Atlanta 1 1 1-3

Washington 2 1 1-4

First Period-1, Washington, Semin 23 (Fedorov, Ovechkin), 4:27 (pp). 2, Washington, Laich 15 (Green, Semin), 5:20 (pp). 3, Atlanta, Kovalchuk 32 (White, S.Kozlov), 16:11 (pp).

Second Period-4, Atlanta, Peverley 8 (Havelid, Enstrom), 3:56. 5, Washington, Green 23 (Backstrom, Semin), 12:25 (pp).

Third Period-6, Washington, Fehr 10 (Morrisonn, Steckel), 4:47. 7, Atlanta, White 16 (Kovalchuk, Reasoner), 18:03 (sh).

Shots on Goal-Atlanta 10-7-7-24. Washington 12-18-10-40.

Goalies-Atlanta, Lehtonen. Washington, Neuvirth. A-18,277 (18,277). T-2:24.