Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, November 25, 2009 · Verizon Center
XM 206 · CSN-DC (HD) · MSG-B
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 2–0 on Wednesday, November 25, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 25–24.
Goals came from Alex Ovechkin and Eric Fehr.
Semyon Varlamov made 25 saves on 25 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 22 of 24.
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Jeff Schultz (1)0–106:24 WSH
3rd period
Eric Fehr (1)Brendan Morrison (1), Mike Green (1)0–213:38 WSH
Team stats
BUFWSH
2524
42%58%
0/30/0
217
1725
2414
1316
87
Penalties
- 3:38 into the third period
Alex Ovechkin · boarding5 min
- 3:38 into the third period
Alex Ovechkin · game misconduct10 min
- 4:23 into the third period
Craig Rivet · tripping2 min
- 10:50 into the third period
Mike Green · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:13 |
| 13Tim KennedyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:51 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:53 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:40 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:15 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:12 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:46 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 19:55 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:55 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:36 |
| 41Clarke MacArthurL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:56 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 16:38 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:33 |
| 5Toni LydmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:13 |
| 10Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 19:41 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:03 |
| 52Craig RivetD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:26 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:30 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 24 | 2 | .917 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:25 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:26 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:01 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 23:27 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:41 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:55 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:15 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:57 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:51 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:58 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:58 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:12 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:02 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:41 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:18 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:15 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:46 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | W | 25 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |