1/1/2010
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Washington Capitals 6 , Atlanta Thrashers 4
Shots: 38 - 29
PP: 2 of 5 (14 shots), Passing:72/80=90 %, Challenges:40/49=80 %
ATL PP: 1 of 3 (7 shots), Passing:57/75=76 %, Challenges:25/35=69 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 915936 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:51 0-1 ATL Tobias Enström [4] (Pavel Kubina, Todd White)
10:21 0-2 ATL Ilya Kovalchuk [18] (Bryan Little, Colby Armstrong)PP
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23:23 1-2
Matt Bradley [4] (Brian Gionta, Hal Gill)
25:04 2-2
Nicklas Bäckström [20] (Mike Green, Tom Poti)PP
28:17 2-3 ATL Colby Armstrong [13] (Bryan Little, Ron Hainsey)
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41:23 3-3
Brian Gionta [10] (Michael Nylander, Alexander Semin)PP
44:16 4-3
Mike Green [6] (Alexander Ovechkin, Brooks Laich)
49:21 5-3
Matt Bradley [5] (Willie Mitchell, Chris Chelios)
53:32 5-4 ATL Boris Valabik [2])
59:11 6-4
Jaromir Jagr [18] (Nicklas Bäckström, Brian Pothier) EN
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Penalty summary:
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03:47 ATL Jordan LaVallee (2 min for hooking)
09:11
Chris Chelios (2 min for elbowing)
14:11 ATL Brett Sterling (2 min for boarding)
17:53
Mike Johnson (2 min for cross-checking)
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24:08 ATL Brett Sterling (2 min for boarding)
26:19
Brian Pothier (2 min for hooking)
39:57 ATL Rich Peverly (2 min for tripping)
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50:49 ATL Brett Sterling (2 min for high-sticking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Mike Johnson 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 6.50 5
R Brian Gionta 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 15.00 7
R Mike Knuble 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 -2 17.00 7
R Jaromir Jagr 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 1 21.10 8
C Marcus Johansson 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 6.40 6
C Michael Nylander 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 14.00 7
C Brendan Morrison 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 13.30 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 20.40 8
L Brooks Laich 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 6.40 5
L Matt Bradley 2 0 5 1 1 2 0 2 12.20 9
L Alexander Semin 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 -1 21.00 7
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 0 20.30 7
D Willie Mitchell 0 1 1 1 0 4 0 2 11.00 8
D Chris Chelios 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 -2 20.10 6
D Brian Pothier 0 1 2 2 1 0 2 1 23.00 7
D Hal Gill 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 11.40 7
D Tom Poti 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -1 23.40 8
D Mike Green 1 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 30.00 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 4 0 25 0 0 60.00 6
G José Theodore 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Rich Peverly 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 7.50 4
R Brett Sterling 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 1 11.10 6
R Jim Slater 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 20.50 7
R Colby Armstrong 1 1 5 2 0 0 0 -1 20.10 7
C Chris Thorburn 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14.20 6
C Jason Krog 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 11.20 6
C Bryan Little 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 17.10 7
C Todd White 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -2 15.00 6
L Jordan LaVallee 0 0 2 4 1 0 2 0 7.50 6
L Eric Boulton 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 14.00 6
L Slava Kozlov 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 -1 13.50 7
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 0 8 2 1 0 0 -1 17.50 8
D Boris Valabik 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 17.50 8
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 -1 13.10 5
D Pavel Kubina 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 -2 27.50 5
D Karel Pilar 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 14.50 5
D Ron Hainsey 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21.10 6
D Tobias Enström 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 25.10 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 6 0 32 0 0 58.50 5
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st
: Matt Bradley
2nd
: Brian Gionta
3rd
: Nicklas Bäckström
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Brian Gionta notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Nicklas Bäckström scored his 20th goal of the season.
-Brian Gionta scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Matt Bradley ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Matt Bradley ended his 7 game point drought.
-Brian Pothier finally ended his 10 game point drought.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Colby Armstrong has marked a new career high in assists with 25 assists.
-Tobias Enström finally ended his 15 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 2( 30) , Chicago Wolves 0( 11)
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1-0 POR Chris Clark (François Bouchard, David Steckel)
2-0 POR François Bouchard (David Steckel)
Goalies: Dan Dunn - Ondrej Pavelec