The Washington Capitals decisively defeated the Buffalo Sabres, 5 to 2, on December 23, 2009.

Final

Sabres

22-11-3

2

Capitals

23-8-6

5

Team

BUF

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

WSH

Nicklas Backstrom (EV) assisted by Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin

Mike Green (EV) assisted by Eric Fehr and Chris Clark

2nd period

BUF

WSH

Paul Gaustad (EV) assisted by Derek Roy and Jason Pominville

Brendan Morrison (EV) assisted by Tomas Fleischmann and Mike Knuble

Tim Connolly (EV) assisted by Steve Montador and Mike Grier

3rd period

BUF

WSH

Nicklas Backstrom (PP) assisted by Alexander Semin and Alex Ovechkin

Alex Ovechkin (PP) assisted by Brooks Laich and Mike Green

Sabres

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ryan Miller (L) R. Miller	0	1	0	38	33	.868	5	5.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Tim Connolly T. Connolly	1	0	1	+2	0	6	16.7	1	1	100.0	0	1	0	0	19:13
Matt Ellis M. Ellis	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	7	8	87.5	0	0	0	0	9:21
Paul Gaustad P. Gaustad	1	0	1	+2	2	3	33.3	12	20	60.0	3	2	0	0	20:24
Mike Grier M. Grier	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	2	1	17:52
Jochen Hecht J. Hecht	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0	1	1	100.0	0	1	1	0	17:01
Tim Kennedy T. Kennedy	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0	5	9	55.6	2	0	0	0	13:07
Toni Lydman T. Lydman	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	1	17:46
Clarke MacArthur C. MacArthur	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	1	0	1	0	14:00
Adam Mair A. Mair	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0.0	1	0	0	0	13:02
Steve Montador S. Montador	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0.0	0	0		2	4	0	2	20:46
Tyler Myers T. Myers	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0	0	0		4	2	0	1	20:59
Nathan Paetsch N. Paetsch	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	9:13
Jason Pominville J. Pominville	0	1	1	0	0	3	0.0	1	5	20.0	0	1	0	0	15:35
Craig Rivet C. Rivet	0	0	0	0	2	1	0.0	0	0		0	2	0	0	19:40
Derek Roy D. Roy	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0.0	5	13	38.5	0	0	1	0	17:28
Andrej Sekera A. Sekera	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	1	19:01
Drew Stafford D. Stafford	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	11:50
Henrik Tallinder H. Tallinder	0	0	0	-1	0	0		0	0		0	0	1	0	18:26

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Michal Neuvirth (W) M. Neuvirth	1	0	0	34	32	.941	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Karl Alzner K. Alzner	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	2	1	1	16:50
Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	2	0	2	+1	0	1	0	0	4	50.0	5	12	41.7	0	0	1	1	22:19
Matt Bradley M. Bradley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	3	33.3	2	1	0	0	10:38
Chris Clark C. Clark	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	1	0	11:45
John Erskine J. Erskine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		7	3	1	0	20:13
Eric Fehr E. Fehr	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	2	2	0	11:38
Tomas Fleischmann T. Fleischmann	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		1	1	1	1	13:00
Mike Green M. Green	1	1	2	+2	0	0	1	0	4	25.0	0	0		0	2	1	2	24:08
Mike Knuble M. Knuble	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	1	14:30
Brooks Laich B. Laich	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	2	0.0	8	16	50.0	1	0	3	0	16:09
Quintin Laing Q. Laing	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	1	0	2	10:07
Brendan Morrison B. Morrison	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	1	5	20.0	5	13	38.5	0	0	0	0	13:49
Shaone Morrisonn S. Morrisonn	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	2	1	2	17:02
Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	1	2	3	+1	0	1	1	0	5	20.0	0	1	0.0	4	0	1	2	20:54
Tom Poti T. Poti	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	3	0	0	19:05
Jeff Schultz J. Schultz	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	4	0	0	18:59
Alexander Semin A. Semin	0	2	2	+1	2	0	1	0	5	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	1	1	1	20:00
David Steckel D. Steckel	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	8	14	57.1	1	0	1	0	12:54