The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres, 5 to 2, on December 23, 2009.

2009-10 Washington Capitals

Final

BUF

Sabres

22-11-3

2

WSH

Capitals

23-8-6

5

Team

BUF

WSH

1

0

2

2

2

1

3

0

2

Total

2

5

1st period

BUF

WSH

Capitals

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

0

1

Capitals

Mike Green (EV) assisted by Eric Fehr and Chris Clark

0

2

2nd period

BUF

WSH

Sabres

Paul Gaustad (EV) assisted by Derek Roy and Jason Pominville

1

2

Capitals

Brendan Morrison (EV) assisted by Tomas Fleischmann and Mike Knuble

1

3

Sabres

Tim Connolly (EV) assisted by Steve Montador and Mike Grier

2

3

3rd period

BUF

WSH

Capitals

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

2

4

Capitals

Alex Ovechkin (PP) assisted by Brooks Laich and Mike Green

2

5

Sabres

Capitals

Goals

2

5

Shots

34

38

Penalty Minutes

6

6

Power-Play Goals

0

2

Power-Play Opportunities

3

2

Faceoff Wins

33

27

Hits

16

21

Giveaways

6

14

Takeaways

6

15

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Ryan Miller (L) 1 38 5 33 .868 60:00

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Tim Connolly 1 0 +2 0 6 19:13 0 1 0 0
Matt Ellis 0 0 0 0 1 9:21 0 0 0 0
Paul Gaustad 1 0 +2 2 3 20:24 3 2 0 0
Mike Grier 0 1 +1 0 2 17:52 1 1 1 2
Jochen Hecht 0 0 -2 0 3 17:01 0 1 0 1
Tim Kennedy 0 0 -1 0 1 13:07 2 0 0 0
Toni Lydman 0 0 0 0 1 17:46 1 1 1 0
Clarke MacArthur 0 0 -1 0 1 14:00 1 0 0 1
Adam Mair 0 0 0 0 0 13:02 1 0 0 0
Steve Montador 0 1 -1 0 2 20:46 2 4 2 0
Tyler Myers 0 0 -1 0 2 20:59 4 2 1 0
Nathan Paetsch 0 0 0 0 1 9:13 0 0 0 0
Jason Pominville 0 1 0 0 3 15:35 0 1 0 0
Craig Rivet 0 0 0 2 1 19:40 0 2 0 0
Derek Roy 0 1 -1 0 2 17:28 0 0 0 1
Andrej Sekera 0 0 -1 0 2 19:01 0 0 1 0
Drew Stafford 0 0 -2 2 3 11:50 1 0 0 0
Henrik Tallinder 0 0 -1 0 0 18:26 0 0 0 1

Goalies

NAME GS SA GA Sv Sv% TOI
Michal Neuvirth (W) 1 34 2 32 .941 60:00

Skaters

NAME G A +/- PIM S TOI Hits BkS GvA TkA
Karl Alzner 0 0 -1 0 0 16:50 0 2 1 1
Nicklas Backstrom 2 0 +1 0 4 22:19 0 0 1 1
Matt Bradley 0 0 0 0 1 10:38 2 1 0 0
Chris Clark 0 1 0 0 1 11:45 1 1 0 1
John Erskine 0 0 0 0 1 20:13 7 3 0 1
Eric Fehr 0 1 0 0 2 11:38 0 2 0 2
Tomas Fleischmann 0 1 +1 0 4 13:00 1 1 1 1
Mike Green 1 1 +2 0 4 24:08 0 2 2 1
Mike Knuble 0 1 +1 2 2 14:30 1 1 1 0
Brooks Laich 0 1 -1 0 2 16:09 1 0 0 3
Quintin Laing 0 0 0 0 1 10:07 2 1 2 0
Brendan Morrison 1 0 +1 2 5 13:49 0 0 0 0
Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 +1 0 0 17:02 0 2 2 1
Alex Ovechkin 1 2 +1 0 5 20:54 4 0 2 1
Tom Poti 0 0 -1 0 0 19:05 0 3 0 0
Jeff Schultz 0 0 +1 0 0 18:59 1 4 0 0
Alexander Semin 0 2 +1 2 5 20:00 0 1 1 1
David Steckel 0 0 -1 0 1 12:54 1 0 0 1

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