Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Friday, September 30, 2011, 7:00 PM ET Verizon Center, Washington Preseason Final/2OT

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 4–3 in overtime on Friday, September 30, 2011 at home.

Final score, Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2011-2012 record
Buffalo Sabres	3	39-32-11
at Washington Capitals	4	42-32-8

Scoring summary

Every goal, Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	08:06	Washington Capitals	Nicklas Backstrom (1)	Alex Ovechkin (2), Troy Brouwer (3)	Even strength	BUF 0, WSH 1
1st	08:26	Buffalo Sabres	Jason Pominville (3)	Luke Adam (2), Thomas Vanek (3)	Even strength	BUF 1, WSH 1
1st	18:27	Buffalo Sabres	Thomas Vanek (1)	Christian Ehrhoff (3), Jason Pominville (2)	Even strength	BUF 2, WSH 1
2nd	10:03	Washington Capitals	Mike Green (1)	Alex Ovechkin (3), Troy Brouwer (4)	Power play	BUF 2, WSH 2
2nd	13:54	Buffalo Sabres	Thomas Vanek (2)	Mike Weber (1), Luke Adam (3)	Even strength	BUF 3, WSH 2
3rd	13:33	Washington Capitals	Matt Hendricks (2)	Mike Green (1), Jay Beagle (2)	Even strength	BUF 3, WSH 3

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

Shootout

Shootout attempts in order
Team	Shooter	Result
Washington Capitals	Matt Hendricks	Saved
Buffalo Sabres	Thomas Vanek	Saved
Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin	Goal
Buffalo Sabres	Nathan Gerbe	Goal
Washington Capitals	Alexander Semin	Goal
Buffalo Sabres	Jason Pominville	Goal
Washington Capitals	Cody Eakin	Saved
Buffalo Sabres	Drew Stafford	Saved
Washington Capitals	Troy Brouwer	Saved
Buffalo Sabres	Tyler Ennis	Saved
Washington Capitals	Nicklas Backstrom	Goal
Buffalo Sabres	Luke Adam	Saved

Team stats

Team stats, Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals
Stat	Buffalo Sabres	Washington Capitals
Shots on goal	24	32
Power play	0 of 4	1 of 5
Penalty minutes	10	8
Hits	23	29
Blocked shots	21	11
Giveaways	10	4
Takeaways	6	16
Faceoffs won	33/65 (50.8%)	32/65 (49.2%)

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 C. McCormick	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	100%	08:28
Number 21 D. Stafford	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	0	66.7%	19:36
Number 23 V. Leino	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	17:30
Number 26 T. Vanek	L	2	1	3	+3	2	4	0	0	100%	18:39
Number 28 P. Gaustad	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2	47.6%	15:38
Number 29 J. Pominville	R	1	1	2	+3	0	2	0	0	80%	20:06
Number 36 P. Kaleta	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	2		14:05
Number 37 M. Ellis	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	50%	07:34
Number 42 N. Gerbe	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		13:59
Number 63 T. Ennis	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		18:01
Number 72 L. Adam	C	0	2	2	+3	0	2	1	0	40%	18:23
Number 3 J. Leopold	D	0	0	0	+2	2	3	1	1		23:42
Number 6 M. Weber	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	3	5		19:35
Number 10 C. Ehrhoff	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	4		25:17
Number 17 M. Gragnani	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		11:55
Number 24 R. Regehr	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1		19:29
Number 44 A. Sekera	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2		18:05
Number 57 T. Myers	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	3		21:28

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice
Number 30 R. Miller	32	3	.906	64:52

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 A. Ovechkin	L	0	2	2	+1	0	4	4	0	0		21:09
Number 15 J. Halpern	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	1	0	50%	12:37
Number 19 N. Backstrom	C	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	0	0	52.6%	19:16
Number 20 T. Brouwer	R	0	2	2	0	0	4	4	0	0		16:07
Number 21 B. Laich	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	0	57.1%	17:30
Number 25 J. Chimera	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0		13:39
Number 26 M. Hendricks	C	1	0	1	+1	4	1	3	0	0	66.7%	11:08
Number 28 A. Semin	R	0	0	0	-1	0	6	2	0	0		19:24
Number 42 J. Ward	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	0	25%	13:02
Number 50 C. Eakin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	55.6%	09:50
Number 83 J. Beagle	C	0	1	1	+1	2	4	4	3	0	100%	13:22
Number 90 M. Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	30.8%	18:40
Number 6 D. Wideman	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	0		23:33
Number 27 K. Alzner	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	1	0		19:29
Number 44 R. Hamrlik	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	0		23:05
Number 52 M. Green	D	1	1	2	+2	2	2	2	1	1		22:46
Number 55 J. Schultz	D	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	0		18:04
Number 74 J. Carlson	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	2	0		19:19

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice
Number 29 T. Vokoun	24	3	.875	65:00

Penalties

Penalties, Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	03:50	Buffalo Sabres	Thomas Vanek	Tripping	2
1st	12:16	Washington Capitals	Jay Beagle	Hooking	2
2nd	03:20	Washington Capitals	Matt Hendricks	Interference	2
2nd	03:20	Washington Capitals	Matt Hendricks	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	05:28	Buffalo Sabres	Jordan Leopold	Tripping	2
2nd	09:25	Buffalo Sabres	Tyler Myers	Holding	2
2nd	14:23	Buffalo Sabres	Andrej Sekera	Interference	2
2nd	15:03	Buffalo Sabres	Robyn Regehr	High sticking	2
3rd	14:04	Washington Capitals	Mike Green	Holding	2

Game information

Buffalo Sabres head coach: Lindy Ruff
Washington Capitals head coach: Bruce Boudreau
Referees: Chris Rooney, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen: Scott Cherrey, Pierre Champoux
Buffalo Sabres scratches: Jochen Hecht, Ales Kotalik, Michael Ryan, Artem Kriukov, Brad Boyes, Denis Denisov, Vasily Bizyayev, Shaone Morrisonn, Derek Roy, Drew MacIntyre, Colin Stuart, Maxim Sheviev, Denis Ezhov, Pavel Voroshnin, Vjateslav Buravchikov, Alex Biega, Dennis Persson, Paul Szczechura, Drew Schiestel, Drew MacKenzie, Nick Eno, TJ Brennan, Bradley Eidsness, Corey Tropp, Jeffrey Jakaitis, Derek Whitmore, David Leggio, Corey Fienhage, Justin Jokinen, Jacob Lagace, Nick Crawford, Travis Turnbull, Zack Kassian, Brayden McNabb, Marcus Foligno, Mark Adams, Connor Knapp, Maxime Legault, Kevin Sundher, Jerome Leduc, Mark Pysyk, Matt MacKenzie, Steven Shipley, Gregg Sutch, Cedrick Henley, Christian Isackson, Riley Boychuk, Shawn Szydlowski, Mark Voakes, Brad Navin, Nathan Lieuwen, Colin Jacobs, Alex Lepkowski, Daniel Catenacci, Joel Armia
Washington Capitals scratches: Mike Knuble, Sergei Zimakov, Tom Poti, Boyd Kane, John Erskine, Dany Sabourin, Maxim Orlov, Igor Shadilov, Ivan Nepriayev, Artem Ternavsky, Keith Aucoin, Graham Mink, Patrick Wellar, Igor Ignatushkin, DJ King, Danny Richmond, Ryan Potulny, Chris Bourque, Michail Yunkov, Paul Baier, Peter Guggisberg, Matthew Ford, Phil Oreskovic, Patrick McNeill, Francois Bouchard, Maxime Lacroix, Michal Neuvirth, Mathieu Perreault, Kyle Greentree, Sean Collins, Jacob Micflikier, Nick Larson, Andrew Glass, Joel Rechlicz, Danick Paquette, Taylor Stefishen, Greg Burke, Zach Miskovic, Christian Hanson, Dmitry Orlov, Patrick Wey, Garrett Mitchell, Brett Flemming, Andrew Carroll, Julien Brouillette, Tyler Ludwig, Dustin Stevenson, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Stanislav Galiev, Philipp Grubauer, Caleb Herbert, Samuel Carrier, David De Kastrozza, Thomas Frazee, Brandon Anderson, Mattias Sjogren, Garrett Haar, Patrick Koudys, Travis Boyd, Steffen Soberg, Jacob Gervais-Chouinard

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