Washington Capitals @ Buffalo Sabres

20-14-5, 7-6-4 Away

Final/SO

	1	2	3	SO	T
Capitals WSH	0	0	1	0	1
Sabres BUF	0	1	0	1	2

Buffalo SabresSabresBUF

11-24-4, 8-12-2 Home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Jay BeagleJ. Beagle#83
Troy BrouwerT. Brouwer#20
Jason ChimeraJ. Chimera#25
Martin EratM. Erat#10
Eric FehrE. Fehr#16
Mikhail GrabovskiM. Grabovski#84
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Aaron VolpattiA. Volpatti#24
Joel WardJ. Ward#42
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Karl AlznerK. Alzner#27
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
John ErskineJ. Erskine#4
Mike GreenM. Green#52
Steven OleksyS. Oleksy#61
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#81

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	20:01	1:41	0:00	18:20	11	9	55.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	15	11:31	0:12	0:00	11:19	6	2	75.0
1	0	1	5	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	23	17:21	2:15	0:00	15:06	5	1	83.3
0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	21	16:38	0:00	0:00	16:38	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:04	2:07	0:00	14:57	3	11	21.4
0	1	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	16:07	0:00	0:00	16:07	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	16:58	2:19	0:00	14:39	8	6	57.1
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	18:13	1:41	0:00	16:32	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	24	21:40	3:56	0:00	17:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12	9:14	0:00	0:00	9:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	22	18:45	1:45	0:00	17:00	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	1	5	1	0	1	11	8:24	0:00	0:00	8:24	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	20:16	0:00	0:00	20:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	28	24:12	3:13	0:00	20:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	19	17:29	0:00	0:00	17:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	27	23:43	0:47	0:00	22:56	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	17:12	0:00	0:00	17:12	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	28	23:12	0:04	0:00	23:08	0	0	0.0

goalies
Philipp GrubauerP. Grubauer#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
17	1	16	.941	0	0	0	6	5	65:00	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Matt D'AgostiniM. D'Agostini#27
Matt EllisM. Ellis#37
Tyler EnnisT. Ennis#63
Brian FlynnB. Flynn#65
Marcus FolignoM. Foligno#82
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Ville LeinoV. Leino#23
Matt MoulsonM. Moulson#26
Linus OmarkL. Omark#17
Steve OttS. Ott#9
John ScottJ. Scott#32
Drew StaffordD. Stafford#21
defensemen
Christian EhrhoffC. Ehrhoff#10
Jamie McBainJ. McBain#4
Tyler MyersT. Myers#57
Mark PysykM. Pysyk#3
Henrik TallinderH. Tallinder#20
Mike WeberM. Weber#6

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	14:17	0:00	0:00	14:17	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	15	10:24	0:00	1:17	9:07	4	7	36.4
0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0	4	2	0	23	18:44	0:00	0:00	18:44	6	13	31.6
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	25	19:41	0:00	2:09	17:32	8	1	88.9
0	0	0	0	1	0	3	17	1	0	1	13	9:42	0:00	0:00	9:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	24	17:27	0:00	1:51	15:36	0	4	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	16	13:30	0:00	0:00	13:30	5	6	45.5
0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	22	17:03	0:00	0:00	17:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	15	12:45	0:00	0:00	12:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	8	1	0	26	20:43	0:00	1:26	19:17	7	2	77.8
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	12	8:43	0:00	0:00	8:43	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	26	20:35	0:00	1:17	19:18	1	0	100.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	31	24:56	0:00	1:53	23:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:41	0:00	0:00	17:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	30	24:46	0:00	2:07	22:39	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	30	22:17	0:00	1:41	20:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	28	21:05	0:00	2:07	18:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	1	0	25	19:41	0:00	0:12	19:29	0	0	0.0

goalies
Ryan MillerR. Miller#30

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
50	1	49	.980	0	0	0	6	6	65:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	SO	T
	Capitals	0	0	1	0	1
	Sabres	0	1	0	1	2

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			WSH	BUF
18:18		Drew Stafford (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Christian Ehrhoff (12)	0	1

3rd Period			WSH	BUF
5:34		Troy Brouwer (8) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Mikhail Grabovski (19), Eric Fehr (11)	1	1

OT Summary
No Goals Scored

Shootout Summary			WSH	BUF
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	1
			0	1

Regular Season Series

BUF leads 1-0

Capitals
1
Sabres
2

Game 1

29/12

Sabres
2
Capitals
1

Game 2

12/1

Capitals
5
Sabres
4

Game 3

29/1

KeyBank Center

10:00 PM, 29 December 2013

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 19,070

Referees:
Rob Martell

Linesmen:
David Brisebois
Mark Shewchyk

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	23	11	3	49
NY Islanders	21	14	4	46
Philadelphia	19	11	7	45
Washington	20	13	5	45
New Jersey	20	16	2	42
NY Rangers	19	17	4	42
Pittsburgh	16	12	9	41
Columbus	16	15	6	38

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	23	14	3	49
Tampa Bay	22	13	3	47
Montreal	20	12	6	46
Florida	20	15	2	42
Buffalo	19	14	4	42
Ottawa	18	14	5	41
Boston	20	18	1	41
Toronto	17	15	6	40

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Washington Capitals @ Buffalo Sabres

Regular Season Series

BUF leads 1-0

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