Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals

Friday, March 14, 2008, 7:00 PM ET Verizon Center, Washington Regular Season Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 4–1 on Friday, March 14, 2008 at home.

Final score, Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals
Team	Goals	2007-2008 record
Atlanta Thrashers	1	34-40-8
at Washington Capitals	4	43-31-8

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

Shots on goal by period, Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Atlanta Thrashers	2	4	6	12
Washington Capitals	13	16	8	37

Scoring summary

Every goal, Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	11:41	Atlanta Thrashers	Vyacheslav Kozlov (16)	Colby Armstrong (19), Eric Perrin (29)	Even strength	ATL 1, WSH 0
1st	14:52	Washington Capitals	Brooks Laich (18)	Alex Ovechkin (42), Viktor Kozlov (31)	Even strength	ATL 1, WSH 1
2nd	02:18	Washington Capitals	Brooks Laich (19)	Matt Cooke (12), Sami Lepisto (1)	Even strength	ATL 1, WSH 2
2nd	14:41	Washington Capitals	Matt Cooke (9)	Sergei Fedorov (22), Shaone Morrisonn (9)	Shorthanded	ATL 1, WSH 3
3rd	01:07	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin (57)	Mike Green (29), Sergei Fedorov (23)	Power play	ATL 1, WSH 4

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	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 M. Recchi	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	1		17:58
Number 9 E. Christensen	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	52.6%	17:11
Number 10 B. Little	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	50%	15:04
Number 11 E. Perrin	C	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	0		17:20
Number 13 V. Kozlov	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	0		15:18
Number 16 B. Holik	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	52.9%	16:41
Number 17 I. Kovalchuk	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		18:28
Number 19 C. Armstrong	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0		17:18
Number 23 J. Slater	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	50%	11:17
Number 27 C. Thorburn	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		13:52
Number 29 B. Larsen	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10:03
Number 36 E. Boulton	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		08:53
Number 2 G. Exelby	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	8		20:43
Number 3 J. Kwiatkowski	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		16:51
Number 5 S. McCarthy	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	1		19:59
Number 22 K. Klee	D	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	1		17:47
Number 28 N. Havelid	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	3		17:54
Number 39 T. Enstrom	D	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0		21:19

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 32 K. Lehtonen	37	33	4	.892	60:00	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 8 A. Ovechkin	L	1	1	2	+2	2	7	0	0	1		17:40
Number 10 M. Bradley	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		13:16
Number 14 E. Fehr	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	0		12:12
Number 15 B. Gordon	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0	36.4%	16:35
Number 19 N. Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	64.3%	16:59
Number 21 B. Laich	C	2	0	2	+2	2	2	3	1	0	69.2%	14:46
Number 24 M. Cooke	L	1	1	2	+1	0	1	1	1	0		13:04
Number 25 V. Kozlov	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0		15:39
Number 28 A. Semin	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0		14:52
Number 43 T. Fleischmann	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		10:51
Number 87 D. Brashear	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0		11:48
Number 91 S. Fedorov	C	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	1	0	42.9%	15:46
Number 3 T. Poti	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0		19:39
Number 23 M. Jurcina	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	0		20:38
Number 26 S. Morrisonn	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0		22:21
Number 42 S. Lepisto	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	0		13:00
Number 52 M. Green	D	0	1	1	+1	0	7	0	1	0		25:12
Number 55 J. Schultz	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0		15:45

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 37 O. Kolzig	12	11	1	.917	59:57	Win

Penalties, Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	08:21	Atlanta Thrashers	Garnet Exelby	Roughing	2
1st	08:21	Washington Capitals	Brooks Laich	High sticking	2
1st	09:37	Washington Capitals	Shaone Morrisonn	Hooking	2
1st	12:45	Atlanta Thrashers	Mark Recchi	Hooking	2
1st	18:29	Atlanta Thrashers	Toby Enstrom	Interference	2
1st	19:54	Washington Capitals	Alex Ovechkin	Interference	2
2nd	14:08	Washington Capitals	Donald Brashear	Interference	2
3rd	01:03	Atlanta Thrashers	Ken Klee	Hooking	2
3rd	10:09	Washington Capitals	Tom Poti	Hooking	2

Atlanta Thrashers head coach: Don Waddell
Washington Capitals head coach: Bruce Boudreau
Referees: Greg Kimmerly, Tim Peel
Linesmen: Pierre Champoux, Scott Driscoll
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Alexei Zhitnik, Todd White, Darren Haydar, Mark Popovic, Colin Stuart, Brett Sterling, Kevin Doell, Boris Valabik, Ondrej Pavelec, Jordan Lavallee-Smotherman
Washington Capitals scratches: Michael Nylander, Chris Clark, Frederic Cassivi, Brent Johnson, Quintin Laing, John Erskine, Brian Pothier, David Steckel, Steve Eminger, Joe Motzko, Chris Bourque

Every Atlanta Thrashers and Washington Capitals game in the 2007-2008 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Washington Capitals 3 at Atlanta Thrashers 1	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers, Fri, Oct 5, 2007
Washington Capitals 1 at Atlanta Thrashers 2	Final/OT	Game page: Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers, Tue, Nov 6, 2007
Atlanta Thrashers 5 at Washington Capitals 1	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals, Wed, Nov 21, 2007
Atlanta Thrashers 3 at Washington Capitals 6	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals, Sat, Dec 8, 2007
Atlanta Thrashers 2 at Washington Capitals 0	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals, Sat, Feb 2, 2008
Washington Capitals 2 at Atlanta Thrashers 3	Final/SO	Game page: Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers, Wed, Feb 13, 2008
Atlanta Thrashers 1 at Washington Capitals 4	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals, Fri, Mar 14, 2008
Washington Capitals 5 at Atlanta Thrashers 3	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers, Fri, Mar 21, 2008

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