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2008-09 regular season

Capitals at Thrashers

🗓 🔁 Season series tied 2–2

Thrashers beat Capitals 5–1 on March 16, 2009.

WSH – ATL
50–25
Shots on goal
0/4–3/4
Power play
8–11
Hits
9–14
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 🐦 ATL
Vyacheslav Kozlov
1 G, 1 A
3 shots · 17:18 TOI
2nd star 🐦 ATL
Toby Enstrom
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 24:03 TOI
3rd star 🐦 ATL
Kari Lehtonen
49 saves
0.980 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
🐦 Colby Armstrong Go-ahead 1st · 10:13
Assists: Rich Peverley, Zach Bogosian · beat Jose Theodore
0–1
🐦 Vyacheslav Kozlov PP 1st · 15:43
Assists: Toby Enstrom · beat Jose Theodore
0–2
2nd period
🐦 Anssi Salmela PP 2nd · 07:18
Unassisted · beat Jose Theodore
0–3
🐦 Toby Enstrom PP 2nd · 12:59
Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov, Todd White · beat Jose Theodore
0–4
3rd period
🐦 Eric Perrin 3rd · 16:38
Unassisted · beat Semyon Varlamov
0–5
🦅 Eric Fehr 3rd · 18:45
Assists: Milan Jurcina, Keith Aucoin · beat Kari Lehtonen
1–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Semin 20:24
L2 Laich · Kozlov · Nylander 17:44
L3 Fleischmann · Aucoin · Fehr 11:57
L4 Gordon · Steckel · Bradley 9:29
D1 Poti · Jurcina 21:22
D2 Schultz · Morrisonn 17:44
D3 Pothier · Erskine 16:38
🐦Thrashers
L1 Kozlov · Peverley · White 17:18
L2 Little · Perrin · Armstrong 15:59
L3 Sterling · Stuart · Reasoner 13:41
L4 Boulton · Thorburn · Machacek 11:07
D1 Bogosian · Enstrom 24:38
D2 Salmela · Exelby 21:16
D3 Valabik · Hainsey 14:32

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH ATL🐦
50 Shots on goal 25
0/4 Power play (goals / chances) 3/4
8 Hits 11
9 Blocked shots 14
5 Takeaways 9
5 Giveaways 4
10 Penalty minutes 10
WSH shooting 2.0% (1/50) ATL shooting 20.0% (5/25)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Jose Theodore
15/19
.789 SV% · 4 GA · 32:59 TOI
Semyon Varlamov
5/6
.833 SV% · 1 GA · 26:58 TOI
🐦Thrashers
Kari Lehtonen
49/50
.980 SV% · 1 GA · 59:58 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-3 (25% win rate, 4 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 5-1 (83% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 0–4
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 4 goals after 2nd: 0-4 (0% win rate, 4 games)
Thrashers
Thrashers — leading by 4 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Season series tied 2–2
Feb 262009 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 3–4 Nov 262008 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 3–5 Oct 102008 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 4–7 Mar 212008 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 5–3 Mar 142008 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 1–4
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Who won Capitals vs Thrashers on March 16, 2009?

Thrashers won 5–1. The final score was Capitals 1, Thrashers 5.

Who scored for Capitals?

Eric Fehr.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Anssi Salmela, Colby Armstrong, Eric Perrin, Toby Enstrom, Vyacheslav Kozlov.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 15 saves on 19 shots (.789 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Kari Lehtonen made 49 saves on 50 shots (.980 save percentage).

What is the Capitals vs Thrashers season series?

Season series tied 2–2 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 14 🌪️CAR @ 🦅WSH 4–5 AfterMar 17 🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA 3–0
🐦 Thrashers
BeforeMar 14 🐦ATL @ ⚔️BUF 4–3 AfterMar 17 🐦ATL @ 🐧PIT 2–6
Also on March 16
🐯NSH 4–3 👑LAK
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