Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, November 17, 2010 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at Verizon Center. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 33-29.
Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, Matt Bradley, David Steckel, Derek Roy, Jordan Leopold and Alexander Semin.
Michal Neuvirth made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 25 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Alexander Semin (1), Brooks Laich (1)0–112:31 WSH · PPG
Matt Bradley (1)Jason Chimera (1), Karl Alzner (1)0–217:04 WSH
2nd period
David Steckel (1)Jason Chimera (2), Matt Bradley (1)0–302:45 WSH
Derek Roy (1)Thomas Vanek (1), Tim Connolly (1)1–312:07 BUF · PPG
Jordan Leopold (1)Cody McCormick (1), Rob Niedermayer (1)2–312:55 BUF
3rd period
Alexander Semin (1)Unassisted2–419:56 WSH · EN
Team stats
BUFWSH
33Shots on goal29
49%Faceoff %51%
1/4Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes8
11Hits23
20Blocked shots16
1Giveaways10
12Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 03:41
Tyler Sloan · slashing2 min - 1st 10:55
Chris Butler · hooking2 min - 1st 11:08Tyler Myers · holding2 min
- 2nd 11:32Mike Green · holding2 min
- 2nd 14:19Alex Ovechkin · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 11:17Jason Chimera · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 8Cody McCormickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:47 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 19:12 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 18:47 |
| 20Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:01 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:39 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 25:01 |
| 25Mike GrierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:35 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 09:51 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 6 | 19:07 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:02 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:56 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 14:49 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:44 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 22:35 |
| 27Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:57 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:35 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:58 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 28 | 25 | 3 | .893 | 58:47 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 10Matt BradleyR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 11:17 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 12:40 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:30 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:39 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 39David SteckelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 13:48 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 21:59 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 19:04 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:08 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:55 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:51 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:40 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:04 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:06 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 25:04 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:13 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 22:52 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:25 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | W | 33 | 31 | 2 | .939 | 59:58 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |