The Washington Capitals defeated the Buffalo Sabres, 3 to 1, on December 30, 2011.

Sabres

17-17-3

19-15-2

Team

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

WSH

Alex Ovechkin (PP) assisted by Tomas Vokoun

2nd period

BUF

WSH

Nicklas Backstrom (EV) assisted by Alexander Semin and Roman Hamrlik

Jochen Hecht (EV) assisted by Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville

3rd period

BUF

WSH

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

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
Ryan Miller (L) R. Miller	0	1	0	21	18	.857	3	3.08	0	58

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Luke Adam L. Adam	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	14.3	0	0	1	0	10:22
Brad Boyes B. Boyes	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	3	33.3	0	0	0	0	13:06
Christian Ehrhoff C. Ehrhoff	0	0	0	0	5	0		0	0		1	1	0	1	7:23
Matt Ellis M. Ellis	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0	0	1	0.0	3	0	1	0	13:14
Paul Gaustad P. Gaustad	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0.0	7	13	53.8	1	0	0	0	13:51
Marc-Andre Gragnani M. Gragnani	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	1	1	1	19:54
Jochen Hecht J. Hecht	1	0	1	+1	0	5	20.0	9	20	45.0	0	1	1	0	19:37
Patrick Kaleta P. Kaleta	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	0	2	0	15:17
Zack Kassian Z. Kassian	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	16:18
Jordan Leopold J. Leopold	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	3	0	0	25:58
Cody McCormick C. McCormick	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	2	0	0	0	8:54
Brayden McNabb B. McNabb	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0.0	0	0		1	2	1	0	21:29
Jason Pominville J. Pominville	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0.0	3	4	75.0	1	1	0	0	18:34
Robyn Regehr R. Regehr	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0.0	0	0		2	1	0	0	21:25
Derek Roy D. Roy	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0.0	5	10	50.0	0	0	0	0	15:28
Drew Stafford D. Stafford	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	1	100.0	3	0	0	0	17:35
Thomas Vanek T. Vanek	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	0	1	0	17:02
Mike Weber M. Weber	0	0	0	-1	7	0		0	0		2	1	0	1	22:49

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Tomas Vokoun (W) T. Vokoun	1	0	0	26	25	.962	1	1.00	0	60

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	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		1	4	1	1	22:38
Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	1	1	2	+2	0	0	1	1	100.0	10	18	55.6	0	3	2	2	20:32
Jay Beagle J. Beagle	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	0	1	0	1	7:35
Troy Brouwer T. Brouwer	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	3	0	0	16:02
John Carlson J. Carlson	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	1	0	3	22:08
Jason Chimera J. Chimera	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		2	2	0	0	14:38
John Erskine J. Erskine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	0	12:36
Jeff Halpern J. Halpern	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	4	50.0	1	0	0	0	13:34
Roman Hamrlik R. Hamrlik	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	2	0	2	18:31
Matt Hendricks M. Hendricks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	4	0	0	0	8:07
Marcus Johansson M. Johansson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	3	6	50.0	3	1	2	0	17:40
Mike Knuble M. Knuble	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	0	11:37
Brooks Laich B. Laich	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0	13	25	52.0	0	2	1	0	18:50
Dmitry Orlov D. Orlov	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		3	1	0	1	16:14
Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	2	0	2	+2	0	1	0	4	50.0	0	0		4	0	0	0	19:59
Alexander Semin A. Semin	0	2	2	+2	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		1	0	1	0	17:12
Joel Ward J. Ward	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		1	1	100.0	1	1	0	0	15:31
Dennis Wideman D. Wideman	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	2	24:39