Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Saturday, March 30, 2013 · First Niagara Center

WashingtonCapitalsAway

4–3

Final/SO

SOG 38–23

BuffaloSabresHome

CSN-DC · MSG-B

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4-3 in a shootout on Saturday, March 30, 2013 at First Niagara Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 38-23.

Ville Leino scored twice. Christian Ehrhoff, Alex Ovechkin, Troy Brouwer and Mike Green also scored.

Braden Holtby made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Jhonas Enroth stopped 35 of 38.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	2	0	1	4	38
BUF	1	2	0	0	0	3	23

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Christian Ehrhoff (1)Jochen Hecht (1)0–103:01 BUF

2nd period

Ville Leino (1)Tyler Ennis (1), Andrej Sekera (1)0–201:19 BUF
Alex Ovechkin (1)Mike Green (1), Brooks Laich (1)1–202:21 WSH · PPG
Ville Leino (2)Marcus Foligno (1), Tyler Myers (1)1–310:16 BUF · PPG

3rd period

Troy Brouwer (1)Braden Holtby (1)2–302:43 WSH · SHG
Mike Green (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Troy Brouwer (1)3–319:20 WSH

SO period

Matt HendricksUnassisted5–300:00 WSH

Team stats

WSHBUF

38Shots on goal23

52%Faceoff %48%

1/4Power play1/2

6Penalty minutes10

19Hits33

10Blocked shots14

3Giveaways4

2Takeaways13

Penalties

1st 13:17Mike Weber · high sticking double minor4 min
2nd 01:47Tyler Ennis · tripping2 min
2nd 03:13Steve Oleksy · boarding2 min
2nd 03:13Nathan Gerbe · roughing2 min
2nd 08:19Jack Hillen · holding2 min
3rd 01:28John Carlson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 05:50Tyler Myers · interference2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

20Troy BrouwerR	1	1	2	0	5	4	0	0	25	20:37
52Mike GreenD	1	1	2	0	5	3	1	0	–	27:16
8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	+1	10	3	0	0	–	25:57
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	61	21:57
21Brooks LaichC	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	30	19:33
9Mike RibeiroC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	50	21:14
17Wojtek WolskiL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:23
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	10:39
26Matt HendricksC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	50	09:05
42Joel WardR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	13:52
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	71	10:54
85Mathieu PerreaultC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	43	10:06
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	100	18:23
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	21:45
38Jack HillenD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2	–	25:19
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	11:05
61Steve OleksyD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	13:44
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	2	–	24:55

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Michal NeuvirthG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	23	20	3	.870	64:19

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

23Ville LeinoL	2	0	2	+1	2	0	0	0	67	17:32
55Jochen HechtC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	33	13:04
63Tyler EnnisC	0	1	1	0	2	2	1	2	44	20:08
82Marcus FolignoL	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0	100	09:03
10Christian EhrhoffD	1	0	1	+1	2	4	1	0	–	26:19
44Andrej SekeraD	0	1	1	-1	1	1	3	0	–	24:22
57Tyler MyersD	0	1	1	+1	1	4	1	2	–	28:13
9Steve OttC	0	0	0	-2	1	6	0	0	47	22:44
12Kevin PorterC	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	–	10:20
19Cody HodgsonC	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	60	15:11
21Drew StaffordR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	60	21:07
29Jason PominvilleR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	18:39
36Patrick KaletaR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	11:28
42Nathan GerbeC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	–	12:22
65Brian FlynnC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	50	11:18
6Mike WeberD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	–	15:33
24Robyn RegehrD	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	–	21:43
53Mark PysykD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:52

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Jhonas EnrothG	O	38	35	3	.921	65:00
30Ryan MillerG		0	0	0	–	00:00