Sabres 1–3 Capitals — Final Score & Stats (Dec 30, 2011)

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	F
⚔️ BUF	0	1	0	1
🦅 WSH	1	1	1	3

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Alex Ovechkin

2 G

4 shots · 19:59 TOI

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Nicklas Backstrom

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 20:32 TOI

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Alexander Semin

2 A

2 shots · 17:12 TOI

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP Go-ahead 1st · 01:42

Assists: Tomas Vokoun · beat Ryan Miller

0–1

2nd period

🦅 Nicklas Backstrom 2nd · 03:52

Assists: Alexander Semin, Roman Hamrlik · beat Ryan Miller

0–2

⚔️ Jochen Hecht 2nd · 15:02

Assists: Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville · beat Tomas Vokoun

1–2

3rd period

🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 14:10

Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Alexander Semin · beat Ryan Miller

1–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚔️Sabres

L1 Hecht · Pominville · Stafford 18:34

L2 Vanek · Roy · Kassian 16:18

L3 Ellis · Gaustad · Kaleta 13:51

L4 Adam · McCormick · Boyes 10:22

D1 Leopold · Weber 24:24

D2 McNabb · Regehr 21:27

D3 Gragnani · Ehrhoff 13:38

🦅Capitals

L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Laich 19:59

L2 Johansson · Semin · Brouwer 17:12

L3 Chimera · Halpern · Ward 14:38

L4 Hendricks · Beagle · Knuble 8:07

D1 Wideman · Alzner 23:38

D2 Carlson · Hamrlik 20:20

D3 Orlov · Erskine 14:25

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

⚔️BUF WSH🦅

26 Shots on goal 21

0/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2

19 Hits 25

11 Blocked shots 23

8 Takeaways 7

4 Giveaways 12

14 Penalty minutes 12

BUF shooting 3.8% (1/26) WSH shooting 14.3% (3/21)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚔️Sabres

Ryan Miller

18/21

.857 SV% · 3 GA · 58:29 TOI

🦅Capitals

Tomas Vokoun

25/26

.962 SV% · 1 GA · 59:57 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located

BUF WSH

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–1

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-4 (20% win rate, 5 games)

Capitals

Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)

After 2nd — 1–2

Sabres

Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-7-1 (0% win rate, 8 games)

Capitals

Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →

Sabres lead the season series 2–1

Dec 262011 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 Nov 262011 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 1–5 Apr 22011 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 4–5 OT Feb 202011 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 2–1 Nov 172010 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 2–4

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❓ BUF vs WSH, answered

Who won Sabres vs Capitals on December 30, 2011?

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

Who scored for Sabres?

Jochen Hecht.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin (2), Nicklas Backstrom.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 18 saves on 21 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Tomas Vokoun made 25 saves on 26 shots (.962 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 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚔️ Sabres

BeforeDec 28 ⚔️BUF @ 😈NJD 1–3 AfterDec 31 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 3–2

🦅 Capitals

BeforeDec 28 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 1–4 AfterDec 31 🦅WSH @ 🧥CBJ 4–2

Also on December 30

🔥CGY 3–4 🏛️OTT 🗽NYR 4–1 🐆FLA 🐯NSH 2–1 🎵STL 🐙DET 2–3 🪶CHI

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