Monday, December 26, 2011 · First Niagara Center
Capitals 2 at Sabres 4
Final
Three Stars
Scoring
1st Period
-
0:51
Jason Pominville
(1)
PPG
Drew Stafford (1), Jordan Leopold (1)
· Slap
WSH 0 – 1 BUF
-
3:10
Matt Ellis
(1)
Unassisted
· Backhand
WSH 0 – 2 BUF
-
11:15
Christian Ehrhoff
(1)
Jochen Hecht (1), Thomas Vanek (1)
· Snap
WSH 0 – 3 BUF
-
14:14
Brayden McNabb
(1)
PPG
Brad Boyes (1), Derek Roy (1)
· Wrist
WSH 0 – 4 BUF
2nd Period
-
19:43
Matt Hendricks
(1)
Mathieu Perreault (1)
· Tip-in
WSH 1 – 4 BUF
3rd Period
-
9:51
Alex Ovechkin
(1)
PPG
Nicklas Backstrom (1), Dennis Wideman (1)
· Wrist
WSH 2 – 4 BUF
Washington Capitals
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Ovechkin L | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22:02 | 0.83 |
| Matt Hendricks C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9:27 | 0.83 |
| Nicklas Backstrom C | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:49 | 0.70 |
| Dennis Wideman D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:39 | 0.63 |
| Mathieu Perreault C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12:41 | 0.55 |
| Brooks Laich C | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:59 | 0.20 |
| Troy Brouwer R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16:59 | 0.15 |
| John Carlson D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:15 | 0.13 |
| Alexander Semin R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:25 | 0.08 |
| John Erskine D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 12:00 | 0.05 |
| Jeff Halpern C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:51 | 0.00 |
| Jason Chimera L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13:01 | 0.00 |
| Mike Knuble R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 11:57 | -0.05 |
| Joel Ward R | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9:58 | -0.05 |
| Marcus Johansson L | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:27 | -0.08 |
| Dmitry Orlov D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 16:49 | -0.10 |
| Karl Alzner D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:15 | -0.13 |
| Roman Hamrlik D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:49 | -0.15 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomas Vokoun | — | 17 | 16 | 1 | .941 | 47:08 | 0.85 |
| Michal Neuvirth | L | 6 | 3 | 3 | .500 | 11:15 | -1.95 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | SOG | HIT | BLK | +/- | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Ehrhoff D | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 22:19 | 1.15 |
| Jordan Leopold D | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 24:20 | 1.03 |
| Matt Ellis L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 9:14 | 0.98 |
| Jason Pominville R | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:01 | 0.95 |
| Jochen Hecht C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 12:30 | 0.95 |
| Drew Stafford R | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:40 | 0.88 |
| Thomas Vanek L | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 18:30 | 0.85 |
| Brad Boyes R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:51 | 0.80 |
| Brayden McNabb D | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 17:57 | 0.78 |
| Derek Roy C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:55 | 0.75 |
| Zack Kassian R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 11:10 | 0.25 |
| Luke Adam C | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 11:38 | 0.22 |
| Andrej Sekera D | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:21 | 0.15 |
| Mike Weber D | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 17:41 | 0.07 |
| Robyn Regehr D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 17:47 | 0.05 |
| Paul Gaustad C | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 13:57 | 0.00 |
| Cody McCormick C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 11:23 | -0.15 |
| Patrick Kaleta R | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 13:02 | -0.22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI | GS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Miller | W | 22 | 20 | 2 | .909 | 60:00 | 0.50 |