Atlanta Thrashers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Wednesday, November 26, 2008 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5–3 on Wednesday, November 26, 2008 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Thrashers 33–18.
Alex Ovechkin scored a hat trick. Eric Fehr, Bryan Little, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Viktor Kozlov and Nathan Oystrick also scored.
Jose Theodore made 15 saves on 18 shots for the win; Ondrej Pavelec stopped 28 of 33.
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (10)Sami Lepisto (1), Viktor Kozlov (7)0–103:29 WSH · 
Eric Fehr (2)Tomas Fleischmann (4), Michael Nylander (11)0–207:33 WSH
Bryan Little (10)Ilya Kovalchuk (12), Todd White (12)1–212:08 ATL · - Alex Ovechkin (11)Viktor Kozlov (8), Tomas Fleischmann (5)1–314:01 WSH ·
2nd period
- Alex Ovechkin (12)Tom Poti (4), Tyler Sloan (3)1–400:54 WSH
Vyacheslav Kozlov (12)Bryan Little (10), Ilya Kovalchuk (13)2–413:06 ATL ·
3rd period
Viktor Kozlov (3)Alex Ovechkin (17)2–501:20 WSH
Nathan Oystrick (1)Todd White (13), Mathieu Schneider (5)3–512:28 ATL
Team stats
ATLWSH
1833
40%60%
2/32/4
86
1310
1112
1219
210
Penalties
- 3:02 into the first period
Toby Enstrom · hooking2 min - 4:00 into the first period
Matt Bradley · high sticking2 min - 10:48 into the first periodNicklas Backstrom · tripping2 min
- 13:19 into the first periodColby Armstrong · roughing2 min
- 14:29 into the first periodJason Williams · interference2 min
- 17:59 into the first periodMathieu Schneider · hooking2 min
- 12:16 into the second periodDavid Steckel · tripping2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 10Bryan LittleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 19:47 |
| 12Todd WhiteC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:16 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21:44 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:53 |
| 7Nathan OystrickD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 18Mathieu SchneiderD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:58 |
| 9Erik ChristensenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:11 |
| 11Eric PerrinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:02 |
| 14Jason WilliamsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:00 |
| 19Marty ReasonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:07 |
| 20Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:02 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:58 |
| 27Chris ThorburnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 06:08 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:40 |
| 2Garnet ExelbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 15:52 |
| 6Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 18:59 |
| 28Niclas HavelidD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:11 |
| 39Toby EnstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ondrej PavelecG | L | 33 | 5 | .849 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 3 | 1 | 4 | +2 | 6 | 21:32 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 17:17 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 16:17 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 14:55 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:14 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:20 |
| 42Sami LepistoD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:18 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 19:08 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:42 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:33 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:01 |
| 38Graham MinkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 09:56 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:19 |
| 56Chris BourqueL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 11:42 |
| 87Donald BrashearL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:27 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:30 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:33 |
| 47Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:06 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brent JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 18 | 3 | .833 |