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December 2,2006  (Saturday) in Washington,DC - Verizon Center	Goals/Period 1 2 3 Tot BUF 1 2 1 4 WAS 4 1 2 7	Shots 1 2 3 Tot BUF 7 14 9 30 WAS 15 6 7 28	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season BUF 1 / 6 28 / 151 (18.5%) 118 / 140 (84.3%) WAS 0 / 7 22 / 139 (15.8%) 122 / 148 (82.4%)
Start: 8:00pm Attendance: 17,162 Referees: Mike Hasenfratz, Don Koharski Officials: Tony Sericolo, Mark Shewchyk	Buffalo Sabres Game #26 20-6-0 40 Pts Prev Game vs NYR Next Game at TB Washington Capitals Game #26 11-9-6 28 Pts Prev Game at DAL Next Game at OTT Three Stars: (1) Matt Pettinger  (WAS)  (2) Alexander Ovechkin (WAS)  (3) Alexander Semin (WAS)

Goals 1st Period 1. WAS Richard Zednik    [5]  [c166]   ( Unassisted ) 02:01 2. WAS Bryan Muir    [1]  [c14]   ( Brian Sutherby [7] ) 02:35 3. WAS Alexander Ovechkin    [17]  [c69]   ( Unassisted ) 07:45 4. BUF Derek Roy    [4]  [c31]   ( Dmitri Kalinin [7],  Thomas Vanek [16] ) 15:09 5. WAS Ben Clymer    [3]  [c48]   ( Jakub Klepis [5],  John Erskine [3] ) 16:02 2nd Period 6. WAS Matt Pettinger    [7]  [c41]   (GW)   ( Brian Pothier [14] ) 07:24 7. BUF Chris Drury    [16]  [c172]   (Powerplay)   ( Maxim Afinogenov [18],  Teppo Numminen [15] ) 09:46 8. BUF Thomas Vanek    [17]  [c42]   ( Maxim Afinogenov [19],  Brian Campbell [16] ) 19:32 3rd Period 9. WAS Matt Pettinger    [8]  [c42]   ( Alexander Semin [11],  Kris Beech [7] ) 09:52 10. BUF Drew Stafford    [2]  [c2]   ( Chris Drury [10] ) 12:14 11. WAS John Erskine    [1]  [c4]   (Empty Net)   ( Steve Eminger [5] ) 19:04 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Ryan Miller Career BUF   8 3 9 6 13-2-2 2.82 Martin Biron Career BUF L 51 3 18 15 7-2-0 3.15 Olaf Kolzig Career WAS W 60 4 30 26 9-6-3 3.05

Penalties 1st Period 1. BUF Dmitri Kalinin [1] Tripping 2 04:41 2. BUF Daniel Briere [1] Roughing 2 09:40 3. BUF Daniel Briere [3] Hooking 2 09:40 4. WAS Alexander Semin [1] Roughing 2 09:40 5. BUF Adam Mair [3] Roughing 2 16:42 2nd Period 6. BUF Paul Gaustad [1] Game Misconduct 10 04:52 7. BUF Paul Gaustad [1] Misconduct 10 04:52 8. BUF Paul Gaustad [1] Fighting 5 04:52 9. BUF Paul Gaustad [1] Instigator 2 04:52 10. BUF Adam Mair [1] Misconduct 10 04:52 11. BUF Adam Mair [1] Game Misconduct 10 04:52 12. BUF Adam Mair [2] Fighting 5 04:52 13. BUF Adam Mair [1] Instigator 2 04:52 14. WAS Alexander Ovechkin [2] Boarding 5 04:52 15. WAS Bryan Muir [1] Fighting 5 04:52 16. WAS Alexander Ovechkin [1] Game Misconduct 10 04:52 17. WAS Alexander Ovechkin [1] Fighting 5 04:52 18. WAS Richard Zednik [1] Goalie Interference 2 08:02 19. BUF Derek Roy [4] Hooking 2 10:39 20. BUF Daniel Briere [4] Hooking 2 14:14 21. WAS Bryan Muir [1] Holding 2 16:31 3rd Period 22. WAS Ben Clymer [1] Tripping 2 02:45 23. BUF Daniel Briere [5] Hooking 2 04:51 24. WAS Alexander Semin [1] Delay of game - Puck over Glass 2 16:38 25. BUF Chris Drury [1] Tripping 2 17:17 26. WAS Shaone Morrisonn [3] Hooking 2 18:13 27. BUF Maxim Afinogenov [1] Fighting 5 19:43 28. WAS Steve Eminger [1] Fighting 5 19:43

Faceoffs
Buffalo Sabres   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Chris Drury 11 14 44.0% 338 232 59.3% Daniel Briere 8 10 44.4% 136 149 47.7% Derek Roy 5 10 33.3% 116 134 46.4% Paul Gaustad 1 4 20.0% 138 123 52.9% Ales Kotalik 1 2 33.3% 11 14 44.0% Jochen Hecht 1 0 100.0% 19 34 35.8% Thomas Vanek 0 1 .0% 8 18 30.8%   27 41 39.7% 838 799 51.2%	Washington Capitals   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Boyd Gordon 13 4 76.5% 133 117 53.2% Kris Beech 8 8 50.0% 136 127 51.7% Jakub Klepis 8 7 53.3% 71 97 42.3% Brian Sutherby 6 5 54.5% 180 174 50.8% Brooks Laich 5 2 71.4% 41 54 43.2% Matt Pettinger 0 1 .0% 3 10 23.1% Chris Clark 1 0 100.0% 24 34 41.4%   41 27 60.3% 816 871 48.4%

Buffalo Sabres Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 5 Toni Lydman D 381 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 2 22:45 0:46 6:17 9 Derek Roy C 138 1 0 1 2 2 5 0 2 18:44 2:28 4:29 12 Ales Kotalik RW 251 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 14:39 3:33 0:43 20 Daniel Paille LW-C 21 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 6:57 0:00 4:26 21 Drew Stafford RW 13 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 9:26 0:06 0:00 22 Adam Mair C 278 0 0 0 -1 29 0 0 0 2:28 0:00 0:00 23 Chris Drury C 577 1 1 2 -2 2 1 1 0 18:48 5:21 5:08 26 Thomas Vanek LW 107 1 1 2 -1 0 3 0 0 19:11 3:06 1:32 27 Teppo Numminen D 1261 0 1 1 -1 0 1 3 2 25:08 3:08 6:50 28 Paul Gaustad C 105 0 0 0 -1 27 0 0 3 4:53 0:00 0:52 29 Jason Pominville RW 84 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 2 16:35 2:39 4:29 38 Nathan Paetsch D 17 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 1 14:38 1:15 2:02 45 Dmitri Kalinin D 364 0 1 1 1 2 1 4 2 21:08 1:27 5:40 48 Daniel Briere C 428 0 0 0 -2 8 5 0 0 21:02 4:39 1:26 51 Brian Campbell D 272 0 1 1 -4 0 2 3 2 29:24 4:18 7:11 55 Jochen Hecht C 420 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 1 16:52 3:12 4:31 61 Maxim Afinogenov RW 430 0 2 2 -2 5 5 0 2 20:12 5:12 0:24 76 Andrew Peters LW 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:29 0:08 0:00   5339 4 7 11 -19 75 30 16 19

Washington Capitals Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 2 Brian Pothier D 208 0 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 23:11 6:22 4:21 4 John Erskine D 153 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 2 20:24 0:53 4:28 8 Alexander Ovechkin LW 107 1 0 1 1 20 2 1 0 9:33 4:16 0:00 15 Boyd Gordon RW-C 83 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 17:11 0:45 4:07 16 Brian Sutherby C 210 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 13:29 0:26 2:03 17 Chris Clark RW 380 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 17:48 3:47 3:25 18 Matt Pettinger LW 233 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 19:20 5:43 2:57 20 Richard Zednik LW 599 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 12:45 5:36 0:38 21 Brooks Laich C 96 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 14:08 1:33 1:43 24 Kris Beech C 127 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 13:51 5:37 0:00 26 Shaone Morrisonn D 150 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 16:52 0:29 3:21 27 Ben Clymer D 398 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 16:04 5:43 0:00 28 Alexander Semin LW 74 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 17:53 8:04 0:00 38 Jakub Klepis RW 45 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 16:39 6:53 0:32 44 Steve Eminger D 147 0 1 1 2 5 1 0 1 20:55 0:45 4:32 47 Bryan Muir D 266 1 0 1 1 7 1 0 0 11:28 2:34 0:07 52 Mike Green C 49 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 17:52 7:17 0:45 87 Donald Brashear LW 792 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 6:06 1:17 0:01   4282 7 7 14 18 42 28 7 11

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