Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Sunday, March 17, 2013 · Verizon Center
NBCSN · TSN
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 on Sunday, March 17, 2013 at Verizon Center. The Sabres outshot the Capitals 30-25.
Cody Hodgson scored twice. Alex Ovechkin, Troy Brouwer, Jason Chimera, Marcus Johansson, Brian Flynn and Mathieu Perreault also scored.
Braden Holtby made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ryan Miller stopped 20 of 25.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Marcus Johansson (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)0–100:19 WSH
2nd period
Cody Hodgson (1)Thomas Vanek (1), Jason Pominville (1)1–100:12 BUF
Troy Brouwer (1)Mike Ribeiro (1), Nicklas Backstrom (2)1–205:06 WSH · PPG
Jason Chimera (1)Troy Brouwer (1), Mike Ribeiro (2)1–309:45 WSH
Marcus Johansson (1)Mathieu Perreault (1), Joel Ward (1)1–410:28 WSH
Brian Flynn (1)Marcus Foligno (1), Tyler Ennis (1)2–413:27 BUF
3rd period
- Cody Hodgson (2)Tyler Ennis (2), Jason Pominville (2)3–405:30 BUF · PPG
Mathieu Perreault (1)Joel Ward (2)3–515:05 WSH
Team stats
BUFWSH
30Shots on goal25
36%Faceoff %64%
1/3Power play1/4
10Penalty minutes8
17Hits15
21Blocked shots16
8Giveaways5
5Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 09:53
Jack Hillen · hooking2 min - 2nd 03:52
Tyler Myers · holding2 min - 2nd 19:02Christian Ehrhoff · tripping2 min
- 3rd 02:11Alex Ovechkin · roughing2 min
- 3rd 02:11Steve Ott · roughing2 min
- 3rd 04:55Jason Chimera · slashing2 min
- 3rd 07:53Ville Leino · tripping2 min
- 3rd 12:48Steve Oleksy · roughing2 min
- 3rd 18:40Steve Ott · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:06 |
| 26Thomas VanekL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:44 |
| 65Brian FlynnC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:06 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 12:39 |
| 9Steve OttC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19:02 |
| 12Kevin PorterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:19 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 5 | 13:54 |
| 23Ville LeinoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:56 |
| 42Nathan GerbeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 09:34 |
| 55Jochen HechtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:46 |
| 3Jordan LeopoldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23:40 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:17 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 21:01 |
| 24Robyn RegehrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:39 |
| 53Mark PysykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:55 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:48 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ryan MillerG | L | 25 | 20 | 5 | .800 | 58:41 |
Washington Capitals
| 9Mike RibeiroC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:47 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20:27 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:00 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 14:47 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 11:59 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 18:57 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:11 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 13:33 |
| 15Joey CrabbR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 06:44 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:06 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:52 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:48 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:38 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:56 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:03 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:13 |
| 61Steve OleksyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:09 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 30:15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 60:00 |