Atlanta Thrashers vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, February 5, 2010 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5–2 on Friday, February 5, 2010 at Verizon Center. The Thrashers outshot the Capitals 45–32.
Goals came from Toby Enstrom, Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, Alexander Semin, Jason Chimera, Rich Peverley and Mike Green.
Michal Neuvirth made 43 saves on 45 shots for the win; Ondrej Pavelec stopped 27 of 31.
Scoring
1st period
Toby Enstrom (1)Rich Peverley (1), Vyacheslav Kozlov (1)1–002:46 ATL
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alexander Semin (1)1–113:41 WSH ·
2nd period
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Mike Knuble (1)1–204:31 WSH
3rd period
Alexander Semin (1)Brooks Laich (1), Shaone Morrisonn (1)1–303:52 WSH
Jason Chimera (1)Matt Bradley (1)1–405:00 WSH
Rich Peverley (1)Unassisted2–413:15 ATL · 
Mike Green (1)Boyd Gordon (1)2–518:33 WSH ·
Team stats
ATLWSH
4532
55%45%
0/31/5
1713
1915
2012
312
66
Penalties
- 4:07 into the first period
Jim Slater · slashing2 min - 10:50 into the first periodChris Thorburn · tripping2 min
- 12:14 into the first periodPavel Kubina · cross checking2 min
- 18:28 into the first period
John Erskine · fighting5 min - 18:28 into the first periodChris Thorburn · fighting5 min
- 18:28 into the first periodChris Thorburn · roughing2 min
- 10:56 into the second periodJohn Erskine · holding2 min
- 17:42 into the second periodJeff Schultz · hooking2 min
- 7:15 into the third periodDavid Steckel · high sticking2 min
- 8:52 into the third periodMike Green · roughing2 min
- 8:52 into the third periodColby Armstrong · roughing2 min
- 12:32 into the third periodNik Antropov · cross checking2 min
Season series
Atlanta Thrashers
| 47Rich PeverleyC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:52 |
| 13Vyacheslav KozlovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 15:00 |
| 39Toby EnstromD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 20:05 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:45 |
| 10Bryan LittleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 13:14 |
| 12Todd WhiteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 12:31 |
| 18Niclas BergforsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 12:53 |
| 19Marty ReasonerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:47 |
| 20Colby ArmstrongR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:03 |
| 23Jim SlaterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 15:34 |
| 27Chris ThorburnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:47 |
| 61Maxim AfinogenovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:07 |
| 80Nik AntropovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 14:35 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 22:35 |
| 5Boris ValabikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 04:49 |
| 6Ron HainseyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 25:57 |
| 29Johnny OduyaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:38 |
| 77Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 25:42 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Johan HedbergG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Ondrej PavelecG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 21:27 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 20:50 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:33 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 11:17 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:29 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:39 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11:46 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:36 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 25:17 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:16 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:57 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 12:51 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:33 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:27 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:07 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:55 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:39 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | W | 45 | 2 | .956 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | – |