Friday, December 26, 2008 · Verizon Center
Sabres 2 at Capitals 3
Final
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
No scoring
2nd Period
-
17:46
Viktor Kozlov
(9)
Nicklas Backstrom (28), Bryan Helmer (2)
· Wrist
BUF 0 – 1 WSH
3rd Period
-
1:58
Boyd Gordon
(3)
Milan Jurcina (5)
· Tip-in
BUF 0 – 2 WSH
-
6:13
Thomas Vanek
(25)
PPG
Drew Stafford (10), Jaroslav Spacek (17)
· Wrist
BUF 1 – 2 WSH
-
8:27
Alex Ovechkin
(23)
Bryan Helmer (3)
· Wrist
BUF 1 – 3 WSH
-
18:11
Maxim Afinogenov
(2)
Toni Lydman (8), Ales Kotalik (9)
· Tip-in
BUF 2 – 3 WSH
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ales Kotalik R | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 14:55 | 1.00 |
| Maxim Afinogenov R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:06 | 0.88 |
| Thomas Vanek L | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 15:56 | 0.85 |
| Drew Stafford R | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 16:51 | 0.58 |
| Adam Mair C | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 15:05 | 0.43 |
| Toni Lydman D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 22:13 | 0.43 |
| Jaroslav Spacek D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 22:10 | 0.43 |
| Jason Pominville R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:47 | 0.27 |
| Derek Roy C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 21:14 | 0.20 |
| Chris Butler D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:09 | 0.18 |
| Daniel Paille L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:53 | 0.00 |
| Matt Ellis L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:11 | 0.00 |
| Teppo Numminen D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:35 | 0.00 |
| Henrik Tallinder D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 23:25 | -0.05 |
| Andrew Peters L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1:38 | -0.10 |
| Clarke MacArthur L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 16:13 | -0.15 |
| Jochen Hecht C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 18:52 | -0.27 |
| Andrej Sekera D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -2 | 22:49 | -0.40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Lalime | L | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 58:58 | 0.85 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Helmer D | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 18:58 | 1.70 |
| Alex Ovechkin L | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | +2 | 24:04 | 1.60 |
| Viktor Kozlov C | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 19:18 | 1.28 |
| Nicklas Backstrom C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 21:11 | 1.00 |
| Boyd Gordon C | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:27 | 0.90 |
| Milan Jurcina D | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 17:08 | 0.80 |
| Eric Fehr C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:20 | 0.60 |
| Tyler Sloan D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 13:59 | 0.35 |
| Shaone Morrisonn D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 20:40 | 0.28 |
| Michael Nylander C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:59 | 0.25 |
| Karl Alzner D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21:47 | 0.20 |
| Alexandre Giroux L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12:55 | 0.13 |
| Matt Bradley R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:39 | 0.10 |
| David Steckel C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:09 | 0.10 |
| Sean Collins D | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 17:41 | 0.10 |
| Chris Clark R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11:53 | 0.05 |
| Donald Brashear L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11:15 | 0.00 |
| Brooks Laich C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:16 | -0.13 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jose Theodore | W | 24 | 22 | 2 | .917 | 60:00 | 0.70 |