Atlanta Thrashers vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, November 21, 2007 · Verizon Center

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5–1

25–32

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Washington Capitals 5–1 on Wednesday, November 21, 2007 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Thrashers 32–25.

Ilya Kovalchuk scored twice. Alex Ovechkin, Bobby Holik, Niclas Havelid and Eric Perrin also scored.

Johan Hedberg made 31 saves on 32 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 20 of 25.

Goals
ATL	0	3	2	5	25
WSH	0	1	0	1	32

Scoring

2nd period

Alex Ovechkin (14)Brian Pothier (8), Viktor Kozlov (10)0–102:27 WSH ·
Ilya Kovalchuk (18)Niclas Havelid (4), Toby Enstrom (9)1–106:55 ATL
Bobby Holik (2)Marian Hossa (9), Toby Enstrom (10)2–116:05 ATL ·
Niclas Havelid (1)Ilya Kovalchuk (13), Marian Hossa (10)3–119:27 ATL

3rd period

Ilya Kovalchuk (19)Eric Perrin (8), Toby Enstrom (11)4–107:06 ATL ·
Eric Perrin (5)Ilya Kovalchuk (14), Pascal Dupuis (2)5–109:48 ATL

Team stats

ATLWSH

2532

44%56%

2/41/7

1913

1212

1811

1020

710

Penalties

0:22 into the first periodJeff Schultz · hooking2 min
4:09 into the first periodJim Slater · tripping2 min
0:32 into the second periodBobby Holik · tripping2 min
4:18 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
4:50 into the second periodMike Green · hooking2 min
14:59 into the second periodJohn Erskine · cross checking2 min
3:23 into the third periodChris Thorburn · fighting5 min
3:23 into the third periodDavid Steckel · fighting5 min
5:52 into the third periodTomas Fleischmann · tripping2 min
7:33 into the third periodPascal Dupuis · high sticking2 min
15:17 into the third periodBobby Holik · hooking2 min
16:50 into the third periodKen Klee · slashing2 min
19:11 into the third periodBobby Holik · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

17Ilya KovalchukL	2	2	4	+3	4	0	1	0	–	21:20
39Toby EnstromD	0	3	3	+2	0	1	0	0	–	23:34
11Eric PerrinC	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	60	14:19
18Marian HossaR	0	2	2	+1	5	0	1	0	–	20:10
28Niclas HavelidD	1	1	2	+2	3	1	3	0	–	19:42
9Pascal DupuisR	0	1	1	+2	3	0	0	2	–	16:18
16Bobby HolikC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	6	47	15:39
10Bryan LittleC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	36	12:11
12Todd WhiteC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	45	19:19
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	15:00
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	67	08:34
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	5	–	06:51
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	13:53
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	07:42
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	–	19:09
7Mark PopovicD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0	–	16:04
22Ken KleeD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	20:14
77Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	3	2	–	17:17

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG	W	32	31	1	.969	60:00
33Ondrej PavelecG		0	0	0	–	–

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	−2	6	1	1	0	–	26:21
25Viktor KozlovC	0	1	1	−1	2	0	1	0	64	21:44
2Brian PothierD	0	1	1	−1	0	0	3	0	–	18:03
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	80	10:43
17Chris ClarkR	0	0	0	−1	3	2	0	0	100	20:06
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	0	–	12:04
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	45	16:55
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	14:38
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	–	17:57
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	50	07:34
43Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	2	–	14:30
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	04:46
92Michael NylanderC	0	0	0	−1	5	0	1	0	40	16:27
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	–	23:46
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	−1	2	3	0	2	–	14:33
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	18:33
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	2	–	19:37
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	2	100	15:29

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Brent JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	L	25	20	5	.800	59:54