Atlanta Thrashers vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Monday, April 17, 2006 · Verizon Center

AtlantaThrashersNow the Winnipeg JetsAway

4–6

Final

SOG 42–28

WashingtonCapitalsHome

Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6-4 on Monday, April 17, 2006 at Verizon Center. The Thrashers outshot the Capitals 42-28.

Matt Pettinger scored twice. Bobby Holik, Brooks Laich, Steve McCarthy, Rico Fata, Garnet Exelby, Peter Bondra, Alex Ovechkin and Brian Willsie also scored.

Olie Kolzig made 38 saves on 42 shots for the win; Mike Dunham stopped 18 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	2	2	0	4	42
WSH	3	0	3	6	28

Scoring

1st period

Bobby Holik (15)Scott Mellanby (22)1–000:11 ATL
Brooks Laich (7)Rico Fata (4), Nolan Yonkman (5)1–103:52 WSH
Matt Pettinger (19)Mathieu Biron (9), Nolan Yonkman (6)1–204:15 WSH
Steve McCarthy (8)Vyacheslav Kozlov (46), Niclas Havelid (28)2–218:20 ATL
Rico Fata (3)Brooks Laich (13)2–318:30 WSH

2nd period

Garnet Exelby (1)Greg De Vries (28), Serge Aubin (17)3–306:40 ATL
Peter Bondra (21)Patrik Stefan (13)4–308:49 ATL

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (52)Ben Clymer (17), Brian Sutherby (16)4–402:36 WSH
Brian Willsie (19)Alex Ovechkin (53), Dainius Zubrus (33)4–508:58 WSH · PPG
Matt Pettinger (20)Jeff Halpern (33), Bryan Muir (18)4–612:26 WSH

Team stats

ATLWSH

42Shots on goal28

44%Faceoff %56%

0/8Power play1/6

16Penalty minutes20

15Hits29

11Blocked shots9

10Giveaways18

10Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 04:32Matt Bradley · hooking2 min
1st 08:54Shaone Morrisonn · hooking2 min
1st 17:38Shane Hnidy · interference2 min
1st 17:56Andy Sutton · roughing2 min
1st 17:56Dainius Zubrus · roughing2 min
1st 17:56Dainius Zubrus · roughing2 min
2nd 01:04Matt Bradley · hooking2 min
2nd 10:42Nolan Yonkman · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 13:11Shaone Morrisonn · interference2 min
2nd 15:52Scott Mellanby · roughing2 min
2nd 15:52Niclas Havelid · high sticking2 min
2nd 15:52Dainius Zubrus · roughing2 min
2nd 18:02Greg De Vries · hooking2 min
3rd 05:36Dainius Zubrus · holding the stick2 min
3rd 07:18Peter Bondra · interference2 min
3rd 08:47Marian Hossa · hooking2 min
3rd 13:51Andy Sutton · holding2 min
3rd 15:09Bench · too many men on the ice2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

10Serge AubinC	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0	33	07:30
12Peter BondraR	1	0	1	+1	5	1	0	2	–	13:04
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	50	23:35
16Bobby HolikC	1	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	43	16:28
19Scott MellanbyR	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	–	17:02
27Patrik StefanC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	33	12:52
2Garnet ExelbyD	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	12:26
5Steve McCarthyD	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	–	20:28
7Greg De VriesD	0	1	1	-1	1	2	1	2	–	19:09
28Niclas HavelidD	0	1	1	0	1	0	6	2	–	23:55
9Marc SavardC	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	58	21:41
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	–	26:12
18Marian HossaR	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	2	–	24:12
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	–	10:48
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	10:21
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	03:18
25Andy SuttonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	–	22:53
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	2	–	05:39

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Mike DunhamG	L	23	18	5	.783	41:02
35Michael GarnettG		5	4	1	.800	15:45

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	-1	6	7	0	0	–	20:09
18Matt PettingerL	2	0	2	+1	2	2	0	0	–	16:53
20Rico FataL	1	1	2	+1	3	1	1	0	–	07:05
21Brooks LaichC	1	1	2	+1	2	2	0	0	50	12:54
40Nolan YonkmanD	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	2	–	05:50
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	1	1	-1	3	1	0	8	63	19:36
11Jeff HalpernC	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	52	24:11
16Brian SutherbyC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	60	07:54
24Brian WillsieR	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	14:27
27Ben ClymerR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	15:14
34Mathieu BironD	0	1	1	+1	3	3	1	0	–	09:35
47Bryan MuirD	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	28:29
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	4	–	14:00
17Chris ClarkR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	16:49
50Eric FehrC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:55
23Ivan MajeskyD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	24:18
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	4	–	21:55
44Steve EmingerD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	–	24:06

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Brent JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	W	42	38	4	.905	60:00