Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Tuesday, March 27, 2012 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5-1 on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 45-31.
Drew Stafford scored twice. Cody McCormick, Thomas Vanek, Alexander Semin and Jason Pominville also scored.
Ryan Miller made 44 saves on 45 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 15 of 18.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Cody McCormick (1)Brad Boyes (1)1–008:45 BUF
Drew Stafford (1)Tyler Myers (1), Tyler Ennis (1)2–018:05 BUF
2nd period
Thomas Vanek (1)Cody Hodgson (1), Corey Tropp (1)3–002:31 BUF
Alexander Semin (1)Jason Chimera (1), Mathieu Perreault (1)3–105:07 WSH
Jason Pominville (1)Unassisted4–117:32 BUF · SHG
3rd period
- Drew Stafford (2)Tyler Ennis (2), Robyn Regehr (1)5–109:29 BUF
Team stats
BUFWSH
31Shots on goal45
38%Faceoff %62%
0/1Power play0/4
10Penalty minutes4
13Hits26
25Blocked shots14
9Giveaways17
5Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 11:26
Patrick Kaleta · interference2 min - 2nd 10:01
Dennis Wideman · hooking2 min - 2nd 16:53Robyn Regehr · hooking2 min
- 3rd 04:22Tyler Myers · holding2 min
- 3rd 09:42Andrej Sekera · holding2 min
- 3rd 19:45Troy Brouwer · roughing2 min
- 3rd 19:45Tyler Ennis · slashing2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Drew StaffordR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 17:34 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 11:38 |
| 8Cody McCormickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:54 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 18:00 |
| 22Brad BoyesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:22 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 14:36 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 20:17 |
| 78Corey TroppR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:26 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 23:29 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:04 |
| 9Derek RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:26 |
| 23Ville LeinoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:58 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:07 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:39 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 28:23 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 05:46 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:58 |
| 52Alexander SulzerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | W | 45 | 44 | 1 | .978 | 60:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 13:42 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 5 | 18:04 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 16:16 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 25:07 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 19:54 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:06 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:12 |
| 23Keith AucoinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 13:43 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:44 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:12 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:24 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6 | 24:18 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:09 |
| 44Roman HamrlikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:45 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:47 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 05:07 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 12:45 |
| 81Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 13 | 11 | 2 | .846 | 37:29 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 18 | 15 | 3 | .833 | 22:31 |