Buffalo Sabres Game Notes Sat, Jan 16, 2016 NHL Game #663 Buffalo Sabres 17 - 23 - 4 (38 pts) Washington Capitals 33 - 7 - 3 (69 pts) Team Game: 45 8 - 14 - 2 (Home) Team Game: 44 17 - 3 - 1 (Home) Home Game: 25 9 - 9 - 2 (Road) Road Game: 23 16 - 4 - 2 (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 31 Chad Johnson 26 10 12 2 2.46 .916 31 Philipp Grubauer 9 5 3 1 2.23 .922 40 Robin Lehner 2 0 1 0 2.76 .905 70 Braden Holtby 35 28 4 2 1.90 .933 # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM 3 D Mark Pysyk 18 0 1 1 -1 4 2 D Matt Niskanen 43 2 16 18 14 14 4 D Josh Gorges 44 1 6 7 -4 48 4 D Taylor Chorney 34 0 4 4 13 13 6 D Mike Weber 26 0 4 4 2 30 8 L Alex Ovechkin 42 26 13 39 21 24 9 L Evander Kane 34 8 7 15 -9 28 9 D Dmitry Orlov 43 4 12 16 9 12 12 R Brian Gionta 41 5 10 15 -7 6 10 C Mike Richards - - - - - - 15 C Jack Eichel 44 13 14 27 -13 6 14 R Justin Williams 43 13 15 28 13 10 17 C David Legwand 41 3 6 9 -1 8 19 C Nicklas Backstrom 40 13 28 41 17 16 22 L Johan Larsson 41 1 4 5 -6 13 20 D Ryan Stanton - - - - - - 23 C Sam Reinhart 44 12 7 19 -3 6 21 C Brooks Laich 43 1 4 5 -6 10 25 D Carlo Colaiacovo 20 0 4 4 -6 4 23 C Zach Sill 6 1 0 1 1 0 26 L Matt Moulson 43 4 8 12 -1 6 25 L Jason Chimera 43 12 13 25 4 10 28 C Zemgus Girgensons 40 3 5 8 -4 10 27 D Karl Alzner 43 3 11 14 14 14 29 D Jake McCabe 41 3 5 8 -6 12 43 R Tom Wilson 43 4 11 15 6 102 46 D Cody Franson 44 3 10 13 -4 20 46 C Michael Latta 28 3 3 6 -1 31 47 D Zach Bogosian 27 1 4 5 -12 8 49 R Stanislav Galiev 12 0 2 2 1 4 55 D Rasmus Ristolainen 44 8 20 28 -9 4 55 D Aaron Ness 6 0 2 2 3 0 59 C Tim Schaller 11 0 2 2 2 0 65 L Andre Burakovsky 40 4 10 14 3 6 82 L Marcus Foligno 38 3 6 9 -5 22 77 R T.J. Oshie 43 15 12 27 15 12 84 C Philip Varone - - - - - - 88 D Nate Schmidt 38 2 9 11 13 9 88 L Jamie McGinn 44 9 11 20 -5 4 90 L Marcus Johansson 40 10 16 26 11 8 90 C Ryan O'Reilly 44 17 20 37 -9 6 92 C Evgeny Kuznetsov 43 15 26 41 23 22 Owner/CEO Terry Pegula Senior VP and General Manager Brian MacLellan President/Alternate Governor Russ Brandon Head Coach Barry Trotz General Manager Tim Murray Assistant Coaches Lane Lambert, Todd Reirden, Head Coach Dan Bylsma Blaine Forsythe Coaching Staff Terry Murray, Dave Barr, Dan Goaltending Coach Mitch Korn Lambert, Andrew Allen, Corey Video Coach Brett Leonhardt Smith Tonight's Officials Referees Brad Meier (34), Ian Walsh (29) Linesmen Devin Berg (87), Brad Kovachik (71) Supervisor Video Judge Ntl. Anthem Doug Allen Today's Schedule NJD @ ARI : 12:00 OTT @ LAK : 1:00 NYR @ PHI : 1:00 MTL @ STL : 6:00 TOR @ BOS : 7:00 WSH @ BUF : 7:00 COL @ CBJ : 7:00 MIN @ NSH : 7:00 DAL @ SJS : 7:30 CGY @ EDM : 8:00 Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active (23 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place 3 Mark Pysyk D 6' 1" 200 Jan 11, 1992 Sherwood Park, AB, CAN 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 40 Robin Lehner G 6' 5" 240 Jul 24, 1991 Gothenburg, SWE 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 59 Tim Schaller C 6' 2" 219 Nov 16, 1990 Merrimack, NH, USA 82 Marcus Foligno L 6' 3" 226 Aug 10, 1991 Buffalo, NY, USA 84 Philip Varone C 5' 10" 193 Dec 4, 1990 Vaughan, ON, CAN 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 23 Players Total Avg: 6' 1" 207 Age: 26.5 Injured Reserve List (3 Players) 8 Cody McCormick C 6' 2" 228 Apr 18, 1983 London, ON, CAN 44 Nicolas Deslauriers L 6' 1" 212 Feb 22, 1991 LaSalle, QC, CAN 63 Tyler Ennis C 5' 9" 160 Oct 6, 1989 Edmonton, AB, CAN Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks No active streaks No active streaks No active streaks 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 10 Mike Richards C 5' 11" 196 Feb 11, 1985 Kenora, ON, CAN 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 20 Ryan Stanton D 6' 2" 196 Jul 20, 1989 St. Albert, AB, CAN 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 55 Aaron Ness D 5' 10" 187 May 18, 1990 Roseau, MN, 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 77 T.J. Oshie R 5' 11" 189 Dec 23, 1986 Everett, WA, USA 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" 201 Age: 27.2 Injured Reserve List (3 Players) 44 Brooks Orpik D 6' 2" 221 Sep 26, 1980 San Francisco, CA, USA 74 John Carlson D 6' 3" 215 Jan 10, 1990 Natick, MA, USA 83 Jay Beagle R 6' 3" 210 Oct 16, 1985 Calgary, AB, CAN Goal Streaks Assist Streaks Point Streaks TOM WILSON (2 / 2 Games) ANDRE BURAKOVSKY (4 / 2 Games) KARL ALZNER (1-1-2 / 2 Games) EVGENY KUZNETSOV (2 / 2 Games) EVGENY KUZNETSOV (2-2-4 / 2 Games) JUSTIN WILLIAMS (2-2-4 / 3 Games) ANDRE BURAKOVSKY (0-4-4 / 2 Games) DMITRY ORLOV (1-1-2 / 2 Games) TOM WILSON (2-0-2 / 2 Games) 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 44 17 20 37 -9 6 7 0 2 107 15.9 21:55 57.96 12 24 D 55 Rasmus Ristolainen 44 8 20 28 -9 4 4 0 1 109 7.3 24:45 0.00 68 67 C 15 Jack Eichel 44 13 14 27 -13 6 4 0 2 140 9.3 18:53 42.46 29 15 L 88 Jamie McGinn 44 9 11 20 -5 4 3 0 1 76 11.8 13:12 100.00 93 14 C 23 Sam Reinhart 44 12 7 19 -3 6 4 0 3 88 13.6 16:22 42.22 11 10 L 9 Evander Kane 34 8 7 15 -9 28 1 1 2 126 6.3 21:03 51.85 91 14 R 12 Brian Gionta 41 5 10 15 -7 6 0 0 1 77 6.5 18:02 55.26 27 17 D 46 Cody Franson 44 3 10 13 -4 20 0 0 1 74 4.1 17:35 0.00 50 45 L 26 Matt Moulson 43 4 8 12 -1 6 1 0 0 70 5.7 13:34 0.00 25 8 C 63 Tyler Ennis 23 3 8 11 -9 11 2 0 0 57 5.3 18:04 100.00 30 8 C 17 David Legwand 41 3 6 9 -1 8 0 0 0 36 8.3 09:16 46.48 15 7 L 82 Marcus Foligno 38 3 6 9 -5 22 0 0 1 29 10.3 11:42 50.00 88 21 C 28 Zemgus Girgensons 40 3 5 8 -4 10 1 0 1 72 4.2 15:11 45.58 66 21 D 29 Jake McCabe 41 3 5 8 -6 12 0 0 0 29 10.3 18:38 0.00 60 52 L 44 Nicolas Deslauriers 38 3 4 7 -8 23 0 0 0 33 9.1 09:39 0.00 102 13 D 4 Josh Gorges 44 1 6 7 -4 48 0 0 0 34 2.9 20:18 0.00 78 98 L 22 Johan Larsson 41 1 4 5 -6 13 0 0 1 47 2.1 13:36 49.48 52 16 D 47 Zach Bogosian 27 1 4 5 -12 8 0 0 0 43 2.3 21:42 0.00 50 36 D 6 Mike Weber 26 0 4 4 2 30 0 0 0 19 0.0 15:12 0.00 47 26 D 25 Carlo Colaiacovo 20 0 4 4 -6 4 0 0 0 18 0.0 15:36 0.00 26 27 C 59 Tim Schaller 11 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 12 0.0 08:23 40.74 7 8 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 26 1485 2.46 10 12 2 1 61 667 .916 0 1 0 40 Robin Lehner 2 87 2.76 0 1 0 0 4 38 .905 0 0 0 Washington Capitals: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 92 Evgeny Kuznetsov 43 15 26 41 23 22 3 0 3 99 15.2 17:43 46.10 41 17 C 19 Nicklas Backstrom 40 13 28 41 17 16 2 0 2 69 18.8 19:18 49.73 22 24 L 8 Alex Ovechkin 42 26 13 39 21 24 9 0 5 216 12.0 20:29 0.00 121 15 R 14 Justin Williams 43 13 15 28 13 10 3 0 1 106 12.3 16:48 63.83 21 23 R 77 T.J.