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November 17,2005  (Thursday) in Buffalo,New York - HSBC Arena	Goals/Period 1 2 3 Tot WAS 1 3 1 5 BUF 4 2 2 8	Shots 1 2 3 Tot WAS 10 11 18 39 BUF 13 11 3 27	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season WAS 1 / 6 13 / 107 (12.1%) 115 / 147 (78.2%) BUF 1 / 6 25 / 115 (21.7%) 69 / 85 (81.2%)
Start: 7:00pm Attendance: 12,471 Referees: Eric Furlatt, Bill McCreary Officials: Steve Miller, Mark Shewchyk	Washington Capitals Game #19 7-12-0 14 Pts Prev Game vs TB Next Game at MON Buffalo Sabres Game #18 10-8-0 20 Pts Prev Game at NJ Next Game vs BOS Three Stars: (1) Taylor Pyatt  (BUF)  (2) Brian Campbell (BUF)  (3) Tim Connolly (BUF)

Goals 1st Period 1. BUF Brian Campbell    [3]  [c12]   ( Unassisted ) 00:37 2. WAS Chris Clark    [3]  [c38]   ( Jamie Heward [4],  Matt Pettinger [2] ) 04:06 3. BUF Ales Kotalik    [9]  [c46]   (Powerplay)   ( Teppo Numminen [12],  Jean-Pierre Dumont [7] ) 14:36 4. BUF Taylor Pyatt    [1]  [c37]   ( Adam Mair [1] ) 16:18 5. BUF Taylor Pyatt    [2]  [c38]   ( Adam Mair [2],  Toni Lydman [6] ) 19:30 2nd Period 6. BUF Dmitri Kalinin    [1]  [c25]   ( Jochen Hecht [6],  Tim Connolly [8] ) 03:16 7. BUF Brian Campbell    [4]  [c13]   (Powerplay)   (GW)   ( Daniel Briere [7],  Tim Connolly [9] ) 08:33 8. WAS Andrew Cassels    [2]  [c202]   ( Chris Clark [4],  Alexander Ovechkin [6] ) 11:06 9. WAS Brian Sutherby    [2]  [c6]   (Shorthanded)   ( Unassisted ) 14:17 10. WAS Alexander Ovechkin    [15]  [c15]   (Powerplay)   ( Andrew Cassels [5],  Brian Willsie [7] ) 19:05 3rd Period 11. BUF Taylor Pyatt    [3]  [c39]   ( Jean-Pierre Dumont [8],  Daniel Briere [8] ) 16:29 12. WAS Ben Clymer    [3]  [c32]   ( Brian Sutherby [4],  Matt Bradley [3] ) 16:54 13. BUF Tim Connolly    [5]  [c51]   ( Unassisted ) 18:02 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Brent Johnson Career WAS L 60 8 27 19 1-4-0 5.34 Martin Biron Career BUF W 60 5 39 34 4-3-0 3.78

Penalties 1st Period 1. WAS Chris Clark [4] Holding 2 05:13 2. BUF Daniel Briere [1] Goalie Interference 2 05:34 3. WAS Steve Eminger [4] Hooking 2 12:51 4. WAS Jamie Heward [1] Delay of Game 2 14:08 5. WAS Brendan Witt [3] Slashing 2 16:58 2nd Period 6. BUF Thomas Vanek [3] Tripping 2 01:03 7. BUF Derek Roy [1] Hooking 2 05:09 8. WAS Matt Bradley [3] Fighting 5 07:26 9. BUF Adam Mair [2] Fighting 5 07:26 10. WAS Brendan Witt [2] Hooking 2 08:11 11. WAS Chris Clark [3] Roughing 2 11:27 12. WAS Brendan Witt [1] Game Misconduct 10 11:27 13. WAS Brendan Witt [1] Misconduct 10 11:27 14. WAS Brendan Witt [2] Fighting 5 11:27 15. WAS Brendan Witt [1] Instigator 2 11:27 16. BUF Thomas Vanek [1] Slashing 2 11:27 17. BUF Derek Roy [1] High Sticking 2 18:09 3rd Period 18. WAS Alexander Ovechkin [1] Roughing 2 03:38 19. WAS Shaone Morrisonn [1] Fighting 5 03:38 20. BUF Martin Biron [1] Roughing 2 03:38 21. BUF Paul Gaustad [2] Fighting 5 03:38 22. WAS Brian Sutherby [1] Diving 2 04:59 23. BUF Jean-Pierre Dumont [3] Hooking 2 04:59 24. BUF Chris Drury [1] Roughing 2 05:47 25. BUF Rory Fitzpatrick [2] Hooking 2 14:07

Faceoffs
Washington Capitals   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Jeff Halpern 16 10 61.5% 233 200 53.8% Brian Sutherby 6 9 40.0% 69 63 52.3% Andrew Cassels 5 8 38.5% 78 85 47.9% Brooks Laich 6 5 54.5% 65 59 52.4% Jakub Klepis 0 1 .0% 8 10 44.4% Brian Willsie 1 0 100.0% 9 7 56.3% Matt Pettinger 0 1 .0% 4 9 30.8%   34 34 50.0% 604 601 50.1%	Buffalo Sabres   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Tim Connolly 8 11 42.1% 94 138 40.5% Chris Drury 10 6 62.5% 232 150 60.7% Paul Gaustad 8 7 53.3% 109 92 54.2% Daniel Briere 6 7 46.2% 123 120 50.6% Derek Roy 1 3 25.0% 11 20 35.5% Adam Mair 1 0 100.0% 3 0 100.0%   34 34 50.0% 583 553 51.3%

Washington Capitals Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 6 Jamie Heward D 257 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 24:02 3:49 5:29 8 Alexander Ovechkin LW 19 1 1 2 -1 2 7 0 2 21:58 7:23 2:13 10 Matt Bradley RW 220 0 1 1 -1 5 0 0 1 12:29 0:11 2:33 11 Jeff Halpern C 386 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 22:08 4:51 6:14 16 Brian Sutherby C 128 1 1 2 0 2 1 2 0 13:21 0:22 3:21 17 Chris Clark RW 296 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 0 13:42 0:00 3:25 18 Matt Pettinger LW 157 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 10:24 0:00 1:47 19 Brendan Witt D 586 0 0 0 1 31 0 0 0 9:13 0:10 1:14 21 Brooks Laich C 15 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 0 12:27 2:40 2:13 23 Ivan Majesky D 149 0 0 0 -3 0 0 1 0 17:41 0:11 5:54 24 Brian Willsie RW 137 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 0 16:06 4:22 4:37 25 Andrew Cassels C 998 1 1 2 -1 0 2 0 1 15:20 4:13 0:00 26 Shaone Morrisonn D 61 0 0 0 -3 5 2 1 0 18:53 0:11 7:22 27 Ben Clymer D 313 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 0 11:01 0:39 0:00 38 Jakub Klepis RW 7 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 0 12:55 4:08 0:00 43 Tomas Fleischmann C-LW 8 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 9:46 2:57 0:00 44 Steve Eminger D 77 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 21:20 1:25 4:51 47 Bryan Muir D 194 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 21:42 5:48 0:00   4341 5 8 13 -11 53 39 8 5

Buffalo Sabres Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 5 Toni Lydman D 302 0 1 1 1 0 3 4 1 23:04 2:59 5:27 8 Rory Fitzpatrick D 172 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 13:43 1:12 0:39 9 Derek Roy C 55 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 0 14:22 4:17 1:18 10 Henrik Tallinder D 138 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 19:31 0:30 5:43 12 Ales Kotalik RW 161 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 13:14 3:07 0:00 17 Jean-Pierre Dumont RW 398 0 2 2 0 2 5 0 0 19:02 7:50 0:43 19 Tim Connolly C 343 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 0 19:44 6:06 3:30 22 Adam Mair C 224 0 2 2 3 5 0 0 1 10:25 0:35 0:00 23 Chris Drury C 488 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 0 18:18 7:04 2:19 24 Taylor Pyatt LW 279 3 0 3 3 0 5 0 0 9:46 0:58 0:00 25 Mike Grier RW 629 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 14:05 0:10 3:19 26 Thomas Vanek LW 18 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 13:30 4:05 0:00 27 Teppo Numminen D 1178 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 19:40 3:57 2:53 28 Paul Gaustad C 19 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 1 11:24 0:23 1:22 45 Dmitri Kalinin D 298 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 17:10 0:58 3:16 48 Daniel Briere C 372 0 2 2 -3 2 1 0 0 17:05 7:35 0:26 51 Brian Campbell D 182 2 0 2 -1 0 6 0 0 17:56 6:22 0:00 55 Jochen Hecht C 351 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 15:08 3:32 3:49   5645 8 11 19 10 28 27 12 3

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