⚔️ Away Sabres 10-14-4
3–5
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 11-15-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚔️ BUF 0213
🦅 WSH 1315

Sabres at Capitals

Capitals beat Sabres 5–3 at Capital One Arena on March 17, 2013.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2012-13 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Marcus Johansson
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 18:57 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Troy Brouwer
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 19:00 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Mathieu Perreault
1 G, 1 A
1 shots · 11:59 TOI

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Go-ahead 1st · 00:19
Assists: Marcus Johansson, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Ryan Miller
0–1
2nd period
⚔️ Cody Hodgson Tying 2nd · 00:12
Assists: Thomas Vanek, Jason Pominville · beat Braden Holtby
1–1
🦅 Troy Brouwer PP Go-ahead 2nd · 05:06
Assists: Mike Ribeiro, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Ryan Miller
1–2
🦅 Jason Chimera 2nd · 09:45
Assists: Troy Brouwer, Mike Ribeiro · beat Ryan Miller
1–3
🦅 Marcus Johansson 2nd · 10:28
Assists: Mathieu Perreault, Joel Ward · beat Ryan Miller
1–4
⚔️ Brian Flynn 2nd · 13:27
Assists: Marcus Foligno, Tyler Ennis · beat Braden Holtby
2–4
3rd period
⚔️ Cody Hodgson PP 3rd · 05:30
Assists: Tyler Ennis, Jason Pominville · beat Braden Holtby
3–4
🦅 Mathieu Perreault 3rd · 15:05
Assists: Joel Ward · beat Ryan Miller
3–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Leino · Ott · Pominville 18:32
L2 Vanek · Hodgson · Ennis 16:06
L3 Foligno · Porter · Stafford 13:19
L4 Flynn · Hecht · Gerbe 9:46
D1 Leopold · Ehrhoff 22:20
D2 Myers · Weber 20:32
D3 Regehr · Pysyk 15:47
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Brouwer 20:11
L2 Johansson · Ribeiro · Fehr 18:47
L3 Chimera · Perreault · Ward 13:33
L4 Beagle · Hendricks · Crabb 8:52
D1 Carlson · Hillen 26:39
D2 Oleksy · Alzner 20:02
D3 Schultz · Poti 10:56

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF WSH🦅
30 Shots on goal 25
1/3 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
17 Hits 15
21 Blocked shots 16
5 Takeaways 9
8 Giveaways 5
10 Penalty minutes 8
BUF shooting 10.0% (3/30) WSH shooting 20.0% (5/25)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Ryan Miller
20/25
.800 SV% · 5 GA · 58:41 TOI
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
27/30
.900 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 1st 00:19 · 0–1 Cody Hodgson · 2nd 00:12 · 1–1 Troy Brouwer · 2nd 05:06 · 1–2 Jason Chimera · 2nd 09:45 · 1–3 Marcus Johansson · 2nd 10:28 · 1–4 Brian Flynn · 2nd 13:27 · 2–4 Cody Hodgson · 3rd 05:30 · 3–4 Mathieu Perreault · 3rd 15:05 · 3–5
BUF WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–1
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-5 (0% win rate, 5 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)
After 2nd — 2–4
Sabres
Sabres — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-6 (0% win rate, 6 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 2–0
Jan 272013 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 2–3 Mar 272012 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 5–1 Dec 302011 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 1–3 Dec 262011 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 2–4 Nov 262011 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 1–5
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Who won Sabres vs Capitals on March 17, 2013?

Capitals won 5–3. The final score was Sabres 3, Capitals 5.

Who scored for Sabres?

Cody Hodgson (2), Brian Flynn.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Jason Chimera, Marcus Johansson, Mathieu Perreault, Troy Brouwer.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Ryan Miller made 20 saves on 25 shots (.800 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 27 saves on 30 shots (.900 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?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeMar 16 🏛️OTT @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 AfterMar 19 ⚔️BUF @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–2
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 16 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 1–4 AfterMar 19 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 1–2
Also on March 17
🐻BOS 1–2 🐧PIT ✈️WPG 1–4 🏛️OTT 🐯NSH 2–3 🛢️EDM
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