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1 Washington Capitals Game Notes Sun, Jan 7, 0 NHL Game #65 Washington Capitals ( pts) Buffalo Sabres (4 pts) Team Game: 5 Home Game: (Home) (Road) Team Game: 5 Road Game: (Home) (Road) # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% 0 Michal Neuvirth Braden Holtby # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM D Tom Poti D John Erskine L Alex Ovechkin (C) C Mike Ribeiro R Joey Crabb R Eric Fehr L Wojtek Wolski C Nicklas Backstrom (A) R Troy Brouwer C Brooks Laich (A) L Jason Chimera C Matt Hendricks D Karl Alzner D Tomas Kundratek R Joel Ward 4 44 D Roman Hamrlik D Mike Green (A) D Jeff Schultz D John Carlson R Jay Beagle C Mathieu Perreault C Marcus Johansson # Goalie GP W L OT GAA SV% Jhonas Enroth Ryan Miller # P Player GP G A P +/- PIM D Jordan Leopold D Mike Weber C Steve Ott D Christian Ehrhoff C Cody Hodgson R Drew Stafford (A) D Robyn Regehr C Mikhail Grigorenko L Thomas Vanek (A) R Jason Pominville (C) L John Scott D TJ Brennan R Patrick Kaleta L Matt Ellis L Nathan Gerbe D Andrej Sekera D Alexander Sulzer C Jochen Hecht D Tyler Myers C Tyler Ennis L Marcus Foligno Vice President and General Manager Head Coach Assistant Coaches Director of Goaltending & NHL Goaltender Coach George McPhee Adam Oates Tim Hunter, Calle Johansson, Blaine Forsythe Dave Prior Owner President General Manager Head Coach Coaching Staff Terry Pegula Ted Black Darcy Regier Lindy Ruff James Patrick (Assistant), Kevyn Adams (Assistant), Teppo Numminen (Assistant), Jim Corsi (Goaltender) Tonight's Officials Referees Stephen Walkom #4; Ghislain Hebert # Linesmen Brad Kovachik #7; Derek Amell #75 Ntl. Anthem Caleb Green Video Judge John Robinson Today's Schedule WSH : :00 OTT : 5:00 SJS : 5:00 MTL : 6:00 TBL : 6:00 CHI : 6:00 STL : 7:00 WPG : 7:00

2 Washington Capitals: Roster Active (4 Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place Tom Poti D 6' " 90 Mar, 977 Worcester, MA, USA 4 John Erskine D 6' 4" 0 Jun 6, 980 Kingston, ON, CAN 8 Alex Ovechkin L 6' " 0 Sep 7, 985 Moscow, RUS 9 Mike Ribeiro C 6' 0" 77 Feb 0, 980 Montreal, QC, CAN 5 Joey Crabb R 6' " 90 Apr, 98 Anchorage, AK, USA 6 Eric Fehr R 6' 4" Sep 7, 985 Winkler, MB, CAN 7 Wojtek Wolski L 6' " 5 Feb 4, 986 Zabrze, POL 9 Nicklas Backstrom C 6' " Nov, 987 Gavle, SWE 0 Troy Brouwer R 6' " Aug 7, 985 Vancouver, BC, CAN Brooks Laich C 6' " 0 Jun, 98 Wawota, SK, CAN 5 Jason Chimera L 6' " May, 979 Edmonton, AB, CAN 6 Matt Hendricks C 6' 0" Jun 7, 98 Blaine, MN, USA 7 Karl Alzner D 6' " Sep 4, 988 Burnaby, BC, CAN 0 Michal Neuvirth G 6' " 09 Mar, 988 Ústí nad Labem, CZE 6 Tomas Kundratek D 6' " 0 Dec 6, 989 Prerov, CZE 4 Joel Ward R 6' " 6 Dec, 980 North York, ON, CAN 44 Roman Hamrlik D 6' " 06 Apr, 974 Zlin, CZE 5 Mike Green D 6' " 07 Oct, 985 Calgary, AB, CAN 55 Jeff Schultz D 6' 6" 0 Feb 5, 986 Calgary, AB, CAN 70 Braden Holtby G 6' " 0 Sep 6, 989 Lloydminster, SK, CAN 74 John Carlson D 6' " Jan 0, 990 Natick, MA, USA 8 Jay Beagle R 6' " 5 Oct 6, 985 Calgary, AB, CAN 85 Mathieu Perreault C 5' 0" 85 Jan 5, 988 Drummondville, QC, CAN 90 Marcus Johansson C 6' " 05 Oct 6, 990 Landskrona, SWE 4 Players Total Avg: 6' " 08 Age: 8. Injured Reserve List ( Players) 8 Jack Hillen D 5' 0" 90 Jan 4, 986 Minnetonka, MN, USA Goal Streaks No active streaks Assist Streaks No active streaks Point Streaks No active streaks Buffalo Sabres: Roster Active ( Players) # Name Pos Ht. Wt. Born Birth Place Jhonas Enroth G 5' 0" 66 Jun 5, 988 Stockholm, SWE Jordan Leopold D 6' " 06 Aug, 980 Golden Valley, MN, USA 6 Mike Weber D 6' " Dec 6, 987 Pittsburgh, PA, USA 9 Steve Ott C 6' 0" 90 Aug 9, 98 Summerside, PE, CAN 0 Christian Ehrhoff D 6' " 0 Jul 6, 98 Moers, DEU 9 Cody Hodgson C 6' 0" 94 Feb 8, 990 Toronto, ON, CAN Drew Stafford R 6' " 4 Oct 0, 985 Milwaukee, WI, USA 4 Robyn Regehr D 6' " 5 Apr 9, 980 Recife, BRA 5 Mikhail Grigorenko C 6' " 00 May 6, 994 Khabarovsk, RUS 6 Thomas Vanek L 6' " 05 Jan 9, 984 Vienna, AUT 9 Jason Pominville R 6' 0" 85 Nov 0, 98 Repentigny, QC, CAN 0 Ryan Miller G 6' " 75 Jul 7, 980 East Lansing, MI, USA John Scott L 6' 8" 70 Sep 6, 98 Edmonton, AB, CAN TJ Brennan D 6' " Apr, 989 Willingboro, NJ, USA 6 Patrick Kaleta R 6' " 06 Jun 8, 986 Buffalo, NY, USA 7 Matt Ellis L 6' 0" Aug, 98 Welland, ON, CAN 4 Nathan Gerbe L 5' 5" 78 Jul 4, 987 Oxford, MI, USA 44 Andrej Sekera D 6' 0" 0 Jun 8, 986 Bojnice, SVK 5 Alexander Sulzer D 6' " 04 May 0, 984 Kaufbeuren, DEU 55 Jochen Hecht C 6' " 98 Jun, 977 Mannheim, DEU 57 Tyler Myers D 6' 8" 7 Feb, 990 Houston, TX, USA 6 Tyler Ennis C 5' 9" 57 Oct 6, 989 Edmonton, AB, CAN 8 Marcus Foligno L 6' " 6 Aug 0, 99 Buffalo, NY, USA Players Total Avg: 6' " 0 Age: 7.5 Injured Reserve List ( Players) 8 Cody McCormick C 6' " Apr 8, 98 London, ON, CAN Goal Streaks No active streaks Assist Streaks CHRISTIAN EHRHOFF ( / Games) Point Streaks THOMAS VANEK (-6-9 / 4 Games) JASON POMINVILLE (-5-8 / 4 Games) CHRISTIAN EHRHOFF (0-- / Games)

3 Washington Capitals: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks C 9 Mike Ribeiro :8. 0 R 4 Joel Ward : D 5 Mike Green : C 9 Nicklas Backstrom : L 5 Jason Chimera : R 5 Joey Crabb : C 6 Matt Hendricks : L 7 Wojtek Wolski : R 0 Troy Brouwer : D 44 Roman Hamrlik : L 8 Alex Ovechkin : D 74 John Carlson : D Tom Poti :5 0.0 R 8 Jay Beagle : D 8 Jack Hillen : D 6 Tomas Kundratek : D 7 Karl Alzner : C 85 Mathieu Perreault : D 55 Jeff Schultz : R 6 Eric Fehr :0 0.0 D 4 John Erskine :0 0.0 C 90 Marcus Johansson : # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 0 Michal Neuvirth Braden Holtby Buffalo Sabres: Season Statistics Pos # Player GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S % TOI/g FO% Hits Blks L 6 Thomas Vanek : R 9 Jason Pominville : C 9 Cody Hodgson : D 0 Christian Ehrhoff : D 57 Tyler Myers : C 9 Steve Ott : D 44 Andrej Sekera : C 6 Tyler Ennis :0 8.6 D 5 Alexander Sulzer : R Drew Stafford : D Jordan Leopold : D 4 Robyn Regehr : L 8 Marcus Foligno : L John Scott :0 0.0 L 4 Nathan Gerbe : R 6 Patrick Kaleta :9 0.0 C 55 Jochen Hecht :45.7 L 7 Matt Ellis : C 5 Mikhail Grigorenko : # Player GP Min GAA W L OT SO GA SVS SV% G A PIM 0 Ryan Miller Jhonas Enroth

4 Buffalo Washington Capitals Team Records Buffalo Sabres Washington Capitals Last game: Friday VS CAROLINA (- L) Friday AT NEW JERSEY (- O) Next game: Sunday AT WASHINGTON Sunday VS BUFFALO Overall record/streak: / Lost / OTL Home record/streak: / Lost / Lost Road record/streak: / Lost / OTL Last 5 Games: Last 0 Games: Goal Games: Goal Games Goal Games Scoring first Opponent scoring first Leading after period Trailing after period Tied after period Leading after periods Trailing after periods Tied after periods OT Record - This Season: OT Record - Franchise: Shootout Record - This Season: Shootout Record - Franchise: Outshooting opponent: Outshot by opponent: Even shots: vs. Northeast: vs. Atlantic: vs. Southeast: vs. EASTERN CONFERENCE: vs. Central: vs. Pacific: vs. Northwest: vs. WESTERN CONFERENCE: Month by Month Record Buffalo Sabres Washington Capitals W-L-OT Points W-L-OT Points October: November: December: January: February: March: April: Totals:

5 Buffalo Washington Capitals Situations Goals by Period OT T Avg Buffalo Sabres: (.8 avg.) Opponents: (.0 avg.) Washington Capitals: (.0 avg.) Opponents: ( 4. avg.) Shots by Period OT T Avg Buffalo Sabres: (.8 avg.) Opponents: (6.0 avg.) Washington Capitals: (0.8 avg.) Opponents: (.5 avg.) Power Play Buffalo Sabres Washington Capitals G Att % G Att % Overall: 4 9. (6th NHL) (T-st NHL) Home: (4th NHL) 8.5 (T-nd NHL) Road: (T-5th NHL) 6.7 (7th NHL) SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-5th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS ALLOWED (T-st NHL) Penalty Killing Buffalo Sabres Washington Capitals G Att % G Att % Overall: (T-th NHL) (6th NHL) Home: (T-st NHL) (5th NHL) Road: 90.9 (8th NHL) (T-nd NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-7th NHL) 0 SHORT HANDED GOALS SCORED (T-7th NHL) Penalties Buffalo Sabres Washington Capitals GP Min Avg./Rank GP Min Avg./Rank (6th NHL) (0th NHL) Goal Situations Buffalo Sabres Washington Capitals For Against For Against 5 on 5: on 4: on : on 4: 0 4 on : on : on 4: on 5: on 5: Empty Net: 0 0 Penalty Shots: Total: 8 7

6 Buffalo Washington Capitals Situations Individual Leaders Buffalo Sabres Washington Capitals Points: T. VANEK (9),J. POMINVILLE (8),C. HODGSON () M. RIBEIRO (4),J. WARD (),M. GREEN () Goals: J. POMINVILLE (),T. VANEK (),C. HODGSON () J. WARD (),M. RIBEIRO (),M. HENDRICKS () Assists: T. VANEK (6),J. POMINVILLE (5),C. EHRHOFF () M. RIBEIRO (),J. CHIMERA (),N. BACKSTROM () PP Goals: T. VANEK (),S. OTT (),T. MYERS () M. RIBEIRO (),J. WARD (),T. BROUWER () SH Goals: GW Goals: J. POMINVILLE (),T. MYERS () + Goals: PIM: P. KALETA (8),S. OTT (),M. FOLIGNO () M. HENDRICKS (9),M. RIBEIRO (4),T. BROUWER (6) Shots: T. VANEK (0),C. HODGSON (8),J. POMINVILLE (5) A. OVECHKIN (),W. WOLSKI (),M. GREEN () +/-: A. SULZER (+),C. HODGSON (+),R. REGEHR (+) J. WARD (+),J. CHIMERA (+),M. RIBEIRO (+) Shootout Buffalo Sabres Washington Capitals Shooter G/S % GDG Shooter G/S % GDG Goaltender Rec. G/S % Goaltender Rec. G/S % Power Play Buffalo Sabres Player G A P Thomas Vanek 4 Jason Pominville 0 Steve Ott 0 Tyler Myers 0 Christian Ehrhoff 0 Drew Stafford 0 Tyler Ennis 0 Washington Capitals Player G A P Mike Ribeiro Joel Ward Troy Brouwer 0 Tom Poti 0 Mike Green 0 Nicklas Backstrom 0 Short Handed Buffalo Sabres Washington Capitals Player G A P Player G A P

7 Washington Capitals: Media Notes New Jersey Washington OT * January 5, 0 * Prudential Center Caps Goals: Ribeiro (PP), Green Shots: WSH 8, NJ 5 Power Plays: WSH -8, NJ -6 Three Stars: -Kovalchuk (NJ), -Green (WSH), -Josefson (NJ) RECENT TRANSACTIONS Jan. Recalled Tomas Kundratek from Hershey INJURIES/ILLNESSES F Brooks Laich, missed 4 games (/9-5) D Jack Hillen, missed games (/-5) Total Man-Games Lost: 7 TONIGHT S GAME The Washington Capitals return to Verizon Center to host the Buffalo Sabres in the first afternoon game of the season for Washington. The Capitals earned their first point of the 0- season on Friday, erasing a -0 deficit in the third period before falling in overtime to New Jersey, -. Mike Ribeiro scored his first goal as a Capital and Mike Green tied the game with his first goal of the season. Michal Neuvirth made saves for Washington. The Capitals enter play today with a record of 0-- while Buffalo is --0 on the season. The Sabres dropped a - contest on Friday to the Carolina Hurricanes. UPCOMING GAMES Date Opponent Time (ET) TV Jan. 7 vs. Buffalo p.m. CSN, NHLN-US Jan. 9 at Ottawa 7:0 p.m. CSN Jan. at Toronto 7 p.m. CSN Feb. vs. Philadelphia 7 p.m. CSN, RDS Feb. vs. Pittsburgh :0 p.m. NBC, TSN Radio: Caps games can be heard on WJFK 06.7 FM, WFED 500 AM and the Caps Radio Network Audio: WashingtonCaps.com, Caps Mobile App MEDIA RESOURCES The 0- Washington Capitals media guide is available for download by following this link: 0- Washington Capitals media guide Free wireless internet is available in the Verizon Center press box and Event Level press room. Please reference the bulletin boards in those locations or the nametag at your press box seat for login information. NOTE OF THE NIGHT Late strikes The Capitals have scored four of their eight goals this season in the third period and currently rank tied for th in the league in third-period scoring (as of Saturday). The Capitals have scored a third-period goal in three consecutive games and four different Capitals have tallied goals in the third period. TOP FIVE CAPS FACTS The tip of the sword Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom have combined for 47 points in 46 career games against the Sabres. Ovechkin has tallied 7 goals and assists in 7 games, including three goals in 0-, while Backstrom has collected eight goals and 0 assists in 9 games against Buffalo. Besting Buffalo Joey Crabb and Jason Chimera have each posted nearly a point-per-game against Buffalo in their careers. Crabb has registered nine points (three goals, six assists) in 0 career games against the Sabres with seven of those points coming last season. Crabb has tallied more points against Buffalo than any other team in his career. Chimera has recorded points (two goals, nine assists) in career games against the Sabres. A rich history Roman Hamrlik has scored more points against Buffalo in his career than any other Capital, collecting points (six goals, 5 assists) in 69 career contests against the Sabres. His points mark the third-most points he has scored against any team in his NHL career.

8 Early returns Four players selected in the first round of the 008 NHL Entry Draft are scheduled to suit up today. John Carlson (7th overall) has tallied 76 points (7 goals, 59 assists) in 90 career NHL games with Washington and currently ranks th in points in his draft class (as of Saturday). Cody Hodgson (0th overall), Tyler Myers (th overall) and Tyler Ennis (6th overall) were all selected in the first round in 008. Afternoon games The Capitals went 5-- last season in games beginning before 6 p.m. and --0 at Verizon Center. SERIES NOTES * Washington trails, entering the 4st meeting (-7-9- at home). * This is the first of three meetings between these two clubs this season. * Last year, the Capitals went --0. Home: /7 WSH vs. BUF 5 /0 WSH vs. BUF Road: /6 WSH at BUF 4 /6 WSH at BUF 5 MORE CAPITALS NOTES All about Ovi * Alex Ovechkin finished the 0- season ranked fifth in the NHL with 8 goals. * Alex Ovechkin has scored the most goals (9) and points (680) in the NHL since the season. * Alex Ovechkin scored his 0th goal of the season on March 8, 0, in Chicago and became the ninth player in NHL history to score 0 or more goals in his first seven seasons in the league. He also became just the third player in the league to have scored 0 or more goals every season since (Ovechkin s rookie season). * Alex Ovechkin s overtime goal against the Lightning on March 8, 0, was the th of his NHL career. Since his rookie season (005-06), Ovechkin has scored more overtime goals than any other NHL player. * Alex Ovechkin s 9 goals in his first seven seasons are the seventh-most in NHL history. * Alex Ovechkin registered 0 shots on net last season, tied for the fifth-highest total in the NHL. Since entering the league in , Ovechkin has tallied 00 or more shots each season to become the only active player in the NHL to have accomplished such feat in each of the last seven seasons. * Alex Ovechkin was the only player in the league to score 0 or more goals (8) and also dish out 00 or more hits (5) in 0-. Roman Empire Roman Hamrlik currently leads all active NHL players in career games played, having appeared in,8 games dating back to the 99-9 season, and ranks third in goals, assists and points among active NHL defensemen. Familiar faces Adam Oates played in 87 games with Washington and becomes the fourth head coach to have also played for the Capitals during his career. Dale Hunter appeared in 87 games for the Capitals from Roger Crozier, head coach for one game during the 98-8 season, played in three games for the Caps in while Terry Murray, head coach for 5 games from , appeared in 74 games with Washington during the 98-8 season. Back in D.C. Both Capitals assistant coaches returned to the franchise after previous stints in Washington. Calle Johansson was a defenseman for the Capitals and holds the record for the most games played as a Capital, appearing in 98 games from Tim Hunter is back for his second stint as an assistant coach in D.C. Hunter has coached,04 games in an assistant role during his -season NHL coaching career, including five years behind the Washington bench (997-00). Back in the saddle Defenseman Tom Poti appeared in his first NHL game in over two seasons on Jan. 9 at Tampa Bay and recorded his first assist since Dec., 00, vs. New Jersey. Prior to Saturday, Poti s last NHL game came with the Capitals on Jan., 0, also at Tampa Bay. Fehr returns Eric Fehr made his season debut on Jan. 5 at New Jersey, suiting up for Washington for the first time since April 9, 0, at Florida. A new start For the first time since the 00-0 season and just the fourth time in franchise history (978-79, and 00-0), the Capitals opened a season with a new head coach. Adam Oates made his NHL head coaching debut on Jan. 9 in Tampa Bay after becoming the 6th head coach in franchise history this off-season. A veteran squad Washington did not have a rookie on the opening-night roster for the second-consecutive season. The last time the Capitals opened a season with a rookie on the roster was in 00-. The Caps had three first-year players take the ice to start that season (John Carlson, Marcus Johansson and Michal Neuvirth). Recently recalled defenseman Tomas Kundratek is the only rookie to have suited up for the Capitals this season.

9 A first time for everything Mike Ribeiro, Wojtek Wolski and Jack Hillen all made their Capitals debuts on Jan. 9 in Tampa Bay. Ribeiro recorded his first two assists as a Capital while Wolski tallied his first goal with Washington. Joel Ward notched his first multigoal performance with Washington, scoring the Capitals first two goals of the season. Joey Crabb made his Capitals debut on Jan. vs. Winnipeg. UPCOMING CAREER MILESTONES Tomas Kundratek s next goal, assist or point will be the first of his NHL career Wojtek Wolski is four goals away from 00 career NHL goals (96) Mike Ribeiro is 0 assists away from 400 career NHL assists (90) John Carlson is 0 games away from 00 career NHL games (90) HOW THE CAPS WERE BUILT Draft (): Alzner, Backstrom, Carlson, Fehr, Green, Holtby, Johansson, Neuvirth, Ovechkin, Perreault, Schultz Free agency (9): Beagle, Crabb, Erskine, Hamrlik, Hendricks, Hillen, Poti, Ward, Wolski Trade (5): Brouwer, Chimera, Kundratek, Laich, Ribeiro

10 Washington Capitals: Game By Game Summary * = Overtime, ** = Shootout, + = Sellout # Date Team W-L-OT Record GF-GA Scorers W Goal PP PK SF-SA W-L Gltdr. Attend. Tampa Bay Lightning L p,4, / //0 Winnipeg Jets L ,0p / /4/0 Montréal Canadiens L / New Jersey Devils O* p, / /7/0 Buffalo Sabres 6 Ottawa Senators 7 Toronto Maple Leafs 8 0/0/0 Philadelphia Flyers 9 0/0/0 Pittsburgh Penguins 0 0/05/0 Toronto Maple Leafs Pittsburgh Penguins 0/09/0 Florida Panthers Florida Panthers 4 Tampa Bay Lightning 5 New York Rangers 6 0//0 New Jersey Devils 7 0//0 New Jersey Devils 8 0/6/0 Carolina Hurricanes 9 Philadelphia Flyers 0 Winnipeg Jets 0/05/0 Boston Bruins 0/07/0 Florida Panthers New York Islanders 4 0/0/0 New York Rangers 5 0//0 Carolina Hurricanes 6 Carolina Hurricanes 7 Boston Bruins 8 0/7/0 Buffalo Sabres 9 Pittsburgh Penguins 0 Winnipeg Jets Winnipeg Jets New York Rangers 0/6/0 New York Islanders 4 Buffalo Sabres 5 Philadelphia Flyers 6 Carolina Hurricanes 7 04/04/0 New York Islanders 8 Florida Panthers 9 04/07/0 Tampa Bay Lightning 40 Montréal Canadiens 4 04//0 Carolina Hurricanes 4 04//0 Tampa Bay Lightning 4 04/6/0 Toronto Maple Leafs 44 Ottawa Senators 45 Montréal Canadiens 46 04//0 Winnipeg Jets 47 04/5/0 Ottawa Senators 48 04/7/0 Boston Bruins

11 Washington Capitals: Player Game By Game Summary Skaters: Goals-Assists (Game Winning or Game Tying), Shots / (+/-), TOI Goalies: Goals Allowed/Shots, Decision, Minutes Played Date Opp. POTI # ERSKINE #4 OVECHKIN #8 Jan T.B 0- /- :0 DND 0-0 4/0 :5 0- / 8: DND DND -0 / 4:4 Jan Vs WPG 0-0 0/- : DND 0-4/0 :59 0- /0 : 0-0 /0 6:00 DND 0-0 5/- 6:0 Jan 4 Vs MTL 0-0 / 5:49 DND 0-0 /- : /0 6:0-0 /0 : DND 0-0 /- 8:8 Jan N.J DND 0-0 /- 7:0 0-0 /0 :9-0 /0 4: /0 :8 0-0 /0 9:0 0-0 /- 4:4 RIBEIRO #9 CRABB #5 FEHR #6 WOLSKI #7 Date Opp. BACKSTROM #9 BROUWER #0 CHIMERA #5 HENDRICKS #6 ALZNER #7 KUNDRATEK #6 Jan T.B 0-0 /- 9: /- :0 0- /0 : 0-0 /- :0 0-0 /0 : MIN 0-0 0/- :9 Jan Vs WPG 0- /- :7-0 /- 0:0 0-0 /0 4:04-0 / 9: /0 9: /0 :00 INJ Jan 4 Vs MTL 0-0 /- 8:0 0-0 /0 6:6 0- / : 0-0 /- :4 0-0 /- 7: 0-0 /0 :09 INJ Jan N.J 0-0 / :4 0-0 /- :5 0-0 /0 : /0 : / : /- :6 INJ HILLEN #8 Date Opp. WARD #4 HAMRLIK #44 GREEN #5 SCHULTZ #55 CARLSON #74 BEAGLE #8 PERREAULT #85 Jan T.B -0 5/ :7 0-0/0 :6 0-0 /- 6: /0 9:5 0- / 5:0 0-0 /0 5: /- :5 Jan Vs WPG 0-0 /0 : /- : /0 7:5 DND 0-0 4/0 0: /0 5: /0 4:58 Jan 4 Vs MTL 0-0 /0 : /0 9: /0 5:44 DND 0-0 /- 9:8 0- / 4:5 0-0 /- :5 Jan N.J 0- / 5:9 DND - 4/ : /0 9: /- 5: 0-0 0/0 4:9 DND Date Opp. JOHANSSON #90 NEUVIRTH #0 HOLTBY #70 Jan T.B 0-0 /- 7:5 DNP 6/4L 60 Jan Vs WPG 0-0 0/- 0:0 DNP 4/9L 59 Jan 4 Vs MTL 0-0 /0 :58 4/L 60 DNP Jan N.J 0-0 0/- 6:5 /5O 65 DNP

12 Washington Capitals: Head Coach and Player Bios Head Coach: Adam Oates - Made his NHL head coaching debut on Jan. 9 at Tampa Bay - Became the 6th head coach in Washington Capitals history on June 6, 0 - Spent three seasons as an assistant coach with Tampa Bay (009-0) and New Jersey (00-) - Played 9 seasons in the NHL from , appearing in,7 games and collecting,40 points (4 goals,,079 assists) with Detroit, St. Louis, Boston, Washington, Philadelphia, Anaheim and Edmonton - Named to the Hockey Hall of Fame on June 6, 0, the same day he was named Washington s head coach, becoming the sixth former Capital to be named to the Hall of Fame - In NHL history only Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr and Mario Lemieux averaged more assists per-game than Oates - During the 990 s only Gretzky (66) recorded more assists than Oates (66) - Ranks sixth all-time in assists and 6th all-time in points in NHL history - Played 87 games for the Capitals from , compiling 6 points (7 goals, 90 assists) - Retired from the NHL on April, 004 #0: Michal Neuvirth (G) 6' ", 09 lbs. / Mar, 988 (4 years and 0 months) Drafted: Capitals' second-round choice, 4th overall, in the 006 Entry Draft rd NHL / rd WSH Season Last Win: MAR, 0 vs MONTREAL (4) Last SO: MAR, 0 vs TORONTO (0) Career Shootouts: 5/8 (.658), 6-5 GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves 5 /5 vs. NJD /5 vs. NJD 0- - Stopped of 5 shots on /5 at NJ Career - Currently ranks rd in wins (5) all-time in Capitals history among goalies originally drafted by the team (Kolzig, 0; Carey, 70) 0- - Recorded st career assist on /8 at CHI - Played his 00th career NHL game on /, a shutout win against TOR #70: Braden Holtby (G) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Sep 6, 989 ( years and 4 months) Drafted: Capitals' fourth-round choice, 9rd overall, in the 008 Entry Draft nd NHL / nd WSH Season Last Win: APR 7, NY RANGERS () Last SO: MAR 5, 0 vs MINNESOTA (5) Career Shootouts: 6/ (.545), - GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV% Season Career Career vs. Opp Season Highs: Shots Saves 9 5 / vs. WPG / vs. WPG record with a.4 GAA and a.9 SV% in 5 games with Hershey 0- - Finished 5th in the NHL in postseason wins, rd in GAA and SV% and 5th in playoff minutes (9) and saves (49) - Became just the third goaltender to own a.90 SV% and.00 GAA or better (in a minimum of games played) in the playoffs at age or younger (Martin - Brodeur and Patrick Roy) - Went all 4 postseason games without suffering back-to-back losses - Set a Capitals rookie record with 4 playoff games and tied a rookie record with seven wins in a single postseason - Became the third rookie goaltender to defeat the defending Stanley Cup champions in a playoff series (Montreal s Ken Dryden and Calgary s Mike Vernon), defeating Boston in seven games in the ECQF - Became the seventh rookie goaltender to post an overtime win in Game 7 of a playoff series and the first since Buffalo s Steve Shields defeated Ottawa in with a.6 GAA and a.906 SV% in 40 games with Hershey

13 #: Tom Poti (D) 6' ", 90 lbs. / Mar, 977 (5 years and 0 months) POH-tee Drafted: Edmonton's third-round choice, 59th overall, in the 996 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July, 007 4th NHL / 6th WSH Season Last Goal: NOV 6, 00 vs TAMPA BAY (7) Last Assist: JAN 9, TAMPA BAY () Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : + /9 vs. TBL /9 vs. TBL / vs. WPG x / vs. WPG /4 vs. MTL 0- - On /9 at TB appeared in his first NHL game since // at TB and recorded an assist 0- - Missed the entire season due to injury #4: John Erskine (D) 6' 4", 0 lbs. / Jun 6, 980 ( years and 7 months) UHR-skin Drafted: Dallas' second-round choice, 9th overall, in the 998 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, Sept. 4, 006 th NHL / 7th WSH Season Last Goal: APR 5, TORONTO () Last Assist: NOV, NEW JERSEY (4) Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :0 - /5 vs. NJD /5 vs. NJD /5 vs. NJD 0- - Made season debut on /5 at NJ 0- - Played in his 400th NHL game and skated 8: on /8 vs. DAL (the team he was originally drafted by) - Missed the last seven games (/5-4/7) due to injury - Missed nine games (0/8-0/9) due to injury #8: Alex Ovechkin (L) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Sep 7, 985 (7 years and 4 months) oh-vehch-kihn Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, first overall, in the 004 Entry Draft 8th NHL / 8th WSH Season Last Goal: APR 7, NY RANGERS (4) Last Assist: JAN, 0 vs WINNIPEG () Career Shootouts: 0/65 (%), 7 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : / vs. WPG / vs. WPG x / vs. WPG x / vs. WPG 0- - Tallied his first assist of the season and led all WSH forwards in ice time (:59) with 4 shots and 4 hits on / vs. WPG... Led all WSH forwards in ice time (:5) and fired 4 shots on /9 at TB Career - Only six players scored more goals in their first seven seasons than Ovechkin (9); there are only players with more points in their first seven seasons - Already ranks third in career goal scoring and in points for the Caps - Holds the Capitals record for career overtime goals () - Became the 9th player in NHL history to score 0 or more goals in his first 7 seasons in the league; Also became just the rd player in the league to have scored 0 or more goals every season since Led WSH in goals and points - Led WSH, T-5th in the NHL in shots on goal (0); Finished 5th in the league in goals - Led the Capitals in goals, shots and points during the postseason and was t-rd in assists

14 #9: Mike Ribeiro (C) 6' 0", 77 lbs. / Feb 0, 980 ( years and months) Drafted: Montrealâs second-round choice, 45th overall, in the 998 Entry Draft Acquired: From Dallas in exchange for Cody Eakin and Washingtonâs second-round choice in the 0 NHL Draft th NHL / st WSH Season Last Goal: JAN 5, NEW JERSEY Last Assist: JAN, 0 vs WINNIPEG () Career Shootouts: /55 (8%), 7 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : + /5 vs. NJD /9 vs. TBL /9 vs. TBL / vs. WPG / vs. WPG x x /9 vs. TBL 0- - Scored his first goal with WSH on /5 at NJ... Recorded an assist and skated : on / vs. WPG... Made WSH debut on /9 at TB and tallied assists Career - One of active players in the NHL who has had eight-consecutive 50-point seasons 0- - Finished ranked rd on DAL in points - T-st on the team with 45 assists - Ranked 4th on DAL in goals - Finished 5th on the team in penalty minutes - Ranked rd on DAL in GWG - Tallied 5th-most shots on the team - Led all forwards in ice time per game (0:0) - Played in his 700th career NHL game on // vs. BOS - Recorded his 500th career NHL point on 0/5/ vs. CBJ #5: Joey Crabb (R) 6' ", 90 lbs. / Apr, 98 (9 years and 9 months) Drafted: New York Rangers' seventh-round choice, 6th overall, in the 00 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent July, 0 4th NHL / st WSH Season Last Goal: JAN 4, 0 vs MONTREAL () Last Assist: APR, BUFFALO (5) Season Career Career vs. Opp :8 - /4 vs. MTL /4 vs. MTL /5 vs. NJD /4 vs. MTL /4 vs. MTL 0- - Scored first goal with WSH on /4 vs. MTL... Made WSH debut on / vs. WPG 0- - Ranked 8th on TOR in goals - T-5th on the team in plus/minus - T-nd on TOR in GWG - Played in 00th career NHL game and collected an assist / vs. BUF - Appeared in nine games with TOR (AHL), recording 5 points (7g-8a)

15 #6: Eric Fehr (R) 6' 4", lbs. / Sep 7, 985 (7 years and 4 months) FAIR Drafted: Capitalsâ first-round choice, 8th overall, in the 00 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent Jan., 0 8th NHL / 7th WSH Season Last Goal: MAR 4, 0 vs DALLAS () Last Assist: NOV 9, 0 vs OTTAWA () Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :0 - /5 vs. NJD /5 vs. NJD /5 vs. NJD 0- - Made season debut on /5 at NJ; first game with WSH since 4/9/ at FLA Career - Tallied 9 points (46g-47a) in 0 career games with WSH from Made his WPG debut on /9 vs. PHI - Recorded his first point, an assist, on /9 vs. OTT - Scored his first goal on /0 at BOS #7: Wojtek Wolski (L) 6' ", 5 lbs. / Feb 4, 986 (6 years and months) Drafted: Coloradoâs first-round choice, st overall, in the 004 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July, 0 8th NHL / st WSH Season Last Goal: JAN 9, TAMPA BAY () Last Assist: MAR, 0 vs TORONTO (6) Career Shootouts: 5/58 (4%), 6 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :8 5 + /9 vs. TBL /9 vs. TBL x /4 vs. MTL / vs. WPG / vs. WPG /9 vs. TBL 0- - Fired team high 5 shots on / vs. WPG... Made WSH debut on /9 at TB and scored his first goal with WSH 0- - Had season-high four-game point streak (-4-5, /9-/5) - Acquired by FLA from the NYR on /5 - Totaled three points (a) in nine games with NYR - Totaled five points (g-a) in six games with CON (AHL) #9: Nicklas Backstrom (C) 6' ", lbs. / Nov, 987 (5 years and months) Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, fourth overall, in the 006 Entry Draft 6th NHL / 6th WSH Season Last Goal: APR 7, NY RANGERS (4) Last Assist: JAN, 0 vs WINNIPEG () Career Shootouts: 8/5 (%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :4 + / vs. WPG / vs. WPG x /5 vs. NJD /9 vs. TBL / vs. WPG /5 vs. NJD 0- - Led WSH forwards in ice time on /5 at NJ (:4)... Recorded first two assists of the season on / vs. WPG Career - Recorded 66 career assists, the most by a Capital in his first five seasons, and 67 points, trailing only Alex Ovechkin (59) and Mike Gartner (40) for scoring by a Cap in a player s first five seasons - Ranks sixth in the league in assists over the last five years (trailing Henrik Sedin, Joe Thornton, Martin St. Louis, Ryan Getzlaf and Evgeni Malkin) - The top-scoring player from his draft class (006) 0- - Finished 5th on the team in points (44) despite missing 40 games (/7-/9) due to injury - Ranked nd on WSH in playoff scoring and st in assists and penalty minutes - Led all WSH forwards in ice time per game (:) and all Capitals in takeaways during the postseason (9)

16 #0: Troy Brouwer (R) 6' ", lbs. / Aug 7, 985 (7 years and 5 months) Drafted: Chicago's th selection, 4th overall, in the 004 NHL Entry Draft Acquired: From Chicago in exchange for WSH's first-round choice in the 0 NHL Entry Draft 7th NHL / nd WSH Season Last Goal: JAN, 0 vs WINNIPEG () Last Assist: APR 5, 0 vs FLORIDA (5) Career Shootouts: /7 (4%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :5 - / vs. WPG / vs. WPG x /5 vs. NJD x x 0- - Scored first goal of the season on the power play on / vs. WPG 0- - Led the team and ranked 9th in the NHL with 47 hits - 4th on the team in goals - One of just three WSH forwards to play in all 8 games - Scored first career hat trick on / vs. TB - Scored his first goal with WSH on 0/0 vs. TB - Made his WSH debut on 0/8 vs. CAR - T-7th on WSH in playoff points - T-4th on the team in postseason goals - Ranked rd on WSH in hits (9) #: Brooks Laich (C) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Jun, 98 (9 years and 7 months) LIKE Drafted: Ottawa's sixth-round choice, 9rd overall, in the 00 Entry Draft Acquired: From Ottawa with Ottawa's second-round choice in the 005 Entry Draft and future considerations for Peter Bondra, Feb. 8, 004 9th NHL / 9th WSH Season Last Goal: APR 5, 0 vs FLORIDA () Last Assist: APR 7, NY RANGERS Career Shootouts: 4/6 (5%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp Finished t-5th on the team in goals (6) and 6th in points (4) - Played in all 8 games for the second-consecutive year - Played in his 500th career NHL game, against his original team, and scored GWG in overtime on / vs. OTT - Played as a defenseman on / vs. NJ - Finished t-5th on the team in playoff points and nd in assists - Ranked nd among Capitals forwards in ice time per game during the postseason (0:) #5: Jason Chimera (L) 6' ", lbs. / May, 979 ( years and 8 months) Drafted: Edmonton's fifth-round choice, st overall, in the 997 Entry Draft Acquired: From Columbus for Chris Clark and Milan Jurcina, Dec. 8, 009 th NHL / 4th WSH Season Last Goal: APR, TAMPA BAY (6) Last Assist: JAN 4, 0 vs MONTREAL () Career Shootouts: /8 (5%), GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :04 + x x /9 vs. TBL / vs. WPG /5 vs. NJD x /4 vs. MTL 0- - Tallied an assist on /4 vs. MTL... Recorded an assist on /9 at TB 0- - Set career highs in points (9) and goals (0) - Played in all 8 games - Scored career-high 0th goal of season on 4/ at TB - rd on WSH in goals and T-st in GWGs - Scored his 00th and 0st career goals in the third period on 0/0 vs. TB - Finished playoffs t-rd on WSH in points and nd in goals - Ranked t-nd on the team in plus/minus - Finished rd in shots (8) on WSH during the postseason - Four of his seven career playoff goals have been GWG

17 #6: Matt Hendricks (C) 6' 0", lbs. / Jun 7, 98 ( years and 7 months) Drafted: Nashville's fifth-round choice, st overall, in the 000 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, Sept. 7, 00 5th NHL / rd WSH Season Last Goal: JAN, 0 vs WINNIPEG () Last Assist: MAR, 0 vs MONTREAL (7) Career Shootouts: 8/ (67%), 4 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :0 4 + / vs. WPG / vs. WPG / vs. WPG /9 vs. TBL / vs. WPG / vs. WPG / vs. WPG 0- - Registered a fighting major (Prust) on /4 vs. MTL... Scored his first goal of the season, recorded 4 hits and fighting majors (Slater/Thorburn) on / vs. WPG... Won all 6 of his face-offs on /9 at TB 0- - T-8th in the league in hits (8) - Played in a career high 78 games - Has the highest shootout percentage among Capitals players, having scored eight times on career shootout attempts (66.7%) - Led WSH in hits (6) during the playoffs - Won 56% of his face-offs during the postseason - Skated 6:05 per game during the playoffs compared to :07 per game during the regular season - Scored first career playoff goal in Game 7 of ECQF at BOS on 4/5 - Recorded first career postseason assist in Game of ECSF at NYR on 4/0 #7: Karl Alzner (D) 6' ", lbs. / Sep 4, 988 (4 years and 4 months) Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, fifth overall, in the 007 Entry Draft 5th NHL / 5th WSH Season Last Goal: OCT 7, EDMONTON (78) Last Assist: APR 5, 0 vs FLORIDA (5) Season Career Career vs. Opp : /5 vs. NJD /4 vs. MTL /5 vs. NJD 0- - Led WSH in blocked shots (4) on /5 at NJ 0- - Set career highs in points and assists while playing in all 8 games for the second-consecutive year. - Ranked 4th on the team in ice time per game (0:5) - Finished rd on the team in blocked shots (9) - T-st on the team in plus/minus (+) - First career fighting major (Downie) / vs. TB - Led the team in postseason time on ice per game (4:5) - Ranked rd on WSH in blocked shots () during the playoffs #6: Tomas Kundratek (D) 6' ", 0 lbs. / Dec 6, 989 ( years and month) Drafted: New York Rangers' third-round choice, 90th overall, in the 008 Entry Draft Acquired: From the New York Rangers for F Francois Bouchard on Nov. 8, 0 nd NHL / nd WSH Season Last Goal: Last Assist: Season Career Career vs. Opp : /4 vs. MTL /4 vs. MTL x 0- - Made season debut on / vs. WPG... Led Hershey in goals () and ranked rd in points (6) while adding assists at the time of his recall... Had recorded 6 points ( goals, 4 assists) during his current 5-game AHL point streak and ranked rd in goals among AHL defensemen at time of recall... Has already set career highs in goals, assists (tied) and points despite playing in just 4 AHL games so far this season... Was named to the AHL Eastern Conference All-Star squad for the 0 Dunkin' Donuts AHL All-Star Classic 0- - Set AHL career highs in goals, assists and points - Traded by NYR to WSH in exchange for Francois Bouchard on /8 - Led all HER blueliners in goals - Earned his first NHL recall on /0 and made his NHL debut one night later against PIT at Verizon Center

18 #8: Jack Hillen (D) (*Injured) 5' 0", 90 lbs. / Jan 4, 986 (7 years) Drafted: Signed as an undrafted free agent by NYI on April, 008 Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July, 0 5th NHL / st WSH Season Last Goal: DEC 6, 0 vs PHOENIX () Last Assist: JAN, 0 vs CALGARY (9) Season Career Career vs. Opp : /9 vs. TBL 0- - Made WSH debut on /9 at TB 0- - Played his 00th career game on /8 at CBJ - Made NHL playoff debut in Game of WCQF vs. DET on 4/ and skated 8:0 #4: Joel Ward (R) 6' ", 6 lbs. / Dec, 980 ( years and month) Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July, 0 6th NHL / nd WSH Season Last Goal: JAN 9, TAMPA BAY () Last Assist: JAN 5, NEW JERSEY Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season 4 -- Career Career vs. Opp :9 5 + /9 vs. TBL /5 vs. NJD /9 vs. TBL / vs. WPG /5 vs. NJD /9 vs. TBL x x 0- - Tallied an assist on /5 at NJ... Scored goals on /9 at TB for first multi-goal game with WSH; Led WSH with 5 shots 0- - Finished the season T-st on the team in plus/minus (+) - Scored his st goal of the season and with WSH on 0/0 at PHI - Recorded his 00th career NHL point and st point as a Capital with his assist on 0/8 vs. CAR - Made his WSH debut on 0/8 vs. CAR - Finished ranked T-5th on the team in postseason points - Finished 5th on WSH in hits (8) during the playoffs - Ranked T-rd on WSH in postseason assists - Scored the GWG at :57 of overtime in Game 7 of ECQF at BOS

19 #44: Roman Hamrlik (D) 6' ", 06 lbs. / Apr, 974 (8 years and 9 months) Drafted: Tampa Bay's first-round choice, first overall, in the 99 Entry Draft Acquired: Signed as a free agent, July, 0 0th NHL / nd WSH Season Last Goal: FEB, 0 vs SAN JOSE (9) Last Assist: JAN 9, TAMPA BAY () Season Career Career vs. Opp :48 - /9 vs. TBL /9 vs. TBL /4 vs. MTL / vs. WPG /4 vs. MTL 0- - Recorded an assist on /9 at TB Career - Has played the most games (,8) and ranks third in goals (55), assists (48) and points (68) amongst active NHL defensemen - Has played the most games in NHL history among Czech Republic natives 0- - Finished nd on the team in blocked shots (49) - rd on the team in plus/minus (+) - Passed Bobby Holik for the most NHL games played by a Czech native at,5 on 0/5 vs. OTT - Led WSH in blocked shots in each of his first three games - Made his WSH debut on 0/8 vs. CAR - Finished ranked t-nd among WSH defensemen in points during the playoffs - Led the team in plus/minus during the postseason - Ranked nd on WSH in penalty minutes - Ranked 4th on the team in ice time per game (:7) - Recorded the nd-most blocked shots (7) on WSH during the postseason #5: Mike Green (D) 6' ", 07 lbs. / Oct, 985 (7 years and months) Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, 9th overall, in the 004 Entry Draft 8th NHL / 8th WSH Season Last Goal: JAN 5, NEW JERSEY Last Assist: JAN 5, NEW JERSEY Career Shootouts: 0/6 (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp : /5 vs. NJD /5 vs. NJD /5 vs. NJD /5 vs. NJD /5 vs. NJD /4 vs. MTL / vs. WPG /5 vs. NJD 0- - For the 0th time in his career he skated over 0 minutes (:0) in a single game and scored GTG while adding an assist on /5 at NJ... Led WSH in ice time for third consecutive game (5:44) and led WSH with 5 shots on /4 vs. MTL... Led WSH in ice time (7:5) and T-st with 4 hits on / vs. WPG... Led all WSH skaters in time on ice (6:57) on /9 at TB Career - A two-time member of the NHL First All-Star Team and a two-time Norris Trophy runner-up - Joins Nicklas Lidstrom, Scott Niedermayer and Shea Weber as the only defensemen named to two First All-Star Teams since One of two active defensemen with a 70-point season (Erik Karlsson) #55: Jeff Schultz (D) 6' 6", 0 lbs. / Feb 5, 986 (6 years and months) Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, 7th overall, in the 004 Entry Draft 7th NHL / 7th WSH Season Last Goal: FEB, 0 vs SAN JOSE () Last Assist: NOV, 0 vs PHOENIX (8) Season Career Career vs. Opp :5 - /9 vs. TBL /9 vs. TBL /9 vs. TBL 0- - Scored st goal of the season on / vs. SJ - Tallied his st assist of the season on 0/0 vs. TB - Ranked 7th on the team in blocked shots during the postseason

20 #74: John Carlson (D) 6' ", lbs. / Jan 0, 990 ( years) Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, 7th overall, in the 008 Entry Draft 4th NHL / 4th WSH Season Last Goal: APR 7, NY RANGERS (4) Last Assist: JAN 9, TAMPA BAY () Season Career Career vs. Opp : 4 + /9 vs. TBL /9 vs. TBL x /5 vs. NJD x x /9 vs. TBL 0- - Collected 4 shots and blocked shots on /5 at NJ... Recorded an assist and team-high 4 blocked shots on /9 at TB 0- - Led the team in blocked shots (5) - nd among WSH defensemen in shots (5) and points () - Set a career high in goals (9) - Played in all 8 games for the second- consecutive season - Led WSH defensemen and t-5th on the team in postseason points - T-st among blueliners in goals and assists during playoffs - Tied for team lead among defensemen in shots (7) - nd on team in ice time per game (4:0) - 4th on WSH in hits (0) and st in blocked shots (8) during the playoffs #8: Jay Beagle (R) 6' ", 5 lbs. / Oct 6, 985 (7 years and months) Acquired: Signed as a free agent, March 6, 008 5th NHL / 5th WSH Season Last Goal: APR 5, 0 vs FLORIDA (5) Last Assist: JAN 4, 0 vs MONTREAL () Season Career Career vs. Opp :45 + /4 vs. MTL /4 vs. MTL /5 vs. NJD /9 vs. TBL x / vs. WPG /4 vs. MTL 0- - Won 7 of face-offs on /5 at NJ... Recorded his first assist of the season on /4 vs. MTL 0- - Set career highs in games played (4), goals (4), points (5) and PIM () despite missing games (0/5-/6) due to injury - Finished the season having won 57.7% of his faceoffs; nd on the team - Scored first career playoff goal in Game 5 of ECQF at BOS on 4/ - Tallied first career postseason assist in Game of ECSF at NYR on 4/0 - Averaged 8:5 of ice time per game during the playoffs compared to :5 per game during the regular season - T-6th on WSH in hits (5) and 5th among WSH forwards in blocked shots () during playoffs - Led WSH in face-off percentage (54%) during postseason #85: Mathieu Perreault (C) 5' 0", 85 lbs. / Jan 5, 988 (5 years) Drafted: Capitals' sixth-round choice, 77th overall, in the 006 Entry Draft 4th NHL / 4th WSH Season Last Goal: APR 7, NY RANGERS () Last Assist: APR, TAMPA BAY (5) Career Shootouts: 0/4 (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :5 - x /4 vs. MTL / vs. WPG /9 vs. TBL 0- - Set career highs in goals, assists and points - Finished st on WSH in shooting percentage (6.7%) - T-4th on the team in GWG - Tallied st career hat trick on /4 vs. BOS - Appeared in his first NHL playoff game on 4// in Game of ECQF at BOS

21 #90: Marcus Johansson (C) 6' ", 05 lbs. / Oct 6, 990 ( years and months) Drafted: Capitals' first-round choice, 4th overall, in the 009 Entry Draft rd NHL / rd WSH Season Last Goal: MAR 9, BOSTON (8) Last Assist: APR 7, NY RANGERS (4) Career Shootouts: 0/ (0%), 0 GDG Season Career Career vs. Opp :5 - - /9 vs. TBL x 0- - Finished T-rd on the team in points (46) - rd on WSH in assists - Set career highs in games played (80), goals (4), assists () and points (46) - Had 0 points (g-9a) in his last games - Finished fourth among Capitals forwards in playoff ice time per game (9:5)

22 Buffalo Sabres: Media Notes LAST GAME Friday, January 5 Carolina at Buffalo Goals: Vanek Goalie: Miller (9 saves/4 shots); ENG PP: /4; PK: /5; Shots: Carolina 4 Buffalo 4 CURRENT INJURIES (Man Games Lost: 0) Cody McCormick (hand, Jan. 0; injured reserve) 4 games Ville Leino (lower body, Jan. 0; injured reserve) 4 games TRANSACTIONS IN PAST 7 DAYS /4 Activated LW Nathan Gerbe from IR; Placed LW Ville Leino on IR UPCOMING GAMES Tuesday, Jan. 9 Thursday, Jan. Saturday, Feb. Sunday, Feb. Tuesday, Feb. 5 Toronto at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Boston, 7 p.m. Buffalo at Montreal, p.m. Florida at Buffalo, p.m. Buffalo at Ottawa, 7:0 p.m. TODAY S GAME SABRES at CAPITALS -First of three meetings between the Sabres and Capitals this season. -Last meeting: Buffalo defeated Washington, 5-, in Washington on March 7, 0. -The teams next meet on Sunday, March 7 in Washington. -The Sabres are 4-5- in their last 0 games vs. the Capitals; 4-5- on the road. -This is the 4 st game all-time between Buffalo and Washington; Buffalo leads the series with an record; 9--0 on the road. STORYLINES. The last time these teams met, Buffalo left Washington with their first road win against the Capitals since April, 009, clinching the season series against Washington (--0) for the first time since they went --0 in Prior to that stretch, the Sabres beat the Capitals at least three times in their four matchups every year from to Today is Buffalo s second Sunday afternoon game of the season, after the Sabres opened the year with a 5- Sunday afternoon win vs. PHI on Jan. 0. The Sabres will play Sunday games and nine afternoon games this season, up from one Sunday game and four afternoon games last season. THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW Christian Ehrhoff has an assist in each of the last three games Jason Pominville has recorded at least one assist in each of the Sabres four games this season Jochen Hecht leads all Sabres with points (+) in 4 career games against the Capitals. HOW THEY STACK UP (Sabres ranked in the top 0 before /6 games) Vanek: 9 points (T- st ), power play goals (T- nd ), 6 assists (T- rd ), 0 shots (T-4 th ), goals (T-8 th ) Pominville: 8 points (T- rd ), 5 assists (T-5 th ), goals (T-8 th ) Hodgson: 8 shots (T-7 th ), goals (T-8 th ) Miller:.95 SV% (5 th ),.67 GAA (6 th ), wins (T-6 th ) DYNAMIC DUO Thomas Vanek has been on the ice for all of Buffalo s goals this season, recording nine points (+6); Jason Pominville has been on the ice for nine, tallying a point on eight. The pair has combined on six goals this season, tying San Jose s Patrick Marleau and Joe Thornton for most by an NHL duo entering play Saturday. They were the seventh-most prolific pair last season, combining on 9 goals. VANEK ATTACK Thomas Vanek is the first Sabres player to record nine points in the first four games of the season since Brian Campbell did it in No Buffalo player has ever recorded more than nine. Dating back to last season, Vanek has 0 points (5+5) in his last 4 games. LINDY S LONGEVITY Since Lindy Ruff was named Buffalo's head coach on July, 997, there have been 70 coaching changes in the NHL. Ruff is the second-longest tenured coach in the four major professional sports leagues. Only Gregg Popovich, who began coaching the San

23 Antonio Spurs in 996, has been head coach of his team longer. Ruff has 567 wins as head coach of the Sabres, second-most by a head coach with a single franchise, trailing only Al Arbour (740). Ruff has more wins than any other coach with his first NHL team. 0- ROSTER NOTES Of the players on Buffalo s opening night roster: * were originally drafted by the Sabres -- five were first-round Buffalo selections (Vanek, 00; Stafford, 004; Myers and Ennis, 008; Grigorenko, 0) *Six were acquired in trades: Hecht, Regehr, Ehrhoff, Hodgson, Sulzer, Ott *Three were signed as free agents: Leopold, Leino, Scott *One was acquired from waivers: Ellis *0 played in Buffalo at some point last season *Three are new to the Sabres this season: Mikhail Grigorenko was selected by the Sabres th overall in the 0 NHL Entry Draft; Scott signed as a UFA on July after spending last season with the Rangers and Blackhawks; Ott was acquired in a trade with Dallas on July after spending eight seasons with the Stars. *Three players (Brennan, Foligno and Grigorenko) opened the season on an NHL roster for the first time in their careers. BUF-WSH CONNECTIONS BUF G Jhonas Enroth played with WSH C Nicklas Backstrom on the Swedish World Junior team for the IIHF World Junior Championship in Sweden. Team Sweden placed fourth in the tournament. BUF AC Kevyn Adams played alongside WSH RW Troy Brouwer on the Chicago Blackhawks. Brouwer also was a teammate of BUF LW John Scott, when the two played for the Blackhawks in 00-. BUF D Tyler Myers, BUF LW Tyler Ennis and WSH D John Carlson were all first-round draft picks in the 008 NHL Entry Draft. Myers was picked th overall, Ennis was the 6th overall selection and Carlson was picked with the 7th overall selection. Ennis, BUF LW John Scott and WSH LW Jason Chimera were all born in Edmonton, Alberta. Chimera was a teammate of BUF C Jochen Hecht when the two played for the Edmonton Oilers during the 00-0 season. BUF D TJ Brennan and WSH RW Joey Crabb were both born on April. Crabb, born in 98, is six years older than Brennan, who was born in 989. BUF C Steve Ott and WSH D John Erskine were teammates for four seasons ( ) when they both played for the Dallas Stars. BUF AC Teppo Numminen was also on the Stars for the season. BUF LW Thomas Vanek and WSH RW Eric Fehr were both drafted in the first-round of the 00 NHL Entry Draft. Vanek was the fifth overall selection while Fehr was the 8th overall pick. BUF D Robyn Regehr and WSH D Roman Hamrlik were teammates for two seasons (005-06, ) when the two both played for the Calgary Flames. BUF D Jordan Leopold, BUF C Cody McCormick and WSH C Matt Hendricks all played for the Colorado Avalanche in BUF LW Ville Leino, BUF C Tyler Ennis and C Marcus Johansson all share the same birthday: Oct. 6. Leino, born in 98, is six years older than Ennis, who was born in 989, and Johansson, born in 990, is the youngest of the three. BUF G Jhonas Enroth, BUF D Mike Weber and WSH G Michal Neuvirth were all drafted in the second round of the 006 NHL Entry Draft. Neuvirth was selected 4th overall, Enroth was drafted with the 46th overall pick and Weber was picked 57th overall. BUF RW Drew Stafford was a first-round draft selection (th overall) in the 004 NHL Entry Draft along with four Capitals players. WSH LW Alex Ovechkin was picked first overall, WSH LW Wojtek Wolski, picked by Colorado, was the st pick overall, WSH D Jeff Schultz was the 7th overall selection and WSH D Mike Green was the 9th overall pick. Wojtek was also a teammate of BUF D Jordan Leopold and BUF C Cody McCormick for three seasons ( ). BUF C Jochen Hecht and WSH D Tom Poti were teammates on the 00-0 Edmonton Oilers. BUF C Steve Ott and WSH C Mike Ribeiro played together for six seasons ( ) on the Dallas Stars.