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October 13,2007  (Saturday) in Buffalo,New York - HSBC Arena	Goals/Period 1 2 3 Tot WAS 1 0 2 3 BUF 0 4 3 7	Shots 1 2 3 Tot WAS 4 6 16 26 BUF 13 24 16 53	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season WAS 1 / 4 4 / 25 (16.0%) 22 / 27 (81.5%) BUF 2 / 7 7 / 24 (29.2%) 13 / 18 (72.2%)
Start: 7:00pm Attendance: 18,690 Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Bill McCreary Officials: Derek Amell, Steve Barton	Washington Capitals Game #5 3-2-0 6 Pts Prev Game at NYR Next Game vs NYI Buffalo Sabres Game #4 2-2-0 4 Pts Prev Game at ATL Next Game at TOR Three Stars: (1) Jaroslav Spacek  (BUF)  (2) Brian Campbell (BUF)  (3) Maxim Afinogenov (BUF)

Goals 1st Period 1. WAS Michael Nylander    [2]  [c191]   ( Nicklas BACKSTROM [3],  Mike Green [3] ) 11:24 2nd Period 2. BUF Jaroslav Spacek    [3]  [c59]   (Powerplay)   ( Brian Campbell [5],  Ales Kotalik [2] ) 14:51 3. BUF Maxim Afinogenov    [1]  [c119]   ( Thomas Vanek [1],  Toni Lydman [1] ) 15:02 4. BUF Jason Pominville    [2]  [c54]   ( Jochen Hecht [1],  Henrik Tallinder [1] ) 17:29 5. BUF Adam Mair    [1]  [c19]   (GW)   ( Daniel Paille [3],  Brian Campbell [6] ) 19:23 3rd Period 6. WAS Mike Green    [1]  [c2]   ( Brooks Laich [1] ) 7:29 7. BUF Derek Roy    [3]  [c51]   ( Brian Campbell [7],  Maxim Afinogenov [2] ) 9:17 8. WAS Alexander Ovechkin    [3]  [c101]   (Powerplay)   ( Michael Nylander [2],  Tom Poti [2] ) 11:19 9. BUF Derek Roy    [4]  [c52]   ( Thomas Vanek [2],  Brian Campbell [8] ) 12:09 10. BUF Jaroslav Spacek    [4]  [c60]   (Powerplay)   ( Ales Kotalik [3],  Tim Connolly [4] ) 16:36 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Brent Johnson Career WAS L 60 7 53 46 1-1-0 4.00 Ryan Miller Career BUF W 60 3 26 23 2-2-0 3.03

Penalties 1st Period 1. BUF Maxim Afinogenov [1] Tripping 2 12:45 2. BUF Dmitri Kalinin [1] Closing hand on puck 2 15:42 3. WAS Matt Bradley [1] Cross Checking 2 19:51 2nd Period 4. WAS Shaone Morrisonn [1] Slashing 2 1:01 5. WAS Tomas Fleischmann [2] Tripping 2 8:28 6. WAS Shaone Morrisonn [1] Hooking 2 13:14 3rd Period 7. BUF Toni Lydman [2] Goalie Interference 2 1:14 8. WAS Mike Green [1] Slashing 2 5:22 9. BUF Ales Kotalik [1] Cross Checking 2 9:58 10. WAS Milan Jurcina [2] Slashing 2 14:50 11. WAS Matt Bradley [1] Hooking 2 15:49 12. WAS Donald Brashear [1] Roughing 2 19:25 13. BUF Adam Mair [2] Roughing 2 19:25

Faceoffs
Washington Capitals   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Dave Steckel 18 7 72.0% 39 34 53.4% Viktor Kozlov 5 8 38.5% 36 36 50.0% Brooks Laich 7 6 53.8% 10 10 50.0% Michael Nylander 8 3 72.7% 30 22 57.7% Joe Motzko 0 1 .0% 0 1 .0% Nicklas Backstrom 0 1 .0% 1 4 20.0% Matt Bradley 1 0 100.0% 2 0 100.0%   39 26 60.0% 151 134 53.0%	Buffalo Sabres   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Derek Roy 10 13 43.5% 41 44 48.2% Tim Connolly 9 12 42.9% 45 36 55.6% Paul Gaustad 3 6 33.3% 23 22 51.1% Adam Mair 1 5 16.7% 9 14 39.1% Jochen Hecht 2 1 66.7% 5 3 62.5% Ales Kotalik 0 2 .0% 0 2 .0% Daniel Paille 1 0 100.0% 1 2 33.3%   26 39 40.0% 127 124 50.6%

Washington Capitals Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 2 Brian Pothier D 260 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 16:43 1:56 2:15 3 Tom Poti D 599 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 25:45 5:33 5:00 4 John Erskine D 176 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 4 16:25 0:00 4:38 8 Alexander Ovechkin LW 168 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 2 18:23 4:36 0:00 10 Matt Bradley RW 338 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 11:17 0:00 2:47 17 Chris Clark RW 435 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 1 17:03 3:08 0:49 18 Matt Pettinger LW 283 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 17:31 2:39 5:16 19 Nicklas Backstrom C 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10:35 2:39 0:00 21 Brooks Laich C 156 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 1 15:02 0:06 4:54 23 Milan Jurcina D 126 0 0 0 -1 2 1 5 3 22:54 1:48 6:30 25 Viktor Kozlov C-LW 754 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 19:01 4:03 1:05 26 Shaone Morrisonn D 207 0 0 0 -1 4 0 0 2 18:32 0:00 5:09 39 Dave Steckel LW 17 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 14:06 0:00 7:04 43 Tomas Fleischmann C-LW 48 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 0 9:11 0:06 0:00 50 Joe Motzko RW 12 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 2 11:38 1:31 0:00 52 Mike Green C 29 1 1 2 0 2 2 0 1 18:36 4:04 0:00 87 Donald Brashear LW 851 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 7:57 0:00 0:00 92 Michael Nylander C 813 1 1 2 -2 0 4 0 1 15:23 4:36 0:00   5505 3 5 8 -15 16 26 12 27

Buffalo Sabres Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 5 Toni Lydman D 435 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 16:30 0:26 3:12 6 Jaroslav Spacek D 565 2 0 2 1 0 4 0 1 21:26 7:14 2:06 9 Derek Roy C 198 2 0 2 3 0 3 1 2 21:05 5:03 3:55 10 Henrik Tallinder D 253 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 18:13 0:26 4:12 12 Ales Kotalik RW 293 0 2 2 0 2 1 1 4 14:53 6:27 0:00 19 Tim Connolly C 394 0 1 1 2 0 5 0 2 19:57 6:35 2:32 20 Daniel Paille LW-C 47 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6:01 0:00 0:00 21 Drew Stafford RW 45 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 2 12:27 1:45 0:00 22 Adam Mair C 338 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 6:15 0:00 0:00 26 Thomas Vanek LW 167 0 2 2 3 0 3 1 0 18:11 5:39 0:12 28 Paul Gaustad C 137 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 15:29 5:21 0:54 29 Jason Pominville RW 144 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 17:30 4:06 3:45 37 Michael Ryan C 23 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 10:51 1:11 0:54 38 Nathan Paetsch D 68 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 16:27 0:00 0:43 45 Dmitri Kalinin D 424 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 19:26 3:05 1:03 51 Brian Campbell D 332 0 4 4 1 0 6 2 2 21:53 6:10 3:26 55 Jochen Hecht C 477 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 15:30 0:57 2:30 61 Maxim Afinogenov RW 469 1 1 2 3 2 7 0 1 20:20 4:25 0:00   5097 7 14 21 16 10 53 9 20

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