National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, Buffalo 4
Saturday, April 2, 2011 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, April 2, 2011
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Marc Joannette, Bill McCreary
Linesmen: Jean Morin, Dan Schachte
Attendance: 18398
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Buffalo 20204
Washington 20215
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:37 - Capitals Mike Knuble (EV) Assists: John Carlson , Alexander Ovechkin
4:41 - Capitals Alexander Semin (EV) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Marco Sturm
6:30 - Sabres Thomas Vanek (EV) Assists: Jason Pominville , Chris Butler
9:28 - Sabres Drew Stafford (EV) Assists: Brad Boyes , Tyler Myers
Penalties
None.
2nd Period
Scoring
No Scoring.
Penalties
None.
3rd Period
Scoring
12:35 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (EV) Assists: Nathan Gerbe , Mike Weber
14:18 - Capitals Mike Knuble (PP) Assists: Brooks Laich , Nicklas Backstrom
16:39 - Sabres Drew Stafford (PP) Assists: Tim Connolly
19:08 - Capitals Jason Arnott (PP) Assists: Alexander Ovechkin , Alexander Semin
Penalties
7:59 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (2) Too many men on ice
 12:53 - Sabres Brad Boyes (2) High sticking
 15:48 - Capitals Scott Hannan (2) Holding
 18:35 - Sabres Paul Gaustad (2) High sticking
Overtime
Scoring
3:19 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (EV) Assists: John Carlson , Nicklas Backstrom
Penalties
None.
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Jhonas Enroth G 0 0 0 0 0 63:19
Patrick Lalime G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Steve Montador D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 14:35
Mike Weber D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 22:51
Cody McCormick C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 14:25
Mark Mancari RW 0 0 0 E 0 4 11:22
Marc-Andre Gragnani D 0 0 0 E 0 0 16:33
Tim Connolly C 0 1 1 E 0 1 19:08
Rob Niedermayer C 0 0 0 E 0 1 8:38
Drew Stafford RW 2 0 2 E 0 6 19:36
Brad Boyes RW 0 1 1 -1 2 3 17:34
Thomas Vanek LW 1 0 1 E 0 4 17:49
Paul Gaustad C 1 0 1 +1 2 3 17:40
Jason Pominville RW 0 1 1 -1 0 3 19:29
Chris Butler D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 23:13
Matt Ellis LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 7:41
Nathan Gerbe C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 17:49
Andrej Sekera D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 24:30
Tyler Myers D 0 1 1 E 0 2 22:58
Tyler Ennis LW 0 0 0 E 0 3 15:27
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Semyon Varlamov G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Michal Neuvirth G 0 0 0 0 0 62:38
Alexander Ovechkin LW 1 2 3 -1 2 7 20:06
Matt Bradley RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 10:59
Boyd Gordon RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 14:01
Eric Fehr RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 12:12
Marco Sturm LW 0 1 1 +1 0 5 15:16
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 3 3 +2 0 4 17:58
Brooks Laich C 0 1 1 E 0 2 20:04
Mike Knuble RW 2 0 2 -2 0 2 18:59
Scott Hannan D 0 0 0 E 2 1 22:29
Jason Chimera LW 0 0 0 E 0 1 9:23
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 26:37
Alexander Semin LW 1 1 2 +1 0 4 18:10
Jason Arnott C 1 0 1 E 0 4 15:32
Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 E 0 1 22:44
Sean Collins D 0 0 0 E 0 0 14:07
John Carlson D 0 2 2 +1 0 1 25:19
Tyler Sloan D 0 0 0 E 0 0 10:52
Marcus Johansson C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 16:18
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Jhonas Enroth L (9-2-2) 35 30 5 .857 0 63:19
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Michal Neuvirth W (27-12-4) 38 34 4 .895 0 62:38