The Washington Capitals eked out a victory over the Buffalo Sabres, 5 to 4, in overtime on April 2, 2011.
Final
1st period
BUF
WSH
Mike Knuble (EV) assisted by John Carlson and Alex Ovechkin
0
1
Alexander Semin (EV) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and Marco Sturm
0
2
Thomas Vanek (EV) assisted by Jason Pominville and Chris Butler
1
2
Drew Stafford (EV) assisted by Brad Boyes and Tyler Myers
2
2
3rd period
BUF
WSH
Paul Gaustad (EV) assisted by Nathan Gerbe and Mike Weber
3
2
Mike Knuble (PP) assisted by Brooks Laich and Nicklas Backstrom
3
3
Drew Stafford (PP) assisted by Tim Connolly
4
3
Jason Arnott (PP) assisted by Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin
4
4
OT
BUF
WSH
Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by John Carlson and Nicklas Backstrom
4
5
Sabres
Capitals
Goals
4
5
Shots
38
35
Penalty Minutes
4
4
Power-Play Goals
1
2
Power-Play Opportunities
2
2
Faceoff Wins
38
38
Hits
28
30
Giveaways
9
10
Takeaways
9
14
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Enroth | 0 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 30 | .857 | 5 | 4.74 | 0 | 63 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B. Boyes | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 5 | 16 | 31.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:34 |
C. Butler | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 23:13 | |
T. Connolly | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 14 | 22 | 63.6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19:08 |
M. Ellis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 30.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:41 | |
T. Ennis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:27 | |
P. Gaustad | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33.3 | 14 | 20 | 70.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:40 |
N. Gerbe | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:49 |
M. Gragnani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:33 | ||
M. Mancari | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11:22 | |
C. McCormick | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:25 | |
S. Montador | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:35 | |
T. Myers | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 22:58 | |
R. Niedermayer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:38 |
J. Pominville | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:29 |
A. Sekera | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 24:30 | |
D. Stafford | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:36 |
T. Vanek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:49 |
M. Weber | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22:51 |
Goalies
| NAME | W | L | OTL | SA | SV | SV% | GA | GAA | SHO | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Neuvirth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 34 | .895 | 4 | 3.83 | 0 | 63 |
Skaters
| NAME | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | PPG | PPA | SHG | SHA | GWG | OTG | S | S% | FOW | FO | FOW% | HIT | BKS | TKA | GVA | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K. Alzner | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 26:37 | ||
J. Arnott | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:32 |
N. Backstrom | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 9 | 17 | 52.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:58 |
M. Bradley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10:59 | |
J. Carlson | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 25:19 | |
J. Chimera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9:23 | |
S. Collins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:07 | ||
E. Fehr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:12 | |
B. Gordon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 12 | 19 | 63.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:01 |
S. Hannan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22:29 | |
M. Johansson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 26.7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:18 | |
M. Knuble | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:59 |
B. Laich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 8 | 11 | 72.7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20:04 |
A. Ovechkin | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:06 | |
J. Schultz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22:44 | |
A. Semin | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18:10 | |
T. Sloan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:52 | ||
M. Sturm | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:16 |
More Capitals Stats
G/GP
3.81
2nd
GA/GP
2.68
7th
PP%
20.8
18th
PK%
83.8
6th
| TEAM | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Devils | 21 | 10 | 3 | 45 | 27 |
 Capitals | 21 | 8 | 2 | 44 | 35 |
 Hurricanes | 20 | 10 | 1 | 41 | 25 |
 Penguins | 14 | 14 | 5 | 33 | -23 |
 Flyers | 14 | 13 | 4 | 32 | -13 |
 Rangers | 15 | 15 | 1 | 31 | -1 |
 Islanders | 12 | 14 | 7 | 31 | -17 |
 Blue Jackets | 12 | 15 | 5 | 29 | -12 |
OTT 
TBL 
STL 
CGY 
EDM 
NHL 2024-25 Leaders
NHL 2024-25 Rankings
NHL 2024-25 Betting
NHL 2024-25 Division Standings
Jets 
Wild 
Stars 
Golden Knights 
Kings | Atlantic Division | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Maple Leafs | 19 | 10 | 2 | 40 | 11 |
 Panthers | 19 | 11 | 2 | 40 | 10 |
 Bruins | 16 | 13 | 3 | 35 | -19 |
| Metropolitan Division | W | L | OTL | PTS | DIFF |
| Capitals | 21 | 8 | 2 | 44 | 35 |
| Devils | 21 | 10 | 3 | 45 | 27 |
| Hurricanes | 20 | 10 | 1 | 41 | 25 |
CHI 
NSH 
BUF 
