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2006-07 regular season

Sabres at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0

Capitals beat Sabres 7–4 at Capital One Arena on December 2, 2006.

BUF – WSH
30–28
Shots on goal
1/6–0/7
Power play
19–11
Hits
16–7
Blocked shots
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Matt Pettinger
2 G
2 shots · 19:20 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
John Erskine
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 20:24 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Thomas Vanek
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 19:11 TOI

Scoring

11 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Richard Zednik Go-ahead 1st · 02:01
Unassisted · beat Ryan Miller
0–1
🦅 Bryan Muir 1st · 02:35
Assists: Brian Sutherby · beat Ryan Miller
0–2
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 1st · 07:45
Unassisted · beat Ryan Miller
0–3
⚔️ Derek Roy 1st · 15:09
Assists: Dmitri Kalinin, Thomas Vanek · beat Olie Kolzig
1–3
🦅 Ben Clymer 1st · 16:02
Assists: Jakub Klepis, John Erskine · beat Martin Biron
1–4
2nd period
🦅 Matt Pettinger 2nd · 07:24
Assists: Brian Pothier · beat Martin Biron
1–5
⚔️ Chris Drury PP 2nd · 09:46
Assists: Maxim Afinogenov, Teppo Numminen · beat Olie Kolzig
2–5
⚔️ Thomas Vanek 2nd · 19:32
Assists: Maxim Afinogenov, Brian Campbell · beat Olie Kolzig
3–5
3rd period
🦅 Matt Pettinger 3rd · 09:52
Assists: Alexander Semin, Kris Beech · beat Martin Biron
3–6
⚔️ Drew Stafford 3rd · 12:14
Assists: Chris Drury · beat Olie Kolzig
4–6
🦅 John Erskine Empty net 3rd · 19:04
Assists: Steve Eminger
4–7

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Vanek · Brière · Afinogenov 20:12
L2 Drury · Roy · Hecht 18:44
L3 Pominville · Kotalik · Stafford 14:39
L4 Paille · Gaustad · Mair 4:53
L5 Peters 0:29
D1 Campbell · Numminen 27:16
D2 Lydman · Kalinin 21:56
D3 Paetsch 14:38
🦅Capitals
L1 Pettinger · Semin · Clark 17:53
L2 Gordon · Klepis · Clymer 16:39
L3 Laich · Beech · Sutherby 13:51
L4 Ovechkin · Brashear · Zednik 9:33
D1 Pothier · Eminger 22:03
D2 Erskine · Green 19:08
D3 Morrisonn · Muir 14:10

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF WSH🦅
30 Shots on goal 28
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 0/7
19 Hits 11
16 Blocked shots 7
8 Takeaways 10
7 Giveaways 11
75 Penalty minutes 42
BUF shooting 13.3% (4/30) WSH shooting 25.0% (7/28)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Martin Biron
15/18
.833 SV% · 3 GA · 50:56 TOI
Ryan Miller
6/9
.667 SV% · 3 GA · 07:45 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
26/30
.867 SV% · 4 GA · 59:58 TOI

Where the goals came from

1 of 11 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 1st 07:45 · 0–3
BUF WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–4
Sabres
Sabres: no games found in this situation this year.
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 3 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 3–5
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Mar 142006 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 6–4 Nov 272005 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 3–2 Nov 172005 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 5–8 Oct 262005 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 3–2 Mar 102004 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 6–0
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Who won Sabres vs Capitals on December 2, 2006?

Capitals won 7–4. The final score was Sabres 4, Capitals 7.

Who scored for Sabres?

Chris Drury, Derek Roy, Drew Stafford, Thomas Vanek.

Who scored for Capitals?

Matt Pettinger (2), Alex Ovechkin, Ben Clymer, Bryan Muir, John Erskine, Richard Zednik.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Martin Biron made 15 saves on 18 shots (.833 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 26 saves on 30 shots (.867 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 1 🗽NYR @ ⚔️BUF 3–4 AfterDec 5 ⚔️BUF @ ⚡TBL 4–1
🦅 Capitals
BeforeNov 30 ⭐DAL @ 🦅WSH 3–4 AfterDec 6 🏛️OTT @ 🦅WSH 2–6
Also on December 2
🦆ANA 4–3 👑LAK 🍁TOR 3–4 🇨🇦MTL ⚡TBL 2–5 🏛️OTT 🐻BOS 2–5 🌪️CAR 🦈SJS 3–2 🐙DET 😈NJD 4–3 🔔PHI 🏝️NYI 5–3 🐧PIT 🐦ATL 3–1 🐆FLA
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