Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, April 2, 2011 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 in overtime on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at Verizon Center. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 38-35.
Mike Knuble scored twice and Drew Stafford scored twice. Alexander Semin, Thomas Vanek, Paul Gaustad, Jason Arnott and Alex Ovechkin also scored.
Michal Neuvirth made 34 saves on 38 shots for the win; Jhonas Enroth stopped 30 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mike Knuble (1)John Carlson (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)0–100:37 WSH
Alexander Semin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Marco Sturm (1)0–204:41 WSH
Thomas Vanek (1)Jason Pominville (1), Chris Butler (1)1–206:30 BUF
Drew Stafford (1)Brad Boyes (1), Tyler Myers (1)2–209:28 BUF
3rd period
Paul Gaustad (1)Nathan Gerbe (1), Mike Weber (1)3–212:35 BUF- Mike Knuble (2)Brooks Laich (1), Nicklas Backstrom (2)3–314:18 WSH · PPG
- Drew Stafford (2)Tim Connolly (1)4–316:39 BUF · PPG
Jason Arnott (1)Alex Ovechkin (2), Alexander Semin (1)4–419:08 WSH · PPG
OT period
Alex Ovechkin (1)John Carlson (2), Nicklas Backstrom (3)4–503:19 WSH
Team stats
BUFWSH
38Shots on goal35
50%Faceoff %50%
1/2Power play2/2
4Penalty minutes4
28Hits30
21Blocked shots18
9Giveaways10
9Takeaways14
Penalties
- 3rd 07:59
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 3rd 12:53
Brad Boyes · high sticking2 min - 3rd 15:48Scott Hannan · holding2 min
- 3rd 18:35Paul Gaustad · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Drew StaffordR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 19:36 |
| 19Tim ConnollyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:08 |
| 22Brad BoyesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:34 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:49 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:40 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:29 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:49 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:51 |
| 34Chris ButlerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 23:13 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:58 |
| 8Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:25 |
| 12Mark MancariR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:22 |
| 20Rob NiedermayerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:38 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:41 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:27 |
| 4Steve MontadorD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:35 |
| 17Marc-Andre GragnaniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:33 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | O | 35 | 30 | 5 | .857 | 63:19 |
| 40Patrick LalimeG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 7 | 20:06 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 17:58 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 18:59 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:10 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 25:19 |
| 18Marco SturmL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:16 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:04 |
| 44Jason ArnottC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:32 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:59 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:01 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:12 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:23 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 16:18 |
| 23Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:29 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 26:37 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:44 |
| 62Sean CollinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:07 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | W | 38 | 34 | 4 | .895 | 62:38 |