- Final0BUF
WSH2
32
3 - Final SOSO1PIT
OTT2
12
1 - Final OTOT2NJ
MTL3
43
4 - Final3PHI
TB1
51
5 - Final OTOT4DET
CHI1
21
2 - Final OTOT5MIN
STL4
54
5 - Final OTOT6NYI
WPG4
54
5 - Final7VAN
SJ1
41
4
Final
Coverage: NHLN
3:00 PM ET, January 27, 2013
Verizon Center, Washington, District of Columbia
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | |
| BUF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| WSH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Points | Goals | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUF | T Vanek 41 | T Vanek 20 | T Ennis 21 |
| WSH | A Ovechkin 56 | A Ovechkin 32 | N Backstrom 40 |
J. Ward (Capitals - RW): Goals: 1, Assists: 1

M. Ribeiro (Capitals - C): Goals: 0, Assists: 2


A. Ovechkin (Capitals - LW): Goals: 1, Assists: 0
Play-by-play data may not reflect changes made after the game has ended.
1st Period Summary | ||
| Time | Team | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Washington | Start of 1st period |
| 0:00 | Buffalo | Cody Hodgson won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in neutral zone |
| 0:07 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Nathan Gerbe saved by Michal Neuvirth(Wristshot 44 ft) |
| 0:15 | Buffalo | Takeaway by Jason Pominville in offensive zone |
| 0:19 | Buffalo | Christian Ehrhoff shot blocked by Karl Alzner |
| 0:29 | Washington | Giveaway by Michal Neuvirth in defensive zone |
| 0:31 | Washington | Giveaway by Mike Green in defensive zone |
| 0:49 | Buffalo | penalty to Steve Ott 2 minutes for Boarding John Carlson |
| 0:49 | Buffalo | Shorthanded - Jochen Hecht won faceoff against Troy Brouwer in defensive zone |
| 1:12 | Washington | Power play - Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Ryan Miller(Snap 45 ft) |
| 1:35 | Washington | Power play - Troy Brouwer credited with hit on Tyler Myers in offensive zone |
| 1:38 | Washington | Power play - Mike Green shot blocked by Jochen Hecht |
| 1:50 | Washington | Power play - Shot on goal by Troy Brouwer saved by Ryan Miller(Tip-In 10 ft) |
| 1:51 | Washington | Power play - Shot on goal by Troy Brouwer saved by Ryan Miller(Wristshot 9 ft) |
| 1:52 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 1:52 | Buffalo | Shorthanded - Cody Hodgson won faceoff against Joel Ward in defensive zone |
| 2:33 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Benches |
| 2:33 | Washington | Power play - Jay Beagle won faceoff against Matt Ellis in neutral zone |
| 2:54 | Buffalo | Giveaway by Alexander Sulzer in defensive zone |
| 2:59 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Drew Stafford saved by Michal Neuvirth(Wristshot 22 ft) |
| 3:10 | Washington | Shot missed by Karl Alzner, Wide of Net(Wristshot 46 ft) |
| 3:17 | Washington | Jay Beagle shot blocked by Andrej Sekera |
| 3:33 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Mikhail Grigorenko saved by Michal Neuvirth(Wristshot 40 ft) |
| 3:39 | Washington | Giveaway by Eric Fehr in defensive zone |
| 3:50 | Washington | Mathieu Perreault shot blocked by Jordan Leopold |
| 3:52 | Buffalo | Marcus Foligno credited with hit on Mathieu Perreault in defensive zone |
| 3:58 | Washington | Jeff Schultz shot blocked by Jochen Hecht |
| 4:29 | Washington | Stoppage - Icing |
| 4:29 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Steve Ott in offensive zone |
| 4:34 | Washington | Shot on goal by Wojtek Wolski saved by Ryan Miller(Wristshot 9 ft) |
| 4:57 | Washington | Troy Brouwer credited with hit on Drew Stafford in defensive zone |
| 5:00 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Robyn Regehr saved by Michal Neuvirth(Wristshot 57 ft) |
| 5:06 | Buffalo | Robyn Regehr shot blocked by Nicklas Backstrom |
| 5:18 | Washington | Takeaway by John Erskine in defensive zone |
| 5:27 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Tyler Ennis saved by Michal Neuvirth(Wristshot 40 ft) |
| 5:27 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 5:27 | Buffalo | Cody Hodgson won faceoff against Matt Hendricks in offensive zone |
| 5:56 | Washington | Shot on goal by Mike Green saved by Ryan Miller(Slapshot 56 ft) |
| 6:22 | Washington | Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Tyler Myers in defensive zone |
| 6:45 | Washington | Giveaway by Mike Ribeiro in defensive zone |
| 6:48 | Buffalo | Shot missed by Jochen Hecht, Over Net(Wristshot 24 ft) |
| 6:59 | Buffalo | John Scott shot blocked by Jeff Schultz |
| 7:09 | Buffalo | Giveaway by Ryan Miller in defensive zone |
| 7:20 | Washington | Shot on goal by Jeff Schultz saved by Ryan Miller(Wristshot 55 ft) |
| 7:41 | Buffalo | Mikhail Grigorenko shot blocked by Joel Ward |
| 7:43 | Washington | Tomas Kundratek credited with hit on Mikhail Grigorenko in defensive zone |
| 7:57 | Washington | Matt Hendricks credited with hit on Alexander Sulzer in offensive zone |
| 8:04 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Drew Stafford saved by Michal Neuvirth(Wristshot 42 ft) |
| 8:18 | Buffalo | Takeaway by Steve Ott in offensive zone |
| 8:22 | Buffalo | Tyler Ennis shot blocked by John Erskine |
| 8:28 | Washington | Matt Hendricks credited with hit on Alexander Sulzer in defensive zone |
| 8:32 | Buffalo | Steve Ott shot blocked by John Carlson |
| 8:59 | Buffalo | Cody Hodgson shot blocked by Mike Green |
| 8:59 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Crowd; TV timeout |
| 8:59 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Cody Hodgson in defensive zone |
| 9:09 | Buffalo | Jordan Leopold credited with hit on Nicklas Backstrom in neutral zone |
| 9:19 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Crowd |
| 9:19 | Washington | Jay Beagle won faceoff against Tyler Ennis in neutral zone |
| 9:30 | Buffalo | Takeaway by Drew Stafford in neutral zone |
| 9:34 | Buffalo | Goal scored by Tyler Ennis(Backhand 16 ft) assisted by Steve Ott and Drew Stafford |
| 9:34 | Buffalo | Tyler Ennis won faceoff against Jay Beagle in neutral zone |
| 10:07 | Washington | Stoppage - Icing |
| 10:07 | Washington | Jay Beagle won faceoff against Mikhail Grigorenko in defensive zone |
| 10:28 | Buffalo | Shot missed by Mikhail Grigorenko, Wide of Net(Slapshot 49 ft) |
| 10:39 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Alexander Sulzer saved by Michal Neuvirth(Snap 59 ft) |
| 10:59 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Alexander Sulzer saved by Michal Neuvirth(Slapshot 52 ft) |
| 11:06 | Washington | Alex Ovechkin credited with hit on Marcus Foligno in defensive zone |
| 11:15 | Buffalo | Mikhail Grigorenko shot blocked by Jeff Schultz |
| 11:48 | Buffalo | Tyler Myers credited with hit on Joel Ward in defensive zone |
| 12:48 | Washington | Takeaway by Matt Hendricks in defensive zone |
| 13:00 | Washington | Stoppage - Icing |
| 13:00 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Steve Ott in defensive zone |
| 13:09 | Washington | Giveaway by Troy Brouwer in defensive zone |
| 13:13 | Buffalo | Shot missed by Drew Stafford, Wide of Net(Wristshot 35 ft) |
| 13:45 | Washington | Shot missed by Nicklas Backstrom, Goalpost(Snap 53 ft) |
| 13:48 | Washington | Shot missed by John Carlson, Wide of Net(Slapshot 46 ft) |
| 14:12 | Buffalo | Takeaway by Marcus Foligno in defensive zone |
| 14:25 | Buffalo | Marcus Foligno credited with hit on Alex Ovechkin in defensive zone |
| 15:07 | Buffalo | Shot on goal by Tyler Myers saved by Michal Neuvirth(Backhand 71 ft) |
| 15:13 | Washington | Stoppage - Icing |
| 15:13 | Washington | Mike Ribeiro won faceoff against Cody Hodgson in defensive zone |
| 16:02 | Washington | Goal scored by Joel Ward(Wristshot 31 ft) assisted by Jason Chimera and Mike Ribeiro |
| 16:02 | Washington | Mathieu Perreault won faceoff against Tyler Ennis in neutral zone |
| 16:29 | Washington | Shot on goal by John Erskine saved by Ryan Miller(Snap 61 ft) |
| 16:34 | Buffalo | Tyler Ennis credited with hit on Mathieu Perreault in defensive zone |
| 16:43 | Washington | Takeaway by John Carlson in offensive zone |
| 17:21 | Washington | Shot on goal by Jeff Schultz saved by Ryan Miller(Slapshot 57 ft) |
| 17:21 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout |
| 17:21 | Buffalo | Cody Hodgson won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone |
| 17:41 | Washington | Shot on goal by Wojtek Wolski saved by Ryan Miller(Snap 45 ft) |
| 17:59 | Washington | Shot on goal by Wojtek Wolski saved by Ryan Miller(Wrap-around 12 ft) |
| 18:22 | Washington | Takeaway by Mike Green in defensive zone |
| 18:46 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Ryan Miller(Wristshot 13 ft) |
| 19:01 | Washington | Giveaway by Jay Beagle in offensive zone |
| 19:06 | Buffalo | Drew Stafford shot blocked by John Erskine |
| 19:06 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Netting; TV timeout |
| 19:06 | Washington | Mike Ribeiro won faceoff against Mikhail Grigorenko in neutral zone |
| 19:13 | Buffalo | Marcus Foligno credited with hit on John Carlson in neutral zone |
| 19:27 | Washington | penalty to John Erskine 2 minutes for Tripping Jochen Hecht |
| 19:27 | Washington | Shorthanded - Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Steve Ott in defensive zone |
| 19:33 | Washington | Shorthanded - Shot on goal by Nicklas Backstrom saved by Ryan Miller(Wristshot 93 ft) |
| 20:00 | Buffalo | Power play - Christian Ehrhoff shot blocked by Joseph Crabb |
| 20:00 | Washington | End of 1st period |




