Washington at Atlanta

Shots
123OTT
Washington 9 9 9 0 27
Atlanta 4 6 5 0 15
Goals
123OTT
Washington 2 3 0 0 5
Atlanta 1 0 0 0 1


Scoring Summary


Period 1
1. ATLANTA, HARTIGAN 1 (POTHIER), 05:36
2. WASHINGTON, MORRISON 10 (STAFFORD, PAETSCH) (PP), 13:07
3. WASHINGTON, MARTINEK 3 (LAAKSONEN, MORRISON), 19:50

PENALTIES: R. KESLER WSH (HOOKING, Minor) 02:46, J. GRATTON ATL (ROUGHING, Minor) 06:00, D. WIDEMAN WSH (FIGHTING) 10:30, C. THORBURN ATL (FIGHTING) 10:30, J. CHIMERA ATL (BOARDING, Minor) 12:38, J. GRATTON ATL (HOOKING, Minor) 17:04, R. MARTINEK WSH (HIGHSTICKING, Minor, Game Misconduct) 19:50 (Served by Nathan Paetsch)

Period 2
4. WASHINGTON, MORRISON 11 (HIGGINS, ZAJAC), 06:01
5. WASHINGTON, HIGGINS 17 (BONK, PAETSCH) (PP), 11:54
6. WASHINGTON, MORRISON 12 (WIDEMAN, HIGGINS) (PP), 14:38

PENALTIES: W. BELAK ATL (CROSS-CHECKING, Major) 08:36, K. STEWART ATL (BOARDING, Minor) 14:07, J. CHIMERA ATL (UNSPORTSMANLIKE-CONDUCT, Minor) 17:08, W. BELAK ATL (CROSS-CHECKING, Minor) 18:19

Period 3
NO SCORING

PENALTIES: K. MCLAREN WSH (CHARGING, Minor) 16:04, J. SIGALET ATL (ELBOWING, Major, Game Misconduct) 16:04 (Served by Karl Stewart), L. RICHARDSON ATL (HOOKING, Minor) 17:13

Goalie Statistics

Niklas Backstrom (WSH), 14 saves out of 15 shots, W, 12-20-0
Martin Biron (ATL), 1 saves out of 1 shots
Barry Brust (ATL), 21 saves out of 26 shots, L, 0-3-0

Power Play Conversions

Washington 3 for 9
Atlanta 0 for 2

Game Stars

1 - Brendan Morrison (WSH)
2 - Christopher Higgins (WSH)
3 - Radek Martinek (WSH)

Player Statistics

Washington

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Christopher Higgins   1  2  3    +1   0  1   3 22
Christian Ehrhoff     0  0  0    -1   0  3   6 27
Radek Bonk            0  1  1  Even   0  1   1 15
Marcus Nilson         0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 13
Kyle McLaren          0  0  0    +1   2  0   0 25
Brendan Morrison      3  1  4    +2   0  7   1 23
Antti Laaksonen       0  1  1    +1   0  0   3 10
Teppo Numminen        0  0  0    -1   0  1   1 20
Trent Hunter          0  0  0  Even   0  2   4 17
Martin Rucinsky       0  0  0    -1   0  0   0 16
Radek Dvorak          0  0  0  Even   0  1   0  4
Nathan Paetsch        0  2  2    +1   0  1   2 19
Travis Zajac          0  1  1    +1   0  1   2 13
Drew Stafford         0  1  1  Even   0  1   2 13
Radek Martinek        1  0  1    +1  12  3   1  6
Mike Sillinger        0  0  0    -1   0  3   0 24
Ryan Kesler           0  0  0  Even   2  0   1  4
Dennis Wideman        0  1  1    +1   5  1   1 25
   
Atlanta

                      G  A  P   +/- PIM  S  HT IT
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Fernando Pisani       0  0  0  Even   0  1   1 13
Mark Hartigan         1  0  1  Even   0  1   0  5
Luke Richardson       0  0  0    -1   2  1   0 20
Chris Thorburn        0  0  0  Even   5  1   0 12
Brian Pothier         0  1  1    -1   0  2   1 25
Wayne Primeau         0  0  0  Even   0  1   4 22
Dan Fritsche          0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 12
Karl Stewart          0  0  0  Even   2  1   1 13
Josh Gratton          0  0  0  Even   4  0   2 14
Denis Arkhipov        0  0  0    +1   0  0   0  2
Jamie Rivers          0  0  0  Even   0  0   0 18
Jason Chimera         0  0  0    -1   4  2   1 21
Viktor Kozlov         0  0  0    -2   0  2   1 20
Jim Vandermeer        0  0  0  Even   0  0   1 27
Kyle Wanvig           0  0  0  Even   0  0   2  9
Wade Belak            0  0  0  Even   7  1   3 18
Michael Peca          0  0  0    -1   0  1   5 18
Jonathan Sigalet      0  0  0  Even  15  1   0 12
   

Financial

Attendance: 8988
Net Profit: $728 028,00

Game Notes

Barry Brust enters game at 06:14 of 1st period
Martin Biron injured at 06:14 of the 1st Period
Dennis Wideman and Chris Thorburn fight to a draw
Nathan Paetsch injured at 19:50 of the 1st Period
Denis Arkhipov injured at 19:50 of the 1st Period
Radek Martinek ejected at 19:50 of the 1st Period
Jonathan Sigalet ejected at 16:04 of the 3rd Period
Brendan Morrison scores a hat trick

Minor League Box Score

Hershey        4
Chicago        1
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Owen Fussey 10 (Jamie Heward, Kevyn Adams)
Siarhei Kastsitsyn 2 (Eric Boguniecki, Rico Fata)
Krystofer Kolanos 11 (Mark Stuart, Alex Henry)
Alex Henry 5 (Nick Tarnasky, Ian White)

Brad Tapper 9 (Tim Brent, Mike Card)

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Goalies
Hershey: unknown
Chicago: Michael Garnett
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