Capitals beat Sabres 5–4 in overtime | HabsMetrics

Final/OT

WSH · Away

5

BUF · Home

4

Tuesday, January 28, 2014 · First Niagara Center

Game analysis

Capitals beat Sabres 5–4 in overtime

M. Green scored the game-winner at 1:00 in overtime.
B. Holtby stopped 23 of 27 shots (.852) for the win.
The Capitals controlled play, outshooting the Sabres 35–27.
Power play: WSH 2/3, BUF 1/2.
A. Ovechkin led all scorers with 2 goals and 2 assists.

Three stars

1st star
M. Green
WSH · 2G 1A
2nd star
A. Ovechkin
WSH · 2G 2A
3rd star
C. Hodgson
BUF · 2G 0A

Scoring summary

1st

3:49WSHA. OvechkinPPAssists: N. Backstrom, T. Brouwer1–0
4:42WSHA. OvechkinAssists: M. Green, M. Johansson2–0
13:45BUFC. EhrhoffAssists: M. Moulson, T. Ennis2–1

2nd

1:41BUFC. HodgsonPPAssists: M. Moulson, T. Ennis2–2
10:09WSHM. GreenAssists: D. Orlov, J. Beagle3–2
11:11BUFP. VaroneAssists: M. Foligno, B. Flynn3–3
16:57WSHT. BrouwerPPAssists: M. Erat, A. Ovechkin4–3

3rd

6:48BUFC. Hodgson4–4

OT

1:00WSHM. GreenAssists: A. Ovechkin, M. Erat5–4

Team stats

Team stats comparison
WSH	Stat	BUF
35	Shots	27
43.8%	Faceoff %	56.3%
2/3	Power Play	1/2
4	PIM	6
10	Hits	22
15	Blocked	10
7	Giveaways	10
2	Takeaways	3

Capitals at Sabres recap: final score, goals, shots, period-by-period stats and key takeaways, from the NHL’s official data.

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