Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers

Monday, March 16, 2009, 7:00 PM ET Philips Arena, Atlanta Regular Season Final

Final score

The Atlanta Thrashers beat the Washington Capitals 5–1 on Monday, March 16, 2009 at home.

Final score, Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	Goals	2008-2009 record
Washington Capitals	1	50-24-8
at Atlanta Thrashers	5	35-41-6

Goals by period, Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Washington Capitals	0	0	1	1
Atlanta Thrashers	2	2	1	5

Shots on goal by period, Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Washington Capitals	14	16	20	50
Atlanta Thrashers	12	9	4	25

Scoring summary

Every goal, Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	10:13	Atlanta Thrashers	Colby Armstrong (17)	Rich Peverley (22), Zach Bogosian (7)	Even strength	WSH 0, ATL 1
1st	15:43	Atlanta Thrashers	Vyacheslav Kozlov (20)	Toby Enstrom (18)	Power play	WSH 0, ATL 2
2nd	07:18	Atlanta Thrashers	Anssi Salmela (1)	Unassisted	Power play	WSH 0, ATL 3
2nd	12:59	Atlanta Thrashers	Toby Enstrom (4)	Vyacheslav Kozlov (41), Todd White (43)	Power play	WSH 0, ATL 4
3rd	16:38	Atlanta Thrashers	Eric Perrin (6)	Unassisted	Even strength	WSH 0, ATL 5
3rd	18:45	Washington Capitals	Eric Fehr (11)	Milan Jurcina (11), Keith Aucoin (1)	Even strength	WSH 1, ATL 5

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

Washington Capitals skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 8 A. Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-2	0	10	3	0		25:10
Number 10 M. Bradley	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		09:23
Number 14 T. Fleischmann	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		15:17
Number 15 B. Gordon	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		09:32
Number 16 E. Fehr	C	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0		10:43
Number 19 N. Backstrom	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	20%	20:24
Number 20 K. Aucoin	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	45.5%	11:57
Number 21 B. Laich	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	1	0	50%	17:50
Number 25 V. Kozlov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	2	0		17:44
Number 28 A. Semin	R	0	0	0	-1	2	7	0	0	100%	20:06
Number 39 D. Steckel	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	09:29
Number 92 M. Nylander	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	36.4%	15:28
Number 2 B. Pothier	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	1		16:51
Number 3 T. Poti	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	2		23:24
Number 4 J. Erskine	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1		16:25
Number 23 M. Jurcina	D	0	1	1	+1	2	4	1	3		19:19
Number 26 S. Morrisonn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		17:18
Number 55 J. Schultz	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18:10

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 40 S. Varlamov	6	5	1	.833	26:58
Number 60 J. Theodore	19	15	4	.790	32:59	Loss

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 10 B. Little	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	66.7%	17:01
Number 11 E. Perrin	C	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	0	0	45.5%	15:59
Number 12 T. White	C	0	1	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	88.9%	17:11
Number 13 V. Kozlov	L	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	1		17:18
Number 19 M. Reasoner	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	13:41
Number 20 C. Armstrong	R	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0		15:11
Number 21 B. Sterling	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0		14:34
Number 27 C. Thorburn	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0		11:07
Number 36 E. Boulton	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		11:15
Number 46 S. Machacek	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		07:21
Number 47 R. Peverley	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	76.2%	18:45
Number 49 C. Stuart	L	0	0	0	+2	0	1	1	0	0		11:49
Number 2 G. Exelby	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	4	3	0		20:42
Number 4 Z. Bogosian	D	0	1	1	0	2	4	0	2	0		25:12
Number 6 R. Hainsey	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		11:58
Number 25 A. Salmela	D	1	0	1	+2	2	2	0	2	1		21:50
Number 39 T. Enstrom	D	1	1	2	-1	2	2	1	2	1		24:03
Number 48 B. Valabik	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	0		17:05

Atlanta Thrashers goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 32 K. Lehtonen	50	49	1	.980	59:58	Win

Penalties, Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	14:27	Washington Capitals	Brian Pothier	Hooking	2
2nd	06:00	Washington Capitals	John Erskine	Hooking	2
2nd	09:36	Washington Capitals	Milan Jurcina	Boarding	2
2nd	12:00	Washington Capitals	Alexander Semin	Hooking	2
2nd	16:55	Atlanta Thrashers	Boris Valabik	Slashing	2
2nd	19:21	Atlanta Thrashers	Anssi Salmela	Holding	2
3rd	02:16	Atlanta Thrashers	Toby Enstrom	Interference	2
3rd	02:16	Atlanta Thrashers	Zach Bogosian	Roughing	2
3rd	02:16	Washington Capitals	Eric Fehr	Interference goalkeeper	2
3rd	12:12	Atlanta Thrashers	Garnet Exelby	High sticking	2

Washington Capitals head coach: Bruce Boudreau
Atlanta Thrashers head coach: John Anderson
Referees: Gord Dwyer, Don VanMassenhoven
Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Don Henderson
Washington Capitals scratches: Sergei Fedorov, Donald Brashear, Bryan Helmer, Chris Clark, Brent Johnson, Quintin Laing, Alexandre Giroux, Tyler Sloan, Graham Mink, Staffan Kronwall, Mike Green, Chris Bourque, Sami Lepisto, Andrew Gordon, Daren Machesney, Oskar Osala, Michal Neuvirth, Sean Collins, Karl Alzner, Jay Beagle, Brett Leonhardt
Atlanta Thrashers scratches: Ilya Kovalchuk, Nathan Oystrick, Joey Crabb, Jim Slater, Joe Motzko, Grant Lewis, Scott Lehman, Ondrej Pavelec, Jordan Lavallee-Smotherman

Every Washington Capitals and Atlanta Thrashers game in the 2008-2009 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Washington Capitals 4 at Atlanta Thrashers 7	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers, Fri, Oct 10, 2008
Atlanta Thrashers 3 at Washington Capitals 5	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals, Wed, Nov 26, 2008
Atlanta Thrashers 3 at Washington Capitals 4	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals, Thu, Feb 26, 2009
Washington Capitals 1 at Atlanta Thrashers 5	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers, Mon, Mar 16, 2009
Atlanta Thrashers 4 at Washington Capitals 6	Final	Game page: Atlanta Thrashers at Washington Capitals, Sun, Apr 5, 2009
Washington Capitals 4 at Atlanta Thrashers 2	Final	Game page: Washington Capitals at Atlanta Thrashers, Tue, Apr 7, 2009

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Nashville Predators 4 at Los Angeles Kings 3	Final	Game page: Nashville Predators at Los Angeles Kings, Mon, Mar 16, 2009