Atlanta Thrashers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, February 2, 2008 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Washington Capitals 2–0 on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Thrashers 36–13.
Goals came from Todd White and Marian Hossa.
Kari Lehtonen made 36 saves on 36 shots for the win; Olie Kolzig stopped 11 of 12.
Scoring
3rd period
Todd White (11)Mark Recchi (21)1–011:34 ATL
Marian Hossa (23)Mark Recchi (22)2–019:20 ATL ·
Team stats
ATLWSH
1336
48%52%
0/10/2
66
3023
178
1113
108
Penalties
- 5:09 into the first period
Bobby Holik · slashing2 min - 5:16 into the first period
Alexander Semin · hooking2 min - 6:15 into the first periodMark Recchi · slashing2 min
- 12:42 into the second periodAlexei Zhitnik · holding2 min
- 12:42 into the second periodAlexander Semin · diving2 min
- 14:37 into the second periodShaone Morrisonn · hooking2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 8Mark RecchiR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 19:25 |
| 12Todd WhiteC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 18Marian HossaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 21:32 |
| 9Pascal DupuisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:00 |
| 11Eric PerrinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:10 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:14 |
| 16Bobby HolikC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:58 |
| 21Brett SterlingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:03 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:49 |
| 27Chris ThorburnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:40 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:15 |
| 49Colin StuartL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:35 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:47 |
| 5Steve McCarthyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:07 |
| 22Ken KleeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:46 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:17 |
| 39Toby EnstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:23 |
| 77Alexei ZhitnikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 24:35 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 32Kari LehtonenG | W | 36 | 0 | 1.000 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 7 | 22:46 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:35 |
| 18Matt PettingerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:53 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | 21:18 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:42 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 17:24 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:40 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:44 |
| 43Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:14 |
| 53Quintin LaingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:20 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:22 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:26 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:01 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:20 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:34 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 25:12 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:39 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 37Olie KolzigG | L | 12 | 1 | .917 |