The Washington Capitals beat the Buffalo Sabres, 3 to 1, on December 30, 2011.

Final

Sabres

17-17-3

1

Capitals

19-15-2

3

Team

BUF

WSH

1

0

1

2

1

3

0

1

Total

1

3

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

BUF

WSH

Alex Ovechkin (PP) assisted by Tomas Vokoun

0

1

2nd period

BUF

WSH

Nicklas Backstrom (EV) assisted by Alexander Semin and Roman Hamrlik

0

2

Jochen Hecht (EV) assisted by Thomas Vanek and Jason Pominville

1

2

3rd period

BUF

WSH

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

1

3

Sabres

Capitals

Goals

1

3

Shots

26

21

Penalty Minutes

14

12

Power-Play Goals

0

1

Power-Play Opportunities

1

2

Faceoff Wins

27

33

Hits

19

25

Giveaways

4

12

Takeaways

8

7

Sabres

Capitals

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Ryan Miller (L)	1	21	3	18	.857	58:29

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Luke Adam	0	0	0	0	0	10:22	0	0	0	1
Brad Boyes	0	0	0	0	1	13:06	0	0	0	0
Christian Ehrhoff	0	0	0	5	0	7:23	1	1	1	0
Matt Ellis	0	0	-2	0	2	13:14	3	0	0	1
Paul Gaustad	0	0	-1	0	2	13:51	1	0	0	0
Marc-Andre Gragnani	0	0	0	0	0	19:54	0	1	1	1
Jochen Hecht	1	0	+1	0	5	19:37	0	1	0	1
Patrick Kaleta	0	0	0	0	1	15:17	2	0	0	2
Zack Kassian	0	0	-2	0	3	16:18	1	0	0	0
Jordan Leopold	0	0	0	0	0	25:58	0	3	0	0
Cody McCormick	0	0	0	0	1	8:54	2	0	0	0
Brayden McNabb	0	0	+1	2	1	21:29	1	2	0	1
Jason Pominville	0	1	+1	0	2	18:34	1	1	0	0
Robyn Regehr	0	0	-2	0	2	21:25	2	1	0	0
Derek Roy	0	0	-1	0	1	15:28	0	0	0	0
Drew Stafford	0	0	0	0	2	17:35	3	0	0	0
Thomas Vanek	0	1	+1	0	3	17:02	0	0	0	1
Mike Weber	0	0	-1	7	0	22:49	2	1	1	0

Goalies

NAME	GS	SA	GA	Sv	Sv%	TOI
Tomas Vokoun (W)	1	26	1	25	.962	59:57

Skaters

NAME	G	A	+/-	PIM	S	TOI	Hits	BkS	GvA	TkA
Karl Alzner	0	0	0	0	0	22:38	1	4	1	1
Nicklas Backstrom	1	1	+2	0	1	20:32	0	3	2	2
Jay Beagle	0	0	0	0	1	7:35	0	1	1	0
Troy Brouwer	0	0	0	5	1	16:02	1	3	0	0
John Carlson	0	0	-1	0	1	22:08	0	1	3	0
Jason Chimera	0	0	-1	5	1	14:38	2	2	0	0
John Erskine	0	0	0	0	0	12:36	1	0	0	0
Jeff Halpern	0	0	0	0	0	13:34	1	0	0	0
Roman Hamrlik	0	1	+1	0	1	18:31	1	2	2	0
Matt Hendricks	0	0	0	0	1	8:07	4	0	0	0
Marcus Johansson	0	0	0	0	2	17:40	3	1	0	2
Mike Knuble	0	0	0	0	1	11:37	1	1	0	0
Brooks Laich	0	0	-1	0	2	18:50	0	2	0	1
Dmitry Orlov	0	0	0	0	0	16:14	3	1	1	0
Alex Ovechkin	2	0	+2	0	4	19:59	4	0	0	0
Alexander Semin	0	2	+2	0	2	17:12	1	0	0	1
Joel Ward	0	0	-1	2	0	15:31	1	1	0	0
Dennis Wideman	0	0	+2	0	3	24:39	1	1	2	0