Recap: Thrashers 3, Capitals 1

Halak'd Pavelec'd. A Peverley deflection, a sharp-angle roofer from Burmistrov, and a Ladd shot, and that's all the offense Atlanta needed.

But hey, at least Ovechkin scored, right? (if you didn't see that shift, make sure to see it some time. It was beautiful, about 90 seconds in zone time plus quite a few shots)

Man of the match: Alex Ovechkin from a Caps perspective, Ondrej Pavelec overall.
Shift Charts Corsi/Fenwick H2H TOI Zone starts

• The Capitals were a +5 Fenwick and +16 Corsi. When I checked after one period, they were a +5 Fenwick and +6 Corsi (or thereabouts). Not good enough.
• I guess it's good to keep in mind that with all those power plays it's kind of difficult to get even strength shots, especially when your stars play the power play and the "muckers and grinders" then have to take even strength minutes.
• The reffing was terrific. Which is, to say, terrible. They missed three high sticks on Caps (one which drew blood on Chimera) and two on the Thrashers by my count. Alexander Burmistrov was particularly egregious with his stick control.
• His goal was the flip side of his stick abilities.
• Neither coach was really line matching (or at least Boudreau didn't and Ramsay wasn't able to) except that Hannan-Sloan frequently drew Eager, Burmistrov, and Antropov.
• Jeff Schultz only played 13 minutes at evens. Must be a season-low. I'm not quite sure why.
• A -2 team zone start isn't very much. Ovechkin was the top Cap in the offensive zone at -3. At the very least Boudreau was spreading around the zone starts. Or maybe Ramsay was and Boudreau was simply reacting.
• It's not surprising that the team leader in Corsi was John Carlson at +8. What is surprising is that tied with him was Matt Bradley.
• Fenwick leaders: Johansson, Schultz at +6. Yet both were outchanced. Go figure.
• Mike Knuble was a -5 Fenwick and got outchanced. Not a great game for "Grandpa Slippers," who was a puck magnet in the wrong sense--several shots from the point hit him as he was setting a screen.
• The first period of this game was the way hockey is supposed to be played, with solid goaltending, chances (but not too many) at both ends, and nary a whistle or penalty.

Scoring chances (s/t Vic Ferrari)

Scoring Chances for NHL Game Number 20383

Team	Period	Time	Note	WSH						Opponent
WSH	1	14:34	ZP Chimera centers to Gordon	1	15	16	23	25	89	6	8	21	31	33	80	5v5
ATL	1	14:13	ZP Burmistrov in front	1	15	16	23	25	89	4	8	21	29	31	80	5v5
WSH	1	12:51	ZP Bradley backhand	1	10	26	27	39	74	4	16	18	29	31	47	5v5
ATL	1	11:56	ZP Burmistrov in front	1	23	26	27	28	90	8	21	31	33	39	80	5v5
WSH	1	11:12	T Semin 3-on-2	1	21	28	74	89	90	6	10	22	27	31	33	5v5
WSH	1	11:03	FO Gordon to Fehr	1	15	16	25	27	74	10	22	27	31	33	39	5v5
WSH	1	10:05	T Green one-timer, Laich rebound	1	8	19	21	28	52	4	6	8	27	31		5v4
WSH	1	9:19	T Ovechkin to Knuble backdoor	1	8	16	22	74	90	4	6	27	31	47		5v4
ATL	1	8:38	T Boulton on timing play	1	19	25	27	28	74	14	23	29	31	33	36	5v5
ATL	1	7:05	T Slater wrister	1	10	26	39	52	55	4	10	22	27	29	31	5v5
ATL	1	5:05	T Bogosian weak-side	1	25	28	52	55		4	10	18	27	29	31	4v5
WSH	1	3:55	ZP Fehr in front	1	15	16	25	52	89	3	6	8	21	31	80	5v5
ATL	1	2:21	ZP Stewart deflection	1	21	27	28	74	90	10	22	27	31	33	39	5v5
ATL	2	19:28	T Thorburn deke, wrister	1	21	28	52	55	90	10	22	27	31	33	39	5v5
WSH	2	16:28	ZP Semin slapshot through traffic	1	8	19	21	28	52	3	10	16	29	31		5v4
WSH	2	16:20	ZP Green slapshot	1	8	19	21	28	52	3	10	16	29	31		5v4
WSH	2	15:51	FO Green weak-side	1	8	16	22	25	52	4	6	23	27	31		5v4
WSH	2	15:18	ZP Chimera tries to stuff	1	8	16	22	25	52	4	6	21	31	80		5v4
ATL	2	15:08	T Burmistrov breakaway	1	8	16	22	25	52	4	6	8	21	31	80	5v5
ATL	2	12:04	ZP GOAL Peverley	1	8	19	22	52	55	16	18	31	33	39	47	5v5
ATL	2	11:08	T Ladd in close (followed by non-chance Burmistrov goal)	1	15	16	23	25	89	3	6	8	21	31	80	5v5
WSH	2	9:28	ZP Green slapshot deflected	1	10	26	39	52	55	4	14	23	29	31	36	5v5
WSH	2	8:12	ZP Semin backhander	1	8	19	21	28	52	3	16	29	31	47		5v4
WSH	2	7:53	T Semin starts a goalmouth scramble	1	8	19	21	28	52	3	16	29	31	47		5v4
WSH	2	7:07	ZP Fehr wrister	1	8	16	22	26	52	3	10	27	29	31		5v4
ATL	2	7:00	T Thorburn 2-on-1	1	8	16	22	26	52	3	10	27	29	31		5v4
WSH	2	4:38	T Backstrom 3-on-3	1	8	19	28	52	55	18	21	31	33	39	47	5v5
ATL	2	3:43	ZP Bergfors open in front	1	21	22	52	55	90	4	16	18	29	31	47	5v5
WSH	2	0:54	ZP Backstrom to Ovechkin in front	1	8	19	27	28	74	16	18	31	33	39	47	5v5
WSH	2	0:49	ZP GOAL Ovechkin	1	8	19	27	28	74	16	18	31	33	39	47	5v5
ATL	3	18:17	T Eager 1-on-1	1	15	16	25	27	74	4	6	8	21	31	80	5v5
ATL	3	17:34	ZP GOAL Ladd	1	15	19	52	55		4	16	31	33	47	80	4v5
WSH	3	16:43	ZP Knuble rebound	1	21	22	23	27	90	4	10	22	27	29	31	5v5
WSH	3	14:44	T Fehr breakaway	1	16	25	26	52	55	3	6	16	18	31	47	5v5
WSH	3	11:00	ZP Laich tries to stuff	1	8	19	21	28	52	3	16	29	31	47		5v4
WSH	3	10:48	ZP Semin one-timer	1	8	19	21	28	52	3	16	29	31	47		5v4
WSH	3	7:48	ZP Green sneaks in	1	8	19	21	52	74	3	16	29	31	47		5v4
WSH	3	7:30	T Ovechkin 3-on-2	1	8	19	21	52	74	3	6	16	31	47		5v4
WSH	3	6:55	ZP Green wrister	1	8	19	21	52	74	4	6	10	27	31		5v4
WSH	3	6:31	ZP Semin wrister off the crossbar	1	8	28	52	74	90	3	8	22	29	31		5v4

#	Player	EV			PP			SH
1	S. VARLAMOV	46:09	11	11	10:00	15	1	2:08	0	2
8	A. OVECHKIN	16:09	3	2	9:29	15	1	0:00	0	0
10	M. BRADLEY	10:39	2	1	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
15	B. GORDON	10:23	3	3	0:08	0	0	0:37	0	1
16	E. FEHR	9:59	4	4	2:35	4	1	0:00	0	0
19	N. BACKSTROM	15:18	3	2	6:42	10	0	0:39	0	1
21	B. LAICH	13:34	2	3	6:15	10	0	0:51	0	0
22	M. KNUBLE	14:46	1	3	3:26	4	1	0:45	0	0
23	S. HANNAN	13:56	2	3	0:00	0	0	0:37	0	0
25	J. CHIMERA	11:45	4	5	0:49	2	0	0:23	0	1
26	M. HENDRICKS	10:07	3	2	0:40	1	1	0:17	0	0
27	K. ALZNER	17:48	5	4	0:18	0	0	1:08	0	0
28	A. SEMIN	14:13	4	4	5:46	8	0	0:44	0	1
39	D. STECKEL	6:48	2	1	0:03	0	0	0:00	0	0
52	M. GREEN	17:59	4	5	9:26	14	1	1:00	0	2
55	J. SCHULTZ	13:12	3	4	0:00	0	0	1:00	0	2
74	J. CARLSON	19:46	5	3	2:34	5	0	0:31	0	0
89	T. SLOAN	12:24	3	2	0:00	0	0	0:00	0	0
90	M. JOHANSSON	12:17	2	4	1:49	2	0	0:00	0	0

Period	Totals		EV		PP		5v3 PP		SH		5v3 SH
1	7	6	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2	11	6	4	5	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	8	2	2	1	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	26	14	11	11	15	1	0	0	0	2	0	0

Check back later for H2H scoring chances (aside from Knuble and Semin swapping spots, the lines stayed consistent the entire game). H2H up. Among forwards, I used the center to determine which line was playing (though each team had one instance of a chance for/against without a center on the ice). A couple of times there was only one defenseman on the ice for the Caps as well.

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