National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, Buffalo 3
Sunday, March 17, 2013 7:00 PM
When: 7:00 PM ET, Sunday, March 17, 2013
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Dennis LaRue, Rob Martell
Linesmen: Derek Nansen, Thor Nelson
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Buffalo 0213
Washington 1315
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
0:19 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (EV) Assists: Marcus Johansson , Nicklas Backstrom
Penalties
9:53 - Capitals Jack Hillen (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
0:12 - Sabres Cody Hodgson (EV) Assists: Thomas Vanek , Jason Pominville
5:06 - Capitals Troy Brouwer (PP) Assists: Mike Ribeiro , Nicklas Backstrom
9:45 - Capitals Jason Chimera (EV) Assists: Troy Brouwer , Mike Ribeiro
10:28 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (EV) Assists: Mathieu Perreault , Joel Ward
13:27 - Sabres Brian Flynn (EV) Assists: Marcus Foligno , Tyler Ennis
Penalties
3:52 - Sabres Tyler Myers (2) Holding
 19:02 - Sabres Christian Ehrhoff (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
5:30 - Sabres Cody Hodgson (PP) Assists: Tyler Ennis , Jason Pominville
15:05 - Capitals Mathieu Perreault (EV) Assists: Joel Ward
Penalties
2:11 - Sabres Steve Ott (2) Roughing
 2:11 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (2) Roughing
 4:55 - Capitals Jason Chimera (2) Slashing
 7:53 - Sabres Ville Leino (2) Tripping
 12:48 - Capitals Steve Oleksy (2) Roughing
 18:40 - Sabres Steve Ott (2) Unsportsmanlike conduct
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Jhonas Enroth G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Ryan Miller G 0 0 0 0 0 58:41
Jordan Leopold D 0 0 0 E 0 3 23:40
Mike Weber D 0 0 0 E 0 0 20:17
Steve Ott C 0 0 0 E 4 4 19:02
Christian Ehrhoff D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 21:01
Kevin Porter C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 13:19
Cody Hodgson C 2 0 2 E 0 2 17:47
Drew Stafford RW 0 0 0 -2 0 5 13:54
Ville Leino LW 0 0 0 E 2 1 17:56
Robyn Regehr D 0 0 0 E 0 1 16:39
Thomas Vanek LW 0 1 1 E 0 3 14:44
Jason Pominville RW 0 2 2 E 0 1 18:32
Nathan Gerbe LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 9:34
Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 14:55
Jochen Hecht C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 9:46
Tyler Myers D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 20:48
Tyler Ennis C 0 2 2 +1 0 4 16:06
Brian Flynn C 1 0 1 E 0 1 12:06
Marcus Foligno LW 0 1 1 -1 0 0 12:39
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Michal Neuvirth G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Tom Poti D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 7:38
Alexander Ovechkin LW 1 0 1 E 2 5 20:11
Mike Ribeiro C 0 2 2 E 0 0 18:47
Joey Crabb RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 6:44
Eric Fehr RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 15:06
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 2 2 E 0 0 20:27
Troy Brouwer RW 1 1 2 +1 0 2 19:00
Jason Chimera LW 1 0 1 +1 2 3 13:33
Matt Hendricks C 0 0 0 E 0 1 8:52
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 18:56
Jack Hillen D 0 0 0 E 2 0 23:03
Joel Ward RW 0 2 2 +1 0 2 14:47
Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 14:13
Steve Oleksy D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 21:09
John Carlson D 0 0 0 +2 0 3 30:15
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 9:48
Mathieu Perreault C 1 1 2 +2 0 1 11:59
Marcus Johansson C 1 1 2 +1 0 4 18:57
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ryan Miller L (9-13-4) 25 20 5 .800 0 58:41
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Braden Holtby W (10-9-0) 30 27 3 .900 0 60:00