Capitals 4–3 Thrashers — Final Score & Stats (Oct 29, 2009)

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, 1 A

6 shots · 19:23 TOI

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Brooks Laich

3 A

4 shots · 17:46 TOI

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Semyon Varlamov

38 saves

0.927 SV% · 3 GA

Scoring

7 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP Go-ahead 1st · 10:03

Assists: Mike Green, Brooks Laich · beat Ondrej Pavelec

1–0

🦅 Alex Ovechkin 1st · 14:56

Assists: Nicklas Backstrom · beat Ondrej Pavelec

2–0

2nd period

🦅 Brendan Morrison PP 2nd · 04:10

Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Brooks Laich · beat Ondrej Pavelec

3–0

3rd period

🐦 Zach Bogosian PP 3rd · 01:23

Assists: Toby Enstrom, Todd White · beat Semyon Varlamov

3–1

🐦 Todd White 3rd · 17:37

Assists: Vyacheslav Kozlov · beat Semyon Varlamov

3–2

🦅 Mike Knuble Empty net 3rd · 19:07

Assists: Brooks Laich

4–2

🐦 Zach Bogosian 3rd · 19:59

Assists: Rich Peverley, Nik Antropov · beat Semyon Varlamov

4–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🦅Capitals

L1 Ovechkin · Laich · Semin 17:46

L2 Fleischmann · Backstrom · Morrison 16:53

L3 Steckel · Knuble · Bradley 15:11

L4 Aucoin · Clark 11:52

D1 Green · Schultz 21:20

D2 Pothier · Poti 19:56

D3 Jurcina · Morrisonn 16:15

D4 Sloan 8:51

🐦Thrashers

L1 Peverley · Antropov · Afinogenov 19:54

L2 Kane · Reasoner · Armstrong 16:55

L3 Kozlov · Little · White 13:25

L4 Boulton · Slater · Thorburn 8:18

D1 Bogosian · Kubina 23:17

D2 Enstrom · Hainsey 21:08

D3 Schubert · Salmela 15:46

Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH ATL🐦

32 Shots on goal 41

2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 1/2

12 Hits 18

11 Blocked shots 19

3 Takeaways 18

9 Giveaways 12

4 Penalty minutes 10

WSH shooting 12.5% (4/32) ATL shooting 7.3% (3/41)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Semyon Varlamov

38/41

.927 SV% · 3 GA · 59:55 TOI

🐦Thrashers

Ondrej Pavelec

28/31

.903 SV% · 3 GA · 58:36 TOI

Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located

WSH ATL

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Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Capitals

Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-0-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)

Thrashers

Thrashers — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

After 2nd — 3–0

Capitals

Capitals — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Thrashers

Thrashers — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 2–0

Oct 222009 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 5–4 Apr 72009 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 4–2 Apr 52009 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 4–6 Mar 162009 🦅WSH @ 🐦ATL 1–5 Feb 262009 🐦ATL @ 🦅WSH 3–4

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Who won Capitals vs Thrashers on October 29, 2009?

Capitals won 4–3. The final score was Capitals 4, Thrashers 3.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin (2), Brendan Morrison, Mike Knuble.

Who scored for Thrashers?

Zach Bogosian (2), Todd White.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 38 saves on 41 shots (.927 save percentage).

How did the Thrashers goalie play?

Ondrej Pavelec made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

What is the Capitals vs Thrashers season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

🦅 Capitals

BeforeOct 27 🔔PHI @ 🦅WSH 2–4 AfterOct 30 🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH 4–3

🐦 Thrashers

BeforeOct 24 🦈SJS @ 🐦ATL 4–3 AfterOct 31 🐦ATL @ 🏛️OTT 3–1

Also on October 29

😈NJD 2–1 🐻BOS 🏛️OTT 2–5 ⚡TBL 🌵PHX 2–0 🎵STL 🪶CHI 0–2 🐯NSH 🐙DET 5–6 🛢️EDM 🐋VAN 2–1 👑LAK

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