Final Score: 2-3 Washington

First Period: Scoring: 1, Buffalo, Primeau 1 (power play) (Campbell, S Barnes), 5:56. 2, Washington, Bondra 1 (power play) (Nikolishin, Oates), 14:19. Penalties: Klee, Was (holding), 1:56; Konowalchuk, Was (Obstr hooking), 4:20; Zhitnik, Buf (holding), 6:27; Konowalchuk, Was (goalie interference), 7:38; Varada, Buf (goalie interference), 10:18; Simon, Was (fighting major), 12:36; Primeau, Buf served by Grosek (instigator, fighting major, misconduct), 12:36; Peca, Buf (Obstr hooking), 12:58.

Second Period: Scoring: 3, Washington, Bulis 3 (Mironov, Klee), 5:10. 4, Buffalo, Campbell 1 (B Holzinger, Rasmussen), 7:37. 5, Washington, Tezikov 1 (power play) (Bondra, Mironov), 9:52. Penalties: Bondra, Was (tripping), 0:04; Satan, Buf (high sticking), 7:55; Simon, Was (roughing), 11:44; Sarich, Buf (holding), 11:44; Kolzig, Was served by Svejkovsky (roughing), 16:44.

Third Period: Scoring: None. Penalties: Bulis, Was (interference), 13:28.

SHOTS ON GOAL

Washington 13 12 3 --28
Buffalo 11 11 6 --28

Power-play Conversions: Was - 2 of 5, Buf - 1 of 6. Goalies: Washington, Kolzig (28 shots, 26 saves; record: 1-1-0). Buffalo, Hasek (28, 25; record: 0-2-0). A:18,690. Referee: Mcgeough. Linesmen: G Devorski, Driscoll.