National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, Buffalo 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Sunday, March 17, 2013
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Dennis LaRue, Rob Martell
Linesmen: Derek Nansen, Thor Nelson
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0213
Washington 1315
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:19 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Marcus Johansson , Nicklas Backstrom
Penalties
9:53 - Capitals Jack Hillen (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
0:12 - Sabres Cody Hodgson (EV) Assists: Thomas Vanek , Jason Pominville
5:06 - Capitals Troy Brouwer (PP) Assists: Mike Ribeiro , Nicklas Backstrom
9:45 - Capitals Jason Chimera (EV) Assists: Troy Brouwer , Mike Ribeiro
10:28 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (EV) Assists: Mathieu Perreault , Joel Ward
13:27 - Sabres Brian Flynn (EV) Assists: Marcus Foligno , Tyler Ennis
Penalties
3:52 - Sabres Tyler Myers (2) Holding
19:02 - Sabres Christian Ehrhoff (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
5:30 - Sabres Cody Hodgson (PP) Assists: Tyler Ennis , Jason Pominville
15:05 - Capitals Mathieu Perreault (EV) Assists: Joel Ward
Penalties
2:11 - Sabres Steve Ott (2) Roughing
2:11 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Roughing
4:55 - Capitals Jason Chimera (2) Slashing
7:53 - Sabres Ville Leino (2) Tripping
12:48 - Capitals Steve Oleksy (2) Roughing
18:40 - Sabres Steve Ott (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jhonas Enroth G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 58:41 48:28 4:35 5:38 0 0 - - - - -
Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 E 0 3 25 23:40 18:22 1:40 3:38 0 0 2 5 - - -
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 E 0 0 27 20:17 17:15 0:00 3:02 0 0 4 1 - - -
Steve Ott C 0 0 0 E 4 4 22 19:02 14:43 1:40 2:39 0 0 4 1 11 7 61
Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 27 21:01 16:52 2:55 1:14 0 0 - 2 - - -
Kevin Porter C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 15 13:19 12:24 0:00 0:55 0 0 1 - 4 4 50
Cody Hodgson C 2 0 2 E 0 2 24 17:47 11:52 2:55 3:00 1 0 1 2 5 16 24
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 -2 0 5 19 13:54 10:22 1:40 1:52 0 0 1 - - - -
Ville Leino LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 19 17:56 16:16 1:40 0:00 0 0 - 1 0 1 0
Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 E 0 1 27 16:39 13:43 0:00 2:56 0 0 1 - - - -
Thomas Vanek LW 0 1 1 E 0 3 21 14:44 10:53 2:55 0:56 0 0 - 1 - - -
Jason Pominville RW 0 2 2 E 0 1 25 18:32 11:50 2:55 3:47 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Nathan Gerbe LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 10 9:34 9:34 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 14:55 14:55 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 2 - - -
Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 10 9:46 9:46 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 2 7 22
Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 27 20:48 16:50 1:40 2:18 0 0 1 2 - - -
Tyler Ennis C 0 2 2 +1 0 4 17 16:06 13:11 2:55 0:00 0 0 - - 1 4 20
Brian Flynn C 1 0 1 E 0 1 15 12:06 11:11 0:00 0:55 0 0 - 2 0 1 0
Marcus Foligno LW 0 1 1 -1 0 0 14 12:39 12:39 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 1 - - -
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Michal Neuvirth 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 48:51 6:34 4:35 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Poti D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 10 7:38 7:38 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Alex Ovechkin LW 1 0 1 E 2 5 22 20:11 13:55 6:16 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Mike Ribeiro C 0 2 2 E 0 0 20 18:47 15:55 2:52 0:00 0 0 1 1 5 1 83
Joey Crabb RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 8 6:44 6:44 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Eric Fehr RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 15:06 14:12 0:00 0:54 0 0 - 2 - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 2 2 E 0 0 23 20:27 14:09 5:58 0:20 0 0 - - 10 9 53
Troy Brouwer RW 1 1 2 +1 0 2 23 19:00 13:59 4:17 0:44 1 0 2 - 10 2 83
Jason Chimera LW 1 0 1 +1 2 3 17 13:33 12:57 0:36 0:00 0 0 1 - - - -
Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 E 0 1 13 8:52 6:39 0:00 2:13 0 0 - - 2 3 40
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 27 18:56 16:11 0:00 2:45 0 0 - 2 - - -
Jack Hillen D 0 0 0 E 2 0 24 23:03 20:09 1:38 1:16 0 0 2 4 - - -
Joel Ward RW 0 2 2 +1 0 2 19 14:47 12:39 0:57 1:11 0 0 1 1 1 1 50
Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 16 14:13 12:23 0:00 1:50 0 0 - 2 - - -
Steve Oleksy D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 28 21:09 19:31 0:09 1:29 0 0 2 1 - - -
John Carlson D 0 0 0 +2 0 3 29 30:15 22:00 6:25 1:50 0 0 2 2 - - -
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 14 9:48 7:08 0:00 2:40 0 0 - - 4 2 67
Mathieu Perreault C 1 1 2 +2 0 1 16 11:59 11:59 0:00 0:00 0 0 1 - 8 3 73
Marcus Johansson C 1 1 2 +1 0 4 22 18:57 14:07 3:42 1:08 0 0 - 1 0 1 0
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller L (17-17-5) 25 20 5 .800 0 58:41
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (23-12-1) 30 27 3 .900 0 60:00