Washington Capitals vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Wednesday, April 4, 2007 · Philips Arena

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3–2

26–32

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 3–2 on Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at Philips Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Capitals 32–26.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Ilya Kovalchuk, Boyd Gordon and Andy Sutton also scored.

Brent Johnson made 30 saves on 32 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 23 of 26.

Goals
WSH	0	3	0	3	26
ATL	1	0	1	2	32

Scoring

1st period

Ilya Kovalchuk (40)Scott Mellanby (24)0–101:06 ATL

2nd period

Boyd Gordon (7)Matt Pettinger (16), Steve Eminger (16)1–110:08 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (45)Bryan Muir (4), Brian Pothier (25)2–113:35 WSH ·
Alex Ovechkin (46)Boyd Gordon (22)3–119:17 WSH

3rd period

Andy Sutton (2)Vyacheslav Kozlov (51), Keith Tkachuk (29)3–215:32 ATL ·

Team stats

WSHATL

2632

46%54%

1/30/4

86

919

1013

421

1023

Penalties

2:21 into the first periodSteve Eminger · hooking2 min
13:05 into the first periodShaone Morrisonn · slashing2 min
12:45 into the second periodEric Belanger · hooking2 min
12:50 into the third periodEric Boulton · high sticking2 min
12:50 into the third periodEric Boulton · high sticking2 min
18:30 into the third periodBrooks Laich · delaying game2 min
19:15 into the third periodMilan Jurcina · slashing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	2	0	2	−1	4	1	0	0	–	19:43
15Boyd GordonC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	40	20:32
18Matt PettingerL	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	16:51
2Brian PothierD	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	23:44
44Steve EmingerD	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	2	–	21:38
47Bryan MuirD	0	1	1	−1	1	0	1	0	–	18:54
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	11:03
13Jiri NovotnyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50	10:12
17Chris ClarkR	0	0	0	−2	4	1	0	0	–	18:57
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	50	14:48
24Kris BeechC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	43	13:06
25David SteckelC	0	0	0	+1	3	1	1	0	50	19:22
38Jakub KlepisC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:06
43Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	10:28
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	08:48
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	22:04
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	18:54
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	14:17

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Brent JohnsonG	W	32	30	2	.938	60:00
37Olie KolzigG		0	0	0	–	–

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

8Keith TkachukL	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	0	61	17:15
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	–	22:10
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	12:53
19Scott MellanbyR	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	14:20
25Andy SuttonD	1	0	1	+1	1	1	4	0	–	15:57
9Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	–	17:11
11Jean-Pierre VigierR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	50	06:56
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	44	14:08
18Marian HossaR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	23:36
22Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	−1	2	3	0	2	55	20:38
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	67	07:22
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	13:14
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	–	07:34
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	−1	2	5	1	0	–	16:34
7Greg De VriesD	0	0	0	−1	4	0	2	0	–	20:05
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	23:31
34Shane HnidyD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	1	0	–	14:54
77Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	27:27

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	L	26	23	3	.885	58:50