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2008-09 regular season

Capitals at Sabres

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0

Sabres beat Capitals 5–0 at KeyBank Center on November 1, 2008.

WSH – BUF
29–27
Shots on goal
0/5–1/8
Power play
18–16
Hits
7–17
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Thomas Vanek
2 G
4 shots · 17:58 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Pominville
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 19:04 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Andrej Sekera
2 A
22:50 TOI

Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Thomas Vanek Go-ahead 1st · 01:12
Assists: Andrej Sekera, Jaroslav Spacek · beat Jose Theodore
0–1
⚔️ Derek Roy PP 1st · 13:13
Assists: Jason Pominville, Tim Connolly · beat Jose Theodore
0–2
⚔️ Jason Pominville 1st · 19:36
Assists: Clarke MacArthur · beat Jose Theodore
0–3
2nd period
⚔️ Thomas Vanek 2nd · 19:57
Assists: Ales Kotalik, Andrej Sekera · beat Jose Theodore
0–4
3rd period
⚔️ Daniel Paille 3rd · 11:59
Assists: Patrick Kaleta · beat Jose Theodore
0–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Laich · Fedorov · Semin 19:32
L2 Fleischmann · Backstrom · Steckel 16:11
L3 Nylander · Kozlov · Gordon 14:10
L4 Brashear · Clark · Bradley 7:46
D1 Green · Poti 24:30
D2 Schultz · Erskine 18:42
D3 Jurcina · Morrisonn 10:18
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Connolly · Pominville 19:04
L2 Vanek · Kotalik · Afinogenov 17:36
L3 MacArthur · Paille · Gaustad 13:39
L4 Mair · Stafford · Kaleta 8:43
D1 Spacek · Sekera 23:30
D2 Lydman · Tallinder 19:47
D3 Numminen · Paetsch 12:43

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BUF⚔️
29 Shots on goal 27
0/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8
18 Hits 16
7 Blocked shots 17
5 Takeaways 6
8 Giveaways 26
16 Penalty minutes 10
WSH shooting 0.0% (0/29) BUF shooting 18.5% (5/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Jose Theodore
22/27
.815 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller Shutout
29/29
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:57 TOI

Period by period

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

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Mar 52008 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 3–1 Dec 142007 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 5–3 Nov 262007 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 3–1 Oct 132007 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 3–7 Apr 72007 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 2–0
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Who won Capitals vs Sabres on November 1, 2008?

Sabres won 5–0. The final score was Capitals 0, Sabres 5.

Who scored for Sabres?

Thomas Vanek (2), Daniel Paille, Derek Roy, Jason Pominville.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 22 saves on 27 shots (.815 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 29 saves on 29 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

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 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeOct 28 🐯NSH @ 🦅WSH 3–4 AfterNov 4 🦅WSH @ 🏛️OTT 1–2
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeOct 30 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 5–2 AfterNov 3 ⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD 2–0
Also on November 1
🛢️EDM 3–1 🌪️CAR ⭐DAL 1–5 🐻BOS 🗽NYR 2–5 🍁TOR 🐦ATL 1–6 😈NJD 🇨🇦MTL 5–4 🏝️NYI 🪶CHI 4–3 🧥CBJ 🏛️OTT 2–3 ⚡TBL 🐆FLA 2–3 🐯NSH
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