Washington Capitals vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Friday, October 5, 2007 · Philips Arena

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3–1

40–29

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 3–1 on Friday, October 5, 2007 at Philips Arena. The Capitals outshot the Thrashers 40–29.

Goals came from Michael Nylander, John Erskine, Bryan Little and Viktor Kozlov.

Brent Johnson made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 37 of 40.

Goals
WSH	2	0	1	3	40
ATL	0	1	0	1	29

Scoring

1st period

Michael Nylander (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1)1–010:41 WSH ·
John Erskine (1)Unassisted2–012:03 WSH

2nd period

Bryan Little (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (1), Alexei Zhitnik (1)2–114:54 ATL

3rd period

Viktor Kozlov (1)Mike Green (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)3–105:27 WSH

Team stats

WSHATL

4029

53%47%

1/70/4

1016

1020

718

56

48

Penalties

8:53 into the first periodTodd White · hooking2 min
16:23 into the first periodKen Klee · hooking2 min
18:23 into the first periodMatt Pettinger · interference2 min
2:27 into the second periodBrian Pothier · slashing2 min
5:00 into the second periodEric Boulton · interference2 min
6:10 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · cross checking2 min
6:10 into the second periodChris Clark · interference goalkeeper2 min
12:05 into the second periodJohn Erskine · tripping2 min
16:24 into the second periodIlya Kovalchuk · cross checking2 min
16:40 into the second periodJim Slater · high sticking2 min
2:39 into the third periodBrian Pothier · hooking2 min
6:15 into the third periodJim Slater · hooking2 min
7:47 into the third periodKen Klee · high sticking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	+1	6	2	0	0	–	20:35
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	−1	0	0	0	0	–	14:45
25Viktor KozlovC	1	0	1	+1	7	0	0	0	56	20:17
92Michael NylanderC	1	0	1	−1	4	0	0	0	55	17:58
4John ErskineD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	17:35
52Mike GreenD	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	–	20:35
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	04:53
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	53	20:16
17Chris ClarkR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	–	20:17
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	+1	7	0	2	2	–	17:18
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	50	12:37
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50	10:08
43Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	09:00
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	02:28
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	4	–	12:18
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	2	0	–	27:59
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	22:17
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	20:44

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Brent JohnsonG	W	29	28	1	.966	60:00
37Olie KolzigG		0	0	0	–	–

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

10Bryan LittleC	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	60	13:36
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	1	1	+1	3	0	3	2	–	21:39
77Alexei ZhitnikD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	2	2	–	29:16
9Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	13:01
11Eric PerrinC	0	0	0	−1	5	0	1	0	43	11:46
12Todd WhiteC	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	2	36	20:16
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	100	18:48
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	67	14:25
18Marian HossaR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	22:00
21Brett SterlingL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	13:31
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	4	36	09:02
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	07:21
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	–	02:57
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	−2	0	6	1	0	–	17:08
5Steve McCarthyD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	16:22
22Ken KleeD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	2	4	–	14:17
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	6	0	–	24:38
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	19:38

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	L	40	37	3	.925	58:31