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

Final

Sabres

22-11-3

2

Capitals

23-8-6

5

Team

BUF

WSH

1

0

2

1

3

0

2

Total

2

5

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

WSH

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

0

1

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

0

2

2nd period

BUF

WSH

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

1

2

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

1

3

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

2

3

3rd period

BUF

WSH

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

2

4

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

2

5

Sabres

Capitals

Goals

2

5

Shots

34

38

Penalty Minutes

6

Power-Play Goals

0

2

Power-Play Opportunities

3

2

Faceoff Wins

33

27

Hits

16

21

Giveaways

6

14

Takeaways

6

15

Sabres

Capitals

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