Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, January 27, 2013 · Verizon Center
NHLN-US · CSN-DC · MSG-B
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Sunday, January 27, 2013 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 30-24.
Goals came from Tyler Ennis, Joel Ward, John Erskine, Alex Ovechkin and Marcus Foligno.
Michal Neuvirth made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 27 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tyler Ennis (1)Steve Ott (1), Drew Stafford (1)1–009:34 BUF
Joel Ward (1)Jason Chimera (1), Mike Ribeiro (1)1–116:02 WSH
2nd period
John Erskine (1)Joel Ward (1), Jason Chimera (2)1–203:18 WSH
3rd period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Mike Green (1), Mike Ribeiro (2)1–305:11 WSH · PPG
Marcus Foligno (1)Andrej Sekera (1), Tyler Ennis (1)2–310:13 BUF
Team stats
BUFWSH
24Shots on goal30
38%Faceoff %62%
0/2Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes4
20Hits18
9Blocked shots18
9Giveaways12
6Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 00:49
Steve Ott · boarding2 min - 1st 19:27
John Erskine · tripping2 min - 2nd 06:32Andrej Sekera · interference2 min
- 3rd 04:28Alexander Sulzer · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 06:58Joey Crabb · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 18:40 |
| 9Steve OttC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:09 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:15 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:57 |
| 44Andrej SekeraD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:48 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:44 |
| 25Mikhail GrigorenkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:10 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:03 |
| 32John ScottL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:12 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:50 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:44 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:08 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:47 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:12 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:47 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 52Alexander SulzerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:41 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:56 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 58:44 |
Washington Capitals
| 9Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 13:46 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 12:44 |
| 42Joel WardR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:23 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 18:29 |
| 4John ErskineD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:56 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 27:58 |
| 15Joey CrabbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:05 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:25 |
| 17Wojtek WolskiL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 13:09 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:42 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:31 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:09 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 25:03 |
| 36Tomas KundratekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:34 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:46 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:18 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 60:00 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |