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30/1/2009
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Washington Capitals 3 , Buffalo Sabres 4
Shots: 21 - 31
PP: 0 of 3 (4 shots), Passing:49/71=69 %, Challenges:26/40=63 %
PP: 1 of 8 (19 shots), Passing:75/93=80 %, Challenges:40/49=80 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 515411 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:49 0-1
Travis Zajac [18] (Jochen Hecht, Petr Sykora)PP
11:36 0-2
Philippe Boucher [9] (Toni Lydman, Kyle Wellwood)
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23:42 1-2
Alexander Ovechkin [32] (Alexander Semin, Sam Gagner)
33:34 2-2
Alexander Ovechkin [33] (Alexander Semin, Mike Green)
38:35 3-2
Sergei Fedorov [9] (Brooks Laich, Tom Poti)
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44:53 3-3
Toni Lydman [6] (Philippe Boucher, Petr Sykora)
46:17 3-4
Petr Sykora [26] (Keith Tkachuk, Philippe Boucher)
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Penalty summary:
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04:48
David Krejci (2 min for holding the stick)
08:43
Eric Fehr (2 min for hooking)
13:51
Tyler Ennis (2 min for slashing)
16:29
Mike Green (2 min for hooking)
18:41
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for roughing)
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34:22
Keith Tkachuk (2 min for hooking)
39:45
Eric Fehr (2 min for hooking)
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43:06
Eric Fehr (5 min for fighting)
43:06
Tyler Myers (5 min for fighting)
43:06
Eric Fehr (10 min game misconduct)
43:06
Tyler Myers (10 min game misconduct)
43:06
Chris Clark (5 min for fighting)
43:06
Dominic Moore (5 min for fighting)
43:06
Chris Clark (10 min game misconduct)
43:06
Dominic Moore (10 min game misconduct)
43:06
Donald Brashear (5 min for fighting)
43:06
Daniel Paillé (5 min for fighting)
43:06
Donald Brashear (10 min game misconduct)
43:06
Daniel Paillé (10 min game misconduct)
43:06
Ladislav Smid (5 min for fighting)
43:06
Brian Rafalski (5 min for fighting)
43:06
Ladislav Smid (10 min game misconduct)
43:06
Brian Rafalski (10 min game misconduct)
43:06
Mike Green (2 min for roughing)
43:06
Dion Phaneuf (2 min for roughing)
48:21
Mike Green (2 min for hooking)
50:42
Tom Poti (2 min for high-sticking)
53:59
Keith Tkachuk (2 min for hooking)
57:41
Bobby Sanguinetti (2 min for tripping)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 0 0 1 0 0 19 0 5.40 6
R Matt Bradley 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 11.00 6
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 -3 15.00 5
R Alexander Ovechkin 2 0 5 4 2 4 0 2 22.20 10
C David Krejci 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 7.40 6
C Sergei Fedorov 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 18.50 7
C Michael Nylander 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 9.50 5
C Sam Gagner 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 14.50 6
L Donald Brashear 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 9.50 6
L Brooks Laich 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 -1 12.30 7
L Chris Clark 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0 14.50 5
L Alexander Semin 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 21.00 8
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 -1 14.20 5
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 1 1 0 0 15 -1 14.30 6
D Eric Brewer 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 2 28.50 8
D Tom Poti 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 19.30 5
D Barret Jackman 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 -2 13.40 6
D Mike Green 0 1 3 3 0 1 6 1 29.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 4 0 27 0 0 60.00 6
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Matt Cooke 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10.20 5
R Drew Stafford 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 -1 14.00 7
R Petr Sykora 1 2 5 2 0 1 0 2 18.40 9
R Jason Pominville 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 15.50 6
C Dominic Moore 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 0 5.10 6
C Tyler Ennis 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 -2 13.00 6
C Kyle Wellwood 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 20.40 7
C Travis Zajac 1 0 4 2 0 1 0 -1 20.20 8
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 0 4.00 5
L Max Pacioretty 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -2 13.00 5
L Keith Tkachuk 0 1 2 1 1 0 4 3 18.00 9
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 6 1 1 1 0 -1 20.10 8
D Tyler Myers 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 -2 11.00 5
D Toni Lydman 1 1 1 1 1 2 0 2 20.40 8
D Brian Rafalski 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 0 21.30 7
D Alex Pietrangelo 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 -2 16.30 6
D Philippe Boucher 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 3 18.50 10
D Dion Phaneuf 0 0 1 4 2 3 2 -1 31.30 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jean-Sébastien Giguère 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Petr Sykora
2nd star: Philippe Boucher
3rd star: Alexander Ovechkin
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Brooks Laich finally ended his 14 game point drought.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Travis Zajac has marked a new career high in goals with 18 tallies.
-Philippe Boucher scored the 100th goal of his career.
-Petr Sykora ended his 5 game goal drought.
-Travis Zajac ended his 5 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Tyler Myers beat Eric Fehr in a fight.
-Chris Clark beat Dominic Moore in a fight.
-Donald Brashear beat Daniel Paillé in a fight.
-Ladislav Smid beat Brian Rafalski in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 7( 35) , Portland Pirates 4( 22)
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0-1 POR Mike Funk (Patrick Kaleta, Nathan Gerbe)
1-1 HER Mathieu Perreault (Chris Bourque)
2-1 HER Patrick McNeill (Chris Bourque)
2-2 POR Nathan Gerbe (Patrick Kaleta, Dennis Persson)
3-2 HER Josh Godfrey (Alexandre Giroux)
3-3 POR Dylan Hunter (Phillip Gogulla, Marc-André Gragnani)
4-3 HER Josh Godfrey (Alexandre Giroux)
5-3 HER Oskar Osala (Graham Mink)
5-4 POR Andrej Sekera (Tim Kennedy, Nathan Paetsch)