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March 5,2008  (Wednesday)
in Buffalo,New York - HSBC Arena
Goals/Period123Tot
WAS1113
BUF0101
Shots123Tot
WAS710623
BUF851326
PowerPlayPP GamePP SeasonPK Season
WAS0 / 152 / 276 (18.8%)232 / 288 (80.6%)
BUF1 / 556 / 293 (19.1%)238 / 285 (83.5%)
Start: 7:30pm
Attendance: 18,690
Referees: Eric Furlatt, Chris Lee
Officials: David Brisebois, Scott Driscoll


Washington CapitalsGame #6832-32-468 PtsPrev Game vs BOSNext Game at BOS
Buffalo SabresGame #6832-27-973 PtsPrev Game vs PHINext Game vs CAR


Three Stars: (1) Alexander Ovechkin  (WAS)  (2) Nicklas Backstrom (WAS)  (3) Maxim Afinogenov (BUF)



Goals
1st Period
1.WASAlexander Ovechkin    [53]  [c151]
  ( Nicklas BACKSTROM [47],  Olaf Kolzig [2] )
15:21


2nd Period
2.BUFAles Kotalik    [20]  [c98]   (Powerplay)
  ( Jason Pominville [40],  Jaroslav Spacek [22] )
12:37
3.WASNicklas BACKSTROM    [11]  [c11]   (GW)
  ( Viktor Kozlov [29] )
13:27


3rd Period
4.WASAlexander Ovechkin    [54]  [c152]
  ( Viktor Kozlov [30],  Milan Jurcina [8] )
13:19



Goalies

GoalieCareerTeamDecisionMinGAShotsSavesRecordsGAA
Olaf KolzigCareerWASW601262523-20-62.92
Ryan MillerCareerBUFL593232030-22-72.46




Penalties
1st Period
1.WASMike Green[8]Hooking21:08
2.WASJeff Schultz[1]Interference212:37


2nd Period
3.WASJeff Schultz[4]Hooking211:09


3rd Period
4.WASAlexander Ovechkin[4]Tripping21:22
5.WASTom Poti[2]Interference27:25
6.BUFAles Kotalik[3]Holding219:41
Faceoffs

Washington Capitals
 GameSeason
PlayerFWFLFO%FWFLFO%
Boyd Gordon10283.3%39231755.3%
Nicklas Backstrom7463.6%34240246.0%
Dave Steckel5550.0%50739356.3%
Sergei Fedorov6366.7%40932755.6%
Brooks Laich2166.7%20422747.3%
Donald Brashear01.0%01.0%
Viktor Kozlov10100.0%18621646.3%
Matt Bradley01.0%121446.2%
 311764.6%1993192050.9%

Buffalo Sabres
 GameSeason
PlayerFWFLFO%FWFLFO%
Derek Roy6940.0%53754649.6%
Paul Gaustad3730.0%53844454.8%
Adam Mair3537.5%12014744.9%
Ales Kotalik3442.9%708146.4%
Clarke MacArthur2433.3%41028.6%
Thomas Vanek01.0%6650.0%
Drew Stafford01.0%7750.0%
 173135.4%1839197948.2%


Washington Capitals Roster
#PlayerPoscGPGAPts+/-PMShotsBlShHitsIceTimePPSH
3Tom PotiD6510000211023:070:195:27
4John ErskineD2140002011416:310:002:24
8Alexander OvechkinLW2312023240520:050:000:00
10Matt BradleyRW3970000000314:400:002:29
14Eric FehrRW36000001007:200:000:00
15Boyd GordonRW-C1900000011116:360:004:31
19Nicklas BackstromC681123030118:340:000:11
21Brooks LaichC2190000022116:320:193:51
23Milan JurcinaD1820112011014:340:001:57
24Matt CookeLW5680000010210:130:000:00
25Viktor KozlovC-LW8160223020016:370:000:11
26Shaone MorrisonnD2660001001125:200:005:54
28Alexander SeminLW1780000000013:410:190:00
39Dave SteckelLW790000021213:000:004:15
52Mike GreenC920001210223:260:191:07
55Jeff SchultzD960000401118:020:002:07
87Donald BrashearLW913000000017:260:000:00
91Sergei FedorovC11820000031014:480:193:28
 65563581510231024 
Buffalo Sabres Roster
#PlayerPoscGPGAPts+/-PMShotsBlShHitsIceTimePPSH
4Nolan PrattD5780000013114:430:000:00
5Toni LydmanD497000-3002218:091:280:19
6Jaroslav SpacekD6160110010223:396:100:19
9Derek RoyC257000-2021023:055:530:00
12Ales KotalikRW3551010240317:014:430:00
20Daniel PailleLW-C105000-1010010:250:000:19
21Drew StaffordRW91000-1022217:423:350:00
22Adam MairC391000001028:470:000:00
26Thomas VanekLW230000-1040121:205:300:00
28Paul GaustadC200000-1000417:233:580:19
29Jason PominvilleRW2070110000018:116:070:00
36Patrick KaletaRW34000001238:090:000:00
38Nathan PaetschD1140000010116:100:000:00
41Clarke MacArthurLW-C560000010214:021:500:00
44Andrej SekeraD250000022019:100:000:00
45Dmitri KalininD463000-3021319:553:210:00
56Steve BernierRW164000-2010313:450:000:00
61Maxim AfinogenovRW506000-1020419:244:450:00
 5303123-152261333 

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