ALL SPORTS
- NFL
- MLB
- NBA
- NHL
- College Football
- College Basketball
- Women's Basketball
- College Sports
- Recruiting
- Golf
- NASCAR
- Racing
- Soccer
- --World Cup
- High Schools
- Tennis
- Boxing
- Mixed Martial Arts
- Olympic Sports
- Horse Racing
- Poker
- WNBA
- Lacrosse
- Cricket (Cricinfo)
- Rugby (Scrum)
- Action Sports
- Outdoors
- Bassmaster
- Rodeo & Bull Riding
- UFL
COMMENTARY
- Blogs
- Ombudsman
PAGE 2
- Sports Guy's World
FANTASY
- Football
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Hockey
- Stock Car
- Soccer
- Arcade
- Video Games
- Poker Club
- All Fantasy Games
VIDEO
SPORTSNATION
- Profiles
- Groups
- Conversations
- Chats
- Polls
- Message Boards
- Widgets
CITIES
THE LIFE
- Home
- Travel
- Sports Passport
- Arcade
- Video Games
- Tickets
- Cars
- Contests
- Books
- Active.com

Washington 5, Atlanta 4

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	T
WAS(13-5-5)	2	3	0	5
ATL(10-7-2)	2	0	2	4

Final

7:00 PM ET, October 22, 2009

Philips Arena

Atlanta, Georgia

THREE STARS

J. Schultz
Capitals (D )

Goals: 1
Assists: 2

M. Afinogenov
Thrashers (RW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

I. Kovalchuk
Thrashers (LW)

Goals: 2
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: Philips Arena Location: Atlanta, Georgia	Referees: Gord Dwyer, Kyle Rehman Linesmen: Mark Pare, Scott Driscoll
Attendance: 13,192 (71.1% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Washington

Atlanta

Total Shots
	28
	26

PIM
	16
	14

Hits
	5
	12

Giveaways
	2
	14

Takeaways
	8
	19

Faceoffs Won
	33
	31

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
2:02		Eric Fehr (1) Assists: Jeff Schultz	Washington 1-0
4:09		Maxim Afinogenov (2) (Power Play) Assists: Nik Antropov	Game tied 1-1
8:00		Alexandre Giroux (1) Assists: Keith Aucoin	Washington 2-1
17:02		Ilya Kovalchuk (8) Assists: Nik Antropov, Maxim Afinogenov	Game tied 2-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:06		Shaone Morrisonn: 2 Minutes for Tripping Bryan Little
4:37		Christoph Schubert: 2 Minutes for Holding Matt Bradley
8:16		Colby Armstrong: 2 Minutes for Slashing Shaone Morrisonn
17:14		Evander Kane: 2 Minutes for Boarding Quintin Laing

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
10:20		Jeff Schultz (1) Assists: Semyon Varlamov	Washington 3-2
11:34		Matt Bradley (3) Assists: Jeff Schultz, Dave Steckel	Washington 4-2
11:48		Chris Clark (1) Assists: Mike Green	Washington 5-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
4:21		Pavel Kubina: 2 Minutes for Tripping Alex Ovechkin
8:08		Milan Jurcina: 2 Minutes for Holding Nik Antropov
12:33		Brendan Morrison: 2 Minutes for Tripping Maxim Afinogenov
15:37		Mike Knuble: 2 Minutes for Slashing Evander Kane

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
4:51		Zach Bogosian (2) (Shorthanded) Assists: Colby Armstrong, Rich Peverley	Washington 5-3
19:21		Ilya Kovalchuk (9) (Power Play) Assists: Tobias Enstrom, Slava Kozlov	Washington 5-4
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
3:24		Marty Reasoner: 2 Minutes for Interference of Chris Clark
9:37		Milan Jurcina: 2 Minutes for Interference of Nik Antropov
15:19		Maxim Afinogenov: 2 Minutes for Tripping Dave Steckel
16:11		Pavel Kubina: 2 Minutes for Slashing Alex Ovechkin
17:18		Mike Knuble: 2 Minutes for Slashing Todd White
19:03		Jeff Schultz: 2 Minutes for Crosschecking Todd White
19:30		Alex Ovechkin: 2 Minutes for Tripping Rich Peverley

Player Summary

Washington Capitals												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
K. Aucoin C	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	10	5:39	0:00	0:00	5:39	5	2	71.4
N. Backstrom C	0	0	-1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	22:07	9:00	0:31	12:36	6	8	42.9
M. Bradley RW	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	12:27	0:02	2:54	9:31	0	0	00.0
C. Clark RW	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	10:38	2:57	0:00	7:41	0	0	00.0
E. Fehr RW	1	0	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	12:27	3:18	0:00	9:09	0	0	00.0
A. Giroux LW	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	5:23	0:00	0:00	5:23	0	0	00.0
M. Green D	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	26:50	10:16	3:17	13:17	0	0	00.0
M. Jurcina D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	21	14:07	0:00	0:03	14:04	0	0	00.0
M. Knuble RW	0	0	0	3	3	0	2	4	0	0	0	20	20:17	7:47	0:03	12:27	0	0	00.0
B. Laich C	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	24	19:22	5:49	4:24	9:09	4	4	50.0
Q. Laing LW	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	13:46	0:02	4:42	9:02	1	0	100.0
B. Morrison C	0	1	2	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	0	17	16:00	5:03	0:38	10:19	5	8	38.5
S. Morrisonn D	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	1	20	16:00	0:01	3:07	12:52	0	0	00.0
A. Ovechkin LW	0	0	0	4	4	0	1	2	0	1	0	19	24:38	10:41	0:00	13:57	0	0	00.0
B. Pothier D	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	19	13:27	1:56	0:00	11:31	0	0	00.0
T. Poti D	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	26	23:46	3:03	6:41	14:02	0	0	00.0
J. Schultz D	1	2	3	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	0	22	17:08	0:02	6:12	10:54	0	0	00.0
D. Steckel C	0	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	25	15:13	0:02	5:53	9:18	12	9	57.1
Washington Capitals Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
T Sloan									Scratched
A Semin									Illness

Atlanta Thrashers												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
M. Afinogenov RW	1	1	-1	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	20	17:47	5:00	0:00	12:47	0	0	00.0
N. Antropov C	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	18:07	5:20	0:22	12:25	5	8	38.5
C. Armstrong RW	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	17	12:56	0:00	3:47	9:09	0	0	00.0
Z. Bogosian D	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	2	26	22:36	0:00	5:22	17:14	0	0	00.0
E. Boulton LW	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	6:29	0:00	0:00	6:29	0	0	00.0
T. Enstrom D	0	1	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	22	24:51	8:54	1:06	14:51	0	0	00.0
R. Hainsey D	0	0	-1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	24	18:36	0:01	7:40	10:55	0	0	00.0
E. Kane C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	1	17	11:22	0:00	2:29	8:53	0	0	00.0
I. Kovalchuk LW	2	0	-1	7	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	16	22:18	9:40	0:22	12:16	0	1	00.0
S. Kozlov LW	0	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	14	14:18	4:39	0:00	9:39	0	0	00.0
P. Kubina D	0	0	-1	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	0	25	21:19	1:35	5:46	13:58	0	0	00.0
B. Little C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	14:36	5:00	0:02	9:34	0	2	00.0
R. Peverley C	0	1	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	27	20:03	5:00	6:05	8:58	11	6	64.7
M. Popovic D	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	14	10:21	0:00	1:02	9:19	0	0	00.0
M. Reasoner C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	16	11:47	0:00	3:57	7:50	7	6	53.8
C. Schubert D	0	0	-2	2	2	2	1	2	4	0	0	19	12:59	0:00	3:03	9:56	0	0	00.0
C. Thorburn RW	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	10:22	0:00	3:47	6:35	0	0	00.0
T. White C	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	19	17:14	4:34	2:02	10:38	8	10	44.4
Atlanta Thrashers Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
J Slater									Scratched
A Salmela									Scratched

Goaltending Summary

Washington Capitals Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
S. Varlamov	26	4	22	.846	59:57	0

Atlanta Thrashers Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
J. Hedberg	14	0	14	1	26:11	0
O. Pavelec	14	5	9	.643	31:48	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Washington	9	6	13	28
Atlanta	9	7	10	26

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Washington	0 of 7
Atlanta	2 of 8

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Thursday, October 22nd

NY Islanders	1	Final
Montreal	5

New Jersey	4	Final
NY Rangers	2

Boston	3	Final
Philadelphia	4	SO

Washington	5	Final
Atlanta	4

Nashville	6	Final
Ottawa	5	OT

San Jose	2	Final
Tampa Bay	5

Columbus	4	Final
Edmonton	6

Detroit	2	Final
Phoenix	3	OT

Dallas	4	Final
Los Angeles	5	OT

ESPN NHL

Washington 5, Atlanta 4

Final

NHL Scores

Thursday, October 22nd