The Buffalo Sabres took the beginning steps to making up for their terrible three game home stand two weeks ago.Drew Stafford, right, scored two goals and had one disallowed as the Sabres trainwrecked Alexander Ovechkin and the Capitals 5-2. The HSBC crowd was in the game early, making sure Ovechkin was booed every time he entered the offensive zone with the puck.
The first goal of the night was scored forty seconds in the second period on a nice backhand on a short angle by playmaker Derek Roy. This was a rebound goal from a rocket shot by Dmitri Kalinin. Olaf Kolzig, the Capitals keeper nicked it with his glove and it went over the net, cracked the glass, and bounced to Derek Roy on the far side who wasted no time converting.
This was Buffalo's first powerplay goal in seven games, dating back to March 2nd against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Eight minutes later, on a takeaway by Danius Zubrus, Clarke MacArthur scored in his big league trip again. Zubrus left a backhanded pass to Adam Mair, who dragged Kolzig to t
he side of the net. He pushed a pass across the ice to MacArthur who fired a shot quickly, seeing Kolzig out of position. Kolzig caught a piece of it, but it dribbled in.At the fifteen minute mark, Brian Pothier, right, let a slapshot go from the point that found it's mark top shelf over Ryan Miller.
It didn't take Buffalo long to answer back- on the powerplay. Chris Drury fed the puck behind the boards to Danius Zubrus, who took one of his former teammates out of the play while sticking the puck to Daniel Briere.
Briere worked around to the front of the net and wristed a nifty shot past Kolzig.
Drew Stafford scored both of his goals in the third period. One of which he turned the Washington defense inside out and put a beautiful shot over the top of Kolzig.
Donald Brashear rounded out the scoring for the night with a rebound conversion over Miller, with ninety-five seconds left in the game.
Season Scenarios
The win lowered all of Buffalo's magic numbers.
-For Buffalo to win the Northeast division, any combination of Buffalo points and opponents squandered points that equals
a) Ottawa Senators- 10
-For Buffalo to win the Eastern Conference, any combination of Buffalo points and opponents squandered points that equals
a) New Jersey Devils- 12
b) Pittsburgh Penguins- 10
c) Ottawa Senators- 10
-For Buffalo to win the President's Trophy, any combination of Buffalo points and opponents squandered points that equals
a) Nashville Predators- 18
b) Detroit Red Wings- 17
c) Anaheim Ducks- 16
d) New Jersey Devils- 12
e) Vancouver Canucks- 12
f) Dallas Stars- 11
g) Pittsburgh Penguins- 10
h) Ottawa Senators- 10
i) San Jose Sharks- 10
j) Minnesota Wild- 8
(Thanks to knucklesandwich on the Buffalo Sabres official forums for some of this)
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