Capitals 3, SABRES 2, OT Erstes Drittel keine Tore Strafzeiten -- Reekie Was (interference) 1:42, Kruse Buf (roughing) 5:06, Witt Was (cross-checking) 11:22, Hunter Was (roughing)13:56, Varada Buf (obstruction tripping) 16:03. Zweites Drittel 1. Buffalo, Peca 3 (Ward, Varada) 13:04 2. Washington, Tikkanen 3 (Tinordi, Miller) 13:26 Strafzeiten -- Simon Was (cross-checking), Kruse Buf (roughing) 0:39, Tikkanen Was (holding) 3:07, Tinordi Was (goaltender interference) 4:14, Boughner Buf (cross-checking) 7:36, Zhitnik Buf (slashing) 13:39, Tinordi Was (obstruction hooking) 17:43. Drittes Drittel 3. Buffalo, Kruse 1 (Boughner, Primeau) 7:40 4. Washington, Bondra 6 (Nikolishin) 14:01 (pp) Strafzeiten -- Ray Buf (slashing) 3:27, Sanderson Buf (interference) 12:17. Verlängerung 5. Washington, Juneau (Bellows, Oates) 6:24 Strafzeiten -- keine. Torschüsse Washington 10 10 13 5--38 Buffalo 16 15 7 3--41 Torhüter -- Washington: Kölzig (W,12-5); Buffalo: Hasek (L,10-5). Powerplay -- Washington: 1-6; Buffalo: 0-6. Schiedsrichter -- Don Koharski. Assistenten -- Gord Broseker, Brian Murphy. Zuschauer -- 18,595.

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