Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals

Friday, December 6, 2002, 7:00 PM ET MCI Center, Washington Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 7–6 in overtime on Friday, December 6, 2002 at home.

Final score, Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2002-2003 record
Atlanta Thrashers	6	31-39-7-5
at Washington Capitals	7	39-29-8-6

Goals by period, Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Atlanta Thrashers	1	4	1	0	6
Washington Capitals	1	2	3	1	7

Shots on goal by period, Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Overtime	Total
Atlanta Thrashers	13	14	6	1	34
Washington Capitals	11	7	9	3	30

Scoring summary

Every goal, Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	08:29	Atlanta Thrashers	Dany Heatley (8)	Ilya Kovalchuk (7)	Even strength	ATL 1, WSH 0
1st	16:29	Washington Capitals	Peter Bondra (9)	Robert Lang (15), Brian Sutherby (1)	Even strength	ATL 1, WSH 1
2nd	01:53	Washington Capitals	Peter Bondra (10)	Michael Nylander (20), Robert Lang (16)	Power play	ATL 1, WSH 2
2nd	04:03	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk (15)	Unassisted	Power play	ATL 2, WSH 2
2nd	05:30	Atlanta Thrashers	Frantisek Kaberle (3)	Shawn McEachern (11), Mark Hartigan (1)	Even strength	ATL 3, WSH 2
2nd	06:51	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk (16)	Dany Heatley (20), Andy Sutton (5)	Even strength	ATL 4, WSH 2
2nd	08:58	Washington Capitals	Jaromir Jagr (14)	Kip Miller (13)	Shorthanded	ATL 4, WSH 3
2nd	15:03	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk (17)	Andy Sutton (6)	Even strength	ATL 5, WSH 3
3rd	06:38	Washington Capitals	Robert Lang (8)	Peter Bondra (8), Jason Doig (2)	Even strength	ATL 5, WSH 4
3rd	07:52	Atlanta Thrashers	Andy Sutton (2)	Dany Heatley (21), Frantisek Kaberle (8)	Power play	ATL 6, WSH 4
3rd	17:54	Washington Capitals	Calle Johansson (2)	Steve Konowalchuk (6), Mike Grier (3)	Even strength	ATL 6, WSH 5
3rd	19:32	Washington Capitals	Steve Konowalchuk (5)	Robert Lang (17), Mike Grier (4)	Even strength	ATL 6, WSH 6
OT	02:24	Washington Capitals	Michael Nylander (7)	Sergei Gonchar (18), Jaromir Jagr (14)	Even strength	ATL 6, WSH 7

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Atlanta Thrashers skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 3 M. Hartigan	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	25%	03:17
Number 7 C. Herperger	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		15:32
Number 12 A. Hrkac	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	46.7%	16:20
Number 13 V. Kozlov	L	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	0		22:21
Number 15 D. Heatley	L	1	2	3	0	0	2	0	0		19:37
Number 16 J. Cowan	L	0	0	0	0	7	1	1	0		08:23
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	3	1	4	0	2	9	0	1		19:35
Number 19 S. McEachern	L	0	1	1	-3	2	3	0	0	37.5%	22:56
Number 20 J. Odgers	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		07:08
Number 26 P. Rheaume	C	0	0	0	-2	5	6	0	0	42.1%	16:27
Number 27 P. Stefan	C	0	0	0	+2	0	0	0	0	58.3%	16:33
Number 39 P. Svartvadet	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:23
Number 4 C. Tamer	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:36
Number 8 F. Kaberle	D	1	1	2	-2	0	2	0	0		21:14
Number 25 A. Sutton	D	1	2	3	-2	2	1	1	1		19:48
Number 36 D. Tjarnqvist	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0		23:42
Number 38 Y. Tremblay	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		20:23
Number 43 M. Weaver	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		21:44

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 34 B. Dafoe	30	23	7	.767	62:24	Loss

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 11 J. Halpern	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	55.6%	15:58
Number 12 P. Bondra	R	2	1	3	+2	2	3	0	1		25:16
Number 14 K. Miller	C	0	1	1	+2	0	0	0	0	25%	13:33
Number 20 R. Lang	C	1	3	4	+3	0	5	0	0	66.7%	20:27
Number 21 G. Metropolit	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	66.7%	06:53
Number 22 S. Konowalchuk	L	1	1	2	0	2	3	0	0	100%	14:01
Number 25 M. Grier	R	0	2	2	+1	0	3	1	0	100%	16:41
Number 27 I. Ciernik	L	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0		09:31
Number 36 C. Forbes	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	05:37
Number 46 B. Sutherby	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	50%	10:10
Number 68 J. Jagr	R	1	1	2	0	0	6	0	0	100%	24:53
Number 92 M. Nylander	C	1	1	2	0	2	4	0	0	54.5%	25:06
Number 2 K. Klee	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0		19:38
Number 4 R. Berry	D	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0		08:05
Number 6 C. Johansson	D	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0		20:42
Number 19 B. Witt	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0		18:28
Number 54 J. Doig	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		14:14
Number 55 S. Gonchar	D	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0		31:27

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 1 C. Billington	34	28	6	.824	61:23	Win

Penalties, Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	01:54	Atlanta Thrashers	Shawn McEachern	Interference goalkeeper	2
1st	10:08	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Cowan	Holding	2
1st	12:18	Washington Capitals	Peter Bondra	Interference goalkeeper	2
1st	15:36	Atlanta Thrashers	Jeff Cowan	Fighting (major)	5
1st	15:36	Washington Capitals	Brendan Witt	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	01:17	Atlanta Thrashers	Tony Hrkac	Hooking	2
2nd	03:00	Washington Capitals	Steve Konowalchuk	Hooking	2
2nd	03:19	Washington Capitals	Ken Klee	High sticking	2
2nd	07:16	Washington Capitals	Calle Johansson	Holding the stick	2
2nd	09:40	Atlanta Thrashers	Daniel Tjarnqvist	Holding	2
2nd	13:45	Atlanta Thrashers	Pascal Rheaume	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	13:45	Washington Capitals	Rick Berry	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	13:45	Washington Capitals	Brian Sutherby	Holding	2
2nd	14:48	Atlanta Thrashers	Yannick Tremblay	Holding	2
3rd	06:52	Washington Capitals	Michael Nylander	High sticking	2
3rd	12:03	Atlanta Thrashers	Andy Sutton	Holding	2
3rd	15:51	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk	Diving	2

Atlanta Thrashers head coach: Curt Fraser
Washington Capitals head coach: Bruce Cassidy
Referees: Dave Jackson, Scott Zelkin
Linesmen: Derek Amell, Stephane Provost
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Uwe Krupp, Richard Smehlik, Milan Hnilicka, Marc Savard, Yuri Butsayev, Francis Lessard, Benjamin Simon, Kamil Piros, Lubos Bartecko, Joe Dipenta, Dan Snyder, Kirill Safronov, Garnet Exelby, Jean-Pierre Vigier, Brad Tapper, Kurtis Foster
Washington Capitals scratches: Sylvain Cote, Sebastien Charpentier, Dainius Zubrus, Jean-Francois Fortin, Stephen Peat, Alex Henry, Michael Farrell, Matt Pettinger, Andreas Salomonsson, Steve Eminger

Every Atlanta Thrashers and Washington Capitals game in the 2002-2003 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Atlanta Thrashers 3 at Washington Capitals 6	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals, Sat, Nov 23, 2002
Washington Capitals 4 at Atlanta Thrashers 5	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers, Sun, Dec 1, 2002
Atlanta Thrashers 6 at Washington Capitals 7	Final/OT	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals, Fri, Dec 6, 2002
Washington Capitals 5 at Atlanta Thrashers 1	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers, Wed, Feb 12, 2003
Atlanta Thrashers 4 at Washington Capitals 4	Final/OT	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals, Thu, Mar 6, 2003

Other NHL games on Friday, December 6, 2002
Matchup	Status	Details
Toronto Maple Leafs 2 at New York Islanders 4	Final	Game page: Toronto Maple Leafs at New York Islanders, Fri, Dec 6, 2002
Buffalo Sabres 4 at New York Rangers 1	Final	Game page: Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers, Fri, Dec 6, 2002
Florida Panthers 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 0	Final	Game page: Florida Panthers at Carolina Hurricanes, Fri, Dec 6, 2002
Pittsburgh Penguins 1 at New Jersey Devils 3	Final	Game page: Pittsburgh Penguins at New Jersey Devils, Fri, Dec 6, 2002
Anaheim Ducks 4 at Chicago Blackhawks 3	Final	Game page: Anaheim Ducks at Chicago Blackhawks, Fri, Dec 6, 2002
Detroit Red Wings 3 at Dallas Stars 3	Final/OT	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Dallas Stars, Fri, Dec 6, 2002
Montreal Canadiens 6 at Colorado Avalanche 7	Final/OT	Game page: Montreal Canadiens at Colorado Avalanche, Fri, Dec 6, 2002
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 at San Jose Sharks 3	Final	Game page: Columbus Blue Jackets at San Jose Sharks, Fri, Dec 6, 2002