Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, December 23, 2009 · Verizon Center

BuffaloSabresAway

2–5

34–38

WashingtonCapitalsHome

XM 208 · CSN-DC (HD) · MSG-B

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–2 on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 38–34.

Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Mike Green, Paul Gaustad, Brendan Morrison, Tim Connolly and Alex Ovechkin also scored.

Michal Neuvirth made 32 saves on 34 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 33 of 38.

Goals
BUF	0	2	0	2	34
WSH	2	1	2	5	38

Scoring

1st period

Nicklas Backstrom (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Alexander Semin (1)0–101:18 WSH
Mike Green (1)Eric Fehr (1), Chris Clark (1)0–206:47 WSH

2nd period

Paul Gaustad (1)Derek Roy (1), Jason Pominville (1)1–205:04 BUF
Brendan Morrison (1)Tomas Fleischmann (1), Mike Knuble (1)1–310:48 WSH
Tim Connolly (1)Steve Montador (1), Mike Grier (1)2–312:52 BUF

3rd period

Nicklas Backstrom (2)Alexander Semin (2), Alex Ovechkin (2)2–410:55 WSH ·
Alex Ovechkin (1)Brooks Laich (1), Mike Green (1)2–512:10 WSH ·

Team stats

BUFWSH

3438

55%45%

0/32/2

66

1621

1524

614

615

Penalties

8:04 into the first periodAlexander Semin · tripping2 min
2:52 into the second periodMike Knuble · interference2 min
3:21 into the second periodDrew Stafford · roughing2 min
4:08 into the second periodBrendan Morrison · interference2 min
9:20 into the third periodCraig Rivet · hooking2 min
10:29 into the third periodPaul Gaustad · tripping2 min

Season series

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Derek RoyC	0	1	1	−1	2	0	0	0	38	17:28
19Tim ConnollyC	1	0	1	+2	6	0	1	0	100	19:13
25Mike GrierR	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	–	17:52
28Paul GaustadC	1	0	1	+2	3	3	2	2	60	20:24
29Jason PominvilleR	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	20	15:35
4Steve MontadorD	0	1	1	−1	2	2	4	0	–	20:46
13Tim KennedyL	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	56	13:07
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	−2	3	1	0	2	–	11:50
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	13:02
37Matt EllisL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	88	09:21
41Clarke MacArthurL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	100	14:00
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	−2	3	0	1	0	100	17:01
5Toni LydmanD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	17:46
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	18:26
38Nathan PaetschD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:13
44Andrej SekeraD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	19:01
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	–	19:40
57Tyler MyersD	0	0	0	−1	2	4	2	0	–	20:59

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30Ryan MillerG	L	38	33	5	.868	60:00
40Patrick LalimeG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	2	3	+1	5	4	0	0	–	20:54
19Nicklas BackstromC	2	0	2	+1	4	0	0	0	42	22:19
28Alexander SeminR	0	2	2	+1	5	0	1	2	–	20:00
52Mike GreenD	1	1	2	+2	4	0	2	0	–	24:08
9Brendan MorrisonC	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	2	38	13:49
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	1	1	+1	4	1	1	0	–	13:00
16Eric FehrR	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0	–	11:38
17Chris ClarkR	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	–	11:45
21Brooks LaichL	0	1	1	−1	2	1	0	0	50	16:09
22Mike KnubleR	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	2	–	14:30
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	33	10:38
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	57	12:54
53Quintin LaingL	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	10:07
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	3	0	–	19:05
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	0	1	7	3	0	–	20:13
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	17:02
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	–	16:50
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	0	–	18:59

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Michal NeuvirthG	W	34	32	2	.941	60:00
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	00:00