Washington Capitals vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Friday, December 15, 2006 · Philips Arena

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3–2

33–30

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 3–2 in overtime on Friday, December 15, 2006 at Philips Arena. The Capitals outshot the Thrashers 33–30.

Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick. Jon Sim and Jean-Pierre Vigier also scored.

Brent Johnson made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 30 of 33.

Goals
WSH	1	0	1	1	3	33
ATL	0	1	1	0	2	30

Scoring

1st period

Alex Ovechkin (19)Dainius Zubrus (14), Jamie Heward (5)1–008:55 WSH ·

2nd period

Jon Sim (8)Ilya Kovalchuk (18), Vyacheslav Kozlov (26)1–111:08 ATL ·

3rd period

Jean-Pierre Vigier (4)Niko Kapanen (6)1–214:05 ATL
Alex Ovechkin (20)Dainius Zubrus (15), Chris Clark (14)2–219:29 WSH ·

Overtime

Alex Ovechkin (21)Unassisted3–200:06 WSH

Team stats

WSHATL

3330

35%65%

2/51/3

1216

1820

1323

718

212

Penalties

3:18 into the first periodJim Slater · tripping2 min
3:18 into the first periodDonald Brashear · roughing2 min
7:56 into the first periodGreg De Vries · hooking2 min
12:42 into the first periodBraydon Coburn · high sticking2 min
12:42 into the first periodAlexander Semin · high sticking2 min
14:52 into the first periodShane Hnidy · holding2 min
0:50 into the second periodJamie Heward · elbowing2 min
3:58 into the second periodEric Boulton · holding2 min
8:05 into the second periodShaone Morrisonn · hooking2 min
9:36 into the second periodBoyd Gordon · hooking2 min
14:15 into the second periodScott Mellanby · holding2 min
14:15 into the second periodAlexander Semin · diving2 min
11:43 into the third periodNiko Kapanen · tripping2 min
18:41 into the third periodJean-Pierre Vigier · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	3	0	3	0	12	0	0	0	–	19:44
9Dainius ZubrusC	0	2	2	−1	4	0	0	0	29	21:35
17Chris ClarkR	0	1	1	−1	1	0	0	0	–	16:10
6Jamie HewardD	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	–	17:53
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	53	13:16
16Brian SutherbyC	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	–	11:27
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	15:30
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	29	12:08
24Kris BeechC	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	36	11:06
27Ben ClymerR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	12:47
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	–	18:03
38Jakub KlepisC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	50	09:57
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	–	08:23
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	–	26:08
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	−1	1	2	3	0	–	21:08
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2	–	19:19
44Steve EmingerD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	19:28
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	14:30

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Brent JohnsonG	W	30	28	2	.933	59:36
37Olie KolzigG		0	0	0	–	–

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

11Jean-Pierre VigierR	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	2	–	13:13
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	43	20:53
14Jon SimL	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	07:32
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	1	1	0	7	3	0	0	–	21:25
39Niko KapanenC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	2	53	12:54
9Glen MetropolitC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:11
10Jason KrogC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	71	13:42
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	85	17:08
18Marian HossaR	0	0	0	−1	5	2	1	0	–	24:20
19Scott MellanbyR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	10:39
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	50	09:39
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	07:22
3Vitaly VishnevskiD	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0	–	19:16
4Braydon CoburnD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	–	14:58
5Steve McCarthyD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	–	13:12
7Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	–	21:53
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	−1	3	0	5	0	–	24:06
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	–	21:40

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	O	33	30	3	.909	60:06