Archives for December 31, 2011

Game Day: Senators vs. Sabres (Ottawa Sun)
Ottawa (18-15-5) at Buffalo (17-17-3) (AP)
Ottawa Senators (18-15-5) at Buffalo Sabres (17-17-3) (The Sports Network)
Senators face Sabres fresh off exhilarating win (NHL.com)

‘The timing of the addition of HD broadcasts on FiOS to coincide with the Time Warner-MSG dispute was a result of a court ruling. Verizon won a protracted legal battle against MSG for its HD feeds. A federal court ruled in favor of Verizon in November, upholding a FCC ruling, which forced MSG to negotiate with Verizon to provide HD feeds. MSG had argued that Verizon was not a broadcast company and therefore was not entitled to the HD signal to compete with cable TV providers.’

‘The Capitals outclassed the Sabres from the opening minute to the sounding of the horn during the first. They beat Buffalo to pucks, hit harder and more often, skated faster and scored the only goal.’

‘”It’s not quite where it needs to be for me to jump back in,” Myers said Friday in Verizon Center. “It’s a tough bone to break. There’s not much blood supply. It’s just taking a little longer than we hoped for. I’ll come back as soon as I’m ready. It’s just a matter of making sure I don’t come back too early to put it at risk for reinjury.”‘

Alex Ovechkin scores two goals as Washington beats Buffalo at Verizon Center (Washington Post)
Capitals’ stars rise to occasion in win over Sabres (Washington Times)
Ovechkin’s two goals power Caps to another win (Washington Examiner)
Ovechkin leads Caps to win (CSN Washington)
Shuffling off to Columbus (CSN Washington)
Postgame notebook (WashingtonCaps.com)
Postgame notes & quotes (WashingtonCaps.com)
Photo gallery (WashingtonCaps.com)
Photo gallery (Sabres.com)
Photo gallery (AP)
Photo gallery (WGRZ-TV)

‘If the Sabres are going to rebound, they’ll have to keep patching together lineups. They were already without six injured players entering the game before Ehrhoff got into a fight with Troy Brouwer late in the first period.’

‘Ehrhoff left the game after a fight with Washington’s Troy Brouwer late in the first period and did not return.’

‘”I’ve never seen so many bouncing pucks go the wrong way,” said Buffalo head coach Lindy Ruff. “But, if you don’t score you don’t win games, simple as that.”‘

‘Fans hoping for a better jump at the start of the second were in for a rude surprise. The Caps made it 2-0 at 3:52 on a beautiful passing play. The Sabres defense was completely befuddled leaving Nicklas Backstrom wide open for an easy tap-in past Miller.’

‘He’s played LW, he’s played center and had many different line mates.’