Atlanta Thrashers vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Saturday, December 8, 2007 · Verizon Center

AtlantaThrashersNow the Winnipeg JetsAway

3–6

Final

SOG 26–27

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6-3 on Saturday, December 8, 2007 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Thrashers 27-26.

Todd White scored twice and Mike Green scored twice. Nicklas Backstrom, Jeff Schultz, Matt Pettinger, Alex Ovechkin and Bobby Holik also scored.

Olie Kolzig made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 21 of 27.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	0	1	2	3	26
WSH	2	3	1	6	27

Scoring

1st period

Nicklas Backstrom (3)Unassisted0–108:12 WSH
Jeff Schultz (2)Alexander Semin (3)0–209:12 WSH

2nd period

Matt Pettinger (2)Alex Ovechkin (14), Nicklas Backstrom (14)0–304:16 WSH
Todd White (7)Marian Hossa (14), Ilya Kovalchuk (16)1–312:31 ATL · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (21)Tom Poti (8), Nicklas Backstrom (15)1–414:06 WSH
Mike Green (6)Tomas Fleischmann (4)1–515:15 WSH

3rd period

Mike Green (7)Viktor Kozlov (13), Shaone Morrisonn (6)1–605:29 WSH
Todd White (8)Niclas Havelid (9), Ilya Kovalchuk (17)2–607:05 ATL
Bobby Holik (3)Vyacheslav Kozlov (9)3–609:41 ATL

Team stats

ATLWSH

26Shots on goal27

47%Faceoff %53%

1/4Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes8

15Hits18

17Blocked shots13

10Giveaways12

7Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 09:51John Erskine · interference2 min
1st 13:24Vyacheslav Kozlov · high sticking2 min
1st 17:40Eric Perrin · tripping2 min
2nd 04:27Toby Enstrom · tripping2 min
2nd 10:43Tom Poti · hooking2 min
2nd 10:56Shaone Morrisonn · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 01:57Jeff Schultz · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 15:20Chris Thorburn · cross checking2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

12Todd WhiteC	2	0	2	-1	2	0	1	0	50	15:32
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	2	2	-2	5	0	0	0	–	21:38
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	2	–	16:38
16Bobby HolikC	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	67	12:58
18Marian HossaR	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	–	18:18
28Niclas HavelidD	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	–	18:42
9Pascal DupuisR	0	0	0	-3	2	2	0	0	–	15:46
10Bryan LittleC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	30	13:57
11Eric PerrinC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	75	16:01
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	-3	2	1	0	0	14	11:23
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	10:40
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	–	10:51
38Darren HaydarR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:40
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	-4	0	5	4	0	–	19:06
5Steve McCarthyD	0	0	0	-1	2	3	3	0	–	16:59
22Ken KleeD	0	0	0	-3	1	0	3	0	–	17:55
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	–	22:06
77Alexei ZhitnikD	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	–	18:50

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	L	27	21	6	.778	60:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	1	2	3	+3	1	0	1	0	50	19:13
8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	+3	5	3	0	0	–	20:14
52Mike GreenD	2	0	2	+3	4	1	0	0	–	22:21
18Matt PettingerL	1	0	1	+2	1	0	1	0	–	14:56
25Viktor KozlovC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	3	0	57	16:20
28Alexander SeminR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	18:58
43Tomas FleischmannL	0	1	1	+2	3	0	0	0	–	13:21
3Tom PotiD	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	–	22:21
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	1	1	+3	0	0	0	2	–	17:25
55Jeff SchultzD	1	0	1	+1	2	3	1	2	–	22:16
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	09:17
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	64	13:41
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	57	13:06
50Joe MotzkoR	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	–	09:56
53Quintin LaingL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	13:19
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	12:05
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	2	–	17:24
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	16:03

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Brent JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	W	26	23	3	.885	59:56