Capitals 5–3 Thrashers — Final Score & Stats (Mar 21, 2008)

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

Alex Ovechkin

2 G, 2 A

9 shots · 25:54 TOI

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Nicklas Backstrom

2 G, 1 A

3 shots · 22:32 TOI

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Mike Green

2 A

7 shots · 25:01 TOI

Scoring

8 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Alex Ovechkin Go-ahead 1st · 15:18

Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Viktor Kozlov · beat Kari Lehtonen

1–0

2nd period

🐦 Toby Enstrom PP Tying 2nd · 04:11

Assists: Mark Recchi, Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Cristobal Huet

1–1

🐦 Jim Slater SH Go-ahead 2nd · 07:57

Assists: Eric Perrin · beat Cristobal Huet

1–2

🐦 Jim Slater 2nd · 16:06

Assists: Eric Perrin, Colby Armstrong · beat Cristobal Huet

1–3

3rd period

🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 11:30

Assists: Mike Green, Tom Poti · beat Kari Lehtonen

2–3

🦅 Nicklas Backstrom Tying 3rd · 16:00

Assists: Mike Green, Cristobal Huet · beat Kari Lehtonen

3–3

🦅 Nicklas Backstrom Go-ahead 3rd · 16:32

Assists: Alex Ovechkin · beat Kari Lehtonen

4–3

🦅 Boyd Gordon Empty net 3rd · 19:52

Assists: Brooks Laich, Alex Ovechkin

5–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦅Capitals

L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Kozlov 22:32

L2 Fedorov · Laich · Semin 17:23

L3 Cooke · Fehr · Bradley 11:57

L4 Fleischmann · Laing · Gordon 10:09

D1 Green · Poti 24:29

D2 Schultz · Morrisonn 18:34

D3 Jurcina · Eminger 13:02

🐦Thrashers

L1 Perrin · Slater · Armstrong 19:16

L2 Kovalchuk · Holik · Recchi 16:52

L3 Kozlov · Little · Thorburn 13:36

L4 Boulton · Larsen · White 8:20

D1 Enstrom · Havelid 25:41

D2 Exelby · McCarthy 20:48

D3 Popovic · Valabik 12:02

Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH ATL🐦

45 Shots on goal 18

0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2

15 Hits 20

7 Blocked shots 13

7 Takeaways 8

9 Giveaways 10

4 Penalty minutes 8

WSH shooting 11.1% (5/45) ATL shooting 16.7% (3/18)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Cristobal Huet

15/18

.833 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

🐦Thrashers

Kari Lehtonen

40/44

.909 SV% · 4 GA · 59:02 TOI

Where the goals came from

2 of 8 goals located

WSH ATL

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Period by period

After 1st — 1–0

Capitals

Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 9-6-1 (56% win rate, 16 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 7-12-1 (35% win rate, 20 games)

After 2nd — 1–3

Capitals

Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-10 (0% win rate, 10 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 4–4

Mar 142008 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 1–4 Feb 132008 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 2–3 SO Feb 22008 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 2–0 Dec 82007 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 3–6 Nov 212007 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 5–1

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Who won Capitals vs Thrashers on March 21, 2008?

Capitals won 5–3. The final score was Capitals 5, Thrashers 3.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin (2), Nicklas Backstrom (2), Boyd Gordon.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Jim Slater (2), Toby Enstrom.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Cristobal Huet made 15 saves on 18 shots (.833 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 40 saves on 44 shots (.909 save percentage).

What is the Capitals vs Thrashers season series?

Season series tied 4–4 after 8 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🦅 Capitals

BeforeMar 19 🦅WSH @ 🪶CHI 0–5 AfterMar 25 🦅WSH @ 🌪️CAR 3–2

🐦 Thrashers

BeforeMar 19 🌪️CAR @ 🐦ATL 5–3 AfterMar 27 🐦ATL @ 🐆FLA 3–2

Also on March 21

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