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Tuesday, December 30, 2008 · HSBC Arena

Capitals 4 at Sabres 2

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

G 61OVR Jose Theodore Capitals First Star 31 SV · .939 C 93OVR Nicklas Backstrom Capitals Second Star 1G · 1A · 3 SOG C 71OVR Viktor Kozlov Capitals Third Star 2A · 2 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:57 Brooks Laich (11) PPG Nicklas Backstrom (31), Viktor Kozlov (15) · Wrist WSH 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 9:02 Chris Bourque (1) David Steckel (6), Eric Fehr (6) · Wrist WSH 2 – 0 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 12:11 Nicklas Backstrom (11) PPG Viktor Kozlov (16), Mike Green (15) · Wrist WSH 3 – 0 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 7:41 Adam Mair (5) Paul Gaustad (5), Toni Lydman (9) · Backhand WSH 3 – 1 BUF
  2. 19:17 Boyd Gordon (4) SHG Unassisted · Wrist WSH 4 – 1 BUF
  3. 19:49 Clarke MacArthur (11) PPG Jochen Hecht (9), Jaroslav Spacek (18) · Wrist WSH 4 – 2 BUF

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Nicklas Backstrom C 1 1 3 0 1 -1 17:47 1.55
Viktor Kozlov C 0 2 2 0 0 -1 17:20 1.25
Mike Green D 0 1 7 0 1 0 24:10 1.25
David Steckel C 0 1 2 0 1 +2 14:21 1.13
Boyd Gordon C 1 0 1 0 1 +1 14:01 1.03
Eric Fehr C 0 1 2 1 0 +1 10:44 0.98
Chris Bourque L 1 0 1 0 0 +1 9:59 0.98
Brooks Laich C 1 0 2 1 1 0 19:48 0.95
Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 2 1 3 +1 18:05 0.30
Alex Ovechkin L 0 0 4 1 1 -1 21:35 0.20
Tyler Sloan D 0 0 0 0 2 +1 20:59 0.15
Sean Collins D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 15:02 0.10
Alexandre Giroux L 0 0 1 1 0 0 10:32 0.08
Chris Clark R 0 0 3 2 0 0 12:38 0.07
Matt Bradley R 0 0 1 4 0 0 13:02 0.02
Michael Nylander C 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:43 -0.05
Milan Jurcina D 0 0 0 1 2 0 17:36 -0.15
Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 1 0 -1 18:49 -0.35
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Jose Theodore W 33 31 2 .939 59:53 1.60

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Adam Mair C 1 0 3 4 0 +1 12:16 1.13
Paul Gaustad C 0 1 4 5 0 +1 13:29 1.08
Toni Lydman D 0 1 2 0 3 +1 19:59 1.08
Clarke MacArthur L 1 0 2 3 1 0 17:05 0.90
Jochen Hecht C 0 1 3 0 0 -1 18:17 0.70
Jaroslav Spacek D 0 1 2 2 0 -1 19:05 0.53
Nathan Gerbe C 0 0 3 0 0 0 8:23 0.22
Matt Ellis L 0 0 2 1 0 0 6:20 0.20
Teppo Numminen D 0 0 1 1 1 0 18:08 0.13
Ales Kotalik R 0 0 3 1 0 0 15:58 0.07
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 0 0 +1 17:04 0.05
Jason Pominville R 0 0 3 0 0 -2 21:26 0.03
Chris Butler D 0 0 1 0 2 0 18:08 0.02
Drew Stafford R 0 0 1 0 0 -1 18:24 -0.08
Derek Roy C 0 0 2 1 0 -1 22:33 -0.10
Daniel Paille L 0 0 0 1 0 0 7:31 -0.15
Thomas Vanek L 0 0 1 0 0 -2 18:57 -0.48
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 1 1 -2 21:13 -0.50
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ryan Miller L 30 27 3 .900 59:36 0.45