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The Washington Capitals got off to a hot start before stumbling in their last game. The Buffalo Sabres, meanwhile, were disappointing before putting together a dominant performance in their last outing.
The Capitals look to bounce back from their first loss of the season while the Sabres hope to build on a convincing win as the teams meet in Buffalo on Saturday.
Washington (3-1-0) outscored opponents 7-2 to open the season with a three-game win streak. However, the Capitals failed to match the best start in franchise history on Friday when they suffered a 3-1 loss to the New York Rangers.
Washington, which had killed each of its opponents' 12 power-play opportunities before Friday, gave up three power-play goals in the first period. In the first two periods, the Capitals allowed 37 shots and played short-handed on eight different occasions.
thx to: ESPN
The Washington Capitals got off to a hot start before stumbling in their last game. The Buffalo Sabres, meanwhile, were disappointing before putting together a dominant performance in their last outing.
The Capitals look to bounce back from their first loss of the season while the Sabres hope to build on a convincing win as the teams meet in Buffalo on Saturday.
Washington (3-1-0) outscored opponents 7-2 to open the season with a three-game win streak. However, the Capitals failed to match the best start in franchise history on Friday when they suffered a 3-1 loss to the New York Rangers.
Washington, which had killed each of its opponents' 12 power-play opportunities before Friday, gave up three power-play goals in the first period. In the first two periods, the Capitals allowed 37 shots and played short-handed on eight different occasions.
thx to: ESPN
| Regular Season Matchup | |||||||
| W-L-OT | HOME | ROAD | DIV | CONF | |||
| WAS | 3-1-0 | 1-0-0 | 2-1-0 | 2-0-0 | 3-1-0 | ||
| BUF | 1-2-0 | 1-1-0 | 0-1-0 | 0-0-0 | 1-2-0 | ||
| · Complete Standings | |||||||
| Team Stat Comparison | |||||||
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| 8 | Goals | 12 | |||||
| 5 | Goals Against | 9 | |||||
| 3 | Power Play Goals | 4 | |||||
| 3 | Power Play Goals Allowed | 3 | |||||
| 0 | Shorthanded Goals | 1 | |||||
| 0 | Shorthanded Goals Allowed | 0 | |||||
| 44 | Penalty Minutes | 48 | |||||
| 11 | Average Penalty Minutes | 16 | |||||
| Goalie Breakdown | ||||||||
| GOALIE | GP | W | TGA | GAA | SO | SV | SV% | |
| Olaf Kolzig | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1.35 | 1 | 91 | .958 |
| Brent Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 28 | .966 | |
| Ryan Miller | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3.04 | 1 | 69 | .885 |
| Jocelyn Thibault | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| Team Stat Leaders | |||||||
| | ||||||
| G | Viktor Kozlov 2 | Jaroslav Spacek 2 | |||||
| A | Alexander Ovechkin 2 | Brian Campbell 4 | |||||
| PTS | Alexander Ovechkin 4 | Brian Campbell 5 | |||||
| PIM | John Erskine 8 | Paul Gaustad 9 | |||||
| SOG | Alexander Ovechkin 19 | Jason Pominville 12 | |||||
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