Washington Capitals vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Monday, March 16, 2009 · Philips Arena

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50–25

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Game summary

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Washington Capitals 5–1 on Monday, March 16, 2009 at Philips Arena. The Capitals outshot the Thrashers 50–25.

Goals came from Colby Armstrong, Vyacheslav Kozlov, Anssi Salmela, Toby Enstrom, Eric Perrin and Eric Fehr.

Kari Lehtonen made 49 saves on 50 shots for the win; Jose Theodore stopped 15 of 19.

Goals
WSH	0	0	1	1	50
ATL	2	2	1	5	25

Scoring

1st period

Colby Armstrong (17)Rich Peverley (22), Zach Bogosian (7)0–110:13 ATL
Vyacheslav Kozlov (20)Toby Enstrom (18)0–215:43 ATL ·

2nd period

Anssi Salmela (1)Unassisted0–307:18 ATL ·
Toby Enstrom (4)Vyacheslav Kozlov (41), Todd White (43)0–412:59 ATL ·

3rd period

Eric Perrin (6)Unassisted0–516:38 ATL
Eric Fehr (11)Milan Jurcina (11), Keith Aucoin (1)1–518:45 WSH

Team stats

WSHATL

5025

35%65%

0/43/4

1010

811

914

54

59

Penalties

14:27 into the first periodBrian Pothier · hooking2 min
6:00 into the second periodJohn Erskine · hooking2 min
9:36 into the second periodMilan Jurcina · boarding2 min
12:00 into the second periodAlexander Semin · hooking2 min
16:55 into the second periodBoris Valabik · slashing2 min
19:21 into the second periodAnssi Salmela · holding2 min
2:16 into the third periodToby Enstrom · interference2 min
2:16 into the third periodZach Bogosian · roughing2 min
2:16 into the third periodEric Fehr · interference goalkeeper2 min
12:12 into the third periodGarnet Exelby · high sticking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

16Eric FehrC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	10:43
20Keith AucoinC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	45	11:57
23Milan JurcinaD	0	1	1	+1	4	1	3	2	–	19:19
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	−2	10	3	0	0	–	25:10
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:23
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	15:17
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	09:32
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	0	20	20:24
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	+1	3	1	0	0	50	17:50
25Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	−1	5	2	0	0	–	17:44
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	−1	7	0	0	2	100	20:06
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	09:29
92Michael NylanderC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	36	15:28
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	–	16:51
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	2	0	–	23:24
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	–	16:25
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	17:18
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	18:10

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
40Semyon VarlamovG		6	5	1	.833	26:58
60Jose TheodoreG	L	19	15	4	.789	32:59

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

13Vyacheslav KozlovL	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	–	17:18
39Toby EnstromD	1	1	2	−1	2	1	2	2	–	24:03
11Eric PerrinC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	45	15:59
12Todd WhiteC	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	89	17:11
20Colby ArmstrongR	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	15:11
47Rich PeverleyC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	76	18:45
4Zach BogosianD	0	1	1	0	4	0	2	2	–	25:12
25Anssi SalmelaD	1	0	1	+2	2	0	2	2	–	21:50
10Bryan LittleC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67	17:01
19Marty ReasonerC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50	13:41
21Brett SterlingL	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	14:34
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	11:07
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:15
46Spencer MachacekR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	07:21
49Colin StuartL	0	0	0	+2	1	1	0	0	–	11:49
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	+1	0	4	3	2	–	20:42
6Ron HainseyD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	11:58
48Boris ValabikD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	–	17:05

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
32Kari LehtonenG	W	50	49	1	.980	59:58