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Postgame Sabres 3 Capitals 0 HOME NEWS BIOGRAPHY STATISTICS SCHEDULE CAREER HIGHLIGHTS IMAGE GALLERY GUESTBOOK Streaks Snapped Washingtons bid for a seventh straight win fell by the wayside in western New York on Wednesday night when the Caps suffered a 30 shutout loss at the hands of the Sabres In a phrase it was just too much Ryan Miller for the Caps on this nightWashington had more than its share of scoring chances throughout the night but was unable to dent Buffalo goaltender Miller the leagues leader in goals against average and save pctEvery team we see is going to bring their best against us every night says Caps center Brendan Morrison Its a good thing Hopefully it makes us prepare and play to our capability Tonight we didnt do thatThe Caps missed a couple of open net opportunities they didnt help themselves in sometimes making passes when they might have been better off shooting and they lso took more than their fair share of bad angle shots on Miller That said the Buffalo netminder was on his game and it was very clear early onHe was unbelievable says Caps coach Bruce Boudreau I dont want to take anything away from him You could tell he was so on from the very first save he made on Tomas Fleischmann with his leg which was a subtle save but he knew he was going to be very tough to beat But we didnt get enough traffic and we didnt get enough second shots And when we did do that his glove hand was so good that it was impossible to beat himAlex Ovechkin cranked a onetimer wide of an open net in the first period and Brendan Morrison Nicklas Backstrom and Brooks Laich all either just missed andor found themselves victimized by a Miller robberyEarly in the game it was 100% our fault for not scoring goals says Caps captain Chris Clark Third period he was unbelievable He made some saves that most goalies wouldnt If we had started a lot earlier in the game 4 minutes earlier maybe we would have worn him down a little bitThe Caps poured 13 of their 35 shots on goal on Miller in the third period but werent able to solve the Sabres goalieI think we didnt play pretty good hockey in the first two periods says Fleischmann Nothing like what we are used to and it looked like we are more tired than them We missed out on the scoring chances and thats it He was playing really well tonight It was tough for usThe sevengame scoring streak of Caps right wing Eric Fehr also came to an end on WednesdayThey had guys back all night long says Morrison We didnt do a good enough job of chipping pucks by We were trying to beat guys at the line all night long basically up the wall there and we were turning pucks over and not generating muchGet The Lead Out For the first time all season Washington did not hold the lead at any point in Wednesdays game against the Sabres Th...