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1/1/2009
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Washington Capitals 5 , Atlanta Thrashers 3
Shots: 30 - 28
PP: 0 of 2 (2 shots), Passing:62/75=82 %, Challenges:35/47=72 %
PP: 2 of 5 (6 shots), Passing:67/89=75 %, Challenges:34/45=73 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 515411 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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06:22 0-1
Todd White [8] (Colby Armstrong, Ron Hainsey)PP
08:34 0-2
Brett Sterling [5] (Slava Kozlov, Éric Perrin)PP
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28:54 0-3
Ilya Kovalchuk [20] (Colby Armstrong, Ron Hainsey)
29:46 1-3
David Krejci [2] (Eric Fehr)
30:28 2-3
Mike Green [4] (Alexander Semin, Alexander Ovechkin)
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45:54 3-3
Chris Clark [15] (Michael Nylander, Loui Eriksson)
46:12 4-3
Sergei Fedorov [6] (Bobby Sanguinetti, Tom Poti)
50:28 5-3
Barret Jackman [5] (Loui Eriksson, Alexander Ovechkin)
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Penalty summary:
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02:45
Slava Kozlov (2 min for tripping)
05:37
Bobby Sanguinetti (2 min for tripping)
08:02
David Krejci (2 min for cross-checking)
10:23
Mike Green (2 min for slashing)
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26:49
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for boarding)
31:28
Mike Green (2 min for boarding)
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41:31
Barret Jackman (5 min for fighting)
41:31
Boris Valabik (5 min for fighting)
56:53
Brett Sterling (2 min for hooking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Eric Fehr 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 7.30 6
R Matt Bradley 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 1 13.20 6
R Loui Eriksson 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 13.40 8
R Alexander Ovechkin 0 2 5 2 1 2 0 0 21.10 8
C David Krejci 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 5.50 7
C Sergei Fedorov 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 15.00 8
C Michael Nylander 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 13.30 8
C Sam Gagner 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 19.40 6
L Donald Brashear 0 0 1 3 3 3 0 1 10.10 7
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 14.40 7
L Chris Clark 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 18.40 8
L Alexander Semin 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 1 20.10 8
D Bobby Sanguinetti 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 12.20 7
D Ladislav Smid 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 2 17.30 8
D Eric Brewer 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 29.10 7
D Tom Poti 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 20.20 7
D Barret Jackman 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 1 12.50 7
D Mike Green 1 0 4 1 2 1 4 1 26.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 25 0 0 60.00 7
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
L Erik Christensen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5.20 4
R Colby Armstrong 0 2 3 5 0 5 0 1 18.30 9
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 -3 15.10 7
R Phil Kessel 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 -2 18.50 6
C Éric Perrin 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 7.30 6
C Marty Reasoner 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 15.00 7
C Bryan Little 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 16.20 6
C Todd White 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 21.10 7
L Brett Sterling 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 7.30 7
L Angelo Esposito 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12.20 5
L Slava Kozlov 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 -3 18.20 5
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 -1 19.30 8
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 15.00 6
D Boris Valabik 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 -2 19.00 7
D Dennis Wideman 0 0 5 1 4 0 0 -2 28.40 6
D Zach Bogosian 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 12.50 5
D Andrei Zyuzin 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 -3 16.10 4
D Ron Hainsey 0 2 2 3 1 2 0 -1 28.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 5 0 25 0 0 60.00 5
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Mike Green
2nd star: Colby Armstrong
3rd star: Loui Eriksson
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Chris Clark scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Loui Eriksson has marked a new career high in assists with 18 assists.
-Eric Fehr finally ended his 18 game point drought.
-David Krejci finally ended his 18 game goal drought.
-Bobby Sanguinetti ended his 8 game point drought.
-Barret Jackman ended his 6 game goal drought.
-Barret Jackman ended his 5 game point drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Ilya Kovalchuk scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Ron Hainsey notched his 20th assist of the season.
Other notes:
-Barret Jackman fought Boris Valabik in a fight.
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 7( 39) , Chicago Wolves 1( 11)
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1-0 HER Graham Mink (François Bouchard, Jan Marek)
2-0 HER Alexandre Giroux (Josh Godfrey, Oskar Osala)
3-0 HER Bryan Helmer (Chris Bourque, Jan Marek)
4-0 HER Steve Pinizzotto (Maxime Lacroix, Jay Beagle)
4-1 CHW Dmitri Zyuzin (Eric Boulton, Tomás Pospisil)
5-1 HER Bryce Swan (Mathieu Perreault)
6-1 HER Oskar Osala
7-1 HER Quintin Laing (Bryan Helmer)