Caps Offense Has Big Night
Posted: December 9, 2007 by landro
Category: Game Posts
On Saturday night, the Washington Capitals scored their 2nd highest goal total of the season en route to defeating the Atlanta Thrashers by a final score of 6-3. Though Atlanta put in a pair of goals in the third, the game was already over thanks in large part to a few unlikely goal scorers.
In the first period, the Caps took the 1-0 lead when Nicklas Backstrom scored his 3rd goal of the season at 8:12. On the play, the Thrashers defense attempted a pass through the middle of their own zone. Breaking up the play was Backstrom, who was able to skate in all alone and beat Kari Lehtonen to the far side. Exactly one minute later, Washington scored again. This time around, the goal was scored by Jeff Schultz, giving him his second of the season. At the end of 20 minutes, the Caps had put 11 shots on net and skated into the locker rooms with a two goal lead.
In the second period, the Caps just poured it on. Goals by Matt Pettinger, Alex Ovechkin, and Green gave Washington five goals through 40 minutes and pushed the lead to four. The Thrashers responded throughout the period by pumping 12 shots on net, but Olie Kolzig was up to the challenge. Unfortunately, one single Atlanta goal, scored by Todd White, broke Kolzig’s shutout bid at 12:31.
In the third period, Green scored his second goal of the night and 7th of the season. This tally was followed by two Atlanta goals, which made the game seem closer than it was, but at the end of the night, the Caps took home the two points.
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