Capitals 5-4 Sabres (29 Jan, 2014) Box Score

Washington Capitals

24-21-8, 10-12-4 away

	1	2	3	OT	T
WSH	2	2	0	1	5
BUF	1	2	1	0	4

Buffalo Sabres

14-30-8, 9-15-5 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
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Brooks LaichB. Laich#21
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Joel WardJ. Ward#42
Casey WellmanC. Wellman#48
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Karl AlznerK. Alzner#27
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Connor CarrickC. Carrick#58
John ErskineJ. Erskine#4
Mike GreenM. Green#52
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	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:32	2:54	0:33	14:05	8	9	47.1
0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	13:23	0:00	0:00	13:23	7	6	53.8
1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	23	18:40	2:23	1:20	14:57	4	3	57.1
0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	20	15:13	1:50	0:27	12:56	0	0	0.0
0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:22	1:20	0:29	15:33	1	1	50.0
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17	13:32	1:51	0:29	11:12	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	21	15:38	1:38	0:08	13:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	17:52	0:46	1:20	15:46	5	13	27.8
2	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	21	18:02	4:14	0:00	13:48	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	21	14:00	0:00	0:52	13:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	11:01	0:00	0:00	11:01	3	4	42.9
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	11:11	0:00	0:00	11:11	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	22	20:39	0:00	2:12	18:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	23:12	1:51	2:12	19:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	18	14:12	0:00	0:37	13:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	19	15:05	0:00	0:37	14:28	0	0	0.0
2	1	3	5	1	2	1	2	0	0	1	25	23:43	2:23	0:00	21:20	0	0	0.0
0	1	3	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	23	20:54	0:00	0:00	20:54	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
27	4	23	.852	0	0	0	0	0	61:00	0

Buffalo Sabres


forwards
Matt EllisM. Ellis#37
Tyler EnnisT. Ennis#63
Brian FlynnB. Flynn#65
Marcus FolignoM. Foligno#82
Zemgus GirgensonsZ. Girgensons#28
Cody HodgsonC. Hodgson#19
Zenon KonopkaZ. Konopka#24
Ville LeinoV. Leino#23
Matt MoulsonM. Moulson#26
Steve OttS. Ott#9
John ScottJ. Scott#32
Phil VaroneP. Varone#84
defensemen
Christian EhrhoffC. Ehrhoff#10
Tyler MyersT. Myers#57
Chad RuhwedelC. Ruhwedel#5
Alexander SulzerA. Sulzer#52
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	-1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	11	8:19	0:00	0:15	8:04	1	1	50.0
0	2	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	17:36	1:53	0:00	15:43	4	10	28.6
0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	23	16:41	0:00	1:22	15:19	1	2	33.3
0	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	6	0	0	22	18:33	0:56	2:05	15:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	22	17:16	0:08	1:42	15:26	1	2	33.3
2	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	24	16:54	1:45	0:00	15:09	4	2	66.7
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	16	8:04	0:00	0:50	7:14	9	2	81.8
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	23	16:18	0:56	0:00	15:22	0	0	0.0
0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	25	18:50	1:53	0:00	16:57	0	1	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	26	17:40	0:56	2:14	14:30	10	7	58.8
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	6:18	0:00	0:00	6:18	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	15:03	0:00	0:00	15:03	6	1	85.7
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	4	25	21:23	1:45	1:48	17:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	27	22:10	1:57	2:44	17:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	2	1	0	24	19:58	0:56	0:00	19:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	18:24	0:52	1:02	16:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	1	2	1	2	1	0	0	23	21:46	0:00	1:44	20:02	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	4	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	26	18:33	0:08	1:10	17:15	0	0	0.0

goalies
Jhonas EnrothJ. Enroth#1

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
35	5	30	.857	0	0	0	0	0	61:00	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	OT	T
	Capitals	2	2	0	1	5
	Sabres	1	2	1	0	4

1st Period		WSH	BUF
3:49	Alex Ovechkin (37) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (39), Troy Brouwer (13)	1	0
4:42	Alex Ovechkin (38) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Mike Green (23), Marcus Johansson (26)	2	0
13:45	Christian Ehrhoff (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Matt Moulson (16), Tyler Ennis (13)	2	1

2nd Period		WSH	BUF
1:41	Cody Hodgson (13) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Matt Moulson (17), Tyler Ennis (14)	2	2
10:09	Mike Green (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Dmitry Orlov (4), Jay Beagle (3)	3	2
11:11	Phil Varone (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Marcus Foligno (8), Brian Flynn (4)	3	3
16:57	Troy Brouwer (10) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Martin Erat (19), Alex Ovechkin (16)	4	3

3rd Period			WSH	BUF
6:48		Cody Hodgson (14) (Even Strength Goal) Unassisted	4	4

OT Summary			WSH	BUF
1:00		Mike Green (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (17), Martin Erat (20)	5	4

Regular Season Series

BUF wins 2-1

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

12:30 AM, 29 January 2014

Buffalo, NY

Attendance: 18,923

Referees:
Paul Devorski

Linesmen:
Steve Miller
Tim Nowak

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	14	5	0	28
New Jersey	13	7	2	28
Washington	13	5	1	27
NY Rangers	12	5	1	25
NY Islanders	7	8	5	19
Columbus	8	9	2	18
Philadelphia	8	10	2	18
Pittsburgh	7	11	4	18

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	12	6	2	26
Florida	12	7	1	25
Tampa Bay	10	6	2	22
Buffalo	10	9	1	21
Boston	9	9	3	21
Detroit	8	9	2	18
Ottawa	8	10	1	17
Montreal	7	10	2	16

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