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2007-08 regular season

Sabres at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 2–0

Sabres beat Capitals 3–1 at Capital One Arena on November 26, 2007.

BUF – WSH
28–31
Shots on goal
10–15
Hits
11–8
Blocked shots
7–11
Takeaways
⚔️ 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 ⚔️ BUF
Jochen Hecht
2 G, 1 A
3 shots · 18:42 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Pominville
1 G
4 shots · 20:10 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan Miller
30 saves
0.968 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Jochen Hecht Go-ahead 1st · 10:55
Assists: Brian Campbell, Jaroslav Spacek · beat Olie Kolzig
1–0
2nd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Tying 2nd · 00:49
Assists: Steve Eminger · beat Ryan Miller
1–1
⚔️ Jochen Hecht Go-ahead 2nd · 08:07
Assists: Daniel Paille · beat Olie Kolzig
2–1
⚔️ Jason Pominville 2nd · 11:47
Assists: Jochen Hecht · beat Olie Kolzig
3–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Hecht · Roy · Pominville 18:42
L2 Paille · Vanek · Connolly 16:20
L3 Gaustad · Afinogenov · Kotalik 15:15
L4 MacArthur · Peters · Ryan 10:27
D1 Sekera · Spacek 21:46
D2 Lydman · Campbell 21:20
D3 Paetsch · Pratt 15:24
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Kozlov 19:25
L2 Nylander · Clark · Semin 17:08
L3 Fleischmann · Steckel · Laich 13:28
L4 Brashear · Gordon · Bradley 8:46
D1 Poti · Pothier 26:48
D2 Green · Morrisonn 20:55
D3 Erskine · Eminger 11:02

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF WSH🦅
28 Shots on goal 31
10 Hits 15
11 Blocked shots 8
7 Takeaways 11
7 Giveaways 13
11 Penalty minutes 11
BUF shooting 10.7% (3/28) WSH shooting 3.2% (1/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
30/31
.968 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 58:33 TOI

Where the goals came from

1 of 4 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 00:49 · 1–1
BUF WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-5 (17% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-5 (0% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 2–0
Oct 132007 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 3–7 Apr 72007 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 2–0 Mar 212007 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 2–5 Dec 262006 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 3–6 Dec 22006 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 4–7
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Who won Sabres vs Capitals on November 26, 2007?

Sabres won 3–1. The final score was Sabres 3, Capitals 1.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jochen Hecht (2), Jason Pominville.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 30 saves on 31 shots (.968 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 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?

Sabres lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeNov 24 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–0 AfterNov 28 🎵STL @ ⚔️BUF 4–3
🦅 Capitals
BeforeNov 24 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 2–5 AfterNov 28 🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH 2–1
Also on November 26
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