Washington Capitals vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Wednesday, March 24, 2004 · Philips Arena

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2–3

Final

SOG 25–33

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Wednesday, March 24, 2004 at Philips Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Capitals 33-25.

Goals came from Ronald Petrovicky, Matt Pettinger, Patrik Stefan, Brian Willsie and Daniel Tjarnqvist.

Kari Lehtonen made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Matthew Yeats stopped 30 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	1	2	25
ATL	0	2	1	3	33

Scoring

2nd period

Ronald Petrovicky (16)Patrik Stefan (23), Ilya Kovalchuk (43)0–102:51 ATL
Matt Pettinger (6)Kip Miller (19)1–108:51 WSH
Patrik Stefan (13)Ronald Petrovicky (14), Ilya Kovalchuk (44)1–214:51 ATL

3rd period

Brian Willsie (9)Craig Johnson (5), Jeff Halpern (23)2–209:26 WSH
Daniel Tjarnqvist (5)Ronald Petrovicky (15), Patrik Stefan (24)2–312:36 ATL

Team stats

WSHATL

25Shots on goal33

54%Faceoff %46%

0/4Power play0/4

12Penalty minutes12

12Hits19

11Blocked shots11

10Giveaways10

6Takeaways10

Penalties

1st 01:26Alexander Semin · hooking obstruction2 min
1st 06:05Francis Lessard · roughing2 min
1st 06:05Brad Norton · roughing2 min
1st 08:05Rick Berry · tripping2 min
1st 16:37Shawn McEachern · roughing2 min
2nd 04:51Bates Battaglia · hooking obstruction2 min
2nd 09:45Andy Sutton · cross checking2 min
2nd 10:10Kip Miller · hooking2 min
2nd 18:45Serge Aubin · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 18:45Rick Berry · roughing2 min
3rd 05:29Vyacheslav Kozlov · cross checking2 min
3rd 13:24Dany Heatley · holding the stick2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

11Jeff HalpernC	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	50	23:47
14Kip MillerC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	64	19:25
18Matt PettingerL	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	13:58
24Brian WillsieR	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	17:10
27Craig JohnsonL	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	14:45
13Bates BattagliaL	0	0	0	-2	2	1	2	2	50	22:28
23Trent WhitfieldC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	64	14:44
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	–	18:43
51Stephen PeatR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:55
64Roman TvrdonC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	09:27
76Darcy VerotC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	58	10:49
2Josef BoumedienneD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	30:12
4Rick BerryD	0	0	0	-2	1	5	2	4	–	22:26
19Brendan WittD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	07:55
29Joel KwiatkowskiD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	25:44
34Jean-Luc Grand-PierreD	0	0	0	+2	3	1	0	0	–	11:46
38Todd RohloffD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	18:49
41Brad NortonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	00:51

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Matthew YeatsG	L	33	30	3	.909	59:02
37Olie KolzigG		0	0	0	–	–

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

26Ronald PetrovickyR	1	2	3	+1	4	1	0	0	67	14:08
27Patrik StefanC	1	2	3	+2	3	0	1	0	44	15:41
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	2	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	19:17
36Daniel TjarnqvistD	1	0	1	+1	3	0	3	0	–	26:13
10Serge AubinC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	43	17:26
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	13:35
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	18:06
14Benjamin SimonL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	06:35
15Dany HeatleyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	17:22
19Shawn McEachernL	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	2	75	18:49
20Francis LessardR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	–	05:38
24Tommi SantalaC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	67	06:18
28Randy RobitailleC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	46	15:28
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	+1	2	5	1	0	–	23:41
5Tomas KloucekD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	04:18
8Frantisek KaberleD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	20:16
23Ivan MajeskyD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	–	17:19
25Andy SuttonD	0	0	0	0	3	1	3	2	–	28:11

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Pasi NurminenG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	W	25	23	2	.920	59:59