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Washington 5, Buffalo 8

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play Conversation

	1	2	3	T
WAS(29-41-12)	1	3	1	5
BUF(52-24-6)	4	2	2	8

Final

7:00 PM ET, November 17, 2005

HSBC Arena

Buffalo, New York

THREE STARS

T. Pyatt
Sabres (LW)

Goals: 3
Assists: 0

B. Campbell
Sabres (D )

Goals: 2
Assists: 0

T. Connolly
Sabres (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 2

Game Information
Arena: HSBC Arena Location: Buffalo, New York	Referees: EricFurlatt, BillMcCreary Linesmen: SteveMiller, MarkShewchyk
Attendance: 12,471 (66.7% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Washington

Buffalo

Total Shots
	39
	27

PIM
	53
	28

Hits
	5
	3

Giveaways
	7
	8

Takeaways
	2
	3

Faceoffs Won
	34
	34

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
0:37		Brian Campbell (2) Unassisted	Buffalo 1-0
4:06		Chris Clark (3) Assists: Jamie Heward, Matt Pettinger	Game tied 1-1
14:36		Ales Kotalik (9) (Power Play) Assists: Teppo Numminen, J.P. Dumont	Buffalo 2-1
16:18		Taylor Pyatt (1) Assists: Adam Mair	Buffalo 3-1
19:30		Taylor Pyatt (2) Assists: Adam Mair, Toni Lydman	Buffalo 4-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
5:13		Chris Clark: 2 Minutes for Holding
5:34		Danny Briere: 2 Minutes for Goaltender Interference Brent Johnson
12:51		Steve Eminger: 2 Minutes for Hooking Derek Roy
14:08		Jamie Heward: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game
16:58		Brendan Witt: 2 Minutes for Slashing

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
3:16		Dmitri Kalinin (1) Assists: Jochen Hecht, Tim Connolly	Buffalo 5-1
8:33		Brian Campbell (3) (Power Play) Assists: Danny Briere, Tim Connolly	Buffalo 6-1
11:06		Andrew Cassels (2) Assists: Chris Clark, Alex Ovechkin	Buffalo 6-2
14:17		Brian Sutherby (2) (Shorthanded) Unassisted	Buffalo 6-3
19:05		Alex Ovechkin (15) (Power Play) Assists: Andrew Cassels, Brian Willsie	Buffalo 6-4
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
1:03		Thomas Vanek: 2 Minutes for Tripping Jamie Heward
5:09		Derek Roy: 2 Minutes for Hooking Bryan Muir
7:26		Adam Mair: 5 Minutes for Fighting Matt Bradley
7:26		Matt Bradley: 5 Minutes for Fighting Adam Mair
11:27		Thomas Vanek: 2 Minutes for Slashing
11:27		Tomas Fleischmann: 2 Minutes for Roughing
11:27		Chris Clark: 2 Minutes for Roughing
11:27		Brendan Witt: 10-Minute Game Misconduct
11:27		Brendan Witt: 10 Minutes for Misconduct
11:27		Brendan Witt: 5 Minutes for Fighting
11:27		Brendan Witt: 2-Minute Bench Penalty for Instigating (Served by Tomas Fleischmann)
18:09		Derek Roy: 2 Minutes for High-sticking

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
16:29		Taylor Pyatt (3) Assists: J.P. Dumont, Danny Briere	Buffalo 7-4
16:54		Ben Clymer (3) Assists: Brian Sutherby, Matt Bradley	Buffalo 7-5
18:02		Tim Connolly (5) Unassisted	Buffalo 8-5
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
3:38		Shaone Morrisonn: 5 Minutes for Fighting Paul Gaustad
3:38		Paul Gaustad: 5 Minutes for Fighting Shaone Morrisonn
3:38		Alex Ovechkin: 2 Minutes for Roughing Martin Biron
3:38		Martin Biron: 2 Minutes for Roughing Alex Ovechkin (Served by Henrik Tallinder)
4:59		Brian Sutherby: 2 Minutes for Diving
4:59		J.P. Dumont: 2 Minutes for Hooking
5:47		Chris Drury: 2 Minutes for Roughing Bryan Muir
14:07		Rory Fitzpatrick: 2 Minutes for Hooking

Player Summary

Washington Capitals												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
M. Bradley RW	0	1	-1	0	1	0	1	5	1	0	0	17	12:29	0:11	2:33	9:45	0	0	00.0
A. Cassels C	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	20	15:20	4:13	0:00	11:07	5	8	38.5
C. Clark RW	1	1	2	2	2	1	2	4	0	0	0	18	13:42	0:00	3:25	10:17	0	0	00.0
B. Clymer RW	1	0	-1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	11:01	0:39	0:00	10:22	0	0	00.0
S. Eminger D	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	2	32	21:20	1:25	4:51	15:04	0	0	00.0
T. Fleischmann C	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	13	9:46	2:57	0:00	6:49	0	0	00.0
J. Halpern C	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	24	22:08	4:51	6:14	11:03	16	10	61.5
J. Heward D	0	1	2	3	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	31	24:02	3:49	5:29	14:44	0	0	00.0
J. Klepis C	0	0	-1	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	12:55	4:08	0:00	8:47	0	1	00.0
B. Laich C	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	18	12:27	2:40	2:13	7:34	6	5	54.5
I. Majesky D	0	0	-3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	23	17:41	0:11	5:54	11:36	0	0	00.0
S. Morrisonn D	0	0	-3	2	0	1	1	5	0	0	0	25	18:53	0:11	7:22	11:20	0	0	00.0
B. Muir D	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	21:42	5:48	0:00	15:54	0	0	00.0
A. Ovechkin LW	1	1	-1	7	2	0	1	2	2	1	0	24	21:58	7:23	2:13	12:22	0	0	00.0
M. Pettinger LW	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	10:24	0:00	1:47	8:37	0	1	00.0
B. Sutherby C	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	21	13:21	0:22	3:21	9:38	6	9	40.0
B. Willsie RW	0	1	-2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	16:06	4:22	4:37	7:07	1	0	100.0
B. Witt D	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	31	0	0	0	17	9:13	0:10	1:14	7:49	0	0	00.0
Washington Capitals Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
D Zubrus									Groin
M Biron									Healthy

Buffalo Sabres												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
D. Briere C	0	2	-3	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	22	17:05	7:35	0:26	9:04	6	7	46.2
B. Campbell D	2	0	-1	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	17:56	6:22	0:00	11:34	0	0	00.0
T. Connolly C	1	2	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	3	23	19:44	6:06	3:30	10:08	8	11	42.1
C. Drury C	0	0	-1	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	1	24	18:18	7:04	2:19	8:55	10	6	62.5
J. Dumont RW	0	2	0	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	21	19:02	7:50	0:43	10:29	0	0	00.0
R. Fitzpatrick D	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	19	13:43	1:12	0:39	11:52	0	0	00.0
P. Gaustad C	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	17	11:24	0:23	1:22	9:39	8	7	53.3
M. Grier RW	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	21	14:05	0:10	3:19	10:36	0	0	00.0
J. Hecht C	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	15:08	3:32	3:49	7:47	0	0	00.0
D. Kalinin D	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	22	17:10	0:58	3:16	12:56	0	0	00.0
A. Kotalik RW	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	13:14	3:07	0:00	10:07	0	0	00.0
T. Lydman D	0	1	1	3	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	27	23:04	2:59	5:27	14:38	0	0	00.0
A. Mair C	0	2	3	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	0	15	10:25	0:35	0:00	9:50	1	0	100.0
T. Numminen D	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	19:40	3:57	2:53	12:50	0	0	00.0
T. Pyatt LW	3	0	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	9:46	0:58	0:00	8:48	0	0	00.0
D. Roy C	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	4	0	0	1	20	14:22	4:17	1:18	8:47	1	3	25.0
H. Tallinder D	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	24	19:31	0:30	5:43	13:18	0	0	00.0
T. Vanek LW	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	4	0	0	0	16	13:30	4:05	0:00	9:25	0	0	00.0
Buffalo Sabres Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
M Afinogenov									Right Ankle
A Peters									Healthy

Goaltending Summary

Washington Capitals Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
B. Johnson	27	8	19	.704	60:00	0

Buffalo Sabres Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
M. Biron	39	5	34	.872	59:57	2

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Washington	10	11	18	39
Buffalo	13	11	3	27

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Washington	1 of 0
Buffalo	2 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Thursday, November 17th

Toronto	4	Final
Boston	1

Washington	5	Final
Buffalo	8

NY Rangers	1	Final
Carolina	5

Florida	1	Final
Ottawa	4

NY Islanders	2	Final
Tampa Bay	3

Detroit	5	Final
Edmonton	6	OT

Vancouver	4	Final
Los Angeles	5

ESPN NHL

Washington 5, Buffalo 8

Final

NHL Scores

Thursday, November 17th