The final home game of the season at Verizon Center was a matchup between the Southeast Division champions and fourth ranked Washington Capitals (47-23-8, 102 points) and the 27th ranked Atlanta Thrashers (34-38-6, 74 points).
This marked the fifth game of the six-game series between the Capitals and the Thrashers. The series ends Tuesday night in Atlanta. The series is tied 2-2.
The Capitals kicked off Fan Appreciation Week by giving away prizes to fans throughout the game and after the game selected fans won game-worn jerseys right off the backs of Capitals players.
Game Notes
Jose Theodore (30-16-5) tended net opposite Johan Hedberg (13-10-3).
The Tomas Fleischmann that fans remember started the game off right with an unassisted goal at 2:13 in the first period. Fleischmann hadn’t scored since the wrist shot power play goal against the Boston Bruins on February 28. Colby Armstrong (Vyacheslav Kozlov, Rich Peverley) tied the game at 7:48. Capitals failed to score on the power play despite Thrashers Jim Slater and Colin Stuart without sticks. The period ended tied at 1.
In the second period, Fleischmann seemed to have lost his spark. Slater backhanded a shorthanded goal past Theodore at 1:23. Ilya Kovalchuk made three attempts on Theodore with passes from Tobias Enstrom to no avail. Viktor Kozlov drew another penalty, and in his first power play shift, Keith Aucoin (Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin) scored his second goal of the season at 9:43. Kovalchuk (Bryan Little, Todd White) scored an evenhanded goal at 15:39 to lift the Thrashers 3-2. The period ends 3-2. Ovechkin surpassed the 500 shots on goal mark, ending the second period with 504 SOG.
In the first two periods, the Capitals proved that the team dislikes matinees games. No longer sleepwalking, Washington dominated the period. Michael Nylander (Brooks Laich, E
ric Fehr) tied the game at 2:43. After a play-under-review (puck never cross the line behind Hedberg), Fehr (Laich, Nylander) scored his 12th goal of the season at 5:04. “It feels good to finally be able to chip in and help out on the scoresheet,” said Fehr. Semin (Fleischmann, Aucoin) tallied his 31st goal of the season at 8:20 lifting the Capitals to 5-3. Unassisted, Slava Kozlov tallied the final scored for Atlanta. With 13 seconds left in the final period, Brooks Laich (Nicklas Backstrom, Ovechkin) scored an empty net goal. Laich has 20 goals and 50 points. This marks the second straight season Laich has 20 goals and the first time he has reached 50 points.
Washington wins its final home game of the season 6-4. The Capitals face the Thrashers at Philips Arena on Tuesday for the final game of the series.
This marked the fifth game of the six-game series between the Capitals and the Thrashers. The series ends Tuesday night in Atlanta. The series is tied 2-2.
The Capitals kicked off Fan Appreciation Week by giving away prizes to fans throughout the game and after the game selected fans won game-worn jerseys right off the backs of Capitals players.
Game Notes
Jose Theodore (30-16-5) tended net opposite Johan Hedberg (13-10-3).
The Tomas Fleischmann that fans remember started the game off right with an unassisted goal at 2:13 in the first period. Fleischmann hadn’t scored since the wrist shot power play goal against the Boston Bruins on February 28. Colby Armstrong (Vyacheslav Kozlov, Rich Peverley) tied the game at 7:48. Capitals failed to score on the power play despite Thrashers Jim Slater and Colin Stuart without sticks. The period ended tied at 1.In the second period, Fleischmann seemed to have lost his spark. Slater backhanded a shorthanded goal past Theodore at 1:23. Ilya Kovalchuk made three attempts on Theodore with passes from Tobias Enstrom to no avail. Viktor Kozlov drew another penalty, and in his first power play shift, Keith Aucoin (Alex Ovechkin, Alexander Semin) scored his second goal of the season at 9:43. Kovalchuk (Bryan Little, Todd White) scored an evenhanded goal at 15:39 to lift the Thrashers 3-2. The period ends 3-2. Ovechkin surpassed the 500 shots on goal mark, ending the second period with 504 SOG.
In the first two periods, the Capitals proved that the team dislikes matinees games. No longer sleepwalking, Washington dominated the period. Michael Nylander (Brooks Laich, E
ric Fehr) tied the game at 2:43. After a play-under-review (puck never cross the line behind Hedberg), Fehr (Laich, Nylander) scored his 12th goal of the season at 5:04. “It feels good to finally be able to chip in and help out on the scoresheet,” said Fehr. Semin (Fleischmann, Aucoin) tallied his 31st goal of the season at 8:20 lifting the Capitals to 5-3. Unassisted, Slava Kozlov tallied the final scored for Atlanta. With 13 seconds left in the final period, Brooks Laich (Nicklas Backstrom, Ovechkin) scored an empty net goal. Laich has 20 goals and 50 points. This marks the second straight season Laich has 20 goals and the first time he has reached 50 points.Washington wins its final home game of the season 6-4. The Capitals face the Thrashers at Philips Arena on Tuesday for the final game of the series.
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2 comments:
Finally, some secondary scoring! it wasn't always pretty but it was two points.
Oh yeah, Aucoin needs to stay in DC for the playoffs.
This would be great timing, if the secondary scoring is back and sticks.
I've been to home openers, but never to a last home game for any sport. It's something I strongly regret. Maybe for the 2009-2010 hockey season, I'll buy tickets to both before the season starts.
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