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December 8,2007  (Saturday) in Washington,DC - Verizon Center	Goals/Period 1 2 3 Tot ATL 0 1 2 3 WAS 2 3 1 6	Shots 1 2 3 Tot ATL 6 12 8 26 WAS 11 10 6 27	PowerPlay PP Game PP Season PK Season ATL 1 / 4 19 / 125 (15.2%) 99 / 130 (76.2%) WAS 0 / 4 20 / 127 (15.7%) 110 / 136 (80.9%)
Start: 7:00pm Attendance: 14,014 Referees: Mike Leggo, Paul Devorski Officials: Don Henderson, Andy McElman	Atlanta Thrashers Game #29 14-14-1 29 Pts Prev Game vs NYR Next Game vs BOS Washington Capitals Game #29 10-17-2 22 Pts Prev Game vs NJ Next Game at NJ Three Stars: (1) Mike Green  (WAS)  (2) Alexander Ovechkin (WAS)  (3) Nicklas Backstrom (WAS)

Goals 1st Period 1. WAS Nicklas BACKSTROM    [3]  [c3]   ( Unassisted ) 8:12 2. WAS Jeff Schultz    [2]  [c2]   ( Alexander Semin [3] ) 9:12 2nd Period 3. WAS Matt Pettinger    [2]  [c52]   ( Alexander Ovechkin [14],  Nicklas BACKSTROM [14] ) 4:16 4. ATL Todd White    [7]  [c104]   (Powerplay)   ( Marian Hossa [14],  Ilya Kovalchuk [16] ) 12:31 5. WAS Alexander Ovechkin    [21]  [c119]   (GW)   ( Tom Poti [8],  Nicklas BACKSTROM [15] ) 14:06 6. WAS Mike Green    [6]  [c7]   ( Tomas Fleischmann [4] ) 15:15 3rd Period 7. WAS Mike Green    [7]  [c8]   ( Slava Kozlov [9],  Shaone Morrisonn [6] ) 5:29 8. ATL Todd White    [8]  [c105]   ( Niclas Havelid [9],  Ilya Kovalchuk [17] ) 7:05 9. ATL Bobby Holik    [3]  [c310]   ( Slava Kozlov [10] ) 9:41 Goalies Goalie Career Team Decision Min GA Shots Saves Record sGAA Kari Lehtonen Career ATL L 60 6 27 21 2-5-0 3.77 Olaf Kolzig Career WAS W 60 3 26 23 8-13-1 2.82

Penalties 1st Period 1. WAS John Erskine [1] Interference 2 9:51 2. ATL Slava Kozlov [1] High Sticking 2 13:24 3. ATL Eric Perrin [4] Tripping 2 17:40 2nd Period 4. ATL Tobias Enstrom [1] Tripping 2 4:27 5. WAS Tom Poti [2] Hooking 2 10:43 6. WAS Shaone Morrisonn [1] Delay of game - Puck over Glass 2 10:56 3rd Period 7. WAS Jeff Schultz [2] Delay of game - Puck over Glass 2 1:57 8. ATL Chris Thorburn [1] Cross Checking 2 15:20

Faceoffs
Atlanta Thrashers   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Bobby Holik 8 4 66.7% 309 245 55.8% Todd White 6 6 50.0% 234 282 45.3% Bryan Little 3 7 30.0% 120 138 46.5% Jim Slater 1 6 14.3% 68 88 43.6% Eric Perrin 3 1 75.0% 71 67 51.4%   21 24 46.7% 854 889 49.0%	Washington Capitals   Game Season Player FW FL FO% FW FL FO% Brooks Laich 9 5 64.3% 47 51 48.0% Nicklas Backstrom 7 7 50.0% 69 96 41.8% Dave Steckel 4 3 57.1% 201 180 52.8% Viktor Kozlov 4 3 57.1% 124 135 47.9% Alexander Semin 0 2 .0% 0 3 .0% Quintin Laing 0 1 .0% 0 2 .0%   24 21 53.3% 813 817 49.9%

Atlanta Thrashers Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 2 Garnet Exelby D 247 0 0 0 -4 0 0 4 5 19:06 0:00 3:13 5 Steve McCarthy D 262 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 3 16:59 0:00 0:52 9 Pascal Dupuis LW 385 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 2 15:46 0:15 2:52 10 Bryan Little C 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:57 2:21 0:00 11 Eric Perrin C 115 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 16:01 2:32 2:14 12 Todd White C 443 2 0 2 -1 0 2 1 0 15:32 3:26 2:09 13 Slava Kozlov LW 993 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 16:38 2:34 0:00 16 Bobby Holik C 1200 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 12:58 0:00 1:15 17 Ilya Kovalchuk LW 417 0 2 2 -2 0 5 0 0 21:38 6:13 3:41 18 Marian Hossa RW 656 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 0 18:18 3:52 3:49 22 Ken Klee D 820 0 0 0 -3 0 1 3 0 17:55 0:00 3:23 23 Jim Slater C 175 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 1 11:23 0:00 0:00 27 Chris Thorburn C 61 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 10:40 0:13 0:00 28 Niclas Havelid D 499 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 18:42 0:00 3:45 36 Eric Boulton LW 295 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 0 10:51 0:00 0:00 38 Darren Haydar RW 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:40 3:26 0:00 39 Tobias Enstrom D 29 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 22:06 6:12 2:31 77 Alexei Zhitnik D 1049 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 18:50 0:01 2:16   8541 3 5 8 -20 8 26 17 15

Washington Capitals Roster # Player Pos cGP G A Pts +/- PM Shots BlSh Hits IceTime PP SH 3 Tom Poti D 617 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 22:21 5:42 2:48 4 John Erskine D 187 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 17:24 0:39 1:05 8 Alexander Ovechkin LW 192 1 1 2 3 0 5 0 3 20:14 5:39 0:00 10 Matt Bradley RW 358 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 9:17 0:00 0:00 18 Matt Pettinger LW 306 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 14:56 1:02 1:56 19 Nicklas Backstrom C 29 1 2 3 3 0 1 1 0 19:13 5:12 0:00 21 Brooks Laich C 180 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 13:41 1:46 1:54 23 Milan Jurcina D 146 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 16:03 0:25 1:37 25 Viktor Kozlov C-LW 778 0 1 1 1 0 3 3 0 16:20 2:40 0:00 26 Shaone Morrisonn D 231 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 17:25 0:00 2:36 28 Alexander Semin LW 141 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 18:58 5:24 0:00 39 Dave Steckel LW 41 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 1 13:06 0:00 4:14 43 Tomas Fleischmann C-LW 70 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 13:21 3:25 0:00 50 Joe Motzko RW 16 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 9:56 0:26 0:00 52 Mike Green C 53 2 0 2 3 0 4 0 1 22:21 6:46 0:00 53 Quintin Laing LW 7 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 13:19 0:00 4:22 55 Jeff Schultz D 60 1 0 1 1 2 2 1 3 22:16 0:54 2:45 87 Donald Brashear LW 875 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 12:05 0:00 0:00   5477 6 8 14 20 8 27 13 18

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