Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres

Mon, Dec 26, 2011 · First Niagara Center · 2011–12 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

2 – 4

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Mon, Dec 26, 2011 at First Niagara Center. Ryan Miller made 20 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 22–23.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	1	2	22
BUF	4	0	0	4	23

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:51	BUF	PP	Jason Pominville (1) · slap	Drew Stafford (1), Jordan Leopold (1)	0–1
1st	03:10	BUF	EV	Matt Ellis (1) · backhand	Unassisted	0–2
1st	11:15	BUF	EV	Christian Ehrhoff (1) · snap	Jochen Hecht (1), Thomas Vanek (1)	0–3
1st	14:14	BUF	PP	Brayden McNabb (1) · wrist	Brad Boyes (1), Derek Roy (1)	0–4
2nd	19:43	WSH	EV	Matt Hendricks (1) · tip-in	Mathieu Perreault (1)	1–4
3rd	09:51	WSH	PP	Alex Ovechkin (1) · wrist	Nicklas Backstrom (1), Dennis Wideman (1)	2–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	00:09	WSH	Roman Hamrlik	delaying game puck over glass	2
1st	08:11	BUF	Patrick Kaleta	tripping	2
1st	12:39	WSH	Alex Ovechkin	tripping	2
1st	19:16	BUF	Mike Weber	tripping	2
2nd	05:23	WSH	Joel Ward	hooking	2
2nd	08:53	BUF	Brayden McNabb	high sticking	2
3rd	09:07	BUF	Patrick Kaleta	tripping	2
3rd	10:11	WSH	Brooks Laich	tripping	2
3rd	17:06	WSH	Mathieu Perreault	charging	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 1.57 · BUF 2.88 · xG% WSH 35.3

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Dennis Wideman	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		24:39	32
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	1	0	1	0	2	5	5	1		22:02	21
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	46.7	19:49	24
85	Mathieu Perreault	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	2	1	66.7	12:41	14
26	Matt Hendricks	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	100.0	9:27	13
44	Roman Hamrlik	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		20:49	27
74	John Carlson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1		20:15	25
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		19:15	25
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		18:27	22
28	Alexander Semin	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		17:25	24
20	Troy Brouwer	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0		16:59	24
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	1	42.9	16:59	24
81	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1		16:49	21
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		13:01	21
4	John Erskine	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		12:00	18
22	Mike Knuble	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	100.0	11:57	16
15	Jeff Halpern	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20.0	10:51	17
42	Joel Ward	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	50.0	9:58	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Tomas Vokoun	L	17	16	1	.941	47:08
30	Michal Neuvirth	L	6	3	3	.500	11:15

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
3	Jordan Leopold	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	1		24:20	24
10	Christian Ehrhoff	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	4		22:19	25
9	Derek Roy	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	64.7	20:55	26
26	Thomas Vanek	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0		18:30	20
29	Jason Pominville	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	37.5	18:01	24
81	Brayden McNabb	D	1	0	1	-1	2	3	2	1		17:57	26
21	Drew Stafford	R	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0		16:40	19
22	Brad Boyes	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1		15:51	20
55	Jochen Hecht	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	1	45.5	12:30	18
37	Matt Ellis	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	0		9:14	13
44	Andrej Sekera	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		20:21	26
24	Robyn Regehr	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		17:47	25
6	Mike Weber	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	2	2		17:41	25
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	77.8	13:57	17
36	Patrick Kaleta	R	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	2	100.0	13:02	19
72	Luke Adam	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	75.0	11:38	15
8	Cody McCormick	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	50.0	11:23	14
54	Zack Kassian	R	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0		11:10	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ryan Miller	W	22	20	2	.909	60:00