Atlanta Thrashers vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, April 9, 2010 · Verizon Center

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2–5

Final

SOG 31–47

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-2 on Friday, April 9, 2010 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Thrashers 47-31.

Nicklas Backstrom scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Evgeny Artyukhin, Clarke MacArthur and Jason Chimera also scored.

Jose Theodore made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Ondrej Pavelec stopped 42 of 47.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
ATL	0	2	0	2	31
WSH	1	1	3	5	47

Scoring

1st period

Nicklas Backstrom (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Mike Green (1)0–114:44 WSH

2nd period

Evgeny Artyukhin (1)Arturs Kulda (1), Jim Slater (1)1–111:15 ATL
Clarke MacArthur (1)Unassisted2–113:07 ATL · SHG
Alex Ovechkin (1)Alexander Semin (1)2–216:04 WSH

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (2)Alexander Semin (2), Nicklas Backstrom (1)2–309:49 WSH
Jason Chimera (1)Eric Belanger (1), Jeff Schultz (1)2–412:16 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom (2)Alexander Semin (3), Joe Corvo (1)2–513:05 WSH

Team stats

ATLWSH

31Shots on goal47

46%Faceoff %54%

0/2Power play0/5

10Penalty minutes4

16Hits9

17Blocked shots11

5Giveaways3

7Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 15:26Brendan Morrison · tripping2 min
2nd 11:52Eric Boulton · elbowing2 min
2nd 17:11Evgeny Artyukhin · hooking2 min
3rd 04:07Johnny Oduya · interference goalkeeper2 min
3rd 05:23Jim Slater · high sticking2 min
3rd 06:32Scott Walker · interference2 min
3rd 17:05Mark Popovic · slashing2 min

Season series

Atlanta Thrashers

Atlanta Thrashers skaters

23Jim SlaterC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	47	13:57
41Clarke MacArthurL	1	0	1	+1	2	0	1	0	50	12:51
76Evgeny ArtyukhinR	1	0	1	-1	3	2	0	2	–	10:49
44Arturs KuldaD	0	1	1	0	3	2	2	0	–	16:31
9Evander KaneL	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	50	14:11
10Bryan LittleR	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	38	12:58
18Niclas BergforsR	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	–	16:59
19Marty ReasonerC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	44	16:31
20Colby ArmstrongR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	13:55
27Chris ThorburnR	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	14:11
36Eric BoultonL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	09:28
47Rich PeverleyC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	54	16:50
61Maxim AfinogenovR	0	0	0	-3	3	0	0	0	–	17:10
3Mark PopovicD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	19:31
4Zach BogosianD	0	0	0	-1	2	2	4	0	–	19:29
6Ron HainseyD	0	0	0	-2	2	1	3	0	–	23:40
29Johnny OduyaD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	2	–	21:22
39Toby EnstromD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	19:41

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Johan HedbergG		0	0	0	–	00:00
31Ondrej PavelecG	L	47	42	5	.894	59:56

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	2	1	3	+3	3	0	0	0	–	23:11
19Nicklas BackstromC	2	1	3	+4	4	0	1	0	41	19:12
28Alexander SeminR	0	3	3	+4	11	0	0	0	–	20:38
18Eric BelangerC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	62	12:28
25Jason ChimeraL	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	15:47
52Mike GreenD	0	1	1	+2	3	2	0	0	–	25:00
55Jeff SchultzD	0	1	1	+4	1	0	0	0	–	21:53
77Joe CorvoD	0	1	1	+2	3	1	2	0	–	18:52
9Brendan MorrisonC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	2	50	15:48
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100	15:30
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	75	10:23
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	-2	5	0	0	0	–	14:14
21Brooks LaichL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	18:03
24Scott WalkerR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	09:43
53Quintin LaingL	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	08:53
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	20:36
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	15:56
89Tyler SloanD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	09:53

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Semyon VarlamovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
60Jose TheodoreG	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00