🦅 Away Capitals 13-10-7
3–2
Final / OT
🐦 Home Thrashers 18-9-5
Goals 1st2nd3rdOTF
🦅 WSH 10113
🐦 ATL 01102

Capitals at Thrashers

Capitals beat Thrashers 3–2 in overtime on December 15, 2006.

🗓 🏒 2006-07 🔁 Thrashers lead the season series 4–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
3 G
12 shots · 19:44 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Dainius Zubrus
2 A
4 shots · 21:35 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Chris Clark
1 A
1 shots · 16:10 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP Go-ahead 1st · 08:55
Assists: Dainius Zubrus, Jamie Heward · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–0
2nd period
🐦 Jon Sim PP Tying 2nd · 11:08
Assists: Ilya Kovalchuk, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Brent Johnson
1–1
3rd period
🐦 Jean-Pierre Vigier Go-ahead 3rd · 14:05
Assists: Niko Kapanen · beat Brent Johnson
1–2
🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP Tying 3rd · 19:29
Assists: Dainius Zubrus, Chris Clark · beat Kari Lehtonen
2–2
Overtime
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Go-ahead OT · 00:06
Unassisted · beat Kari Lehtonen
3–2

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Zubrus · Semin 19:44
L2 Pettinger · Gordon · Clark 15:30
L3 Laich · Sutherby · Clymer 12:08
L4 Brashear · Beech · Klepis 9:57
D1 Pothier · Erskine 23:38
D2 Eminger · Morrisonn 19:24
D3 Heward · Green 16:12
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Kozlov · Hossa 21:25
L2 Holik · Krog · Vigier 13:42
L3 Kapanen · Metropolit · Mellanby 12:11
L4 Sim · Boulton · Slater 7:32
D1 Havelid · De Vries 23:00
D2 Hnidy · Vishnevski 20:28
D3 Coburn · McCarthy 14:05

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH ATL🐦
33 Shots on goal 30
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
18 Hits 20
13 Blocked shots 23
2 Takeaways 12
7 Giveaways 18
12 Penalty minutes 16
WSH shooting 9.1% (3/33) ATL shooting 6.7% (2/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Brent Johnson
28/30
.933 SV% · 2 GA · 59:36 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen
30/33
.909 SV% · 3 GA · 60:06 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

3 of 5 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 1st 08:55 · 1–0 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 19:29 · 2–2 Alex Ovechkin · OT 00:06 · 3–2
WSH ATL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 5-3-1 (56% win rate, 9 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 5-3 (62% win rate, 8 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 2-1-5 (25% win rate, 8 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — tied after 2nd: 2-0-2 (50% win rate, 4 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Thrashers lead the season series 4–1
Nov 222006 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 4–2 Nov 32006 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 4–3 Oct 192006 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 3–4 SO Oct 142006 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 4–3 OT Apr 172006 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 4–6
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❓ WSH vs ATL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Thrashers on December 15, 2006?

Capitals won 3–2 in overtime. The final score was Capitals 3, Thrashers 2.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin (3).

Who scored for Thrashers?

Jean-Pierre Vigier, Jon Sim.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 28 saves on 30 shots (.933 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 30 saves on 33 shots (.909 save percentage).

What is the Capitals vs Thrashers season series?

Thrashers lead the season series 4–1 after 5 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 11 🐧PIT @ 🦅WSH 5–4 AfterDec 16 🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH 1–4
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeDec 13 🦆ANA @ 🐦ATL 2–1 AfterDec 16 🐦ATL @ 🏝️NYI 0–6
Also on December 15
🍁TOR 4–3 🌪️CAR 🏝️NYI 4–7 🐧PIT 🛢️EDM 1–4 🏔️COL
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