Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, April 3, 2009 · Verizon Center

BuffaloSabresAway

5–4

30–37

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 in overtime on Friday, April 3, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 37–30.

Sergei Fedorov scored twice. Alex Ovechkin, Drew Stafford, Clarke MacArthur, Alexander Semin, Derek Roy, Maxim Afinogenov and Jason Pominville also scored.

Ryan Miller made 33 saves on 37 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 25 of 30.

Goals
BUF	2	1	1	1	5	30
WSH	1	3	0	0	4	37

Scoring

1st period

Alex Ovechkin (55)Brooks Laich (27), Viktor Kozlov (26)0–105:35 WSH ·
Drew Stafford (20)Jaroslav Spacek (31), Craig Rivet (19)1–109:14 BUF
Clarke MacArthur (16)Toni Lydman (18), Jason Pominville (44)2–110:02 BUF

2nd period

Alexander Semin (30)Brooks Laich (28), Alex Ovechkin (48)2–203:41 WSH ·
Sergei Fedorov (9)Tomas Fleischmann (16)2–303:50 WSH ·
Derek Roy (27)Tim Connolly (23), Jaroslav Spacek (32)3–318:17 BUF ·
Sergei Fedorov (10)Alex Ovechkin (49), Viktor Kozlov (27)3–418:40 WSH

3rd period

Maxim Afinogenov (6)Tim Connolly (24), Toni Lydman (19)4–410:21 BUF

Overtime

Jason Pominville (17)Tim Connolly (25)5–401:51 BUF

Team stats

BUFWSH

3037

41%59%

1/53/7

1814

1224

1110

919

Penalties

3:47 into the first periodClarke MacArthur · hooking2 min
6:58 into the first periodKeith Aucoin · tripping2 min
13:17 into the first periodSergei Fedorov · delaying game puck over glass2 min
19:59 into the first periodPatrick Kaleta · high sticking2 min
19:59 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
1:14 into the second periodJaroslav Spacek · holding2 min
1:14 into the second periodDerek Roy · tripping2 min
2:39 into the second periodToni Lydman · hooking2 min
4:19 into the second periodClarke MacArthur · roughing2 min
4:19 into the second periodTom Poti · roughing2 min
5:05 into the second periodTomas Fleischmann · boarding2 min
11:21 into the second periodChris Butler · elbowing2 min
11:49 into the second periodHenrik Tallinder · delaying game puck over glass2 min
17:03 into the second periodSergei Fedorov · hooking2 min
7:42 into the third periodAlex Ovechkin · interference goalkeeper2 min
15:32 into the third periodDerek Roy · holding2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

19Tim ConnollyC	0	3	3	+3	0	2	1	0	21	22:24
29Jason PominvilleR	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	–	19:09
5Toni LydmanD	0	2	2	+1	1	1	0	2	–	22:46
6Jaroslav SpacekD	0	2	2	+2	4	1	2	2	–	27:04
9Derek RoyC	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	4	50	16:59
21Drew StaffordR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	14:32
41Clarke MacArthurL	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	4	–	09:55
61Maxim AfinogenovR	1	0	1	+2	4	1	0	0	–	11:26
52Craig RivetD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	–	20:15
17Dominic MooreC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	67	09:57
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	06:18
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	19:26
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	45	17:48
36Patrick KaletaR	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	2	–	10:04
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:35
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	17:37
34Chris ButlerD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	2	–	13:17
44Andrej SekeraD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	17:18

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30Ryan MillerG	W	37	33	4	.892	61:18
32Mikael TellqvistG		0	0	0	–	–

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	2	3	−2	9	4	0	2	–	22:00
21Brooks LaichC	0	2	2	0	3	3	0	0	50	21:04
25Viktor KozlovC	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	–	09:32
91Sergei FedorovC	2	0	2	−2	3	1	0	4	43	17:05
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	–	15:56
28Alexander SeminR	1	0	1	−1	9	1	0	0	100	19:44
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	10:21
16Eric FehrC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:52
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	72	19:44
20Keith AucoinC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	–	08:11
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	76	15:03
92Michael NylanderC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	10:40
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	14:23
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	2	2	–	21:10
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	−2	2	5	2	0	–	14:00
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	16:40
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	–	28:13
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	0	–	19:36

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
40Semyon VarlamovG	O	30	25	5	.833	61:47
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	–