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November 27,2005  (Sunday) in Washington,DC - MCI Center	Goals/Period 1 2 3 Tot BUF 1 1 1 3 WAS 0 1 1 2	Shots 1 2 3 Tot BUF 10 11 8 29 WAS 3 8 8 19	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season BUF 1 / 7 31 / 140 (22.1%) 92 / 112 (82.1%) WAS 1 / 7 16 / 133 (12.0%) 145 / 180 (80.6%)
Start: 4:00pm Attendance: 11,658 Referees: Tom Kowal, Chris Rooney Officials: Pierre Champoux, Michel Cormier	Buffalo Sabres Game #23 14-8-1 29 Pts Prev Game vs MON Next Game at PIT Washington Capitals Game #24 8-14-2 18 Pts Prev Game vs NYR Next Game vs FLA Three Stars: (1) Maxim Afinogenov  (BUF)  (2) Jochen Hecht (BUF)  (3) Brian Willsie (WAS)

Goals 1st Period 1. BUF Jason Pominville    [1]  [c1]   (Powerplay)   ( Maxim Afinogenov [10],  Derek Roy [3] ) 03:56 2nd Period 2. WAS Steve Eminger    [3]  [c3]   (Powerplay)   ( Bryan Muir [5],  Alexander Ovechkin [10] ) 05:16 3. BUF Thomas Vanek    [4]  [c4]   ( Maxim Afinogenov [11],  Derek Roy [4] ) 19:11 3rd Period 4. BUF Jochen Hecht    [5]  [c78]   (Shorthanded)   (GW)   ( Tim Connolly [11] ) 16:23 5. WAS Matt Pettinger    [5]  [c19]   ( Jeff Halpern [15],  Brian Willsie [8] ) 18:01 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Martin Biron Career BUF W 60 2 19 17 7-3-1 3.24 Olaf Kolzig Career WAS L 59 3 29 26 7-9-2 3.48

Penalties 1st Period 1. WAS Brooks Laich [2] Holding 2 02:09 2. BUF Andrew Peters [1] Boarding 2 04:30 3. WAS Mathieu Biron [1] Hooking 2 10:52 4. BUF Ales Kotalik [4] Hooking 2 12:58 2nd Period 5. WAS Jeff Halpern [1] Delay of game - Puck over Glass 2 02:37 6. BUF Jochen Hecht [2] Hooking 2 04:34 7. WAS Ivan Majesky [1] Tripping 2 06:04 8. WAS Bryan Muir [8] Hooking 2 09:17 9. WAS Brian Willsie [2] High Sticking 2 10:44 10. BUF Tim Connolly [1] Delay of game - Puck over Glass 2 15:44 3rd Period 11. WAS Andrew Cassels [1] Hooking 2 01:21 12. BUF Derek Roy [2] Hooking 2 03:41 13. BUF Adam Mair [1] Hooking 2 12:57 14. BUF Paul Gaustad [2] Holding the Stick 2 14:54

Faceoffs

Buffalo Sabres   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Chris Drury 11 10 52.4% 288 189 60.4% Derek Roy 8 8 50.0% 34 40 45.9% Paul Gaustad 6 5 54.5% 138 122 53.1% Tim Connolly 3 5 37.5% 129 184 41.2% Mike Grier 0 1 .0% 0 2 .0%   28 29 49.1% 731 699 51.1%

Washington Capitals   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Jeff Halpern 14 8 63.6% 297 237 55.6% Andrew Cassels 4 8 33.3% 103 116 47.0% Brooks Laich 4 4 50.0% 84 82 50.6% Brian Sutherby 5 3 62.5% 109 101 51.9% Chris Clark 1 1 50.0% 4 5 44.4% Alexander Ovechkin 0 2 .0% 1 6 14.3% Tomas Fleischmann 1 0 100.0% 2 3 40.0% Matt Pettinger 0 1 .0% 4 13 23.5% Jamie Heward 0 1 .0% 0 1 .0%   29 28 50.9% 761 746 50.5%

Buffalo Sabres Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 5 Toni Lydman D 307 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 2 19:49 0:27 5:45 8 Rory Fitzpatrick D 176 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 9:24 0:00 0:00 9 Derek Roy C 60 0 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 16:27 3:45 4:05 10 Henrik Tallinder D 143 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 17:01 0:07 5:20 12 Ales Kotalik RW 166 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 3 19:57 8:59 0:00 19 Tim Connolly C 348 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 17:29 7:38 2:02 22 Adam Mair C 229 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7:38 0:05 0:13 23 Chris Drury C 493 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 23:15 8:59 2:40 25 Mike Grier RW 634 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:27 0:05 4:26 26 Thomas Vanek LW 23 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 14:12 5:17 0:00 27 Teppo Numminen D 1183 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 22:53 4:56 6:51 28 Paul Gaustad C 24 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 10:53 0:27 3:47 29 Jason Pominville RW 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 15:26 3:27 3:56 51 Brian Campbell D 187 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 18:13 8:26 0:00 55 Jochen Hecht C 356 1 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 21:59 8:00 3:55 61 Maxim Afinogenov RW 351 0 2 2 0 0 3 1 0 13:41 5:17 0:05 74 Jay McKee D 525 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 20:08 0:00 7:16 76 Andrew Peters LW 49 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2:31 0:00 0:00   5263 3 5 8 4 14 29 18 16

Washington Capitals Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 6 Jamie Heward D 262 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 26:51 5:13 9:07 8 Alexander Ovechkin LW 24 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 3 21:02 10:05 0:21 10 Matt Bradley RW 225 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14:41 0:33 2:10 11 Jeff Halpern C 391 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 22:30 6:29 5:30 16 Brian Sutherby C 133 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 11:16 0:33 0:54 17 Chris Clark RW 301 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 18:11 3:51 5:21 18 Matt Pettinger LW 162 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 15:02 1:23 5:08 21 Brooks Laich C 20 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 6:20 2:12 0:00 23 Ivan Majesky D 152 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 0 17:52 0:04 4:01 24 Brian Willsie RW 142 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 21:07 3:56 6:20 25 Andrew Cassels C 1003 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 15:49 6:37 0:00 26 Shaone Morrisonn D 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 19:55 0:17 6:28 27 Ben Clymer D 318 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10:53 0:33 0:00 34 Mathieu Biron D 211 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 12:00 3:59 0:00 38 Jakub Klepis RW 12 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 6:21 1:49 0:00 43 Tomas Fleischmann C-LW 13 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 5:41 1:42 0:00 44 Steve Eminger D 82 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 2 23:21 6:02 6:43 47 Bryan Muir D 199 0 1 1 -1 2 3 2 1 18:18 7:42 0:08   3976 2 4 6 -5 14 19 12 15

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