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    NHL: WASHINGTON (0-0) at ATLANTA (0-0)

    <h3>Thrashers, Capitals set to battle in season opener</h3>

    <div class="pre">Washington (0-0-0) at Atlanta (0-0-0) 7:30 pm EDT</div>

    ATLANTA (Ticker) -- The Atlanta Thrashers will welcome theWashington Capitals in the season opener for both clubs onFriday.


    Despite winning the Southeast Division and posting a club-high43 wins last season, Atlanta was swept by the New York Rangersin the first round of the playoffs as the third seed.

    To make matters worse, the Thrashers lost a host of key roleplayers in the offseason, highlighted by the retirement offormer captain Scott Mellanby.


    However, Atlanta looks to once again rely on the efforts of IlyaKovalchuk and Marian Hossa. Kovalchuk is coming off his thirdconsecutive 40-goal campaign, while Hossa had a career-best 100points to finish sixth in the league.


    Washington returns with superstar Alexander Ovechkin, who postedanother impressive campaign with 92 points. The third-year profinally gets his chance to play with rookie Nicklas Backstrom,who was taken fourth overall in 2006.


    Backstrom is making his much-anticipated NHL debut afterspending all of last season playing in Sweden.


    Veteran goaltender Olaf Kolzig comes back for this 13th seasonfor the Capitals, who were just 6-18-8 without the 37-year-oldbetween the pipes.


    Last season, Atlanta went 5-1-2 in the season series againstWashington, which has allowed 11 career goal by Kovalchuk.
     
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    NHL: WASHINGTON at ATLANTA

    <div class="pre">NHL AT ATLANTA
    STARTING GOALIES: WAS - BRENT JOHNSON
    ATL - KARI LEHTONEN

    OFFICIALS: REF - BRAD WATSON, WES MCCAULEY
    LIN - MICHEL CORMIER, STEVE MILLER</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">WASHINGTON VS ATLANTA - SCRATCHES

    WASHINGTON ATLANTA

    B SUTHERBY HEALTHY M POPOVIC HEALTHY
    J SCHULTZ HEALTHY C THORBURN HEALTHY</div>
     
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    NHL: WASHINGTON at ATLANTA

    <div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
    ATLANTA 0 19:55 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
    ATLANTA 0 16:47 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>
     
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    NHL: WASHINGTON at ATLANTA

    <div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
    ATLANTA 0 14:21 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>
     
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    NHL: WASHINGTON at ATLANTA

    <div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
    ATLANTA 0 11:10 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 0
    ATLANTA 0 10:39 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>
     
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    NHL: WASHINGTON at ATLANTA

    <div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 1
    ATLANTA 0
    1ST PRD: WAS - (PP) MICHAEL NYLANDER 1 (NICKLAS BACKSTROM) 10:41</div>
     
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    NHL: WASHINGTON at ATLANTA

    <div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 2
    ATLANTA 0
    1ST PRD: WAS - JOHN ERSKINE 1 (UNASSISTED) 12:03</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 2
    ATLANTA 0 6:59 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 2
    ATLANTA 0 4:19 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>
     
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    NHL: WASHINGTON at ATLANTA

    <div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 2
    ATLANTA 0 0:52 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>
     
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    NHL: WASHINGTON at ATLANTA

    <div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 2
    ATLANTA 0 0:00 LEFT, 1ST PRD</div>
     
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    NHL: WASHINGTON at ATLANTA

    <div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    WASHINGTON 2 2
    ATLANTA 0 0 END OF THE 1ST

    GOAL SCORING:

    1ST PRD: WAS - (PP) MICHAEL NYLANDER 1 (NICKLAS BACKSTROM) 10:41
    WAS - JOHN ERSKINE 1 (UNASSISTED) 12:03

    SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL
    --- --- --- -----
    WAS 14 14
    ATL 8 8

    GOALIES: WAS - BRENT JOHNSON
    ATL - KARI LEHTONEN</div>
     
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    NHL: WASHINGTON at ATLANTA

    <div class="pre">------------------------
    Washington 2 --2
    Atlanta 0 --0
    ------------------------

    FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: 1, Washington, Michael Nylander 1 (power play)
    (Nicklas Backstrom), 10:41. 2, Washington, John Erskine 1
    (Unassisted), 12:03. Penalties: T White, Atl (hooking), 8:53; K Klee,
    Atl (hooking), 16:23; M Pettinger, Was (interference), 18:23.

    Shots on goal:
    -----------------------------
    Washington 14 --14
    Atlanta 8 --8
    -----------------------------

    Goalies : Washington, Brent Johnson (8 shots, 8 saves). Atlanta, Kari
    Lehtonen (14 shots, 12 saves). Referees: Brad Watson, Wes Mccauley.
    Linesmen: Michel Cormier, Steve Miller.</div>
     
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    NHL: WASHINGTON at ATLANTA

    <div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 2
    ATLANTA 0 19:56 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 2
    ATLANTA 0 16:56 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>
     
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    <div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 2
    ATLANTA 0 14:10 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>
     
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    NHL: WASHINGTON at ATLANTA

    <div class="pre">NHL WASHINGTON 2
    ATLANTA 0 12:33 LEFT, 2ND PRD</div>
     

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