Washington Capitals vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Friday, March 21, 2008 · Philips Arena

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5–3

45–18

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5–3 on Friday, March 21, 2008 at Philips Arena. The Capitals outshot the Thrashers 45–18.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice, Jim Slater scored twice and Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Toby Enstrom and Boyd Gordon also scored.

Cristobal Huet made 15 saves on 18 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 40 of 44.

Goals
WSH	1	0	4	5	45
ATL	0	3	0	3	18

Scoring

1st period

Alex Ovechkin (59)Nicklas Backstrom (50), Viktor Kozlov (32)1–015:18 WSH

2nd period

Toby Enstrom (5)Mark Recchi (33), Vyacheslav Kozlov (23)1–104:11 ATL ·
Jim Slater (5)Eric Perrin (30)1–207:57 ATL ·
Jim Slater (6)Eric Perrin (31), Colby Armstrong (20)1–316:06 ATL

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (60)Mike Green (31), Tom Poti (24)2–311:30 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (13)Mike Green (32), Cristobal Huet (2)3–316:00 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (14)Alex Ovechkin (45)4–316:32 WSH
Boyd Gordon (6)Brooks Laich (13), Alex Ovechkin (46)5–319:52 WSH ·

Team stats

WSHATL

4518

50%50%

0/41/2

48

1520

713

910

78

Penalties

3:00 into the first periodBoris Valabik · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
12:37 into the first periodSergei Fedorov · boarding2 min
3:33 into the second periodQuintin Laing · hooking2 min
7:25 into the second periodBobby Holik · delaying game puck over glass2 min
10:20 into the second periodSteve McCarthy · cross checking2 min
4:28 into the third periodSteve McCarthy · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	2	2	4	+4	9	0	0	0	–	25:54
19Nicklas BackstromC	2	1	3	+3	3	1	0	0	75	22:32
52Mike GreenD	0	2	2	+3	7	0	0	0	–	25:01
15Boyd GordonC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	60	10:09
21Brooks LaichC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	50	17:23
25Viktor KozlovC	0	1	1	+4	8	0	0	0	33	19:37
3Tom PotiD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	–	23:57
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	50	10:19
14Eric FehrC	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	–	15:11
24Matt CookeL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	100	11:57
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	−2	2	0	0	0	–	16:58
43Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	10:19
53Quintin LaingL	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	07:24
91Sergei FedorovC	0	0	0	−2	1	1	1	2	47	17:30
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	13:17
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+3	0	3	0	0	–	16:14
44Steve EmingerD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	12:47
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	–	20:53

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
37Olie KolzigG		0	0	0	–	–
38Cristobal HuetG	W	18	15	3	.833	60:00

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

11Eric PerrinC	0	2	2	+2	2	1	1	0	100	19:54
23Jim SlaterC	2	0	2	+1	2	0	1	0	50	19:16
8Mark RecchiR	0	1	1	−2	0	0	0	0	–	15:28
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	1	1	−2	1	1	1	0	–	15:21
19Colby ArmstrongR	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	17:51
39Toby EnstromD	1	0	1	−3	2	0	2	0	–	26:38
10Bryan LittleC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	2	0	43	13:36
12Todd WhiteC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	40	11:09
16Bobby HolikC	0	0	0	−2	1	2	1	2	45	16:52
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	0	0	−3	4	1	0	0	–	17:17
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	−2	0	1	0	0	–	13:17
29Brad LarsenL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	100	07:35
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	–	08:20
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	–	22:37
5Steve McCarthyD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	–	18:58
7Mark PopovicD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	12:15
28Niclas HavelidD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	2	0	–	24:44
48Boris ValabikD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	–	11:50

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	L	44	40	4	.909	59:02