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Friday, December 14, 2007 · Verizon Center

Sabres 5 at Capitals 3

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

C 97OVR Derek Roy Sabres First Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG R 96OVR Jason Pominville Sabres Second Star 2A · 3 SOG C 92OVR Nicklas Backstrom Capitals Third Star 1G · 1A · 2 SOG RC

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 13:12 Alex Ovechkin (23) PPG Nicklas Backstrom (16), Michael Nylander (19) · Wrist BUF 0 – 1 WSH
  2. 18:57 Derek Roy (12) SHG Unassisted · Wrist BUF 1 – 1 WSH

2nd Period

  1. 0:38 Nicklas Backstrom (5) Viktor Kozlov (16) · Wrist BUF 1 – 2 WSH
  2. 18:42 Maxim Afinogenov (5) Andrej Sekera (2), Paul Gaustad (10) · Wrist BUF 2 – 2 WSH

3rd Period

  1. 0:19 Drew Stafford (6) Brian Campbell (19), Derek Roy (14) · Wraparound BUF 3 – 2 WSH
  2. 5:09 Brooks Laich (6) Milan Jurcina (2), Tom Poti (10) · Wrist BUF 3 – 3 WSH
  3. 16:18 Tim Connolly (5) Jason Pominville (16), Toni Lydman (8) · Backhand BUF 4 – 3 WSH
  4. 18:46 Jochen Hecht (11) Jason Pominville (17) · Wrist BUF 5 – 3 WSH

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Derek Roy C 1 1 4 0 1 +2 20:07 2.08
Jason Pominville R 0 2 3 1 0 +2 18:03 1.78
Jochen Hecht C 1 0 2 2 3 +1 18:01 1.15
Paul Gaustad C 0 1 3 1 1 +1 19:21 1.05
Brian Campbell D 0 1 3 2 1 +1 26:33 1.05
Drew Stafford R 1 0 1 3 1 +1 13:31 1.03
Tim Connolly C 1 0 2 1 1 +1 16:41 0.95
Andrej Sekera D 0 1 1 1 0 +1 7:25 0.75
Maxim Afinogenov R 1 0 3 0 0 0 18:53 0.73
Toni Lydman D 0 1 0 3 0 +1 21:45 0.68
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 0 1 0 1 +1 25:27 0.28
Nathan Paetsch D 0 0 1 1 2 +1 12:01 0.28
Ales Kotalik R 0 0 1 2 0 +1 16:01 0.22
Thomas Vanek L 0 0 1 1 0 +1 17:15 0.07
Daniel Paille L 0 0 2 2 2 -1 10:46 0.05
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 1 0 0 +1 21:50 0.02
Andrew Peters L 0 0 0 2 0 0 2:17 -0.05
Adam Mair C 0 0 1 1 0 -1 7:23 -0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ryan Miller W 23 20 3 .870 60:00 -0.25

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 2 1 0 -2 20:26 1.33
Brooks Laich C 1 0 2 0 2 0 16:16 1.00
Alex Ovechkin L 1 0 6 3 0 -2 21:42 0.80
Viktor Kozlov C 0 1 0 1 0 +1 12:04 0.78
Milan Jurcina D 0 1 0 0 1 +1 14:46 0.58
Tom Poti D 0 1 1 2 6 -1 24:14 0.55
Quintin Laing L 0 0 1 2 1 0 12:34 0.18
Matt Bradley R 0 0 2 2 0 0 7:03 0.15
Donald Brashear L 0 0 2 3 0 0 12:03 0.15
Michael Nylander C 0 1 1 0 0 -3 15:36 0.15
Brian Pothier D 0 0 0 1 4 0 13:46 0.10
Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 0 4 -1 17:35 0.05
Matt Pettinger L 0 0 1 1 0 -1 14:02 -0.02
Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 0 0 0 22:15 -0.05
David Steckel C 0 0 1 0 1 -1 16:03 -0.13
Joe Motzko R 0 0 0 0 0 -1 9:58 -0.25
Mike Green D 0 0 4 2 0 -3 21:06 -0.35
Alexander Semin R 0 0 0 0 0 -3 17:06 -0.50
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Olie Kolzig L 29 25 4 .862 59:25 -0.50