Washington Capitals vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Monday, March 12, 2007 · Philips Arena

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2–4

33–21

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Monday, March 12, 2007 at Philips Arena. The Capitals outshot the Thrashers 33–21.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Vyacheslav Kozlov, Bobby Holik, Keith Tkachuk and Ilya Kovalchuk also scored.

Kari Lehtonen made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Brent Johnson stopped 12 of 15.

Goals
WSH	0	1	1	2	33
ATL	2	1	1	4	21

Scoring

1st period

Vyacheslav Kozlov (23)Marian Hossa (50)0–111:26 ATL
Bobby Holik (11)Eric Boulton (3)0–216:51 ATL

2nd period

Alex Ovechkin (40)Jiri Novotny (10)1–205:27 WSH
Keith Tkachuk (24)Eric Boulton (4)1–314:30 ATL

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (41)Ben Clymer (12), Alexander Semin (27)2–301:26 WSH ·
Ilya Kovalchuk (37)Jon Sim (11)2–409:35 ATL

Team stats

WSHATL

3321

45%55%

1/40/2

48

1317

614

1117

518

Penalties

0:57 into the first periodMarian Hossa · holding2 min
4:25 into the first periodChris Clark · tripping2 min
1:23 into the second periodShane Hnidy · hooking2 min
12:01 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
16:56 into the second periodBen Clymer · interference goalkeeper2 min
19:39 into the second periodGarnet Exelby · holding2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	2	0	2	−1	3	0	0	0	–	25:33
13Jiri NovotnyC	0	1	1	−1	1	1	0	0	31	15:42
27Ben ClymerR	0	1	1	−2	0	4	0	2	–	11:45
28Alexander SeminR	0	1	1	−1	6	0	0	0	–	18:47
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	−3	1	0	0	0	–	12:16
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	58	15:22
16Brian SutherbyC	0	0	0	−2	2	1	1	0	25	13:13
17Chris ClarkR	0	0	0	+1	6	1	0	2	100	19:47
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	57	18:53
24Kris BeechC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	29	11:37
43Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	12:05
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	–	12:00
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	25:11
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	–	21:15
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	18:48
44Steve EmingerD	0	0	0	−3	0	0	0	0	–	15:17
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	−3	2	1	0	0	–	10:37
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	19:09

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Brent JohnsonG	L	15	12	3	.800	39:56
35Frederic CassiviG		6	5	1	.833	18:50

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

36Eric BoultonL	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	0	–	06:42
8Keith TkachukL	1	0	1	+3	1	0	1	0	59	15:16
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	19:04
14Jon SimL	0	1	1	+2	1	1	0	0	–	11:16
16Bobby HolikC	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	50	13:07
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	+1	3	2	0	0	–	16:15
18Marian HossaR	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	2	–	21:49
9Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	13:04
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:15
19Scott MellanbyR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	09:48
22Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	52	21:11
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	75	15:18
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	+1	0	4	2	2	–	18:27
7Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	–	22:09
25Andy SuttonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	14:20
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	3	0	–	24:44
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	2	–	14:14
77Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	3	0	–	26:04

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	W	33	31	2	.939	60:00