Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Wednesday, March 3, 2010 · HSBC Arena

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3–1

40–24

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–1 on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at HSBC Arena. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 40–24.

Goals came from Jason Chimera, Jochen Hecht, Mike Green and Boyd Gordon.

Jose Theodore made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 37 of 39.

Goals
WSH	0	1	2	3	40
BUF	0	1	0	1	24

Scoring

2nd period

Jason Chimera (1)Eric Fehr (1), Jeff Schultz (1)1–015:23 WSH
Jochen Hecht (1)Derek Roy (1), Toni Lydman (1)1–116:23 BUF

3rd period

Mike Green (1)Tomas Fleischmann (1), Jeff Schultz (2)2–110:28 WSH
Boyd Gordon (1)Unassisted3–119:19 WSH ·

Team stats

WSHBUF

4024

38%62%

0/20/2

44

1611

914

813

24

Penalties

1:17 into the first periodJeff Schultz · tripping2 min
3:06 into the first periodShaone Morrisonn · hooking2 min
13:00 into the first periodDrew Stafford · interference2 min
16:53 into the first periodJason Pominville · high sticking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

55Jeff SchultzD	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	–	18:26
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	1	1	+2	1	0	0	0	22	15:09
15Boyd GordonC	1	0	1	+1	5	0	1	0	57	11:20
16Eric FehrR	0	1	1	+2	4	0	0	0	–	12:45
25Jason ChimeraL	1	0	1	+2	2	1	1	0	50	14:22
52Mike GreenD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	25:13
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	–	18:42
9Brendan MorrisonC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	27	13:52
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	+1	3	2	0	0	–	12:04
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	60	18:16
21Brooks LaichL	0	0	0	−1	4	1	0	0	–	15:29
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	−1	3	3	0	0	–	17:28
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	17:40
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	40	12:35
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	–	20:49
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	18:03
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+2	1	2	0	2	–	17:38
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	16:15

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
40Semyon VarlamovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
60Jose TheodoreG	W	24	23	1	.958	59:54

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

9Derek RoyC	0	1	1	−1	2	0	0	0	65	21:48
55Jochen HechtC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	100	18:08
5Toni LydmanD	0	1	1	+1	1	1	2	0	–	19:01
13Tim KennedyL	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	0	50	15:02
19Tim ConnollyC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	67	17:13
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	13:53
22Adam MairC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	08:12
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	17:33
26Thomas VanekL	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	–	18:03
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	17:19
36Patrick KaletaR	0	0	0	−1	1	3	1	0	–	15:05
37Matt EllisL	0	0	0	−2	4	2	2	0	67	10:45
4Steve MontadorD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	05:42
10Henrik TallinderD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	22:30
34Chris ButlerD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	17:21
44Andrej SekeraD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	0	–	16:53
52Craig RivetD	0	0	0	−2	0	0	1	0	–	19:15
57Tyler MyersD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	3	0	–	23:37

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30Ryan MillerG	L	39	37	2	.949	58:40
40Patrick LalimeG		0	0	0	–	00:00