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15/2/2010
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Buffalo Sabres 9 , Washington Capitals 4
Shots: 29 - 29
PP: 0 of 4 (3 shots), Passing:63/72=87 %, Challenges:44/49=88 %
PP: 0 of 2 (5 shots), Passing:60/74=81 %, Challenges:39/45=84 %
Attendance: 18595 of 18595 (HSBC Arena)
Ticket income: 898138 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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05:49 1-0
Alexandre Picard [14] (Maxim Afinogenov)
06:49 2-0
Daniel Paillé [10] (Ales Kotalik, Kevin Bieksa)
10:15 2-1
Ales Hemsky [17] (Steve Ott, Benoit Pouliot)
11:37 3-1
Daniel Paillé [11] (Ales Kotalik, Kevin Bieksa)
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25:54 3-2
Brian Pothier [3] (Ales Hemsky, Alexander Ovechkin)
35:01 3-3
Ales Hemsky [18] (Benoit Pouliot, Steve Ott)
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41:45 3-4
Bobby Sanguinetti [7] (Thomas Pöck, Simon Gagné)
43:06 4-4
Maxim Afinogenov [19] (Jason Pominville, Toni Lydman)
48:29 5-4
Fabian Brunnström [4] (Kevin Bieksa, Michal Barinka)
49:01 6-4
Ales Kotalik [16] (Kevin Bieksa)
49:25 7-4
Derek Roy [24] (Ales Kotalik, Daniel Paillé)
51:06 8-4
Alexandre Picard [15] (Phil Kessel, Daniel Paillé)
51:44 9-4
Jason Pominville [14] (Éric Dazé)
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Penalty summary:
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02:11
Steve Ott (2 min for high-sticking)
19:33
Brian Pothier (2 min for cross-checking)
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30:36
Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for roughing)
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45:02
Benoît Drapeau (2 min for high-sticking)
52:55
Michal Barinka (5 min for fighting)
52:55
Dan Fritsche (5 min for fighting)
53:16
Jochen Hecht (2 min for boarding)
53:16
Jochen Hecht (10 min misconduct)
55:25
Patrick O'Sullivan (2 min for elbowing)
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Buffalo Sabres scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Torrey Mitchell 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
L Jochen Hecht 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 1 11.20 6
L Éric Dazé 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 -1 15.50 8
L Derek Roy 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 20.50 8
C Ryan Potulny 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6.40 5
C Alexandre Picard 2 0 3 2 0 2 0 2 15.40 10
C Phil Kessel 0 1 2 4 1 1 0 1 20.30 8
C Daniel Paillé 2 2 3 1 1 0 0 3 18.30 10
R Fabian Brunnström 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7.40 7
R Maxim Afinogenov 1 1 4 0 0 1 2 1 20.00 9
R Jason Pominville 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 12.40 8
R Ales Kotalik 1 3 4 0 0 0 0 3 19.00 8
D Michal Barinka 0 1 0 2 0 1 5 1 13.50 7
D Andrej Sekera 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 16.10 6
D Kevin Bieksa 0 4 1 5 1 0 0 4 29.40 9
D Denis Grebeshkov 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11.30 5
D Toni Lydman 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 8
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 4 30.30 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Niklas Backstrom 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G Karri Rämö 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Patrick O'Sullivan 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -2 7.10 4
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 12.30 5
L Ales Hemsky 2 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 14.00 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 5 5 0 5 0 -3 21.20 9
C Lew Dawe 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 7.10 6
C Benoît Drapeau 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 -3 13.50 7
C Steve Ott 0 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 13.30 6
L Simon Gagné 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -2 21.00 7
R Dan Fritsche 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 -2 7.20 5
L Matt Pettinger 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -3 15.00 5
L Benoit Pouliot 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 19.40 8
L Zach Parisé 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -2 21.10 7
D Tim Gleason 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -3 19.50 7
D Marc-Édouard Vlasic 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 10.10 6
D Thomas Pöck 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 -3 29.00 6
D Ben Clymer 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -3 21.30 5
D Brian Pothier 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 14.20 8
D Bobby Sanguinetti 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 -2 25.10 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 9 0 20 0 0 60.00 4
G Michal Neuvirth 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Daniel Paillé
2nd star: Ales Kotalik
3rd star: Ales Hemsky
Notes for Buffalo Sabres:
-Daniel Paillé scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Toni Lydman notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Alexandre Picard scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Alexandre Picard finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Fabian Brunnström finally ended his 30 game goal drought.
-Fabian Brunnström finally ended his 19 game point drought.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Steve Ott has marked a new career high in points with 25 points.
-Brian Pothier finally ended his 27 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Michal Barinka beat Dan Fritsche in a fight.
Farm game result:
Rochester Americans 2( 14) , Portland Pirates 1( 17)
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1-0
Éric Castonguay (Colton Fretter, Adam Mair)
2-0
Colton Fretter (Stephen Gionta, Adam Mair)
2-1 POR Jeff Schultz (Keith Aucoin)
Goalies: Adam Dennis - Frédéric Cassivi