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Washington 6, Atlanta 5

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play Conversation

	1	2	3	SO	T
WAS(29-41-12)	2	3	0	1	6
ATL(41-33-8)	3	0	2	0	5

Final

SO

7:00 PM ET, December 22, 2005

Philips Arena

Atlanta, Georgia

THREE STARS

M. Hossa
Thrashers (RW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 4

A. Ovechkin
Capitals (LW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 3

M. Savard
Thrashers (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 2

Game Information
Arena: Philips Arena Location: Atlanta, Georgia	Referees: IanWalsh Linesmen: SteveMiller, DerekNansen
Attendance: 16,078 (86.7% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Washington

Atlanta

Total Shots
	37
	34

PIM
	20
	28

Hits
	20
	22

Giveaways
	6
	25

Takeaways
	12
	21

Faceoffs Won
	34
	44

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
5:37		Jeff Halpern (3) (Power Play) Assists: Andrew Cassels, Brian Willsie	Washington 1-0
6:37		Ilya Kovalchuk (22) Assists: Marc Savard, Marian Hossa	Game tied 1-1
11:38		Brooks Laich (3) Assists: Dainius Zubrus, Alex Ovechkin	Washington 2-1
13:08		Slava Kozlov (10) (Power Play) Assists: Marian Hossa, Marc Savard	Game tied 2-2
13:57		Marc Savard (15) (Power Play) Assists: Ronald Petrovicky, Marian Hossa	Atlanta 3-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
3:52		Jaroslav Modry: 2 Minutes for Hooking Chris Clark
12:21		Brian Willsie: 2 Minutes for Hooking
12:59		Steve Eminger: 2 Minutes for Slashing
17:38		Bobby Holik: 2 Minutes for Hooking Ivan Majesky

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
5:04		Alex Ovechkin (19) (Power Play) Assists: Jamie Heward, Mathieu Biron	Game tied 3-3
6:03		Mathieu Biron (2) (Power Play) Assists: Jamie Heward, Alex Ovechkin	Washington 4-3
16:00		Dainius Zubrus (5) Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Shaone Morrisonn	Washington 5-3
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
0:29		Matt Bradley: 2 Minutes for Hooking Marian Hossa
3:08		Jim Slater: 2 Minutes for Goaltender Interference Brent Johnson
4:19		Marian Hossa: 2 Minutes for Tripping Jamie Heward
5:29		Patrik Stefan: 2 Minutes for Hooking Mathieu Biron
7:54		Dainius Zubrus: 2 Minutes for Hooking Scott Mellanby
10:15		Ivan Majesky: 2 Minutes for Tripping J.P. Vigier
17:35		Andy Sutton: 2 Minutes for Roughing Matt Pettinger
18:48		Alex Ovechkin: 2 Minutes for Crosschecking Marc Savard
18:48		Brent Johnson: 2 Minutes for Roughing Marc Savard (Served by Mathieu Biron)
18:48		Marc Savard: 2 Minutes for Slashing Brent Johnson

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
4:45		Andy Sutton (1) (Power Play) Assists: Niclas Havelid, Marian Hossa	Washington 5-4
8:29		Marian Hossa (16) Assists: Slava Kozlov	Game tied 5-5
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
2:02		Ilya Kovalchuk: 10 Minutes for Misconduct
3:19		Ben Clymer: 2 Minutes for Tripping Marian Hossa
10:12		Patrik Stefan: 2 Minutes for Interference of Matt Bradley
11:02		Brent Johnson: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game - Illegal Play by GoalTender (Served by Mathieu Biron)
14:01		Steve Eminger: 2 Minutes for Tripping Ilya Kovalchuk
17:06		Garnet Exelby: 2-Minute Bench Penalty for Instigating Jeff Halpern

OT Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
No penalties this period

Shootout Summary
TEAM	DETAIL
	Ilya Kovalchuk shootout attempt against Brent Johnson with a Snapshot results in a SAVE!
	Marian Hossa shootout attempt against Brent Johnson with a Wristshot results in a SAVE!
	Alexander Ovechkin shootout attempt against Michael Garnett with a Wristshot results in a GOAL!
	null
	Andrew Cassels shootout attempt against Michael Garnett with a Wristshot results in a SAVE!
	Slava Kozlov shootout attempt against Brent Johnson with a Wristshot results in a SAVE!

Player Summary

Washington Capitals												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
M. Biron D	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	14	12:03	8:13	0:00	3:50	0	0	00.0
M. Bradley RW	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	2	3	0	0	22	11:54	0:12	0:17	11:25	0	1	00.0
A. Cassels C	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	15	12:05	6:51	0:04	5:10	4	5	44.4
C. Clark RW	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	30	15:14	0:00	6:56	8:18	4	2	66.7
B. Clymer RW	0	0	-2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	22	13:30	0:12	0:50	12:28	0	0	00.0
S. Eminger D	0	0	-1	0	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	32	18:30	2:30	2:28	13:32	0	0	00.0
J. Halpern C	1	0	0	6	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	34	21:04	7:33	3:18	10:13	11	16	40.7
J. Heward D	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	40	27:06	5:32	7:16	14:18	0	0	00.0
B. Laich C	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16	9:12	0:05	0:00	9:07	0	2	00.0
I. Majesky D	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	26	12:25	0:06	2:10	10:09	0	0	00.0
S. Morrisonn D	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	36	19:05	0:06	5:11	13:48	0	0	00.0
B. Muir D	0	0	1	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	29	19:32	7:37	0:00	11:55	0	0	00.0
A. Ovechkin LW	1	3	1	8	4	0	1	2	2	1	1	26	20:45	5:32	0:04	15:09	0	0	00.0
M. Pettinger LW	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	25	15:56	4:05	6:20	5:31	0	1	00.0
B. Sutherby C	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	27	13:46	0:26	3:01	10:19	8	7	53.3
B. Willsie RW	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	24	16:06	6:19	3:03	6:44	0	0	00.0
B. Witt D	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	45	25:02	0:20	8:56	15:46	0	0	00.0
D. Zubrus C	1	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	30	20:33	5:06	2:14	13:13	7	10	41.2
Washington Capitals Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
J Friesen									Groin
N Yonkman									Healthy

Atlanta Thrashers												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
E. Boulton LW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	3:08	0:00	0:00	3:08	0	0	00.0
G. de Vries D	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	35	25:55	9:18	5:56	10:41	1	0	100.0
G. Exelby D	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	26	13:51	0:00	4:26	9:25	0	0	00.0
N. Havelid D	0	1	-2	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	3	30	25:49	0:38	6:32	18:39	0	0	00.0
S. Hnidy D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	17	9:15	0:00	0:00	9:15	0	0	00.0
B. Holik C	0	0	-1	2	1	0	1	2	1	3	0	29	19:06	5:02	2:39	11:25	17	12	58.6
M. Hossa RW	1	4	1	3	4	0	1	2	3	2	1	29	24:26	8:13	4:30	11:43	0	1	00.0
I. Kovalchuk LW	1	0	1	6	5	0	1	10	0	1	6	23	22:23	10:21	0:00	12:02	0	0	00.0
S. Kozlov LW	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	25	20:05	5:29	3:21	11:15	0	0	00.0
S. Mellanby RW	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	13	6:41	0:43	1:10	4:48	0	1	00.0
J. Modry D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	1	2	28	22:08	6:28	1:21	14:19	0	0	00.0
R. Petrovicky RW	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	2	21	15:43	4:30	0:00	11:13	1	0	100.0
M. Savard C	1	2	1	2	1	1	1	2	0	3	2	30	25:03	8:47	2:40	13:36	13	9	59.1
J. Slater C	0	0	-1	3	1	0	1	2	3	1	0	16	10:25	0:19	0:00	10:06	0	0	00.0
P. Stefan C	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4	0	1	3	27	17:29	4:22	3:19	9:48	8	8	50.0
K. Stewart LW	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	3:52	0:00	0:00	3:52	3	0	100.0
A. Sutton D	1	0	-2	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	32	23:53	1:06	6:03	16:44	0	1	00.0
J. Vigier RW	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	21	15:27	0:27	5:20	9:40	1	2	33.3
Atlanta Thrashers Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
M Dunham									Groin
S Shields									Knee Injury
P Bondra									Groin
S Aubin									Flu
B Larsen									Groin
K Lehtonen									Groin

Goaltending Summary

Washington Capitals Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
B. Johnson	34	5	29	.853	65:00	4

Atlanta Thrashers Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
M. Garnett	37	5	32	.865	65:00	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
Washington	18	9	7	3	37
Atlanta	11	8	13	2	34

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Washington	3 of 0
Atlanta	3 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Thursday, December 22nd

Toronto	1	Final
Boston	4

Tampa Bay	2	Final
NY Rangers	4

Ottawa	3	Final
Philadelphia	4

Buffalo	1	Final
Florida	4

Washington	6	Final
Atlanta	5	SO

Minnesota	3	Final
Colorado	4

San Jose	1	Final
Phoenix	2

ESPN NHL

Washington 6, Atlanta 5

Final

SO

NHL Scores

Thursday, December 22nd