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Wednesday, December 23, 2009 · Verizon Center

Sabres 2 at Capitals 5

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 99OVR Alex Ovechkin Capitals First Star 1G · 2A · 5 SOG · 4 HIT D 99OVR Mike Green Capitals Second Star 1G · 1A · 4 SOG C 98OVR Nicklas Backstrom Capitals Third Star 2G · 4 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 1:18 Nicklas Backstrom (1) Alex Ovechkin (1), Alexander Semin (1) · Wrist BUF 0 – 1 WSH
  2. 6:47 Mike Green (1) Eric Fehr (1), Chris Clark (1) · Slap BUF 0 – 2 WSH

2nd Period

  1. 5:04 Paul Gaustad (1) Derek Roy (1), Jason Pominville (1) · Wrist BUF 1 – 2 WSH
  2. 10:48 Brendan Morrison (1) Tomas Fleischmann (1), Mike Knuble (1) · Wrist BUF 1 – 3 WSH
  3. 12:52 Tim Connolly (1) Steve Montador (1), Mike Grier (1) · Tip-in BUF 2 – 3 WSH

3rd Period

  1. 10:55 Nicklas Backstrom (2) PPG Alexander Semin (2), Alex Ovechkin (2) · Snap BUF 2 – 4 WSH
  2. 12:10 Alex Ovechkin (1) PPG Brooks Laich (1), Mike Green (1) · Slap BUF 2 – 5 WSH

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Tim Connolly C 1 0 6 0 1 +2 19:13 1.55
Paul Gaustad C 1 0 3 3 2 +2 20:24 1.23
Mike Grier R 0 1 2 1 1 +1 17:52 1.03
Jason Pominville R 0 1 3 0 1 0 15:35 0.90
Steve Montador D 0 1 2 2 4 -1 20:46 0.73
Derek Roy C 0 1 2 0 0 -1 17:28 0.68
Matt Ellis L 0 0 1 0 0 0 9:21 0.08
Toni Lydman D 0 0 1 1 1 0 17:46 0.08
Nathan Paetsch D 0 0 1 0 0 0 9:13 0.08
Tyler Myers D 0 0 2 4 2 -1 20:59 0.05
Jochen Hecht C 0 0 3 0 1 -2 17:01 0.02
Craig Rivet D 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:40 0.02
Adam Mair C 0 0 0 1 0 0 13:02 0.00
Clarke MacArthur L 0 0 1 1 0 -1 14:00 -0.02
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 2 0 0 -1 19:01 -0.05
Tim Kennedy L 0 0 1 2 0 -1 13:07 -0.08
Henrik Tallinder D 0 0 0 0 0 -1 18:26 -0.10
Drew Stafford R 0 0 3 1 0 -2 11:50 -0.23
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Ryan Miller L 38 33 5 .868 60:00 -0.45

Washington Capitals

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Alex Ovechkin L 1 2 5 4 0 +1 20:54 2.48
Mike Green D 1 1 4 0 2 +2 24:08 2.03
Nicklas Backstrom C 2 0 4 0 0 +1 22:19 1.95
Alexander Semin R 0 2 5 0 1 +1 20:00 1.68
Brendan Morrison C 1 0 5 0 0 +1 13:49 1.13
Tomas Fleischmann L 0 1 4 1 1 +1 13:00 1.13
Eric Fehr C 0 1 2 0 2 0 11:38 0.98
Chris Clark R 0 1 1 1 1 0 11:45 0.80
Brooks Laich C 0 1 2 1 0 -1 16:09 0.78
Mike Knuble R 0 1 2 1 1 +1 14:30 0.78
Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 1 4 +1 18:59 0.35
John Erskine D 0 0 1 7 3 0 20:13 0.28
Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 0 2 +1 17:02 0.20
Matt Bradley R 0 0 1 2 1 0 10:38 0.13
Quintin Laing L 0 0 1 2 1 0 10:07 0.02
Tom Poti D 0 0 0 0 3 -1 19:05 0.00
David Steckel C 0 0 1 1 0 -1 12:54 -0.02
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 0 2 -1 16:50 -0.05
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Michal Neuvirth W 34 32 2 .941 60:00 1.70