Washington Capitals vs Atlanta Thrashers
Regular season · Saturday, January 9, 2010 · Philips Arena
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 8–1 on Saturday, January 9, 2010 at Philips Arena. The Thrashers outshot the Capitals 39–37.
Mike Knuble scored twice and Alexander Semin scored twice. Nicklas Backstrom, Maxim Afinogenov, David Steckel, Tom Poti and Jason Chimera also scored.
Michal Neuvirth made 38 saves on 39 shots for the win; Johan Hedberg stopped 5 of 9.
Scoring
1st period
Mike Knuble (1)Tom Poti (1), Jeff Schultz (1)1–004:44 WSH
Alexander Semin (1)Brooks Laich (1), Mike Green (1)2–016:47 WSH · 
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Mike Green (2)3–019:41 WSH ·
2nd period
- Mike Knuble (2)Alex Ovechkin (1), Jeff Schultz (2)4–004:43 WSH
Maxim Afinogenov (1)Pavel Kubina (1), Toby Enstrom (1)4–114:13 ATL
3rd period
- Alexander Semin (2)Tomas Fleischmann (1), Tom Poti (2)5–106:58 WSH
David Steckel (1)Matt Bradley (1), Boyd Gordon (1)6–109:35 WSH
Tom Poti (1)Alexander Semin (1), Brian Pothier (1)7–116:08 WSH · 
Jason Chimera (1)Brendan Morrison (1), Eric Fehr (1)8–116:50 WSH
Team stats
WSHATL
3739
47%53%
2/30/3
66
1819
1411
618
825
Penalties
- 12:13 into the first period
Boyd Gordon · tripping2 min - 15:19 into the first periodJohn Erskine · holding2 min
- 19:13 into the first period
Colby Armstrong · tripping2 min - 16:14 into the second periodAlex Ovechkin · cross checking2 min
- 16:19 into the second periodVyacheslav Kozlov · cross checking2 min
- 14:48 into the third periodPavel Kubina · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 28Alexander SeminR | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 16:51 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 21:46 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:49 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 0 | 22:05 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +5 | 3 | 26:10 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 6 | 17:44 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:58 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:34 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:44 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 09:46 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:46 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 18:14 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:54 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:52 |
| 39David SteckelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:28 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:46 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:50 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | W | 39 | 1 | .974 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |
Atlanta Thrashers
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 17:30 |
| 39Toby EnstromD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 19:35 |
| 77Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:16 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 11:52 |
| 10Bryan LittleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 17:50 |
| 12Todd WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:05 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 15:37 |
| 17Ilya KovalchukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 7 | 21:15 |
| 19Marty ReasonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:19 |
| 20Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 14:12 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 11:15 |
| 27Chris ThorburnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:28 |
| 36Eric BoultonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:05 |
| 47Rich PeverleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:49 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 22:39 |
| 6Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:32 |
| 16Christoph SchubertD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 18:05 |
| 25Anssi SalmelaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:56 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | L | 9 | 4 | .556 |
| 31Ondrej PavelecG | 28 | 4 | .857 |