Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Tuesday, December 30, 2008 · HSBC Arena

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4–2

31–33

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–2 on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 at HSBC Arena. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 33–31.

Goals came from Brooks Laich, Chris Bourque, Nicklas Backstrom, Adam Mair, Boyd Gordon and Clarke MacArthur.

Goals
WSH	2	1	1	4	31
BUF	0	0	2	2	33

Scoring

1st period

Brooks Laich (11)Nicklas Backstrom (31), Viktor Kozlov (15)1–001:57 WSH ·
Chris Bourque (1)David Steckel (6), Eric Fehr (6)2–009:02 WSH

2nd period

Nicklas Backstrom (11)Viktor Kozlov (16), Mike Green (15)3–012:11 WSH ·

3rd period

Adam Mair (5)Paul Gaustad (5), Toni Lydman (9)3–107:41 BUF
Boyd Gordon (4)Unassisted4–119:17 WSH · ·
Clarke MacArthur (11)Jochen Hecht (9), Jaroslav Spacek (18)4–219:49 BUF ·

Team stats

WSHBUF

3133

44%56%

2/41/5

108

1320

138

918

47

Penalties

0:46 into the first periodDerek Roy · tripping2 min
10:38 into the first periodDaniel Paille · hooking2 min
13:19 into the first periodMilan Jurcina · interference2 min
0:45 into the second periodJeff Schultz · hooking2 min
5:38 into the second periodThomas Vanek · slashing2 min
11:14 into the second periodAndrej Sekera · tripping2 min
13:50 into the second periodChris Clark · elbowing2 min
18:57 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
18:53 into the third periodShaone Morrisonn · hooking2 min

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