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6/11/2006
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Washington Capitals 3 , Atlanta Thrashers 5
Shots: 39 - 19
PP: 2 of 8 (17 shots), Passing:66/77=85 %, Challenges:42/50=82 %
PP: 3 of 4 (4 shots), Passing:57/81=70 %, Challenges:37/40=90 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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08:04 1-0
Jarret Stoll [8] (Peter Forsberg)PP
09:52 2-0
Jarret Stoll [9] (Steve Eminger, Alexander Ovechkin)
14:55 2-1
Scott Mellanby [9] (Ilya Kovalchuk, Steve Rucchin)
18:06 3-1
Peter Forsberg [9] (Alexander Ovechkin)PP
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29:31 3-2
Scott Mellanby [10] (Vyacheslav Kozlov, Bobby Holik)PP
34:59 3-3
Ilya Kovalchuk [9] (Alexei Zhitnik, Marian Hossa)PP
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46:28 3-4
Marian Hossa [10] (Alexei Zhitnik, Todd White)PP
58:45 3-5
Pascal Dupuis [2] (Garnet Exelby, Alexei Zhitnik) EN
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Penalty summary:
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07:22
Scott Mellanby (2 min for hooking)
11:37
Scott Mellanby (2 min for high-sticking)
17:28
Todd White (2 min for slashing)
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26:13
Jean-Pierre Vigier (2 min for hooking)
29:13
Kris Beech (2 min for tripping)
34:18
Tom Poti (2 min for high-sticking)
35:21
Niclas Hävelid (2 min for roughing)
37:52
Scott Mellanby (2 min for tripping)
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44:51
Mike Green (2 min for diving)
49:35
Jean-Pierre Vigier (2 min for tripping)
51:37
Scott Mellanby (2 min for tripping)
55:44
Nicklas Bäckström (2 min for high-sticking)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Bradley 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5.00 5
R Chris Clark 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 -1 13.20 6
R Dustin Penner 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 -1 19.50 5
R Alexander Ovechkin 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 21.10 9
C Kris Beech 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 4.40 5
C Ian Laperriere 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 -1 15.00 7
C Brian Sutherby 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 12.20 7
C Jarret Stoll 2 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 21.00 8
L Nicklas Bäckström 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.00 6
L Nik Antropov 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 19.30 5
L Peter Schaefer 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 -1 19.20 5
L Peter Forsberg 1 1 7 1 2 0 0 1 19.20 8
D Mike Green 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 -1 10.50 6
D Ben Clymer 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 14.50 8
D Steve Eminger 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 27.40 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 17.00 6
D Tom Poti 0 0 4 2 0 1 2 0 23.20 8
D Brian Pothier 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 26.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Olaf Kölzig 5 0 14 0 0 59.00 4
G Semen Varlamov 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Atlanta Thrashers scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Darren Haydar 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 7.50 6
R Jean-Pierre Vigier 0 0 1 2 0 1 4 1 8.50 7
R Scott Mellanby 2 0 2 1 0 0 8 1 17.10 9
R Marian Hossa 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 23.20 8
C Jim Slater 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 7.50 6
C Todd White 0 1 3 4 0 0 2 1 18.20 7
C Bobby Holik 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.20 6
C Steve Rucchin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 19.10 7
L Brad Larsen 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 -1 7.50 7
L Pascal Dupuis 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 8.50 7
L Vyacheslav Kozlov 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 10.10 8
L Ilya Kovalchuk 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 18.50 9
D Garnet Exelby 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 21.00 8
D Steve McCarthy 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 17.20 7
D Alexei Zhitnik 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 26.00 9
D Ken Klee 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 12.10 6
D Andy Sutton 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 -1 24.50 7
D Niclas Hävelid 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 18.40 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Kari Lehtonen 3 0 36 0 0 60.00 10
G Johan Hedberg 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Scott Mellanby
2nd star: Marian Hossa
3rd star: Jarret Stoll
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Ovechkin notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Tom Poti had his 4 game point streak snapped.
-Brian Pothier had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Atlanta Thrashers:
-Scott Mellanby scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Marian Hossa scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Pascal Dupuis ended his 9 game goal drought.
-Garnet Exelby ended his 8 game point drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 4( 15) , Chicago Wolves 3( 18)
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0-1 CHW Adam Smyth (Kevin Doell, Martin Kariya)
0-2 CHW Scott Polaski (Cory Larose)
1-2 POR Roman Cervenka (Trevor Byrne)
2-2 POR Chad Wiseman (Jarkko Ruutu, Frédéric Cassivi)
3-2 POR Boyd Gordon (Jamie Hunt, Alexandre Giroux)
3-3 CHW Derek MacKenzie (Joey Crabb)
4-3 POR Brooks Laich (Jarkko Ruutu)
Goalies: Frédéric Cassivi - Michael Garnett