The Buffalo Sabres fell to the Washington Capitals, 4 to 2, on December 30, 2008.

Final

Capitals

24-11-3

4

Sabres

17-15-5

2

Team

WSH

BUF

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

BUF

Brooks Laich (PP) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and Viktor Kozlov

Chris Bourque (EV) assisted by David Steckel and Eric Fehr

2nd period

WSH

BUF

Nicklas Backstrom (PP) assisted by Viktor Kozlov and Mike Green

3rd period

WSH

BUF

Adam Mair (EV) assisted by Paul Gaustad and Toni Lydman

Boyd Gordon (SH-EN) unassisted

Clarke MacArthur (PP) assisted by Jochen Hecht and Jaroslav Spacek

Capitals

Sabres

Goals

Shots

Penalty Minutes

Power-Play Goals

Power-Play Opportunities

Faceoff Wins

Hits

Giveaways

Takeaways

Capitals

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Jose Theodore (W) J. Theodore	1	0	0	33	31	.939	2	2.00	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	1	1	2	-1	0	1	1	0	1	3	33.3	1	6	16.7	0	1	1	0	17:47
Chris Bourque C. Bourque	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	100.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	9:59
Matt Bradley M. Bradley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		4	0	0	1	13:02
Chris Clark C. Clark	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		2	0	0	0	12:38
Sean Collins S. Collins	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	1	15:02
Eric Fehr E. Fehr	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	1	0	10:44
Alexandre Giroux A. Giroux	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	10:32
Boyd Gordon B. Gordon	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0	1	100.0	4	12	33.3	0	1	0	0	14:01
Mike Green M. Green	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0.0	0	0		0	1	1	0	24:10
Milan Jurcina M. Jurcina	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	2	0	2	17:36
Viktor Kozlov V. Kozlov	0	2	2	-1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	17:20
Brooks Laich B. Laich	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	50.0	4	10	40.0	1	1	0	0	19:48
Shaone Morrisonn S. Morrisonn	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	3	0	0	18:05
Michael Nylander M. Nylander	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	12	66.7	0	0	0	1	14:43
Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		1	1	1	1	21:35
Jeff Schultz J. Schultz	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	1	18:49
Tyler Sloan T. Sloan	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	2	0	2	20:59
David Steckel D. Steckel	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	7	14	50.0	0	1	0	0	14:21

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Ryan Miller (L) R. Miller	0	1	0	30	27	.900	3	3.02	0	60

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Chris Butler C. Butler	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	2	0	3	18:08
Matt Ellis M. Ellis	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	2	3	66.7	1	0	1	0	6:20
Paul Gaustad P. Gaustad	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	4	0.0	5	9	55.6	5	0	0	0	13:29
Nathan Gerbe N. Gerbe	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	8:23
Jochen Hecht J. Hecht	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	3	0.0	6	13	46.2	0	0	0	0	18:17
Ales Kotalik A. Kotalik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	1	1	100.0	1	0	0	3	15:58
Toni Lydman T. Lydman	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	3	0	0	19:59
Clarke MacArthur C. MacArthur	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	50.0	0	0		3	1	0	1	17:05
Adam Mair A. Mair	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	3	33.3	5	9	55.6	4	0	0	0	12:16
Teppo Numminen T. Numminen	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	0	18:08
Daniel Paille D. Paille	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	0	7:31
Jason Pominville J. Pominville	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	0	3	1	21:26
Derek Roy D. Roy	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0	12	20	60.0	1	0	3	2	22:33
Andrej Sekera A. Sekera	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	0	2	21:13
Jaroslav Spacek J. Spacek	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	2	0.0	0	0		2	0	0	2	19:05
Drew Stafford D. Stafford	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	18:24
Henrik Tallinder H. Tallinder	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	2	17:04
Thomas Vanek T. Vanek	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	2	18:57