The Buffalo Sabres defeated the Washington Capitals, 4 to 2, on December 26, 2011.

Final

Capitals

17-15-2

2

Sabres

17-15-3

4

Team

WSH

BUF

1

0

4

2

1

0

3

1

0

Total

2

4

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

WSH

BUF

Jason Pominville (PP) assisted by Drew Stafford and Jordan Leopold

0

1

Matt Ellis (EV) unassisted

0

2

Christian Ehrhoff (EV) assisted by Jochen Hecht and Thomas Vanek

0

3

Brayden McNabb (PP) assisted by Brad Boyes and Derek Roy

0

4

2nd period

WSH

BUF

Matt Hendricks (EV) assisted by Mathieu Perreault

1

4

3rd period

WSH

BUF

Alex Ovechkin (PP) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and Dennis Wideman

2

4

Capitals

Sabres

Goals

2

4

Shots

22

23

Penalty Minutes

10

8

Power-Play Goals

1

2

Power-Play Opportunities

4

5

Faceoff Wins

22

31

Hits

26

19

Giveaways

8

Takeaways

1

10

Capitals

Sabres

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Michal Neuvirth (L)	1	6	3	3	.500	11:15
Tomas Vokoun	0	17	1	16	.941	47:08

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Karl Alzner	0	0	-1	0	1	19:15	0	0	1	0
Nicklas Backstrom	0	1	-1	0	3	19:49	0	0	0	0
Troy Brouwer	0	0	0	0	2	16:59	5	0	0	0
John Carlson	0	0	0	0	1	20:15	1	1	0	0
Jason Chimera	0	0	0	0	0	13:01	4	0	0	0
John Erskine	0	0	0	0	0	12:00	0	1	0	0
Jeff Halpern	0	0	0	0	0	10:51	1	0	0	0
Roman Hamrlik	0	0	0	2	0	20:49	0	0	0	0
Matt Hendricks	1	0	0	0	1	9:27	3	0	0	0
Marcus Johansson	0	0	-1	0	1	18:27	0	0	0	0
Mike Knuble	0	0	-1	0	0	11:57	1	2	0	0
Brooks Laich	0	0	0	2	4	16:59	1	1	0	0
Dmitry Orlov	0	0	-1	0	0	16:49	1	1	1	1
Alex Ovechkin	1	0	0	2	5	22:02	5	1	4	0
Mathieu Perreault	0	1	0	2	1	12:41	2	1	1	0
Alexander Semin	0	0	0	0	1	17:25	0	0	0	0
Joel Ward	0	0	0	2	2	9:58	2	0	1	0
Dennis Wideman	0	1	0	0	0	24:39	0	0	0	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Ryan Miller (W)	1	22	2	20	.909	60:00

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Luke Adam	0	0	+1	0	1	11:38	0	0	0	0
Brad Boyes	0	1	0	0	1	15:51	1	1	0	1
Christian Ehrhoff	1	0	0	0	2	22:19	1	4	0	1
Matt Ellis	1	0	+1	0	1	9:14	1	0	0	0
Paul Gaustad	0	0	-1	0	2	13:57	3	0	1	1
Jochen Hecht	0	1	+1	0	1	12:30	1	1	0	1
Patrick Kaleta	0	0	-1	4	1	13:02	0	2	0	1
Zack Kassian	0	0	+2	0	0	11:10	0	0	1	0
Jordan Leopold	0	1	+2	0	0	24:20	1	1	0	1
Cody McCormick	0	0	-1	0	0	11:23	3	0	0	0
Brayden McNabb	1	0	-1	2	3	17:57	2	1	0	1
Jason Pominville	1	0	0	0	2	18:01	0	1	1	1
Robyn Regehr	0	0	0	0	0	17:47	3	1	0	0
Derek Roy	0	1	0	0	1	20:55	0	1	0	0
Andrej Sekera	0	0	0	0	2	20:21	0	0	0	0
Drew Stafford	0	1	0	0	4	16:40	0	0	2	1
Thomas Vanek	0	1	+1	0	1	18:30	1	0	1	1
Mike Weber	0	0	+1	2	1	17:41	2	2	2	0