🐦 Away Thrashers 41-32-7
4–6
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 27-41-12
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🐦 ATL 2204
🦅 WSH 3036

Thrashers at Capitals

Capitals beat Thrashers 6–4 at Capital One Arena on April 17, 2006.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2005-06 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 5–3
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Matt Pettinger
2 G
2 shots · 16:53 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 20:09 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Olie Kolzig
38 saves
0.905 SV% · 4 GA

🚨 Scoring

10 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Bobby Holik Go-ahead 1st · 00:11
Assists: Scott Mellanby · beat Olie Kolzig
1–0
🦅 Brooks Laich Tying 1st · 03:52
Assists: Rico Fata, Nolan Yonkman · beat Mike Dunham
1–1
🦅 Matt Pettinger Go-ahead 1st · 04:15
Assists: Mathieu Biron, Nolan Yonkman · beat Mike Dunham
1–2
🐦 Steve McCarthy Tying 1st · 18:20
Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Niclas Havelid · beat Olie Kolzig
2–2
🦅 Rico Fata Go-ahead 1st · 18:30
Assists: Brooks Laich · beat Michael Garnett
2–3
2nd period
🐦 Garnet Exelby Tying 2nd · 06:40
Assists: Greg De Vries, Serge Aubin · beat Olie Kolzig
3–3
🐦 Peter Bondra Go-ahead 2nd · 08:49
Assists: Patrik Stefan · beat Olie Kolzig
4–3
3rd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Tying 3rd · 02:36
Assists: Ben Clymer, Brian Sutherby · beat Mike Dunham
4–4
🦅 Brian Willsie PP Go-ahead 3rd · 08:58
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Dainius Zubrus · beat Mike Dunham
4–5
🦅 Matt Pettinger 3rd · 12:26
Assists: Jeff Halpern, Bryan Muir · beat Mike Dunham
4–6

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Kozlov · Hossa 24:12
L2 Savard · Holik · Mellanby 17:02
L3 Stefan · Slater · Bondra 12:52
L4 Larsen · Boulton · Aubin 7:30
D1 Havelid · Sutton 23:24
D2 McCarthy · De Vries 19:48
D3 Exelby · Hnidy 9:02
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Halpern · Zubrus 20:09
L2 Pettinger · Clark · Clymer 16:49
L3 Laich · Willsie · Bradley 14:00
L4 Fata · Sutherby · Fehr 7:05
D1 Muir · Majesky 26:24
D2 Eminger · Morrisonn 23:00
D3 Biron · Yonkman 7:42

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL WSH🦅
42 Shots on goal 28
0/8 Power play (goals / chances) 1/6
15 Hits 29
11 Blocked shots 9
10 Takeaways 7
10 Giveaways 18
16 Penalty minutes 20
ATL shooting 9.5% (4/42) WSH shooting 21.4% (6/28)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Mike Dunham
18/23
.783 SV% · 5 GA · 41:02 TOI
Michael Garnett
4/5
.800 SV% · 1 GA · 15:45 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
38/42
.905 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

1 of 10 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 02:36 · 4–4
ATL WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–3
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 7-9-2 (39% win rate, 18 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 1-6-5 (8% win rate, 12 games)
After 2nd — 4–3
Thrashers
Thrashers — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 7-2 (78% win rate, 9 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-9-3 (25% win rate, 16 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Thrashers lead the season series 5–3
Apr 132006 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 3–5 Mar 42006 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 2–3 OT Jan 12006 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 5–2 Dec 222005 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 6–5 SO Nov 42005 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 2–3 SO
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❓ ATL vs WSH, answered

Who won Thrashers vs Capitals on April 17, 2006?

Capitals won 6–4. The final score was Thrashers 4, Capitals 6.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Bobby Holik, Garnet Exelby, Peter Bondra, Steve McCarthy.

Who scored for Capitals?

Matt Pettinger (2), Alex Ovechkin, Brian Willsie, Brooks Laich, Rico Fata.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Mike Dunham made 18 saves on 23 shots (.783 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 38 saves on 42 shots (.905 save percentage).

Where is Thrashers vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Thrashers vs Capitals season series?

Thrashers lead the season series 5–3 after 8 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeApr 15 🐻BOS @ 🐦ATL 3–4 AfterApr 18 🐦ATL @ 🐆FLA 1–2
🦅 Capitals
BeforeApr 15 🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA 2–1 AfterApr 18 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 4–1
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