Washington Capitals vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Tuesday, January 28, 2014 · First Niagara Center
NBCSN · TSN2
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 in overtime on Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at First Niagara Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 35-27.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice, Cody Hodgson scored twice and Mike Green scored twice. Christian Ehrhoff, Phil Varone and Troy Brouwer also scored.
Braden Holtby made 23 saves on 27 shots for the win; Jhonas Enroth stopped 30 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Troy Brouwer (1)1–003:49 WSH · PPG- Alex Ovechkin (2)Mike Green (1), Marcus Johansson (1)2–004:42 WSH
Christian Ehrhoff (1)Matt Moulson (1), Tyler Ennis (1)2–113:45 BUF
2nd period
Cody Hodgson (1)Matt Moulson (2), Tyler Ennis (2)2–201:41 BUF · PPG
Mike Green (1)Dmitry Orlov (1), Jay Beagle (1)3–210:09 WSH
Phil Varone (1)Marcus Foligno (1), Brian Flynn (1)3–311:11 BUF
Troy Brouwer (1)Martin Erat (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)4–316:57 WSH · PPG
3rd period
- Cody Hodgson (2)Unassisted4–406:48 BUF
OT period
- Mike Green (2)Alex Ovechkin (2), Martin Erat (2)5–401:00 WSH
Team stats
WSHBUF
35Shots on goal27
44%Faceoff %56%
2/3Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes6
10Hits22
15Blocked shots10
7Giveaways10
2Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 03:18
Matt Ellis · tripping2 min - 2nd 00:52
Dmitry Orlov · tripping2 min - 2nd 05:41Mike Weber · interference2 min
- 2nd 15:14Henrik Tallinder · hooking2 min
- 3rd 02:53Mike Green · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 2 | 4 | +1 | 7 | 18:02 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 5 | 23:43 |
| 10Martin EratR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:22 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:40 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:32 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 13:23 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 15:38 |
| 81Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 20:54 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:52 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 15:13 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:00 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:11 |
| 48Casey WellmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:01 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:05 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 20:39 |
| 58Connor CarrickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:12 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 23:12 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 27 | 23 | 4 | .852 | 61:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:54 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:50 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:36 |
| 65Brian FlynnC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:41 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:33 |
| 84Phil VaroneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 15:03 |
| 10Christian EhrhoffD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 21:23 |
| 9Steve OttC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:40 |
| 23Ville LeinoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:18 |
| 24Zenon KonopkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:04 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:16 |
| 32John ScottL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 06:18 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 08:19 |
| 5Chad RuhwedelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:58 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 18:33 |
| 20Henrik TallinderD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 21:46 |
| 52Alexander SulzerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:24 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 22:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | O | 35 | 30 | 5 | .857 | 61:00 |
| 30Ryan MillerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |