🦅 Away Capitals 13-22-2 before this game

1–7

Final

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	0	0	0	1
BUF	0	0	0	7

Capitals at Sabres

Sabres beat Capitals 7–1 at KeyBank Center on December 31, 2003.

🗓 Wed, Dec 31, 2003 · 18:00 CST 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2003-04 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star ⚔️ BUF

Miroslav Satan

3 G

8 shots · 17:10 TOI

2nd star ⚔️ BUF

Maxim Afinogenov

3 G

7 shots · 14:02 TOI · +3

3rd star ⚔️ BUF

Jochen Hecht

2 A

5 shots · 21:20 TOI · +1

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH BUF⚔️

26 Shots on goal 42

0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/8

11 Hits 13

11 Blocked shots 9

3 Takeaways 3

18 Giveaways 9

37 Penalty minutes 21

WSH shooting 3.8% (1/26) BUF shooting 16.7% (7/42)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Maxime Ouellet

35/42

.833 SV% · 7 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚔️Sabres

Martin Biron

25/26

.962 SV% · 1 GA · 59:48 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 13-22-2 (35% win rate, 37 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 1st: 15-19-3 (41% win rate, 37 games)

After 2nd — 0–0

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 2nd: 13-22-2 (35% win rate, 37 games)

Sabres

Sabres — tied after 2nd: 15-19-3 (41% win rate, 37 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦅Capitals

L1 Halpern · Miller · Jagr 17:57

L2 Battaglia · Gordon · Lang 15:06

L3 Forbes · Whitfield · Grier 13:10

L4 Pettinger · Zubrus · Peat 9:24

D1 Kwiatkowski · Gonchar 23:38

D2 Doig · Berry 18:11

D3 Witt · Hajt 15:16

⚔️Sabres

L1 Hecht · Brière · Satan 17:53

L2 Drury · Brown · Kotalik 14:38

L3 Pyatt · Roy · Afinogenov 13:54

L4 Peters · Taylor · Mair 9:06

D1 Kalinin · Zhitnik 25:25

D2 Tallinder · McKee 19:16

D3 Campbell · Fitzpatrick 14:32

⚔️ Last meetings

Sabres lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →

❓ WSH vs BUF, answered

Who won Capitals vs Sabres on December 31, 2003?

Sabres won 7–1.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Sabres?

The final score was Capitals 1, Sabres 7.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Maxime Ouellet made 35 saves on 42 shots (.833 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Sabres played?

At KeyBank Center in Buffalo, the Sabres home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Sabres season series?

Sabres lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Dec 29

⚔️Sabres

Previous game · Dec 29

Also on December 31, 2003

Capitals season page Sabres season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule