Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Wednesday, December 9, 2009 · HSBC Arena

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0–3

35–28

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Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 3–0 on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at HSBC Arena. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 35–28.

Goals came from Steve Montador, Nathan Gerbe and Henrik Tallinder.

Ryan Miller made 35 saves on 35 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 25 of 28.

Goals
WSH	0	0	0	0	35
BUF	1	2	0	3	28

Scoring

1st period

Steve Montador (1)Derek Roy (1), Nathan Gerbe (1)0–104:06 BUF

2nd period

Nathan Gerbe (1)Derek Roy (2), Drew Stafford (1)0–214:42 BUF ·
Henrik Tallinder (1)Jason Pominville (1)0–317:58 BUF

Team stats

WSHBUF

3528

66%34%

0/11/3

84

1311

1120

916

27

Penalties

1:29 into the first periodTim Kennedy · hooking2 min
7:51 into the first periodTyler Sloan · cross checking2 min
19:32 into the first periodTom Poti · cross checking2 min
13:31 into the second periodMike Green · high sticking2 min
15:55 into the second periodDerek Roy · tripping2 min
15:55 into the second periodAlex Ovechkin · diving2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	−1	6	1	0	2	100	23:58
9Brendan MorrisonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	60	15:30
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100	15:30
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	–	15:00
17Chris ClarkR	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	–	09:42
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	67	25:17
20Keith AucoinC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	71	10:47
21Brooks LaichL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	25	16:27
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	100	21:49
33Alexandre GirouxL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	08:53
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	78	06:46
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	09:59
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	−2	2	0	1	2	–	21:37
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	1	0	–	19:05
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	2	0	–	16:35
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	2	–	26:22
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	25:12
89Tyler SloanD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	2	–	04:20

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Michal NeuvirthG		0	0	0	–	00:00
60Jose TheodoreG	L	28	25	3	.893	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Derek RoyC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	3	2	58	15:02
42Nathan GerbeC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	14:28
21Drew StaffordR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	14:54
29Jason PominvilleR	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	19:49
4Steve MontadorD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	2	0	–	16:38
10Henrik TallinderD	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	22:39
13Tim KennedyL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	2	20	17:47
19Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	20	16:36
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	09:56
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	–	16:00
36Patrick KaletaR	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	12:16
37Matt EllisL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50	10:16
41Clarke MacArthurL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	50	15:48
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	9	16:56
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	16:56
44Andrej SekeraD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	16:37
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	17:35
57Tyler MyersD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	8	0	–	25:47

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30Ryan MillerG	W	35	35	0	1.000	60:00
40Patrick LalimeG		0	0	0	–	00:00