Atlanta Thrashers vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Thursday, February 26, 2009 · Verizon Center

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3–4

24–40

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4–3 on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Thrashers 40–24.

Goals came from Alexander Semin, Brooks Laich, Ilya Kovalchuk, Rich Peverley, Mike Green, Eric Fehr and Todd White.

Michal Neuvirth made 21 saves on 24 shots for the win; Kari Lehtonen stopped 36 of 40.

Goals
ATL	1	1	1	3	24
WSH	2	1	1	4	40

Scoring

1st period

Alexander Semin (23)Sergei Fedorov (19), Alex Ovechkin (36)0–104:27 WSH ·
Brooks Laich (15)Mike Green (31), Alexander Semin (32)0–205:20 WSH ·
Ilya Kovalchuk (32)Todd White (38), Vyacheslav Kozlov (35)1–216:11 ATL ·

2nd period

Rich Peverley (8)Niclas Havelid (13), Toby Enstrom (13)2–203:56 ATL
Mike Green (23)Nicklas Backstrom (50), Alexander Semin (33)2–312:25 WSH ·

3rd period

Eric Fehr (10)Shaone Morrisonn (7), David Steckel (9)2–404:47 WSH
Todd White (16)Ilya Kovalchuk (34), Marty Reasoner (12)3–418:03 ATL ·

Team stats

ATLWSH

2440

40%60%

1/53/8

2115

1519

1616

1416

417

Penalties

3:53 into the first periodTodd White · hooking2 min
4:27 into the first periodEric Perrin · slashing2 min
7:24 into the first periodMilan Jurcina · hooking2 min
12:11 into the first periodMatt Bradley · hooking2 min
15:38 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · roughing2 min
2:52 into the second periodEric Boulton · fighting5 min
2:52 into the second periodDonald Brashear · fighting5 min
4:53 into the second periodBoris Valabik · tripping2 min
9:26 into the second periodColin Stuart · hooking2 min
11:54 into the second periodZach Bogosian · hooking2 min
13:37 into the second periodEric Perrin · boarding2 min
16:07 into the second periodBrooks Laich · interference2 min
6:05 into the third periodBoyd Gordon · high sticking2 min
8:48 into the third periodEric Perrin · interference2 min
16:12 into the third periodErik Christensen · hooking2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

12Todd WhiteC	1	1	2	0	2	1	0	2	47	19:25
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	1	2	+1	4	0	0	0	–	27:59
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	18:39
19Marty ReasonerC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	45	15:47
47Rich PeverleyC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	18	19:16
28Niclas HavelidD	0	1	1	+2	1	1	1	0	–	19:12
39Toby EnstromD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	6	0	–	25:46
9Erik ChristensenC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	56	12:45
10Bryan LittleC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	1	0	–	18:15
11Eric PerrinC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	29	09:28
20Colby ArmstrongR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	13:35
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:38
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	–	05:30
49Colin StuartL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	12:03
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	15:04
4Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	0	1	3	3	2	–	14:02
6Ron HainseyD	0	0	0	−1	3	1	1	0	–	23:10
48Boris ValabikD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	1	2	–	13:55

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	L	40	36	4	.900	58:33

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

28Alexander SeminR	1	2	3	−2	7	0	0	0	–	19:10
52Mike GreenD	1	1	2	−1	5	3	1	0	–	24:28
8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	−1	5	2	2	2	–	25:28
16Eric FehrC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	–	09:55
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	67	21:31
21Brooks LaichC	1	0	1	0	7	2	0	2	80	17:09
39David SteckelC	0	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	47	15:18
91Sergei FedorovC	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	71	16:18
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	–	17:18
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	−1	0	3	0	2	–	06:59
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	100	15:33
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	2	55	11:23
25Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	16:44
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	5	–	05:23
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	–	23:46
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	15:04
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	–	13:10
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	17:01

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30Michal NeuvirthG	W	24	21	3	.875	59:49
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	–