Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Monday, December 26, 2011 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 4-2 on Monday, December 26, 2011 at First Niagara Center. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 23-22.
Goals came from Jason Pominville, Matt Ellis, Christian Ehrhoff, Brayden McNabb, Matt Hendricks and Alex Ovechkin.
Ryan Miller made 20 saves on 22 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 3 of 6.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jason Pominville (1)Drew Stafford (1), Jordan Leopold (1)0–100:51 BUF · PPG
Matt Ellis (1)Unassisted0–203:10 BUF
Christian Ehrhoff (1)Jochen Hecht (1), Thomas Vanek (1)0–311:15 BUF
Brayden McNabb (1)Brad Boyes (1), Derek Roy (1)0–414:14 BUF · PPG
2nd period
Matt Hendricks (1)Mathieu Perreault (1)1–419:43 WSH
3rd period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Dennis Wideman (1)2–409:51 WSH · PPG
Team stats
WSHBUF
22Shots on goal23
42%Faceoff %58%
1/4Power play2/5
10Penalty minutes8
26Hits19
8Blocked shots15
8Giveaways8
1Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 00:09
Roman Hamrlik · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 1st 08:11
Patrick Kaleta · tripping2 min - 1st 12:39Alex Ovechkin · tripping2 min
- 1st 19:16Mike Weber · tripping2 min
- 2nd 05:23Joel Ward · hooking2 min
- 2nd 08:53Brayden McNabb · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 09:07Patrick Kaleta · tripping2 min
- 3rd 10:11Brooks Laich · tripping2 min
- 3rd 17:06Mathieu Perreault · charging2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 22:02 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:49 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 09:27 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:41 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:39 |
| 15Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:51 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:59 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:59 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:57 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:01 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:58 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:27 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:00 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:49 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:15 |
| 81Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | 17 | 16 | 1 | .941 | 47:08 | |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | L | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 11:15 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:55 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:40 |
| 22Brad BoyesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:51 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:30 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:01 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:14 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:30 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 24:20 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:19 |
| 81Brayden McNabbD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 17:57 |
| 8Cody McCormickC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:23 |
| 28Paul GaustadC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:57 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:02 |
| 54Zack KassianR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 11:10 |
| 72Luke AdamC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 11:38 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:47 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 60:00 |