🦅 Away Capitals 19-5-6
0–3
Final
⚔️ Home Sabres 16-9-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 0000
⚔️ BUF 1203

Capitals at Sabres

Sabres beat Capitals 3–0 at KeyBank Center on December 9, 2009.

🗓 📍 KeyBank Center, Buffalo 🏒 2009-10 🔁 Season series tied 1–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Nathan Gerbe
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 14:28 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Derek Roy
2 A
1 shots · 15:02 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan Miller
35 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Steve Montador Go-ahead 1st · 04:06
Assists: Derek Roy, Nathan Gerbe · beat Jose Theodore
0–1
2nd period
⚔️ Nathan Gerbe PP 2nd · 14:42
Assists: Derek Roy, Drew Stafford · beat Jose Theodore
0–2
⚔️ Henrik Tallinder 2nd · 17:58
Assists: Jason Pominville · beat Jose Theodore
0–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Semin 23:58
L2 Fleischmann · Laich · Morrison 15:30
L3 Fehr · Aucoin · Clark 10:47
L4 Giroux · Steckel 7:50
D1 Green · Schultz 25:47
D2 Poti · Jurcina 20:21
D3 Morrisonn · Pothier 13:17
D4 Sloan 4:20
⚔️Sabres
L1 Kennedy · Hecht · Pominville 17:47
L2 Vanek · MacArthur · Connolly 16:00
L3 Roy · Gerbe · Stafford 14:54
L4 Ellis · Mair · Kaleta 10:16
D1 Myers · Tallinder 24:13
D2 Rivet · Lydman 17:16
D3 Montador · Sekera 16:38

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH BUF⚔️
35 Shots on goal 28
0/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
13 Hits 11
11 Blocked shots 20
2 Takeaways 7
9 Giveaways 16
8 Penalty minutes 4
WSH shooting 0.0% (0/35) BUF shooting 10.7% (3/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Jose Theodore
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller Shutout
35/35
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Steve Montador · 1st 04:06 · 0–1 Nathan Gerbe · 2nd 14:42 · 0–2 Henrik Tallinder · 2nd 17:58 · 0–3
WSH BUF
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 3-1-2 (50% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 0–3
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 1–1
Nov 252009 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 0–2 Apr 32009 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 5–4 OT Dec 302008 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 Dec 262008 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 2–3 Nov 12008 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 0–5
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❓ WSH vs BUF, answered

Who won Capitals vs Sabres on December 9, 2009?

Sabres won 3–0. The final score was Capitals 0, Sabres 3.

Who scored for Sabres?

Henrik Tallinder, Nathan Gerbe, Steve Montador.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 35 saves on 35 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?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 7 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 3–0 AfterDec 11 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 3–4
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeDec 7 😈NJD @ ⚔️BUF 3–0 AfterDec 11 🪶CHI @ ⚔️BUF 1–2
Also on December 9
🏝️NYI 2–3 🍁TOR 🌪️CAR 2–4 😈NJD 🐆FLA 0–3 🧥CBJ 🛢️EDM 3–2 ⚡TBL 🎵STL 1–0 🐙DET 🗽NYR 1–2 🪶CHI 🌲MIN 1–0 🏔️COL 🐦ATL 1–3 🔥CGY
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