Period 1
	Was	Atl	Time		Scoring Detail
	0	1	8:20		Ro.Hainsey 1	( To.White, Ja.Williams ) (pp)
	0	2	11:24		Ma.Reasoner 1	( Br.Little, Er.Perrin )
	0	3	13:48		Br.Little 1	( Ni.Havelid )
	1	3	14:11		Al.Semin 1	( Se.Fedorov, Mi.Green )

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty
	Za.Bogosian	Atl	1:52		Holding
	To.Poti	Was	8:06		Tripping
	Vi.Kozlov	Was	11:43		Holding
	Al.Ovechkin	Was	15:31		Interference
	Ma.Schneider	Atl	15:45		Tripping
	Ka.Lehtonen	Atl	17:54		Tripping
	Mi.Nylander	Was	18:38		Hooking

	Period 2
	Was	Atl	Time		Scoring Detail
	2	3	9:10		Da.Steckel 1	( To.Poti, Al.Semin ) (sh)
	2	4	9:30		Sl.Kozlov 1	( Ni.Havelid, To.Enstrom ) (pp)
	3	4	13:47		Mi.Green 1	( Mi.Nylander, Ni.Backstrom ) (pp)
	4	4	14:39		Mi.Green 2	( Al.Semin, Vi.Kozlov ) (pp)

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty
	Za.Bogosian	Atl	2:45		Hooking
	Sh.Morrisonn	Was	8:08		Interference
	Al.Ovechkin	Was	10:11		Hooking
	Ma.Reasoner	Atl	12:52		High-sticking
	Je.Schultz	Was	17:32		Hooking

	Period 3
	Was	Atl	Time		Scoring Detail
	4	5	13:57		Br.Little 2	( Sl.Kozlov, Er.Christensen )
	4	6	14:26		Co.Armstrong 1	( Er.Perrin, Ro.Hainsey )
	4	7	16:07		To.White 1	( Il.Kovalchuk, Ni.Havelid ) (pp)

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty
	Co.Armstrong	Atl	3:38		Slashing
	Vi.Kozlov	Was	14:57		Hooking
	Jo.Erskine	Was	17:44		Fighting
	Er.Boulton	Atl	17:44		Fighting
	Do.Brashear	Was	19:40		Fighting
	Za.Bogosian	Atl	19:40		Fighting
	Do.Brashear	Was	19:40		Roughing
	Ma.Bradley	Was	19:48		Fighting
	Ch.Thorburn	Atl	19:48		Fighting

Shots on goal	1	2	3	---	F
Washington Capitals	13	17	13	---	43
Atlanta Thrashers	12	10	9	---	31

Power-play opportunites
	Capitals	2-of-7
	Thrashers	3-of-9

Goaltenders:
	Capitals	Br.Johnson	-L (14 shots, 11 saves)	Record: 0-1-0
	Capitals	Jo.Theodore	-N (17 shots, 13 saves)	Record: 0-0-0
	Thrashers	Ka.Lehtonen	-W (43 shots, 39 saves)	Record: 1-0-0

Penalty Shots:
	Capitals	Al.Ovechkin 4:01, Period 3 (Missed)

Individual Stats
Washington Capitals
	PM, S			PM, S
Nicklas Backstrom	0, 1		Matt Bradley	-1, 3
Donald Brashear	-1, 2		Chris Clark	-1, 1
John Erskine	0, 1		Sergei Fedorov	0, 4
Tomas Fleischmann	-2, 1		Mike Green	0, 7
Brent Johnson	0, 0		Milan Jurcina	-2, 2
Viktor Kozlov	-1, 1		Brooks Laich	0, 0
Shaone Morrisonn	+1, 0		Michael Nylander	-1, 4
Alexander Ovechkin	0, 6		Tom Poti	-1, 3
Jeff Schultz	-2, 0		Alexander Semin	+1, 5
Dave Steckel	-1, 2		Jose Theodore	0, 0
Atlanta Thrashers
	PM, S			PM, S
Colby Armstrong	+1, 1		Zach Bogosian	0, 1
Eric Boulton	0, 0		Erik Christensen	0, 4
Tobias Enstrom	0, 1		Garnet Exelby	+2, 0
Ron Hainsey	+2, 3		Niclas Havelid	+1, 1
Ilya Kovalchuk	-1, 2		Slava Kozlov	0, 2
Kari Lehtonen	0, 0		Bryan Little	+2, 6
Eric Perrin	+2, 1		Marty Reasoner	+2, 1
Mathieu Schneider	-1, 4		Jim Slater	0, 1
Chris Thorburn	0, 0		Todd White	0, 3
Jason Williams	0, 0

Three stars of the game:

1. Bryan Little

2. Kari Lehtonen

3. Niclas Havelid

Attendance: 18,545

Referees: Tim Peel, Justin St. Pierre

Linesmen: Greg Devorski, Andy McElman