Drury Comes Through in Overtime Against Capitals
Buffalo News
January 30 2006 (Washington, DC) -
Chris Drury scored 11 seconds into the extra frame to lead the Buffalo Sabres past the Washington Capitals 4-3 last night at MCI Center.
Tim Connolly, Thomas Vanek and Daniel Briere also scored for the Sabres. Briere (1g 1a) had a multipoint game for the Sabres. Ales Kotalik recorded an assist on Connolly's goal, giving him 100 career NHL points.
Maxim Kondratiev, Matt Stajan and Eric Fehr replied for the Capitals. Danius Zubrus recorded 2 assists in the loss.
Ryan Miller turned aside 35 of 38 Washington shots in the win while Olaf Kolzig was forced to stop 46 of 50 Sabres shots in a losing effort.
Coach Lindy Ruff was proud of his team's determination.
"The Capitals just kept coming all game", he said. "It would have been easy to fold our tent after Fehr's late tying goal but the guys were ready to rock before the overtime."
"This club doesn't need me to motivate them. They are an easy bunch to coach."
Taylor Pyatt and Jeff Jillson were the scratches for Buffalo on the night.
The Sabres get a five day break in the schedule and won't suit up again until Saturday night, when the Calgary Flames come to town. Game time on Saturday is 7:30pm.
| FINAL | 1
| 2
| 3
| OT/SO
| TOTAL
|
Buffalo
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4
|
Washington
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 3
|
|
| FIRST PERIOD |
| SCORING |
| 1. Buffalo - T. Connolly 18 (A. Kotalik, T. Lydman), 0:41 |
| 2. Washington - M. Kondratiev 2 (D. Zubrus), 9:14 | | |
| 3. Buffalo - T. Vanek 25 (M. Afinogenov, D. Roy), 9:36 | | |
| 4. Washington - M. Stajan 3 (J. Friesen), 14:05 | | |
| SECOND PERIOD |
| SCORING |
| No Scoring | | | | | |
| THIRD PERIOD |
| SCORING |
| 5. Buffalo - D. Briere 27 (J. Hecht), 9:14 | | | |
| 6. Washington - E. Fehr 10 (D. Zubrus, T. Fleischmann), 17:24 | |
| OVERTIME |
| SCORING |
| 7. Buffalo - C. Drury 16 (D. Briere), 0:11 | | | |
|
| GAME INFORMATION |
| SHOTS ON GOAL | 1
| 2
| 3
| OT
| TOTAL
|
Buffalo
| 17
| 16
| 16
| 1
| 50
|
Washington
| 10
| 11
| 17
| 0
| 38
|
| GOALTENDING |
| Buffalo | R. Miller (W: 15-10-2) |
| Washington | O. Kolzig (L: 19-19-9) |
| POWERPLAYS | THREE STARS |
| Buffalo | 0 - 5
| 1. C. Drury (BUF) 1g +2 |
| Washington | 0 - 5
| 2. D. Briere (BUF) 1g 1a +2 |
| ATTENDANCE | 17011
| 3. D. Zubrus (WAS) 2a +1 |