Caps Beat Sabres In Tight One
By Rodger M. Wood
The Caps played good defense, rookie centers, Mathieu Perreault and Marcus Johannsen scored goals, and the Capitals beat all star goaltender, Ryan Miller and the Buffalo Sabres away Sunday afternoon 2-1.Both team were scoreless until Perreault, assisted by Matt Hendricks, scored at 6:09 of the second period.Sabres Jason Pomerville evened the score off at 1-1 on a power play goal at the 8:52 mark of the second period.
Midway through the third period, on the Caps 5th power play attempt of the game, one a two man advantage in the first period, Johannsen tipped in a power play goal assisted by Ovie and Perreault to make the score 2-1.Caps Semyon Varlamov and Sabres Ryan Miller were spectacular in the nets, stopping 28/29 and 37/39 shots respectively.Skating hard, checking opponents and playing a strong game at both ends, Ovie resembled the MVP player Caps fans have gotten to know the past five seasons.A good amount of the Caps offensive power, Mike Green and Eric Fehr, were injury scratches.
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