Buffalo Sabres at Washington Capitals

Sun, Mar 17, 2013 · Verizon Center · 2012–13 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 5

Final

Washington Capitals

The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at Verizon Center. Cody Hodgson scored twice. Braden Holtby made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–25.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	0	2	1	3	30
WSH	1	3	1	5	25

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:19	WSH	EV	Alex Ovechkin (1) · wrist	Marcus Johansson (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)	0–1
2nd	00:12	BUF	EV	Cody Hodgson (1) · wrist	Thomas Vanek (1), Jason Pominville (1)	1–1
2nd	05:06	WSH	PP	Troy Brouwer (1) · wrist	Mike Ribeiro (1), Nicklas Backstrom (2)	1–2
2nd	09:45	WSH	EV	Jason Chimera (1) · wrist	Troy Brouwer (1), Mike Ribeiro (2)	1–3
2nd	10:28	WSH	EV	Marcus Johansson (1) · wrist	Mathieu Perreault (1), Joel Ward (1)	1–4
2nd	13:27	BUF	EV	Brian Flynn (1) · wrist	Marcus Foligno (1), Tyler Ennis (1)	2–4
3rd	05:30	BUF	PP	Cody Hodgson (2) · wrist	Tyler Ennis (2), Jason Pominville (2)	3–4
3rd	15:05	WSH	EV	Mathieu Perreault (1) · wrist	Joel Ward (2)	3–5

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	09:53	WSH	Jack Hillen	hooking	2
2nd	03:52	BUF	Tyler Myers	holding	2
2nd	19:02	BUF	Christian Ehrhoff	tripping	2
3rd	02:11	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	roughing	2
3rd	02:11	BUF	Steve Ott	roughing	2
3rd	04:55	WSH	Jason Chimera	slashing	2
3rd	07:53	BUF	Ville Leino	tripping	2
3rd	12:48	WSH	Steve Oleksy	roughing	2
3rd	18:40	BUF	Steve Ott	unsportsmanlike conduct	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 1.93 · WSH 2.37 · xG% BUF 44.8

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
29	Jason Pominville	R	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	0		18:32	25
19	Cody Hodgson	C	2	0	2	0	0	2	1	2	23.8	17:47	24
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	2	2	+1	0	4	0	0	20.0	16:06	17
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1		14:44	21
82	Marcus Foligno	L	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	1		12:39	14
65	Brian Flynn	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2		12:06	15
3	Jordan Leopold	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	5		23:40	25
10	Christian Ehrhoff	D	0	0	0	-2	2	2	0	2		21:01	27
57	Tyler Myers	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	2		20:48	27
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1		20:17	27
9	Steve Ott	C	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	1	61.1	19:02	22
23	Ville Leino	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1		17:56	19
24	Robyn Regehr	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		16:39	27
53	Mark Pysyk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2		14:55	19
21	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	0	-2	0	5	1	0		13:54	19
12	Kevin Porter	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	50.0	13:19	15
55	Jochen Hecht	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	22.2	9:46	10
42	Nathan Gerbe	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0		9:34	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ryan Miller	L	25	20	5	.800	58:41

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	52.6	20:27	23
20	Troy Brouwer	R	1	1	2	+1	0	2	2	0	83.3	19:00	23
90	Marcus Johansson	L	1	1	2	+1	0	4	0	1		18:57	22
9	Mike Ribeiro	C	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	83.3	18:47	20
42	Joel Ward	R	0	2	2	+1	0	2	1	1	50.0	14:47	19
85	Mathieu Perreault	C	1	1	2	+2	0	1	1	0	72.7	11:59	16
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	0	2	5	3	0		20:11	22
25	Jason Chimera	L	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	0		13:33	17
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	+2	0	3	2	2		30:15	29
38	Jack Hillen	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	4		23:03	24
61	Steve Oleksy	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	1		21:09	28
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2		18:56	27
16	Eric Fehr	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2		15:06	18
55	Jeff Schultz	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2		14:13	16
83	Jay Beagle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66.7	9:48	14
26	Matt Hendricks	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	40.0	8:52	13
3	Tom Poti	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		7:38	10
15	Joey Crabb	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	6:44	8

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	30	27	3	.900	60:00