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1/1/2008
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Atlanta Thrashers 5 , Washington Capitals 3
Shots: 21 - 21
ATL PP: 0 of 1 (0 shots), Passing:65/77=84 %, Challenges:30/39=75 %
WSH PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:69/81=85 %, Challenges:50/56=87 %
Attendance: 18517 of 18517 (Philips Arena)
Ticket income: 935108 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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01:25 1-0 ATL Vyacheslav Kozlov [13] (Patrick Marleau, Alexei Zhitnik)
11:06 2-0 ATL Patrick Marleau [18] (Mark Recchi, Logan Couture)
13:08 2-1 WSH Matt Bradley [4] (Chris Clark, Tom Poti)
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21:29 2-2 WSH Viktor Kozlov [13] (Alexander Ovechkin, Brian Pothier)
30:45 3-2 ATL Darren Haydar [19] (Bryan Little)
33:24 3-3 WSH Chris Clark [16] (Alexander Semin, Steve Eminger)
36:07 4-3 ATL Vyacheslav Kozlov [14] (Niclas Hävelid, Darren Haydar)
38:42 5-3 ATL Bryan Little [4] (Niclas Hävelid, Alex Grant)
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no scoring
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Penalty summary:
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02:35 ATL Bryan Little (2 min for hooking)
06:25 ATL Alex Grant (2 min for slashing)
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32:23 WSH Tom Poti (2 min for roughing)
32:23 ATL Jordan LaVallee (2 min for roughing)
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42:27 WSH Matt Bradley (5 min for fighting)
42:27 ATL Logan Couture (5 min for fighting)
47:18 ATL Alexei Zhitnik (2 min for boarding)
54:13 WSH Chris Bourque (2 min for hooking)
58:43 ATL Logan Couture (5 min for fighting)
58:43 WSH Chris Clark (5 min for fighting)
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Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Erik Christensen 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 10.30 7
L Jordan LaVallee 0 0 2 0 1 1 2 0 18.10 7
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 15.40 7
C Patrick Marleau 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 15.40 7
C Todd White 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 -1 10.30 6
C Steve Rucchin 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 18.10 6
R Bryan Little 1 1 5 0 0 0 2 2 17.50 10
C Logan Couture 0 1 2 1 1 0 10 1 11.40 7
L Angelo Esposito 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 8.20 5
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 15.20 6
R Darren Haydar 1 1 4 0 1 0 0 2 15.40 8
R Mark Recchi 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 16.00 7
D Mark Popovic 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 -1 17.50 5
D Niclas Hävelid 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 21.00 8
D Alex Grant 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 21.10 7
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 19.10 6
D Karel Pilar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19.30 6
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 21.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 18 0 0 60.00 6
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
C Chris Bourque 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6.00 5
R Matt Bradley 1 0 2 0 0 0 5 0 15.10 6
R Chris Clark 1 1 1 1 1 0 5 0 18.00 8
R Viktor Kozlov 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 -2 16.10 8
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6.00 4
C Jakub Klepis 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 16.00 6
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 16.40 6
C Michael Nylander 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -2 19.10 6
L Jeff Friesen 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7.50 5
C Matt Cooke 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 0 19.00 6
L Alexander Semin 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 18.50 8
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 -2 19.00 8
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 19.00 6
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 19.30 6
D Brian Pothier 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 23.40 7
D Ben Clymer 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 18.10 5
D Tom Poti 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 -1 19.10 6
D Steve Eminger 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 -1 20.30 5
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 5 0 16 0 0 60.00 4
G Cristobal Huet 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Bryan Little
2nd star: Vyacheslav Kozlov
3rd star: Patrick Marleau
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Mark Recchi notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Alexei Zhitnik ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Matt Bradley finally ended his 20 game goal drought.
-Matt Bradley finally ended his 17 game point drought.
-Alexander Semin had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
Other notes:
-Matt Bradley fought Logan Couture in a fight.
-Logan Couture fought Chris Clark in a fight.
Farm game result:
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0-1 POR Donald Brashear (Mike Green, Tomas Fleischmann)
0-2 POR Eric Fehr (Tomas Fleischmann, Donald Brashear)
Goalies: Fred Brathwaite - Brent Johnson