Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Sunday, February 20, 2011 · HSBC Arena

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2–1

Final

SOG 39–29

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 2-1 on Sunday, February 20, 2011 at HSBC Arena. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 39-29.

Goals came from Mathieu Perreault, Jason Pominville and Marcus Johansson.

Semyon Varlamov made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 37 of 39.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	1	2	39
BUF	0	1	0	1	29

Three stars

Scoring

2nd period

Mathieu Perreault (1)Matt Hendricks (1), Jason Chimera (1)1–006:09 WSH
Jason Pominville (1)Thomas Vanek (1), Tim Connolly (1)1–108:52 BUF · PPG

3rd period

Marcus Johansson (1)Mathieu Perreault (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)2–110:20 WSH · PPG

Team stats

WSHBUF

39Shots on goal29

45%Faceoff %55%

1/5Power play1/2

4Penalty minutes10

10Hits17

12Blocked shots17

6Giveaways7

7Takeaways1

Penalties

1st 11:13Jochen Hecht · elbowing2 min
1st 13:39Tyler Myers · boarding2 min
1st 14:05Paul Gaustad · cross checking2 min
1st 18:06Shaone Morrisonn · cross checking2 min
2nd 08:20Brooks Laich · interference goalkeeper2 min
3rd 02:23Mathieu Perreault · hooking2 min
3rd 09:15Shaone Morrisonn · interference2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

85Mathieu PerreaultC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	1	2	43	12:04
8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	–	24:11
25Jason ChimeraL	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	10:56
26Matt HendricksC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	50	09:26
90Marcus JohanssonC	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	33	15:52
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	11:38
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	67	12:43
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	37	20:59
21Brooks LaichL	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	2	60	19:12
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	17:36
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	19:33
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	50	11:16
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	14:04
23Scott HannanD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	20:38
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	15:43
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	22:07
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	24:29
89Tyler SloanD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	15:05

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Semyon VarlamovG	W	29	28	1	.966	59:56
30Michal NeuvirthG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

19Tim ConnollyC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	50	19:00
26Thomas VanekL	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	–	19:12
29Jason PominvilleR	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	86	17:54
8Cody McCormickC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	05:30
20Rob NiedermayerC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	12:08
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	50	19:22
25Mike GrierR	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	16:10
28Paul GaustadC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	57	17:41
36Patrick KaletaR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	05:27
42Nathan GerbeC	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	07:56
55Jochen HechtC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	43	18:26
63Tyler EnnisC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	–	15:58
3Jordan LeopoldD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	–	23:21
4Steve MontadorD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	–	21:25
6Mike WeberD	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	19:22
27Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	–	16:23
34Chris ButlerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	18:33
57Tyler MyersD	0	0	0	0	1	4	3	2	–	18:46

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ryan MillerG	L	39	37	2	.949	58:21
40Patrick LalimeG		0	0	0	–	00:00