-B

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Friday, December 26, 2008 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 34-24.

Goals came from Viktor Kozlov, Boyd Gordon, Thomas Vanek, Alex Ovechkin and Maxim Afinogenov.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	0	2	2	24
WSH	0	1	2	3	34

Scoring

2nd period

Viktor Kozlov (9)Nicklas Backstrom (28), Bryan Helmer (2)0–117:46 WSH

3rd period

Boyd Gordon (3)Milan Jurcina (5)0–201:58 WSH
Thomas Vanek (25)Drew Stafford (10), Jaroslav Spacek (17)1–206:13 BUF · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (23)Bryan Helmer (3)1–308:27 WSH
Maxim Afinogenov (2)Toni Lydman (8), Ales Kotalik (9)2–318:11 BUF

Team stats

BUFWSH

24Shots on goal34

50%Faceoff %50%

1/2Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes6

17Hits28

17Blocked shots17

10Giveaways20

4Takeaways21

Penalties

1st 01:02Jaroslav Spacek · hooking2 min
1st 10:24Jochen Hecht · high sticking2 min
2nd 10:42Milan Jurcina · hooking2 min
2nd 18:47Andrej Sekera · hooking2 min
2nd 18:55Brooks Laich · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 19:28Toni Lydman · hooking2 min
3rd 04:52Alex Ovechkin · slashing2 min

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