Atlanta Thrashers vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Sunday, April 5, 2009 · Verizon Center

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4–6

Final

SOG 24–33

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 6-4 on Sunday, April 5, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Thrashers 33-24.

Goals came from Tomas Fleischmann, Colby Armstrong, Jim Slater, Keith Aucoin, Ilya Kovalchuk, Michael Nylander, Eric Fehr, Alexander Semin, Vyacheslav Kozlov and Brooks Laich.

Jose Theodore made 20 saves on 24 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 27 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	1	2	1	4	24
WSH	1	1	4	6	33

Scoring

1st period

Tomas Fleischmann (18)Unassisted0–102:13 WSH
Colby Armstrong (20)Vyacheslav Kozlov (48), Rich Peverley (27)1–107:48 ATL

2nd period

Jim Slater (8)Eric Perrin (16)2–101:23 ATL · SHG
Keith Aucoin (2)Alex Ovechkin (50), Alexander Semin (44)2–209:43 WSH · PPG
Ilya Kovalchuk (42)Bryan Little (20), Todd White (50)3–215:39 ATL

3rd period

Michael Nylander (9)Brooks Laich (29), Eric Fehr (13)3–302:43 WSH
Eric Fehr (12)Brooks Laich (30), Michael Nylander (23)3–405:04 WSH
Alexander Semin (31)Tomas Fleischmann (17), Keith Aucoin (3)3–508:20 WSH
Vyacheslav Kozlov (26)Unassisted4–519:16 ATL
Brooks Laich (20)Nicklas Backstrom (61), Alex Ovechkin (51)4–619:47 WSH · EN

Team stats

ATLWSH

24Shots on goal33

36%Faceoff %64%

0/6Power play1/7

14Penalty minutes12

23Hits19

21Blocked shots10

15Giveaways19

11Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 05:12Boris Valabik · tripping2 min
1st 08:36Nathan Oystrick · delaying game puck over glass2 min
1st 10:02Mike Green · high sticking2 min
1st 12:17Garnet Exelby · holding2 min
1st 15:24Milan Jurcina · high sticking2 min
1st 16:54Brooks Laich · tripping2 min
1st 19:55Ron Hainsey · roughing2 min
2nd 03:05Matt Bradley · hooking2 min
2nd 06:06Colby Armstrong · interference2 min
2nd 09:28Rich Peverley · hooking2 min
2nd 15:53Keith Aucoin · hooking2 min
3rd 12:40John Erskine · hooking2 min
3rd 16:10Eric Boulton · boarding2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

13Vyacheslav KozlovL	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	19:09
10Bryan LittleC	0	1	1	-1	1	2	0	0	–	19:09
11Eric PerrinC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	–	14:06
12Todd WhiteC	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	29	20:01
17Ilya KovalchukL	1	0	1	-2	4	2	1	0	–	24:52
20Colby ArmstrongR	1	0	1	+1	1	3	2	2	–	15:12
23Jim SlaterC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	2	0	63	11:17
47Rich PeverleyC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	2	31	16:59
19Marty ReasonerC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	0	45	14:41
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	06:48
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	06:06
49Colin StuartL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	10:29
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	–	13:45
4Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	+1	2	4	4	0	–	19:48
6Ron HainseyD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	2	–	22:13
7Nathan OystrickD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2	–	11:42
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	+2	2	1	3	0	–	25:17
48Boris ValabikD	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2	–	17:12

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG	L	32	27	5	.844	58:59
31Ondrej PavelecG		0	0	0	–	–

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

21Brooks LaichC	1	2	3	+1	1	1	1	2	75	17:16
8Alex OvechkinL	0	2	2	-2	11	1	1	0	–	25:21
14Tomas FleischmannL	1	1	2	+1	1	1	0	0	–	14:49
16Eric FehrC	1	1	2	+2	2	0	0	0	–	08:08
20Keith AucoinC	1	1	2	+1	3	0	0	2	60	10:19
28Alexander SeminR	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	0	–	19:46
92Michael NylanderC	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	0	50	10:42
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0	75	24:12
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	–	08:24
25Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	10:24
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	70	12:29
91Sergei FedorovC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	60	15:19
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	22:58
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	-1	2	5	3	2	–	15:22
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	+2	0	2	1	2	–	15:30
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	13:48
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	–	25:40
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	+2	1	2	0	0	–	17:33

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Semyon VarlamovG		0	0	0	–	–
60Jose TheodoreG	W	24	20	4	.833	60:00