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Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Verizon Center, Washington Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 5–4 in overtime on Friday, April 3, 2009 on the road.

Team Goals 2008-2009 record
Buffalo Sabres 5 41-32-9
at Washington Capitals 4 50-24-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 2 1 1 1 5
Washington Capitals 1 3 0 0 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Buffalo Sabres 10 11 7 2 30
Washington Capitals 10 14 12 1 37

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:35 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (55) Brooks Laich (27), Viktor Kozlov (26) Power play BUF 0, WSH 1
1st 09:14 Buffalo Sabres Drew Stafford (20) Jaroslav Spacek (31), Craig Rivet (19) Even strength BUF 1, WSH 1
1st 10:02 Buffalo Sabres Clarke MacArthur (16) Toni Lydman (18), Jason Pominville (44) Even strength BUF 2, WSH 1
2nd 03:41 Washington Capitals Alexander Semin (30) Brooks Laich (28), Alex Ovechkin (48) Power play BUF 2, WSH 2
2nd 03:50 Washington Capitals Sergei Fedorov (9) Tomas Fleischmann (16) Power play BUF 2, WSH 3
2nd 18:17 Buffalo Sabres Derek Roy (27) Tim Connolly (23), Jaroslav Spacek (32) Power play BUF 3, WSH 3
2nd 18:40 Washington Capitals Sergei Fedorov (10) Alex Ovechkin (49), Viktor Kozlov (27) Even strength BUF 3, WSH 4
3rd 10:21 Buffalo Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (6) Tim Connolly (24), Toni Lydman (19) Even strength BUF 4, WSH 4
OT 01:51 Buffalo Sabres Jason Pominville (17) Tim Connolly (25) Even strength BUF 5, WSH 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Buffalo Sabres Washington Capitals
Shots on goal 30 37
Power play 1 of 5 3 of 7
Penalty minutes 18 14
Hits 12 24
Blocked shots 11 10
Giveaways 9 19
Takeaways 5 9
Faceoffs won 30/74 (40.5%) 44/74 (59.5%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player
9 D. Roy C 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 1 50% 16:59
17 D. Moore C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 1 0 66.7% 09:57
19 T. Connolly C 0 3 3 +3 0 0 2 1 0 20.8% 22:24
21 D. Stafford R 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1 0 0 14:32
22 A. Mair C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 06:18
26 T. Vanek L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19:26
28 P. Gaustad C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 2 0 45.5% 17:48
29 J. Pominville R 1 1 2 +2 0 2 0 0 0 19:09
36 P. Kaleta R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 0 0 10:04
41 C. MacArthur L 1 0 1 +1 4 4 1 0 0 09:55
55 J. Hecht C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15:35
61 M. Afinogenov R 1 0 1 +2 0 4 1 0 0 11:26
5 T. Lydman D 0 2 2 +1 2 1 1 0 0 22:46
6 J. Spacek D 0 2 2 +2 2 4 1 2 0 27:04
10 H. Tallinder D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 17:37
34 C. Butler D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 1 2 0 13:17
44 A. Sekera D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:18
52 C. Rivet D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 0 1 0 20:15
Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie
30 R. Miller 37 33 4 .892 61:18 Win

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
8 A. Ovechkin L 1 2 3 -2 2 9 4 0 1 22:00
10 M. Bradley R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 10:21
14 T. Fleischmann L 0 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 15:56
16 E. Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:52
19 N. Backstrom C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 72.2% 19:44
20 K. Aucoin C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0 08:11
21 B. Laich C 0 2 2 0 0 3 3 0 0 50% 21:04
25 V. Kozlov C 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:32
28 A. Semin R 1 0 1 -1 0 9 1 0 1 100% 19:44
39 D. Steckel C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 76.2% 15:03
91 S. Fedorov C 2 0 2 -2 4 3 1 0 1 42.9% 17:05
92 M. Nylander C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44.4% 10:40
2 B. Pothier D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 14:23
3 T. Poti D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 2 0 21:10
23 M. Jurcina D 0 0 0 -2 0 2 5 2 0 14:00
26 S. Morrisonn D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 16:40
52 M. Green D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 28:13
55 J. Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 0 0 19:36
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
40 S. Varlamov 30 25 5 .833 61:47 OT loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:47 Buffalo Sabres Clarke MacArthur Hooking 2
1st 06:58 Washington Capitals Keith Aucoin Tripping 2
1st 13:17 Washington Capitals Sergei Fedorov Delaying game puck over glass 2
1st 19:59 Buffalo Sabres Patrick Kaleta High sticking 2
1st 19:59 Washington Capitals Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
2nd 01:14 Buffalo Sabres Jaroslav Spacek Holding 2
2nd 01:14 Buffalo Sabres Derek Roy Tripping 2
2nd 02:39 Buffalo Sabres Toni Lydman Hooking 2
2nd 04:19 Buffalo Sabres Clarke MacArthur Roughing 2
2nd 04:19 Washington Capitals Tom Poti Roughing 2
2nd 05:05 Washington Capitals Tomas Fleischmann Boarding 2
2nd 11:21 Buffalo Sabres Chris Butler Elbowing 2
2nd 11:49 Buffalo Sabres Henrik Tallinder Delaying game puck over glass 2
2nd 17:03 Washington Capitals Sergei Fedorov Hooking 2
3rd 07:42 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd 15:32 Buffalo Sabres Derek Roy Holding 2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach
Lindy Ruff
Washington Capitals head coach
Bruce Boudreau
Referees
Bill McCreary, Dean Morton
Linesmen
Pierre Racicot, Derek Nansen
Buffalo Sabres scratches
Teppo Numminen, Patrick Lalime, Andrew Peters, Nathan Paetsch, Matt Ellis, Daniel Paille, Mark Mancari, Marc-Andre Gragnani, Nathan Gerbe, Tim Kennedy, Mike Weber, Jhonas Enroth
Washington Capitals scratches
Donald Brashear, Bryan Helmer, Chris Clark, Brent Johnson, Quintin Laing, John Erskine, Alexandre Giroux, Tyler Sloan, Graham Mink, Staffan Kronwall, Boyd Gordon, Chris Bourque, Sami Lepisto, Andrew Gordon, Daren Machesney, Oskar Osala, Michal Neuvirth, Sean Collins, Karl Alzner, Jay Beagle, Brett Leonhardt

2008-2009 season series

Matchup Status Details
Washington Capitals 0 at Buffalo Sabres 5 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 2 at Washington Capitals 3 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 4 at Buffalo Sabres 2 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 5 at Washington Capitals 4 Final/OT Game page

Other NHL games on Apr 3

Matchup Status Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at New Jersey Devils 5 Final/OT Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 5 at Philadelphia Flyers 8 Final Game page
Atlanta Thrashers 3 at Florida Panthers 1 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 0 at Minnesota Wild 4 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 1 at Chicago Blackhawks 3 Final Game page

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