Capitals beat Sabres 4–3 in a shootout | HabsMetrics

Final/SO

WSH · Away

4

BUF · Home

3

Saturday, March 30, 2013 · First Niagara Center

Game analysis

Capitals beat Sabres 4–3 in a shootout

Tied 3–3 after overtime; the Capitals won the shootout.
The Capitals came back from a 2-goal deficit.
B. Holtby stopped 20 of 23 shots (.870) for the win.
The Capitals controlled play, outshooting the Sabres 38–23.
Power play: WSH 1/4, BUF 1/2.
V. Leino led all scorers with 2 goals and 0 assists.

Three stars

1st star
V. Leino
BUF · 2G 0A
2nd star
A. Ovechkin
WSH · 1G 0A
3rd star
J. Enroth
BUF · .921 SV%

Scoring summary

1st

3:01BUFC. EhrhoffAssists: J. Hecht0–1

2nd

1:19BUFV. LeinoAssists: T. Ennis, A. Sekera0–2
2:21WSHA. OvechkinPPAssists: M. Green, B. Laich1–2
10:16BUFV. LeinoPPAssists: M. Foligno, T. Myers1–3

3rd

2:43WSHT. BrouwerSHAssists: B. Holtby2–3
19:20WSHM. GreenAssists: N. Backstrom, T. Brouwer3–3

OT

No scoring

Shootout

0:00WSHM. Hendricks5–3

Team stats

Team stats comparison
WSH	Stat	BUF
38	Shots	23
52.5%	Faceoff %	47.5%
1/4	Power Play	1/2
6	PIM	10
19	Hits	33
10	Blocked	14
3	Giveaways	4
2	Takeaways	13

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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