The Washington Capitals managed to stay ahead of the Buffalo Sabres, 3 to 2, on December 26, 2008.

Sabres

16-14-5

22-11-3

Team

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

2nd period

BUF

WSH

Viktor Kozlov (EV) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and Bryan Helmer

3rd period

BUF

WSH

Boyd Gordon (EV) assisted by Milan Jurcina

Thomas Vanek (PP) assisted by Drew Stafford and Jaroslav Spacek

Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by Bryan Helmer

Maxim Afinogenov (EV) assisted by Toni Lydman and Ales Kotalik

Sabres

Capitals

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Sabres

Capitals

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Patrick Lalime (L) P. Lalime	0	1	0	34	31	.912	3	3.05	0	59

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Maxim Afinogenov M. Afinogenov	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0		0	0	1	0	9:06
Chris Butler C. Butler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	2	0	0	12:09
Matt Ellis M. Ellis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	50.0	0	0	0	0	7:11
Jochen Hecht J. Hecht	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0	6	17	35.3	0	2	0	0	18:52
Ales Kotalik A. Kotalik	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	14:55
Toni Lydman T. Lydman	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0		0	0		4	3	0	1	22:13
Clarke MacArthur C. MacArthur	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	1	0	1	16:13
Adam Mair A. Mair	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	3	0.0	7	13	53.8	0	1	0	0	15:05
Teppo Numminen T. Numminen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	0	16:35
Daniel Paille D. Paille	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	15:53
Andrew Peters A. Peters	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	2	1:38
Jason Pominville J. Pominville	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	0	1	0	20:47
Derek Roy D. Roy	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	0.0	11	18	61.1	1	0	1	0	21:14
Andrej Sekera A. Sekera	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0		0	0		2	2	0	1	22:49
Jaroslav Spacek J. Spacek	0	1	1	-2	2	0	1	0		0	0		1	4	1	0	22:10
Drew Stafford D. Stafford	0	1	1	-2	0	0	1	4	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	1	16:51
Henrik Tallinder H. Tallinder	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	1	0	2	23:25
Thomas Vanek T. Vanek	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	50.0	0	0		2	1	0	2	15:56

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jose Theodore (W) J. Theodore	1	0	0	24	22	.917	2	2.00	0	60

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Karl Alzner K. Alzner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	4	0	0	21:47
Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0.0	8	18	44.4	1	0	1	1	21:11
Matt Bradley M. Bradley	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	1	12:39
Donald Brashear D. Brashear	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		4	0	0	0	11:15
Chris Clark C. Clark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		4	1	0	0	11:53
Sean Collins S. Collins	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		2	1	1	3	17:41
Eric Fehr E. Fehr	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		1	0	6	0	14:20
Alexandre Giroux A. Giroux	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		4	0	2	1	12:55
Boyd Gordon B. Gordon	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0	8	12	66.7	0	0	2	2	12:27
Bryan Helmer B. Helmer	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0		0	0		0	3	1	1	18:58
Milan Jurcina M. Jurcina	0	1	1	+1	2	0	3	0.0	0	0		2	1	0	2	17:08
Viktor Kozlov V. Kozlov	1	0	1	+2	0	0	5	20.0	0	0		2	0	0	3	19:18
Brooks Laich B. Laich	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0	2	0	0	1	16:16
Shaone Morrisonn S. Morrisonn	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	5	1	2	20:40
Michael Nylander M. Nylander	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	4	10	40.0	0	0	3	1	13:59
Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	1	0	1	+2	2	1	8	12.5	0	0		3	0	3	1	24:04
Tyler Sloan T. Sloan	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0		0	0		0	1	0	0	13:59
David Steckel D. Steckel	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	10	60.0	1	1	1	0	14:09