Buffalo Sabres vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, March 7, 2015 · Verizon Center
CSN-DC · MSG-B
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-1 on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Sabres 45-17.
Goals came from Johan Larsson, Curtis Glencross, Jay Beagle, Alex Ovechkin, Brooks Laich, Joel Ward and Marcus Johansson.
Braden Holtby made 16 saves on 17 shots for the win; Matt Hackett stopped 19 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Johan Larsson (2)Marcus Foligno (8), Zach Bogosian (14)1–002:35 BUF
Curtis Glencross (11)Mike Green (32), Jay Beagle (10)1–105:15 WSH
2nd period
Jay Beagle (10)Troy Brouwer (16), Curtis Glencross (20)1–205:27 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (44)John Carlson (36), Nicklas Backstrom (50)1–309:31 WSH · PPG
Brooks Laich (6)Tom Wilson (11)1–413:53 WSH
3rd period
Joel Ward (16)Curtis Glencross (21), Mike Green (33)1–503:41 WSH · PPG
Marcus Johansson (17)Alex Ovechkin (25), Nicklas Backstrom (51)1–617:01 WSH
Team stats
BUFWSH
17Shots on goal45
37%Faceoff %63%
0/3Power play2/3
11Penalty minutes11
28Hits20
20Blocked shots13
6Giveaways6
3Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 12:47
Jason Chimera · interference2 min - 2nd 06:40
Zach Bogosian · high sticking2 min - 2nd 09:08Brian Gionta · boarding2 min
- 2nd 19:21Andre Benoit · ps hooking on breakaway0 min
- 3rd 01:19Jason Chimera · fighting5 min
- 3rd 01:19Mike Weber · fighting5 min
- 3rd 02:07Tim Schaller · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 05:40Brooks Laich · tripping2 min
- 3rd 09:15Matt Niskanen · interference2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Johan LarssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:34 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:20 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:20 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 22:19 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 16:39 |
| 20Zac DalpeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 06:10 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:42 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:52 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:57 |
| 49Jerry D'AmigoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:00 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:21 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:28 |
| 84Phil VaroneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:26 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:12 |
| 24Tyson StrachanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:22 |
| 41Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 03:05 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 25:35 |
| 61Andre BenoitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 25:41 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Matt HackettG | L | 23 | 19 | 4 | .826 | 33:53 |
| 35Anders LindbackG | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 26:07 |
Washington Capitals
| 22Curtis GlencrossL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 11:41 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 18:29 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:50 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 12:29 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 16:56 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:42 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:13 |
| 42Joel WardR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:55 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:34 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:11 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:40 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:00 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:10 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:57 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:19 |
| 6Tim GleasonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:05 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:25 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 22:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 17 | 16 | 1 | .941 | 60:00 |