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Washington Capitals Game Notes Wed, Dec 30, 2015 NHL Game #552 Washington Capitals 27 - 6 - 2 (56 pts) Buffalo Sabres 15 - 17 - 4 (34 pts) Team Game: 36 14 - 3 - 1 (Home) Team Game: 37 8 - 10 - 2 (Home) Home Game: 19 13 - 3 - 1 (Road) Road Game: 17 7 - 7 - 2 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 31 Philipp Grubauer 7 4 2 1 2.30 .914 31 Chad Johnson 23 10 9 2 2.34 .918 70 Braden Holtby 29 23 4 1 1.86 .935 35 Linus Ullmark 15 5 8 2 2.60 .912 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 2 D Matt Niskanen 35 2 11 13 7 12 4 D Josh Gorges 36 1 5 6 -3 44 4 D Taylor Chorney 26 0 4 4 10 13 6 D Mike Weber 19 0 3 3 1 17 8 L Alex Ovechkin 34 18 13 31 16 18 9 L Evander Kane 26 8 5 13 -4 22 9 D Dmitry Orlov 35 3 10 13 8 4 12 R Brian Gionta 33 3 7 10 -5 4 14 R Justin Williams 35 10 13 23 11 8 15 C Jack Eichel 36 11 9 20 -5 6 19 C Nicklas Backstrom 32 10 22 32 11 12 17 C David Legwand 33 2 6 8 -2 8 21 C Brooks Laich 35 1 3 4 -5 8 22 L Johan Larsson 33 1 3 4 -5 6 23 C Zach Sill - - - - - - 23 C Sam Reinhart 36 8 7 15 2 6 25 L Jason Chimera 35 10 10 20 0 8 25 D Carlo Colaiacovo 19 0 4 4 -4 4 27 D Karl Alzner 35 2 7 9 10 12 26 L Matt Moulson 36 4 8 12 1 6 43 R Tom Wilson 35 2 9 11 3 88 28 C Zemgus Girgensons 32 2 3 5 -1 10 46 C Michael Latta 24 3 3 6 -1 31 29 D Jake McCabe 33 3 4 7 -3 10 49 R Stanislav Galiev 7 0 2 2 3 4 44 L Nicolas Deslauriers 35 3 4 7 -7 23 58 D Connor Carrick 1 0 0 0 1 0 46 D Cody Franson 36 3 10 13 -1 16 65 L Andre Burakovsky 32 2 6 8 -3 6 47 D Zach Bogosian 19 1 4 5 -1 6 74 D John Carlson 34 6 21 27 5 12 55 D Rasmus Ristolainen 36 7 17 24 -5 2 77 R T.J. Oshie 35 13 10 23 10 6 63 C Tyler Ennis 22 3 8 11 -9 9 83 R Jay Beagle 35 6 6 12 1 14 82 L Marcus Foligno 30 2 5 7 -4 22 88 D Nate Schmidt 30 1 5 6 6 9 88 L Jamie McGinn 36 8 9 17 0 4 90 L Marcus Johansson 34 7 13 20 9 2 90 C Ryan O'Reilly 36 14 18 32 0 6 92 C Evgeny Kuznetsov 35 11 20 31 17 16 Senior VP and General Manager Brian MacLellan Owner/CEO Terry Pegula Head Coach Barry Trotz President/Alternate Governor Russ Brandon Assistant Coaches Lane Lambert, Todd Reirden, General Manager Tim Murray Blaine Forsythe Head Coach Dan Bylsma Goaltending Coach Mitch Korn Coaching Staff Terry Murray, Dave Barr, Dan Video Coach Brett Leonhardt Lambert, Andrew Allen, Corey Smith Tonight's Officials Referees Jean Hebert (15), TJ Luxmore (21) Linesmen Mike Cvik (88), Tim Nowak (77) Supervisor Video Judge Mike Jukoski Ntl. Anthem Caleb Green Today's Schedule TOR @ PIT : 7:00 BUF @ WSH : 7:00 NJD @ OTT : 7:30 PHI @ SJS : 7:30 NYR @ TBL : 8:00 Washington Capitals: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 2 Matt Niskanen D 6' 0" 200 Dec 6, 1986 Virginia, MN, USA 4 Taylor Chorney D 6' 1" 190 Apr 27, 1987 Thunder Bay, ON, CAN 8 Alex Ovechkin L 6' 3" 239 Sep 17, 1985 Moscow, RUS 9 Dmitry Orlov D 6' 0" 212 Jul 23, 1991 Novokuznetsk, RUS 14 Justin Williams R 6' 1" 186 Oct 4, 1981 Cobourg, ON, CAN 19 Nicklas Backstrom C 6' 1" 213 Nov 23, 1987 Gävle, SWE 21 Brooks Laich C 6' 2" 195 Jun 23, 1983 Wawota, SK, CAN 23 Zach Sill C 6' 0" 202 May 24, 1988 Truro, NS, CAN 25 Jason Chimera L 6' 3" 216 May 2, 1979 Edmonton, AB, CAN 27 Karl Alzner D 6' 2" 214 Sep 24, 1988 Burnaby, BC, CAN 31 Philipp Grubauer G 6' 1" 182 Nov 25, 1991 Rosenheim, DEU 43 Tom Wilson R 6' 4" 215 Mar 29, 1994 Toronto, ON, CAN 46 Michael Latta C 6' 0" 207 May 25, 1991 Kitchener, ON, CAN 49 Stanislav Galiev R 6' 1" 187 Jan 17, 1992 Moscow, RUS 58 Connor Carrick D 5' 11" 185 Apr 13, 1994 Orland Park, IL, USA 65 Andre Burakovsky L 6' 3" 198 Feb 9, 1995 Klagenfurt, AUT 70 Braden Holtby G 6' 2" 217 Sep 16, 1989 Lloydminster, SK, CAN 74 John Carlson D 6' 3" 215 Jan 10, 1990 Natick, MA, USA 77 T.J. Oshie R 5' 11" 189 Dec 23, 1986 Everett, WA, USA 83 Jay Beagle R 6' 3" 210 Oct 16, 1985 Calgary, AB, CAN 88 Nate Schmidt D 6' 0" 191 Jul 16, 1991 St. Cloud, MN, USA 90 Marcus Johansson L 6' 1" 209 Oct 6, 1990 Landskrona, SWE 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov C 6' 0" 192 May 19, 1992 Chelyabinsk, RUS 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 202 Age: 27.0 Injured Reserve List (1 Players) 44 Brooks Orpik D 6' 2" 221 Sep 26, 1980 San Francisco, CA, USA Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks JAY BEAGLE (2 / 2 Games) TOM WILSON (3 / 2 Games) JAY BEAGLE (2-1-3 / 3 Games) TOM WILSON (0-3-3 / 2 Games) Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (22 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 4 Josh Gorges D 6' 1" 203 Aug 14, 1984 Kelowna, BC, CAN 6 Mike Weber D 6' 2" 217 Dec 16, 1987 Pittsburgh, PA, USA 9 Evander Kane L 6' 2" 204 Aug 2, 1991 Vancouver, BC, CAN 12 Brian Gionta R 5' 7" 178 Jan 18, 1979 Rochester, NY, USA 15 Jack Eichel C 6' 2" 201 Oct 28, 1996 North Chelmsford, MA, USA 17 David Legwand C 6' 2" 207 Aug 17, 1980 Detroit, MI, USA 22 Johan Larsson L 5' 11" 200 Jul 25, 1992 Lau, SWE 23 Sam Reinhart C 6' 1" 189 Nov 6, 1995 North Vancouver, BC, CAN 25 Carlo Colaiacovo D 6' 1" 202 Jan 27, 1983 Toronto, ON, CAN 26 Matt Moulson L 6' 1" 212 Nov 1, 1983 North York, ON, CAN 28 Zemgus Girgensons C 6' 1" 203 Jan 5, 1994 Riga, LVA 29 Jake McCabe D 6' 0" 214 Oct 12, 1993 Eau Claire, WI, USA 31 Chad Johnson G 6' 3" 196 Jun 10, 1986 Saskatoon, SK, CAN 35 Linus Ullmark G 6' 4" 212 Jul 31, 1993 Lugnvik, SWE 44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 6' 1" 212 Feb 22, 1991 LaSalle, QC, CAN 46 Cody Franson D 6' 5" 234 Aug 8, 1987 Sicamous, BC, CAN 47 Zach Bogosian D 6' 3" 219 Jul 15, 1990 Massena, NY, USA 55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 6' 4" 207 Oct 27, 1994 Turku, FIN 63 Tyler Ennis C 5' 9" 160 Oct 6, 1989 Edmonton, AB, CAN 82 Marcus Foligno L 6' 3" 226 Aug 10, 1991 Buffalo, NY, USA 88 Jamie McGinn L 6' 1" 205 Aug 5, 1988 Fergus, ON, CAN 90 Ryan O'Reilly C 6' 1" 210 Feb 7, 1991 Clinton, ON, CAN 22 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 205 Age: 26.5 Injured Reserve List (3 Players) 3 Mark Pysyk D 6' 1" 200 Jan 11, 1992 Sherwood Park, AB, CAN 8 Cody McCormick C 6' 2" 228 Apr 18, 1983 London, ON, CAN 40 Robin Lehner G 6' 5" 240 Jul 24, 1991 Gothenburg, SWE Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks No active streaks No active streaks Washington Capitals: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 19 Nicklas Backstrom 32 10 22 32 11 12 2 0 2 56 17.9 19:24 48.55 20 17 L 8 Alex Ovechkin 34 18 13 31 16 18 7 0 3 168 10.7 20:31 0.00 99 14 C 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov 35 11 20 31 17 16 2 0 3 72 15.3 17:34 44.73 38 13 D 74 John Carlson 34 6 21 27 5 12 2 0 3 86 7.0 24:28 0.00 33 75 R 77 T.J. Oshie 35 13 10 23 10 6 4 0 2 88 14.8 19:08 45.63 64 27 R 14 Justin Williams 35 10 13 23 11 8 3 0 1 85 11.8 16:36 70.96 19 17 L 25 Jason Chimera 35 10 10 20 0 8 3 2 1 78 12.8 13:30 21.42 38 5 L 90 Marcus Johansson 34 7 13 20 9 2 3 0 4 59 11.9 17:32 30.00 20 9 D 9 Dmitry Orlov 35 3 10 13 8 4 0 0 2 31 9.7 14:08 0.00 42 18 D 2 Matt Niskanen 35 2 11 13 7 12 1 0 0 58 3.4 23:47 0.00 57 61 R 83 Jay Beagle 35 6 6 12 1 14 0 0 1 41 14.6 14:33 58.07 45 17 R 43 Tom Wilson 35 2 9 11 3 88 0 0 0 30 6.7 12:39 50.00 101 25 D 27 Karl Alzner 35 2 7 9 10 12 0 0 0 30 6.7 20:56 0.00 59 88 L 65 Andre Burakovsky 32 2 6 8 -3 6 0 0 1 35 5.7 11:47 39.13 18 12 C 46 Michael Latta 24 3 3 6 -1 31 0 0 0 17 17.6 08:01 54.14 36 6 D 88 Nate Schmidt 30 1 5 6 6 9 0 0 1 35 2.9 18:25 0.00 33 46 C 21 Brooks Laich 35 1 3 4 -5 8 0 0 1 36 2.8 10:40 35.29 41 10 D 4 Taylor Chorney 26 0 4 4 10 13 0 0 0 15 0.0 13:06 0.00 31 25 D 44 Brooks Orpik 14 1 2 3 -1 18 0 0 0 12 8.3 19:14 0.00 41 27 R 49 Stanislav Galiev 7 0 2 2 3 4 0 0 0 10 0.0 09:27 0.00 4 0 D 58 Connor Carrick 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.0 09:19 0.00 0 0 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 31 Philipp Grubauer 7 392 2.30 4 2 1 0 15 159 .914 0 0 0 70 Braden Holtby 29 1714 1.86 23 4 1 2 53 759 .935 0 0 0 Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 90 Ryan O'Reilly 36 14 18 32 0 6 5 0 2 91 15.4 21:52 58.61 10 21 D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 36 7 17 24 -5 2 4 0 1 90 7.8 24:42 0.00 55 57 C 15 Jack Eichel 36 11 9 20 -5 6 3 0 2 112 9.8 18:56 41.85 29 12 L 88 Jamie McGinn 36 8 9 17 0 4 3 0 1 58 13.8 12:12 100.00 82 6 C 23 Sam Reinhart 36 8 7 15 2 6 2 0 3 70 11.4 15:54 40.47 10 9 L 9 Evander Kane 26 8 5 13 -4 22 1 1 2 93 8.6 20:57 53.19 72 10 D 46 Cody Franson 36 3 10 13 -1 16 0 0 1 65 4.6 18:08 0.00 43 36 L 26 Matt Moulson 36 4 8 12 1 6 1 0 0 61 6.6 14:08 0.00 22 7 C 63 Tyler Ennis 22 3 8 11 -9 9 2 0 0 57 5.3 18:30 100.00 29 8 R 12 Brian Gionta 33 3 7 10 -5 4 0 0 0 59 5.1 18:34 50.00 25 10 C 17 David Legwand 33 2 6 8 -2 8 0 0 0 26 7.7 09:27 46.24 14 7 D 29 Jake McCabe 33 3 4 7 -3 10 0 0 0 24 12.5 18:20 0.00 44 40 L 44 Nicolas Deslauriers 35 3 4 7 -7 23 0 0 0 29 10.3 09:39 0.00 98 9 L 82 Marcus Foligno 30 2 5 7 -4 22 0 0 0 20 10.0 11:40 50.00 66 18 D 4 Josh Gorges 36 1 5 6 -3 44 0 0 0 29 3.4 20:36 0.00 67 87 C 28 Zemgus Girgensons 32 2 3 5 -1 10 1 0 1 55 3.6 15:39 45.41 58 18 D 47 Zach Bogosian 19 1 4 5 -1 6 0 0 0 31 3.2 21:16 0.00 30 25 L 22 Johan Larsson 33 1 3 4 -5 6 0 0 1 37 2.7 13:09 48.71 43 10 D 25 Carlo Colaiacovo 19 0 4 4 -4 4 0 0 0 18 0.0 15:53 0.00 25 26 D 6 Mike Weber 19 0 3 3 1 17 0 0 0 15 0.0 15:54 0.00 37 18 D 3 Mark Pysyk 18 0 1 1 -1 4 0 0 0 14 0.0 16:20 0.00 10 18 # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 31 Chad Johnson 23 1308 2.34 10 9 2 1 51 568 .918 0 1 0 35 Linus Ullmark 15 831 2.60 5 8 2 0 36 372 .912 0 0 0 40 Robin Lehner 1 28 2.14 0 0 0 0 1 11 .917 0 0 0 Buffalo Sabres @ Washington Capitals Team Records Buffalo Sabres Washington Capitals Last game: Monday VS WASHINGTON (2-0 L) Monday AT BUFFALO (2-0 W) Next game: Thursday VS NY ISLANDERS Thursday AT CAROLINA Overall record/streak: 15 - 17 - 4 / Lost 1 27 - 6 - 2 / Win 8 / Undef 8 Home record/streak: 8 - 10