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23/11/2007
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Washington Capitals 3 , Buffalo Sabres 2
Shots: 37 - 23
PP: 0 of 5 (12 shots), Passing:67/72=93 %, Challenges:46/47=95 %
PP: 2 of 4 (7 shots), Passing:55/69=79 %, Challenges:42/43=95 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 935676 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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09:33 0-1
Thomas Vanek [6] (Jochen Hecht, Toni Lydman)PP
11:25 0-2
Maxim Afinogenov [9] (Toni Lydman, Craig Rivet)PP
14:46 1-2
Tomas Fleischmann [2] (Michael Nylander, Milan Jurcina)
19:14 2-2
Alexander Semin [6] (Michael Nylander)
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27:21 3-2
Ilya Kovalchuk [7] (Sergei Fedorov, Viktor Kozlov)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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08:47
Alexander Semin (2 min for roughing)
11:03
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for elbowing)
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24:16
Chris Thorburn (5 min for fighting)
24:16
Adam Mair (5 min for fighting)
31:57
Jochen Hecht (2 min for elbowing)
34:28
Patrice Bergeron (2 min for hooking)
36:52
Drew Stafford (2 min for boarding)
38:38
Paul Gaustad (2 min for boarding)
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46:03
Drew Stafford (2 min for slashing)
50:13
Shaone Morrisonn (2 min for roughing)
51:33
Nathan Paetsch (2 min for roughing)
51:33
Chris Clark (2 min for roughing)
57:46
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for cross-checking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Graham Mink 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.00 7
R Chris Clark 0 0 4 1 0 0 2 1 19.50 7
R Chris Thorburn 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 1 11.40 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 20.30 7
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.40 5
C Michael Nylander 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 16.10 7
C Patrice Bergeron 0 0 4 1 1 0 2 0 20.50 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 16.20 7
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
L Tomas Fleischmann 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.10 7
L Alexander Semin 1 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 16.40 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 21.20 10
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 18.10 6
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13.00 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 26.50 6
D Milan Jurcina 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 17.10 7
D Brian Pothier 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 22.10 7
D Mike Green 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 22.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 2 0 21 0 0 60.00 8
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Drew Stafford 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 -1 9.10 6
R Jason Pominville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 6
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 -1 16.00 7
R Thomas Vanek 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 -1 15.40 8
C Dominic Moore 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 14.20 5
C Adam Mair 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 11.40 6
C Paul Gaustad 0 0 1 4 0 1 2 -1 19.10 7
C Derek Roy 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 20.00 7
L Mathieu Darche 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 9.10 7
L Daniel Paillé 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 5
L Jochen Hecht 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 -1 17.30 8
L Tim Connolly 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 7
D Mike Funk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 6
D Nathan Paetsch 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 17.50 6
D Toni Lydman 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 -2 29.50 9
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11.40 6
D Craig Rivet 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 20.10 7
D Jaroslav Spacek 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 28.10 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ryan Miller 3 0 34 0 0 59.50 9
G Mikael Tellqvist 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Ilya Kovalchuk
2nd star: Michael Nylander
3rd star: Tomas Fleischmann
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Patrice Bergeron had his 7 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Craig Rivet notched his 10th assist of the season.
Other notes:
-Chris Thorburn beat Adam Mair in a fight.
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 17) , Rochester Americans 2( 5)
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0-1 ROC Mark Mancari (Clarke MacArthur, Mike Weber)
1-1 POR Oskar Osala (Alexandre Giroux, Sean Collins)
2-1 POR Maxime Lacroix (Jay Beagle)
2-2 ROC Marek Zagrapan (Clarke MacArthur, Mark Mancari)
3-2 POR Keith Aucoin (Sami Lepistö, Steve Pinizzotto)
Goalies: Daren Machesney - Jhonas Enroth