The Washington Capitals defeated the Buffalo Sabres, 3 to 2, on December 26, 2008.

Final

Sabres

16-14-5

2

Capitals

22-11-3

3

Team

BUF

WSH

1

0

2

0

1

3

2

Total

2

3

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

2nd period

BUF

WSH

Viktor Kozlov (EV) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and Bryan Helmer

0

1

3rd period

BUF

WSH

Boyd Gordon (EV) assisted by Milan Jurcina

0

2

Thomas Vanek (PP) assisted by Drew Stafford and Jaroslav Spacek

1

2

Alex Ovechkin (EV) assisted by Bryan Helmer

1

3

Maxim Afinogenov (EV) assisted by Toni Lydman and Ales Kotalik

2

3

Sabres

Capitals

Goals

2

3

Shots

24

34

Penalty Minutes

8

6

Power-Play Goals

1

0

Power-Play Opportunities

2

4

Faceoff Wins

26

Hits

17

28

Giveaways

10

20

Takeaways

4

21

Sabres

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Patrick Lalime (L)	1	34	3	31	.912	58:58

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Maxim Afinogenov	1	0	0	0	1	9:06	0	0	0	1
Chris Butler	0	0	0	0	1	12:09	0	2	0	0
Matt Ellis	0	0	0	0	0	7:11	0	0	0	0
Jochen Hecht	0	0	-2	2	1	18:52	0	2	0	0
Ales Kotalik	0	1	+1	0	3	14:55	1	0	0	0
Toni Lydman	0	1	-1	2	0	22:13	4	3	1	0
Clarke MacArthur	0	0	-1	0	0	16:13	2	1	1	0
Adam Mair	0	0	+1	0	3	15:05	0	1	0	0
Teppo Numminen	0	0	0	0	0	16:35	1	0	0	0
Daniel Paille	0	0	-1	0	2	15:53	0	0	0	0
Andrew Peters	0	0	0	0	0	1:38	0	0	2	0
Jason Pominville	0	0	0	0	3	20:47	0	0	0	1
Derek Roy	0	0	-1	0	4	21:14	1	0	0	1
Andrej Sekera	0	0	-2	2	0	22:49	2	2	1	0
Jaroslav Spacek	0	1	-2	2	0	22:10	1	4	0	1
Drew Stafford	0	1	-2	0	4	16:51	1	0	1	0
Henrik Tallinder	0	0	0	0	0	23:25	2	1	2	0
Thomas Vanek	1	0	0	0	2	15:56	2	1	2	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Jose Theodore (W)	1	24	2	22	.917	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Karl Alzner	0	0	0	0	0	21:47	0	4	0	0
Nicklas Backstrom	0	1	+2	0	1	21:11	1	0	1	1
Matt Bradley	0	0	0	0	2	12:39	1	0	1	0
Donald Brashear	0	0	0	0	0	11:15	4	0	0	0
Chris Clark	0	0	0	0	0	11:53	4	1	0	0
Sean Collins	0	0	-1	0	4	17:41	2	1	3	1
Eric Fehr	0	0	0	0	4	14:20	1	0	0	6
Alexandre Giroux	0	0	0	0	1	12:55	4	0	1	2
Boyd Gordon	1	0	0	0	2	12:27	0	0	2	2
Bryan Helmer	0	2	+2	0	0	18:58	0	3	1	1
Milan Jurcina	0	1	+1	2	3	17:08	2	1	2	0
Viktor Kozlov	1	0	+2	0	5	19:18	2	0	3	0
Brooks Laich	0	0	0	2	1	16:16	2	0	1	0
Shaone Morrisonn	0	0	0	0	1	20:40	1	5	2	1
Michael Nylander	0	0	0	0	2	13:59	0	0	1	3
Alex Ovechkin	1	0	+2	2	8	24:04	3	0	1	3
Tyler Sloan	0	0	+2	0	0	13:59	0	1	0	0
David Steckel	0	0	0	0	0	14:09	1	1	0	1