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26/1/2012
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Washington Capitals 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 4
Shots: 26 - 35
PP: 0 of 3 (6 shots), Passing:59/68=86 %, Challenges:45/58=76 %
ATL PP: 1 of 3 (8 shots), Passing:71/80=88 %, Challenges:37/51=71 %
Attendance: 18277 of 18277 (Verizon Center)
Ticket income: 879123 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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14:19 0-1 ATL Nik Antropov [20] (Nathan Horton, Andrew Ladd)PP
17:31 0-2 ATL Johnny Oduya [2] (Brenden Morrow, Nicklas Bergfors)
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31:28 1-2
Nikolai Kulemin [2] (Alexander Ovechkin, John Carlson)
32:28 1-3 ATL David Desharnais [6] (Nicolas Deschamps, Maxim Afinogenov)
39:04 2-3
Dmitri Kugryshev [13] (Teemu Pulkkinen, T.J. Galiardi)
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47:47 3-3
Teemu Pulkkinen [4] (T.J. Galiardi)
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60:58 3-4 ATL Bill Guérin [6] (Anton Babchuk, Angelo Esposito)
Penalty summary:
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03:53 ATL Anton Babchuk (2 min for slashing)
12:53
Garnet Exelby (2 min for roughing)
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29:04 ATL David Desharnais (2 min for hooking)
39:12
Dmitri Kugryshev (2 min for tripping)
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42:14
Garnet Exelby (2 min for boarding)
57:27 ATL Maxim Afinogenov (2 min for hooking)
57:59 ATL Brenden Morrow (2 min for roughing)
57:59
Guillaume Latendresse (2 min for roughing)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Nikolai Kulemin 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 7.50 5
R Jeff Skinner 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 13.20 7
R Dmitri Kugryshev 1 0 4 0 1 0 2 0 19.00 8
R Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 4 5 1 4 0 -1 20.50 9
C Jori Lehtera 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.50 6
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11.10 6
C T.J. Galiardi 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 20.00 8
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 -1 20.40 7
L Mathieu Perreault 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7.50 4
L Anton Gustafsson 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 12.30 4
L Teemu Pulkkinen 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.00 8
L Guillaume Latendresse 0 0 2 1 1 1 2 -1 17.30 7
D Garnet Exelby 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 1 12.10 6
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 16.00 6
D Karl Alzner 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 -3 28.20 6
D Tim Gleason 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 10.50 5
D John Carlson 0 1 2 7 0 3 0 1 23.50 10
D Luke Schenn 0 0 3 6 1 5 0 -1 30.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 4 0 31 0 0 61.00 7
G Jonas Gustavsson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Anthony Stewart 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 6.40 4
R David Desharnais 1 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 13.50 7
R Nicklas Bergfors 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.50 7
R Nathan Horton 0 1 3 5 2 0 0 0 21.50 8
C Angelo Esposito 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 6
C Nicolas Deschamps 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 13.50 8
C Nik Antropov 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 20.00 6
C Evander Kane 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 17.10 7
L Bill Guérin 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 6.40 6
L Maxim Afinogenov 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 14.50 6
L Brenden Morrow 0 1 2 1 0 1 2 -2 19.00 7
L Andrew Ladd 0 1 4 5 0 3 0 -1 21.20 9
D Anton Babchuk 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 15.40 7
D Johnny Oduya 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 13.10 7
D Boris Valabik 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 -1 26.10 7
D Matt Greene 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 14.30 7
D Ron Hainsey 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 -1 22.50 7
D Brent Burns 0 0 5 6 2 6 0 0 29.40 10
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Ondrej Pavelec 3 0 23 0 0 61.00 6
G Leland Irving 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: David Desharnais
2nd star: Nathan Horton
3rd star: Nicolas Deschamps
Notes for Washington Capitals:
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Nik Antropov scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Nathan Horton notched his 20th assist of the season.
-David Desharnais ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Bill Guérin finally ended his 11 game goal drought.
-Johnny Oduya finally ended his 51 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Hershey Bears 1( 30) , Chicago Wolves 2( 13)
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1-0
Chris Bourque (James Wisniewski)
1-1
John Albert (Riley Holzapfel)
1-2
Evgeny Artyukhin (John Albert, Riley Holzapfel)
Goalies: Daren Machesney - Alex Kangas