Friday, April 3, 2009 · Verizon Center
Sabres 5 at Capitals 4
Final/OT
Three Stars
By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.
Scoring
1st Period
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5:35
Alex Ovechkin (55) PPG Brooks Laich (27), Viktor Kozlov (26) · Snap BUF 0 – 1 WSH
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9:14
Drew Stafford (20) Jaroslav Spacek (31), Craig Rivet (19) · Tip-in BUF 1 – 1 WSH
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10:02
Clarke MacArthur (16) Toni Lydman (18), Jason Pominville (44) · Wrist BUF 2 – 1 WSH
2nd Period
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3:41
Alexander Semin (30) PPG Brooks Laich (28), Alex Ovechkin (48) · Wrist BUF 2 – 2 WSH
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3:50
Sergei Fedorov (9) Tomas Fleischmann (16) · Slap BUF 2 – 3 WSH
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18:17
Derek Roy (27) PPG Tim Connolly (23), Jaroslav Spacek (32) · Tip-in BUF 3 – 3 WSH
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18:40
Sergei Fedorov (10) Alex Ovechkin (49), Viktor Kozlov (27) · Slap BUF 3 – 4 WSH
3rd Period
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10:21
Maxim Afinogenov (6) Tim Connolly (24), Toni Lydman (19) · Wrist BUF 4 – 4 WSH
Overtime
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1:51
Jason Pominville (17) Tim Connolly (25) · Snap BUF 5 – 4 WSH
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Connolly C | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +3 | 22:24 | 2.38 |
| Jason Pominville R | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 19:09 | 1.83 |
| Jaroslav Spacek D | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 27:04 | 1.75 |
| Toni Lydman D | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 22:46 | 1.38 |
| Maxim Afinogenov R | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | +2 | 11:26 | 1.35 |
| Craig Rivet D | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 20:15 | 1.18 |
| Drew Stafford R | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 14:32 | 1.00 |
| Clarke MacArthur L | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 9:55 | 0.90 |
| Derek Roy C | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:59 | 0.65 |
| Paul Gaustad C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 17:48 | 0.25 |
| Chris Butler D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 13:17 | 0.18 |
| Thomas Vanek L | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:26 | 0.15 |
| Jochen Hecht C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:35 | 0.08 |
| Dominic Moore C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 9:57 | 0.05 |
| Andrej Sekera D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:18 | 0.02 |
| Adam Mair C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6:18 | -0.05 |
| Henrik Tallinder D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:37 | -0.05 |
| Patrick Kaleta R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 10:04 | -0.30 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Miller | W | 37 | 33 | 4 | .892 | 61:18 | 0.30 |
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin L | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 22:00 | 2.13 |
| Brooks Laich C | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 21:04 | 1.43 |
| Alexander Semin R | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:44 | 1.33 |
| Viktor Kozlov C | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:32 | 1.25 |
| Sergei Fedorov C | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 17:05 | 1.03 |
| Tomas Fleischmann L | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 15:56 | 0.63 |
| Matt Bradley R | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:21 | 0.22 |
| Mike Green D | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28:13 | 0.22 |
| Michael Nylander C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:40 | 0.10 |
| Shaone Morrisonn D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:40 | 0.05 |
| Milan Jurcina D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | -2 | 14:00 | 0.00 |
| David Steckel C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 15:03 | -0.02 |
| Brian Pothier D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 14:23 | -0.02 |
| Nicklas Backstrom C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 19:44 | -0.05 |
| Eric Fehr C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:52 | -0.10 |
| Jeff Schultz D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 19:36 | -0.13 |
| Keith Aucoin C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8:11 | -0.30 |
| Tom Poti D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 21:10 | -0.40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Semyon Varlamov | O | 30 | 25 | 5 | .833 | 61:47 | -1.25 |