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2007-08 regular season

Thrashers at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Season series tied 2–2

Capitals beat Thrashers 6–3 at Capital One Arena on December 8, 2007.

ATL – WSH
26–27
Shots on goal
1/4–0/4
Power play
15–18
Hits
17–13
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
1 G, 2 A
1 shots · 19:13 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Mike Green
2 G
4 shots · 22:21 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G, 1 A
5 shots · 20:14 TOI

Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom Go-ahead 1st · 08:12
Unassisted · beat Kari Lehtonen
0–1
🦅 Jeff Schultz 1st · 09:12
Assists: Alexander Semin · beat Kari Lehtonen
0–2
2nd period
🦅 Matt Pettinger 2nd · 04:16
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Kari Lehtonen
0–3
🐦 Todd White PP 2nd · 12:31
Assists: Marian Hossa, Ilya Kovalchuk · beat Olie Kolzig
1–3
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 2nd · 14:06
Assists: Tom Poti, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–4
🦅 Mike Green 2nd · 15:15
Assists: Tomas Fleischmann · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–5
3rd period
🦅 Mike Green 3rd · 05:29
Assists: Viktor Kozlov, Shaone Morrisonn · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–6
🐦 Todd White 3rd · 07:05
Assists: Niclas Havelid, Ilya Kovalchuk · beat Olie Kolzig
2–6
🐦 Bobby Holik 3rd · 09:41
Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Olie Kolzig
3–6

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kovalchuk · Kozlov · Hossa 18:18
L2 Perrin · White · Dupuis 15:46
L3 Little · Holik · Haydar 13:57
L4 Boulton · Slater · Thorburn 10:51
D1 Enstrom · Exelby 20:36
D2 Zhitnik · Havelid 18:46
D3 Klee · McCarthy 17:27
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Semin 19:13
L2 Pettinger · Kozlov · Laich 14:56
L3 Fleischmann · Laing · Steckel 13:19
L4 Brashear · Motzko · Bradley 9:56
D1 Poti · Green 22:21
D2 Schultz · Morrisonn 19:50
D3 Erskine · Jurcina 16:44

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐦ATL WSH🦅
26 Shots on goal 27
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
15 Hits 18
17 Blocked shots 13
7 Takeaways 9
10 Giveaways 12
8 Penalty minutes 8
ATL shooting 11.5% (3/26) WSH shooting 22.2% (6/27)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen
21/27
.778 SV% · 6 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
23/26
.885 SV% · 3 GA · 59:56 TOI

Where the goals came from

1 of 9 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 14:06 · 1–4
ATL WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 1–5
Thrashers
Thrashers — trailing by 4 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
Capitals
Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

All →
Season series tied 2–2
Nov 212007 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 5–1 Nov 62007 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 1–2 OT Oct 52007 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 3–1 Apr 42007 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 3–2 Mar 122007 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 2–4
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Who won Thrashers vs Capitals on December 8, 2007?

Capitals won 6–3. The final score was Thrashers 3, Capitals 6.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Todd White (2), Bobby Holik.

Who scored for Capitals?

Mike Green (2), Alex Ovechkin, Jeff Schultz, Matt Pettinger, Nicklas Backstrom.

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 21 saves on 27 shots (.778 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 23 saves on 26 shots (.885 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?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeDec 7 🗽NYR @ 🐦ATL 2–4 AfterDec 12 🐻BOS @ 🐦ATL 5–3
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 7 🦅WSH @ 😈NJD 2–3 AfterDec 10 😈NJD @ 🦅WSH 2–3
Also on December 8
🐻BOS 2–1 🍁TOR 🌪️CAR 5–1 🇨🇦MTL 🌲MIN 2–1 🧥CBJ 🏝️NYI 3–2 ⚡TBL 🦆ANA 2–4 🐯NSH 🐧PIT 2–1 🐋VAN 🌵PHX 4–2 👑LAK ⚔️BUF 7–1 🦈SJS
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