National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 6, Buffalo 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 7, 2015
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Kiel Murchison, Tim Peel
Linesmen: Brian Murphy, Brian Mach
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1001
Washington 1326
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
2:35 - Sabres Johan Larsson (EV) Assists: Marcus Foligno , Zach Bogosian
5:15 - Capitals Curtis Glencross (EV) Assists: Mike Green , Jay Beagle
Penalties
12:47 - Capitals Jason Chimera (2) Interference
2nd Period
Scoring
5:27 - Capitals Jay Beagle (EV) Assists: Troy Brouwer , Curtis Glencross
9:31 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (PP) Assists: John Carlson , Nicklas Backstrom
13:53 - Capitals Brooks Laich (EV) Assists: Tom Wilson
Penalties
6:40 - Sabres Zach Bogosian (2) High sticking
 9:08 - Sabres Brian Gionta (2) Boarding
3rd Period
Scoring
3:41 - Capitals Joel Ward (PP) Assists: Curtis Glencross , Mike Green
17:01 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (EV) Assists: Alex Ovechkin , Nicklas Backstrom
Penalties
1:19 - Sabres Mike Weber (5) Fighting
 1:19 - Capitals Jason Chimera (5) Fighting
 2:07 - Sabres Tim Schaller (2) Cross checking
 5:40 - Capitals Brooks Laich (2) Tripping
 9:15 - Capitals Matt Niskanen (2) Interference
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Matt Hackett G 0 0 0 0 0 33:53 29:30 2:00 2:23 0 0 - - - - -
Anders Lindback G 0 0 0 0 0 26:07 20:33 4:00 1:34 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 -1 5 0 27 20:12 18:31 0:00 1:41 0 0 1 1 - - -
Brian Gionta RW 0 0 0 +1 2 4 24 22:19 14:49 5:08 2:22 0 0 1 2 2 7 22
Cody Hodgson C 0 0 0 -3 0 3 18 16:39 15:47 0:52 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Zac Dalpe C 0 0 0 E 0 2 9 6:10 6:10 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 1 1 50
Johan Larsson LW 1 0 1 E 0 1 20 16:34 16:14 0:20 0:00 0 0 5 - 5 9 36
Tyson Strachan D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 25 17:22 14:19 1:09 1:54 0 0 4 - - - -
Matt Moulson LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 20 19:42 14:34 5:08 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Ellis LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14 7:52 6:17 0:00 1:35 0 0 - - 3 5 38
Andrej Meszaros D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 3:05 3:05 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Nicolas Deslauriers LW 0 0 0 -2 0 1 20 17:57 17:05 0:52 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Zach Bogosian D 0 1 1 E 2 0 23 20:20 17:57 1:39 0:44 0 0 1 2 - - -
Jerry D'Amigo RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 11:00 10:12 0:00 0:48 0 0 1 1 - - -
Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 28 25:35 19:04 4:51 1:40 0 0 1 4 - - -
Tim Schaller C 0 0 0 -2 2 1 17 14:21 12:59 0:00 1:22 0 0 4 2 5 8 38
Andre Benoit D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 30 25:41 20:17 3:29 1:55 0 0 - 2 - - -
Tyler Ennis C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 21 19:28 14:09 5:19 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Marcus Foligno LW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 23 17:20 14:41 0:52 1:47 0 0 3 1 1 2 33
Philip Varone C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 14:26 14:05 0:21 0:00 0 0 2 - 6 8 43
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Justin Peters G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 50:03 3:57 6:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 E 2 2 27 19:19 16:59 0:33 1:47 0 0 - 2 - - -
Tim Gleason D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 23 17:05 15:39 0:00 1:26 0 0 1 1 - - -
Alex Ovechkin RW 1 1 2 E 0 8 22 18:29 15:05 3:24 0:00 1 0 2 - - - -
Eric Fehr RW 0 0 0 E 0 4 19 16:00 13:37 0:00 2:23 0 0 1 1 9 3 75
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 2 2 +1 0 2 24 18:50 15:00 2:43 1:07 0 0 - - 14 4 78
Troy Brouwer RW 0 1 1 +2 0 2 20 15:42 10:48 2:43 2:11 0 0 2 - 2 2 50
Brooks Laich C 1 0 1 +1 2 3 19 14:13 12:52 0:00 1:21 0 0 3 - 1 1 50
Curtis Glencross LW 1 2 3 +2 0 2 15 11:41 10:27 1:14 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Jason Chimera LW 0 0 0 E 7 3 17 12:10 11:22 0:00 0:48 0 0 - - - - -
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 E 0 1 25 17:25 15:05 0:00 2:20 0 0 2 - - - -
Joel Ward RW 1 0 1 E 0 2 21 16:55 13:31 1:14 2:10 1 0 - - - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 1 1 +1 0 1 14 10:34 10:34 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 1 - - -
Brooks Orpik D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 27 22:24 19:19 0:00 3:05 0 0 4 4 - - -
Mike Green D 0 2 2 +2 0 3 24 16:56 15:13 1:08 0:35 0 0 1 2 - - -
John Carlson D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 28 23:40 18:04 2:49 2:47 0 0 - 2 - - -
Jay Beagle RW 1 1 2 +2 0 4 17 12:29 10:29 0:00 2:00 0 0 - - 9 6 60
Marcus Johansson C 1 0 1 E 0 4 21 18:11 15:28 2:43 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 11:57 10:43 1:14 0:00 0 0 - - 5 6 45
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Matt Hackett L (0-2-0) 23 19 4 .826 0 33:53
Anders Lindback 22 20 2 .909 0 26:07
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (32-16-9) 17 16 1 .941 0 60:00