The Washington Capitals were defeated by the Buffalo Sabres, 5 to 4, in overtime on April 3, 2009.

Final

Sabres

38-30-9

5

Capitals

47-23-8

4

Team

BUF

WSH

Total

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

WSH

Alex Ovechkin (PP) assisted by Brooks Laich and Viktor Kozlov

Drew Stafford (EV) assisted by Jaroslav Spacek and Craig Rivet

Clarke MacArthur (EV) assisted by Toni Lydman and Jason Pominville

2nd period

BUF

WSH

Alexander Semin (PP) assisted by Brooks Laich and Alex Ovechkin

Sergei Fedorov (PP) assisted by Tomas Fleischmann

Derek Roy (PP) assisted by Tim Connolly and Jaroslav Spacek

Sergei Fedorov (EV) assisted by Alex Ovechkin and Viktor Kozlov

3rd period

BUF

WSH

Maxim Afinogenov (EV) assisted by Tim Connolly and Toni Lydman

BUF

WSH

Jason Pominville (EV) assisted by Tim Connolly

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 (W) R. Miller	1	0	0	37	33	.892	4	3.92	0	61

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Maxim Afinogenov M. Afinogenov	1	0	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	11:26
Chris Butler C. Butler	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	2	0	0	13:17
Tim Connolly T. Connolly	0	3	3	+3	0	0	1	0	0	0		5	24	20.8	2	1	0	0	22:24
Paul Gaustad P. Gaustad	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	22	45.5	0	2	0	0	17:48
Jochen Hecht J. Hecht	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0	1	0	0	0	15:35
Patrick Kaleta P. Kaleta	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	0	0	10:04
Toni Lydman T. Lydman	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	0	1	0	22:46
Clarke MacArthur C. MacArthur	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	9:55
Adam Mair A. Mair	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0	1	6:18
Dominic Moore D. Moore	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	8	12	66.7	0	1	1	1	9:57
Jason Pominville J. Pominville	1	1	2	+2	0	0	0	1	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	0	1	1	19:09
Craig Rivet C. Rivet	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	1	1	0	20:15
Derek Roy D. Roy	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	0	4	25.0	7	14	50.0	0	0	0	2	16:59
Andrej Sekera A. Sekera	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	1	17:18
Jaroslav Spacek J. Spacek	0	2	2	+2	2	0	1	0	0	4	0.0	0	0		1	2	0	1	27:04
Drew Stafford D. Stafford	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	0	0		1	0	0	1	14:32
Henrik Tallinder H. Tallinder	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	2	1	1	17:37
Thomas Vanek T. Vanek	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		0	0	0	0	19:26

Goalies

NAME	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
Semyon Varlamov (O) S. Varlamov	0	0	1	30	25	.833	5	4.86	0	62

Skaters

NAME	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI
Keith Aucoin K. Aucoin	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0	0	8:11
Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	0.0	13	18	72.2	1	0	0	1	19:44
Matt Bradley M. Bradley	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		1	0	0	0	10:21
Sergei Fedorov S. Fedorov	2	0	2	-2	4	1	0	3	66.7	6	14	42.9	1	0	1	3	17:05
Eric Fehr E. Fehr	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0	1	3	10:52
Tomas Fleischmann T. Fleischmann	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0		0	1	0.0	3	1	2	0	15:56
Mike Green M. Green	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0		0	2	0	2	28:13
Milan Jurcina M. Jurcina	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0		5	2	1	0	14:00
Viktor Kozlov V. Kozlov	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	9:32
Brooks Laich B. Laich	0	2	2	0	0	0	2	3	0.0	4	8	50.0	3	0	0	1	21:04
Shaone Morrisonn S. Morrisonn	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	0	0	16:40
Michael Nylander M. Nylander	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	9	44.4	0	0	2	0	10:40
Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	1	2	3	-2	2	1	1	9	11.1	0	1	0.0	4	0	1	3	22:00
Brian Pothier B. Pothier	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		1	1	0	0	14:23
Tom Poti T. Poti	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0		0	0		0	2	0	1	21:10
Jeff Schultz J. Schultz	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0		3	0	0	1	19:36
Alexander Semin A. Semin	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	9	11.1	1	1	100.0	1	0	1	0	19:44
David Steckel D. Steckel	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	0.0	16	21	76.2	0	1	0	0	15:03