You win some, etc., etc.

Ryan Miller stood on his head, Theo was not as sharp, and it was not Ovi's night tonight. Ovi fought in every shift and Sabres shadowed him all night long, but it happens in every game nowadays for Ovi. Was Semin snoring too loud and Ovi couldn't take a good nap? This question will go unanswered in the history, just like JFK files and Area 51 mysteries. Oh, well, let's blame Semin... :-)


BUFFALO, NY - DECEMBER 09: Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin of the Washington Capitals rest during a time out against the Buffalo Sabres at HSBC Arena on December 9, 2009 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images)

Caps 0, Sabres 3.

Ovi's stats:
-1, 1 penalty(diving?), total ice 23:58, 18 shifts, average shift 01:19, 6 shots on goal, 6 attempts blocked, 3 missed, 1 hit, 1 giveaway, 1 takeaway.

Capitals Insider after morning skate from HSBC Arena:

*Alex Ovechkin on the suspension: "Can't do nothing about it. I'm not crying."

*Ovechkin on whether his reputation took a hit because of the suspension: "I don't care about reputation. I'm a hockey player. Sometimes you get in some bad situations. I don't want to hurt nobody."

*Ovechkin on whether he was bothered by the media criticism of his style of play: "No, not really. I just try to don't think about it. But I can't [ignore] it because of you guys [reporters] ask all time ... same questions. I just try to concentrate on my game and not some suspensions."

*Ovechkin on getting booed in visiting arenas: "Fans love me ... and I love them. Some fans like my style of game, some fans no. Everybody have a different mind and everybody can think whatever they want. It doesn't matter what happen, whether they boo me or not, I still love them because they are fans who come to watch hockey game and they support their team and not us."

*Bruce Boudreau on being asked the same questions about Ovechkin in every city: "I love talking about Alex because a) there's so much to talk about and b) he's so good and deserves it. But sometimes you would like [reporters] to talk about other people because the other guys are good as well."

*Boudreau on whether anything Ovechkin does still surprises him: "Oh yeah, he does that once a game. In Tampa, he comes over [the blue line], you could see it from our bench, Semin giving him the pass. As soon as it hit his stick, it was in the net. There was no chance a goalie could save it. We could hear it, the stick hitting the ice and the puck with such force. I turned to Dean Evason and said, 'No wonder he breaks so many sticks.'"

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