Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, November 26, 2011 · First Niagara Center
CSN-MA (HD) · MSG-B (HD)
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5-1 on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at First Niagara Center. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 28-27.
Luke Adam scored twice. Jason Pominville, Jason Chimera, Zack Kassian and Jochen Hecht also scored.
Jhonas Enroth made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Tomas Vokoun stopped 23 of 28.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Luke Adam (1)Paul Szczechura (1)0–110:47 BUF
Jason Pominville (1)Thomas Vanek (1), Christian Ehrhoff (1)0–215:23 BUF
2nd period
Jason Chimera (1)Unassisted1–206:39 WSH
Zack Kassian (1)Andrej Sekera (1), Derek Roy (1)1–307:06 BUF
3rd period
- Luke Adam (2)Paul Szczechura (2), Ville Leino (1)1–401:12 BUF
Jochen Hecht (1)Nathan Gerbe (1), Christian Ehrhoff (2)1–514:39 BUF · SHG
Team stats
WSHBUF
27Shots on goal28
55%Faceoff %45%
0/4Power play0/2
6Penalty minutes10
26Hits29
10Blocked shots10
8Giveaways8
2Takeaways12
Penalties
- 1st 02:21
Jeff Schultz · holding2 min - 2nd 03:42
Andrej Sekera · slashing2 min - 2nd 12:00Paul Gaustad · tripping2 min
- 2nd 12:28Nicklas Backstrom · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 18:38Ville Leino · tripping2 min
- 2nd 18:38Alexander Semin · diving2 min
- 3rd 13:36Zack Kassian · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 16:50Derek Roy · closing hand on puck2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:25 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 19:49 |
| 15Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:07 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | 18:29 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 16:47 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 17:46 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14:12 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:25 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:31 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:05 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:22 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:33 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 22:00 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:06 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 15:45 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 16:58 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 22:53 |
| 81Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:47 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | L | 28 | 23 | 5 | .821 | 60:00 |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 58Paul SzczechuraC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 09:33 |
| 72Luke AdamC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 12:17 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 27:32 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:12 |
| 23Ville LeinoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:41 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:20 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:58 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 15:05 |
| 54Zack KassianR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:35 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:40 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 17:28 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:45 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:39 |
| 78Corey TroppR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:50 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 23:14 |
| 17Marc-Andre GragnaniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 24:17 |
| 33TJ BrennanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:12 |
| 81Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | W | 27 | 26 | 1 | .963 | 60:00 |
| 31Drew MacIntyreG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |