Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals

Friday, October 31, 2003, 7:00 PM ET MCI Center, Washington Regular Season Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 2–1 on Friday, October 31, 2003 at home.

Final score, Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2003-2004 record
Atlanta Thrashers	1	33-37-8-4
at Washington Capitals	2	23-46-10-3

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

Shots on goal by period, Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Atlanta Thrashers	5	8	7	20
Washington Capitals	20	10	8	38

Scoring summary

Every goal, Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	05:30	Atlanta Thrashers	Vyacheslav Kozlov (3)	Marc Savard (9), Ilya Kovalchuk (6)	Power play	ATL 1, WSH 0
1st	07:41	Washington Capitals	Matt Pettinger (2)	Unassisted	Even strength	ATL 1, WSH 1
1st	19:30	Washington Capitals	Alexander Semin (1)	Robert Lang (6)	Power play	ATL 1, WSH 2

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	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 M. Savard	C	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	62.1%	26:23
Number 10 S. Aubin	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	50%	14:18
Number 11 J. Vigier	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		12:29
Number 13 V. Kozlov	L	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	1		25:55
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	0	1	1	0	2	6	1	1	0		26:37
Number 19 S. McEachern	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		24:33
Number 20 F. Lessard	R	0	0	0	-1	5	0	0	0	0		01:35
Number 22 K. Piros	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0		04:43
Number 24 T. Santala	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	62.5%	07:17
Number 26 R. Petrovicky	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0		13:50
Number 27 P. Stefan	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	52.9%	14:50
Number 28 R. Robitaille	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	50%	12:55
Number 2 G. Exelby	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		15:41
Number 4 C. Tamer	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	1	0		15:37
Number 8 F. Kaberle	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0		21:46
Number 23 I. Majesky	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		15:29
Number 25 A. Sutton	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0		23:30
Number 36 D. Tjarnqvist	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	2	0		17:10

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 P. Nurminen	38	36	2	.947	59:16	Loss

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 D. Zubrus	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0	33.3%	19:08
Number 11 J. Halpern	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	42.9%	17:21
Number 12 P. Bondra	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		16:31
Number 13 B. Battaglia	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0		13:48
Number 15 B. Gordon	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1	0	66.7%	13:00
Number 18 M. Pettinger	L	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0		03:40
Number 20 R. Lang	C	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	1	0	43.5%	21:20
Number 24 B. Willsie	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		12:41
Number 25 M. Grier	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0		18:40
Number 28 A. Semin	R	1	0	1	0	0	10	0	0	1	100%	13:41
Number 51 S. Peat	R	0	0	0	+1	5	0	1	0	0		04:14
Number 68 J. Jagr	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		20:06
Number 3 J. Doig	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	1	0		13:20
Number 8 S. Eminger	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	0		23:23
Number 17 J. Gruden	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0		09:26
Number 19 B. Witt	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0		23:00
Number 29 J. Kwiatkowski	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		23:31
Number 55 S. Gonchar	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0		23:27

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 37 O. Kolzig	20	19	1	.950	60:00	Win

Penalties, Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	04:09	Washington Capitals	John Gruden	Boarding	2
1st	10:28	Atlanta Thrashers	Marc Savard	Roughing	2
1st	10:28	Washington Capitals	Jeff Halpern	Cross checking	2
1st	11:49	Atlanta Thrashers	Daniel Tjarnqvist	Holding	2
1st	19:24	Atlanta Thrashers	Ilya Kovalchuk	Roughing	2
2nd	01:59	Washington Capitals	Steve Eminger	Roughing	2
2nd	09:34	Atlanta Thrashers	Francis Lessard	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	09:34	Washington Capitals	Stephen Peat	Fighting (major)	5
2nd	19:41	Atlanta Thrashers	Chris Tamer	High sticking	2
3rd	06:11	Washington Capitals	Boyd Gordon	Delaying game	2
3rd	12:05	Washington Capitals	Dainius Zubrus	Hooking	2

Atlanta Thrashers head coach: Bob Hartley
Washington Capitals head coach: Bruce Cassidy
Referees: Dan O'Halloran, Ian Walsh
Linesmen: Tim Nowak, Mark Pare
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Bill Lindsay, Brian Swanson, Yannick Tremblay, Jeff Cowan, Shawn Heins, Derek MacKenzie, Mike Weaver, Dany Heatley, Kurtis Foster, Karl Stewart
Washington Capitals scratches: Kip Miller, Michael Nylander, Chris Hajt, Josef Boumedienne, Andrei Podkonicky, Ivan Ciernik, Jean-Francois Fortin, Rick Berry, Nolan Yonkman, Roman Tvrdon, Dwayne Zinger, Brian Sutherby, Jakub Cutta, Darcy Verot, Owen Fussey, Graham Mink, Garret Stroshein

Every Atlanta Thrashers and Washington Capitals game in the 2003-2004 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Atlanta Thrashers 4 at Washington Capitals 3	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals, Sat, Oct 11, 2003
Atlanta Thrashers 1 at Washington Capitals 2	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals, Fri, Oct 31, 2003
Washington Capitals 5 at Atlanta Thrashers 0	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers, Tue, Dec 16, 2003
Washington Capitals 2 at Atlanta Thrashers 5	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers, Sat, Mar 13, 2004
Atlanta Thrashers 2 at Washington Capitals 2	Final/OT	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals, Sat, Mar 20, 2004
Washington Capitals 2 at Atlanta Thrashers 3	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers, Wed, Mar 24, 2004

Other NHL games on Friday, October 31, 2003
Matchup	Status	Details
Vancouver Canucks 4 at Phoenix Coyotes 1	Final	Game page: Vancouver Canucks at Phoenix Coyotes, Fri, Oct 31, 2003