National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Buffalo 5, Washington 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 14, 2007
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Tim Peel
Linesmen: Jonny Murray, Lyle Seitz
Attendance: 17035
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 1135
Washington 1113
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
13:12 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (PP) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Michael Nylander
18:57 - Sabres Derek Roy (SH) Unassisted
Penalties
0:59 - Capitals Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 2:40 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (2) Interference
 8:33 - Capitals Tom Poti (2) Tripping
 12:32 - Sabres Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 14:44 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (2) Hooking
 17:11 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (2) Slashing
2nd Period
Scoring
0:38 - Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (EV) Assists: Viktor Kozlov
18:42 - Sabres Maxim Afinogenov (EV) Assists: Andrej Sekera , Paul Gaustad
Penalties
3:32 - Capitals Bench (2) Too many men on ice
 14:51 - Capitals Milan Jurcina (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
0:19 - Sabres Drew Stafford (EV) Assists: Brian Campbell , Derek Roy
5:09 - Capitals Brooks Laich (EV) Assists: Milan Jurcina , Tom Poti
16:18 - Sabres Tim Connolly (EV) Assists: Jason Pominville , Toni Lydman
18:46 - Sabres Jochen Hecht (EV) (EN) Assists: Jason Pominville
Penalties
2:48 - Sabres Henrik Tallinder (2) Hooking
 9:43 - Capitals Mike Green (2) Tripping
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 41:58 11:41 6:21 0 0 - - - - -
Jocelyn Thibault G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Toni Lydman D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 25 21:45 18:00 0:00 3:45 0 0 - - - - -
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 26 25:27 15:19 7:32 2:36 0 0 - - - - -
Derek Roy C 1 1 2 +2 0 4 25 20:07 13:29 4:55 1:43 0 1 - - 9 5 64
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 25 21:50 18:50 0:00 3:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ales Kotalik RW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 21 16:01 10:39 5:22 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tim Connolly C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 19 16:41 9:02 5:04 2:35 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Daniel Paille LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 13 10:46 9:32 0:00 1:14 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Drew Stafford RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 16 13:31 11:49 1:42 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Adam Mair RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 11 7:23 7:14 0:00 0:09 0 0 - - 2 3 40
Thomas Vanek LW 0 0 0 +1 2 1 21 17:15 12:35 4:40 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Gaustad C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 23 19:21 10:39 7:01 1:41 0 0 - - 8 7 53
Jason Pominville RW 0 2 2 +2 0 3 23 18:03 12:35 3:32 1:56 0 0 - - - - -
Nathan Paetsch D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 17 12:01 8:10 3:51 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Sekera D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 13 7:25 6:40 0:00 0:45 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Campbell D 0 1 1 +1 0 3 25 26:33 15:48 8:09 2:36 0 0 - - - - -
Jochen Hecht LW 1 0 1 +1 0 2 21 18:01 12:55 1:42 3:24 0 0 - - 1 3 25
Maxim Afinogenov RW 1 0 1 E 2 3 22 18:53 13:58 4:55 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Peters LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 4 2:17 2:17 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Brent Johnson G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Olaf Kolzig G 0 0 0 0 0 59:25 41:23 6:21 11:41 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Pothier D 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 13:46 10:27 0:00 3:19 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Poti D 0 1 1 -1 2 1 27 24:14 16:36 0:34 7:04 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Ovechkin LW 1 0 1 -2 2 6 21 21:42 15:26 5:59 0:17 1 0 - - - - -
Matt Bradley RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 9 7:03 7:03 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Pettinger LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 14:02 8:22 0:00 5:40 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 -2 0 2 19 20:26 14:43 5:26 0:17 0 0 - - 2 7 22
Brooks Laich C 1 0 1 E 0 2 24 16:16 11:04 0:22 4:50 0 0 - - 7 7 50
Milan Jurcina D 0 1 1 +1 2 0 18 14:46 13:31 0:14 1:01 0 0 - - - - -
Viktor Kozlov RW 0 1 1 +1 0 0 16 12:04 11:56 0:08 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 E 0 0 24 22:15 13:58 0:00 8:17 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Semin LW 0 0 0 -3 0 0 14 17:06 11:19 5:47 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
David Steckel LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 23 16:03 9:24 0:00 6:39 0 0 - - 8 5 62
Joe Motzko RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 9:58 9:44 0:14 0:00 0 0 - - 0 2 0
Mike Green C 0 0 0 -3 2 4 22 21:06 14:42 6:07 0:17 0 0 - - - - -
Quintin Laing LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 12:34 6:55 0:00 5:39 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 24 17:35 14:11 0:00 3:24 0 0 - - - - -
Donald Brashear LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 15 12:03 11:08 0:55 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Nylander C 0 1 1 -3 0 1 17 15:36 9:37 5:59 0:00 0 0 - - 7 5 58
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller W (36-27-10) 23 20 3 .870 0 60:00
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Olaf Kolzig L (25-21-6) 29 25 4 .862 0 59:25