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Saturday, December 2, 2006 · Verizon Center

Sabres 4 at Capitals 7

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 70OVR Matt Pettinger Capitals First Star 2G · 2 SOG D 43OVR John Erskine Capitals Second Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG L 98OVR Thomas Vanek Sabres Third Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 2:01 Richard Zednik (5) Unassisted · Snap BUF 0 – 1 WSH
  2. 2:35 Bryan Muir (1) Brian Sutherby (7) · Slap BUF 0 – 2 WSH
  3. 7:45 Alex Ovechkin (17) Unassisted · Wrist BUF 0 – 3 WSH
  4. 15:09 Derek Roy (4) Dmitri Kalinin (7), Thomas Vanek (16) · Wrist BUF 1 – 3 WSH
  5. 16:02 Ben Clymer (3) Jakub Klepis (5), John Erskine (3) · Snap BUF 1 – 4 WSH

2nd Period

  1. 7:24 Matt Pettinger (7) PPG Brian Pothier (14) · Wrist BUF 1 – 5 WSH
  2. 9:46 Chris Drury (16) Maxim Afinogenov (18), Teppo Numminen (15) · Wrist BUF 2 – 5 WSH
  3. 19:32 Thomas Vanek (17) Maxim Afinogenov (19), Brian Campbell (16) · Backhand BUF 3 – 5 WSH

3rd Period

  1. 9:52 Matt Pettinger (8) Alexander Semin (11), Kris Beech (7) · Slap BUF 3 – 6 WSH
  2. 12:14 Drew Stafford (2) Chris Drury (10) · Wrist BUF 4 – 6 WSH
  3. 19:04 John Erskine (1) Steve Eminger (5) · Slap BUF 4 – 7 WSH

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Thomas Vanek L 1 1 3 0 0 -1 19:11 1.45
Derek Roy C 1 0 5 2 0 +2 18:44 1.33
Chris Drury C 1 1 1 0 1 -2 18:48 1.10
Dmitri Kalinin D 0 1 1 2 4 +1 21:08 0.95
Drew Stafford R 1 0 2 0 0 0 9:26 0.90
Maxim Afinogenov R 0 2 5 2 0 -2 20:12 0.85
Teppo Numminen D 0 1 1 2 3 -1 25:08 0.70
Brian Campbell D 0 1 2 2 3 -4 29:24 0.28
Jochen Hecht C 0 0 3 1 0 -1 16:52 0.12
Jason Pominville R 0 0 1 2 1 -1 16:35 0.03
Andrew Peters L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:29 0.00
Toni Lydman D 0 0 0 2 2 -1 22:45 -0.05
Daniel Paille L 0 0 0 0 0 -1 6:57 -0.15
Nathan Paetsch D 0 0 0 1 2 -2 14:38 -0.20
Ales Kotalik R 0 0 1 0 0 -2 14:39 -0.22
Daniel Brière C 0 0 5 0 0 -2 21:02 -0.58
Paul Gaustad C 0 0 0 3 0 -1 4:53 -2.18
Adam Mair C 0 0 0 0 0 -1 2:28 -2.32
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ryan Miller — 9 6 3 .667 7:45 -1.65
Martin Biron L 18 15 3 .833 50:56 -0.75

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Matt Pettinger L 2 0 2 1 0 0 19:20 1.65
John Erskine D 1 1 2 2 0 +1 20:24 1.48
Jakub Klepis C 0 1 2 1 0 +2 16:39 1.08
Brian Pothier D 0 1 0 0 3 +2 23:11 1.08
Ben Clymer R 1 0 1 1 0 +2 16:04 0.98
Richard Zednik R 1 0 2 1 1 +1 12:45 0.95
Brian Sutherby C 0 1 2 1 0 +1 13:29 0.93
Kris Beech C 0 1 4 0 0 0 13:51 0.88
Steve Eminger D 0 1 1 1 0 +2 20:55 0.58
Bryan Muir D 1 0 1 0 0 +1 11:28 0.50
Mike Green D 0 0 2 1 2 +1 17:52 0.45
Alexander Semin R 0 1 0 0 0 0 17:53 0.38
Boyd Gordon C 0 0 1 1 0 +1 17:11 0.33
Donald Brashear L 0 0 1 0 0 +2 6:06 0.32
Brooks Laich C 0 0 3 0 0 0 14:08 0.22
Chris Clark R 0 0 1 1 0 0 17:48 0.08
Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 16:52 0.07
Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 2 0 1 +1 9:33 -0.30
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Olie Kolzig W 30 26 4 .867 59:58 -0.40