Washington Capitals vs Atlanta Thrashers

Regular season · Tuesday, April 7, 2009 · Philips Arena

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4–2

Final

SOG 26–31

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4-2 on Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at Philips Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Capitals 31-26.

Goals came from Tomas Fleischmann, Rich Peverley, Viktor Kozlov, Alexander Semin, Marty Reasoner and Sergei Fedorov.

Semyon Varlamov made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Ondrej Pavelec stopped 22 of 26.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	3	0	1	4	26
ATL	1	1	0	2	31

Scoring

1st period

Tomas Fleischmann (19)Brian Pothier (1), Nicklas Backstrom (62)1–008:20 WSH
Rich Peverley (15)Ron Hainsey (32)1–109:28 ATL
Viktor Kozlov (13)Nicklas Backstrom (63), Tomas Fleischmann (18)2–109:56 WSH
Alexander Semin (32)Alex Ovechkin (52), Jeff Schultz (11)3–115:40 WSH

2nd period

Marty Reasoner (14)Toby Enstrom (25), Zach Bogosian (9)3–201:05 ATL

3rd period

Sergei Fedorov (11)Alex Ovechkin (53)4–209:18 WSH

Team stats

WSHATL

26Shots on goal31

43%Faceoff %57%

0/1Power play0/6

12Penalty minutes2

9Hits18

5Blocked shots13

2Giveaways7

14Takeaways31

Penalties

2nd 07:09Mike Green · illegal stick2 min
2nd 09:25Sergei Fedorov · hooking2 min
2nd 16:15Milan Jurcina · tripping2 min
3rd 04:22Garnet Exelby · interference2 min
3rd 05:09Sergei Fedorov · boarding2 min
3rd 14:22Shaone Morrisonn · interference2 min
3rd 16:49Sergei Fedorov · holding2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	2	2	0	4	1	0	0	–	20:08
14Tomas FleischmannL	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	0	–	14:19
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	45	17:22
25Viktor KozlovC	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	–	10:49
28Alexander SeminR	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	100	17:22
91Sergei FedorovC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	6	31	17:32
2Brian PothierD	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	–	15:28
55Jeff SchultzD	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	21:56
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:31
16Eric FehrC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:09
20Keith AucoinC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	40	08:32
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	16:09
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	62	15:30
92Michael NylanderC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	38	10:04
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	+2	1	2	0	0	–	20:22
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	17:57
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	21:39
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	–	22:15

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Semyon VarlamovG	W	31	29	2	.935	59:56
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	–

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

19Marty ReasonerC	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	56	11:04
47Rich PeverleyC	1	0	1	-1	1	1	1	0	65	21:44
4Zach BogosianD	0	1	1	-2	2	1	2	0	–	21:51
6Ron HainseyD	0	1	1	+1	3	1	3	0	–	22:52
39Toby EnstromD	0	1	1	-3	0	0	1	0	–	22:29
10Bryan LittleC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	100	15:34
11Eric PerrinC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	13:42
12Todd WhiteC	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	50	18:18
13Vyacheslav KozlovL	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	–	19:18
17Ilya KovalchukL	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	–	27:58
20Colby ArmstrongR	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	20:53
23Jim SlaterC	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	57	10:00
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	08:44
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	07:45
49Colin StuartL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	11:18
2Garnet ExelbyD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	13:48
40Clay WilsonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	14:51
48Boris ValabikD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	17:21

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	–
31Ondrej PavelecG	L	26	22	4	.846	58:30