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2011-12 regular season

Sabres at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 3–1

Sabres beat Capitals 5–1 at Capital One Arena on March 27, 2012.

BUF – WSH
31–45
Shots on goal
13–26
Hits
25–14
Blocked shots
5–6
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
Drew Stafford
2 G
5 shots · 17:34 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Tyler Ennis
2 A
1 shots · 11:38 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Ryan Miller
44 saves
0.978 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Cody McCormick Go-ahead 1st · 08:45
Assists: Brad Boyes · beat Braden Holtby
1–0
⚔️ Drew Stafford 1st · 18:05
Assists: Tyler Myers, Tyler Ennis · beat Braden Holtby
2–0
2nd period
⚔️ Thomas Vanek 2nd · 02:31
Assists: Cody Hodgson, Corey Tropp · beat Braden Holtby
3–0
🦅 Alexander Semin 2nd · 05:07
Assists: Jason Chimera, Mathieu Perreault · beat Ryan Miller
3–1
⚔️ Jason Pominville SH 2nd · 17:32
Unassisted · beat Michal Neuvirth
4–1
3rd period
⚔️ Drew Stafford 3rd · 09:29
Assists: Tyler Ennis, Robyn Regehr · beat Michal Neuvirth
5–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Roy · Hodgson · Pominville 20:17
L2 Leino · Vanek · Stafford 15:58
L3 Foligno · Tropp · Ennis 13:26
L4 McCormick · Boyes · Kaleta 8:54
D1 Leopold · Regehr 25:56
D2 Myers · Sulzer 21:36
D3 Sekera · Ehrhoff 11:52
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Johansson · Brouwer 19:54
L2 Laich · Perreault · Semin 17:06
L3 Hendricks · Beagle · Aucoin 14:12
L4 Chimera · Knuble 12:27
D1 Wideman · Green 23:32
D2 Hamrlik · Alzner 19:27
D3 Carlson · Orlov 11:38
D4 Schultz 5:07

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF WSH🦅
31 Shots on goal 45
13 Hits 26
25 Blocked shots 14
5 Takeaways 6
9 Giveaways 17
10 Penalty minutes 4
BUF shooting 16.1% (5/31) WSH shooting 2.2% (1/45)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
44/45
.978 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
15/18
.833 SV% · 3 GA · 22:31 TOI
Michal Neuvirth
11/13
.846 SV% · 2 GA · 37:29 TOI

Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located
Cody McCormick · 1st 08:45 · 1–0 Drew Stafford · 1st 18:05 · 2–0 Thomas Vanek · 2nd 02:31 · 3–0 Alexander Semin · 2nd 05:07 · 3–1 Jason Pominville · 2nd 17:32 · 4–1 Drew Stafford · 3rd 09:29 · 5–1
BUF WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 8-1-2 (73% win rate, 11 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 2-6-1 (22% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 4–1
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-4-1 (0% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Sabres lead the season series 3–1
Dec 302011 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 1–3 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
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Who won Sabres vs Capitals on March 27, 2012?

Sabres won 5–1. The final score was Sabres 5, Capitals 1.

Who scored for Sabres?

Drew Stafford (2), Cody McCormick, Jason Pominville, Thomas Vanek.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alexander Semin.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 44 saves on 45 shots (.978 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 15 saves on 18 shots (.833 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 3–1 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 24 🌲MIN @ ⚔️BUF 1–3 AfterMar 30 🐧PIT @ ⚔️BUF 5–3
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 25 🌲MIN @ 🦅WSH 0–3 AfterMar 29 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 3–2
Also on March 27
🌪️CAR 3–0 🍁TOR 🪶CHI 1–2 😈NJD 🏝️NYI 5–3 🐧PIT ⚡TBL 2–5 🐻BOS 🐆FLA 3–2 🇨🇦MTL 🐯NSH 0–3 🎵STL 🗽NYR 3–2 🌲MIN
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