Here I am for this afternoon game, 3 minutes left to the first period. 1-1 so far, and the Thrashers will enjoy a 2MA for 30 seconds...

First penalty killed, Jurcina back on the ice.

Semin with a short-handed chance, to Backstrom, who loses the puck.

Theodore with a stop, plus the rebound.

Laich out of the box, back to even strength.

Ovechkin with a big hit on Reasoner. Hainsey (who probably retaliated) gets called for roughing with 5 seconds left: Caps on the PP. And they almost score on the buzzer!

End of first, 1-1.

Goals were from Fleischmann (unassisted) and Armstrong, both at even strength.

Shots are 10-6 Thrashers. If you add the missed shots and those that were blocked by skaters, it's actually 22-18 Caps. Ovechkin and Green with half of the Caps' attempts (respectively 6 and 5).

Caps dominating at faceoff, 14-7, thanks to Backstrom (4-1) and Steckel (3-0).

In other news: Malkin was scoreless yesterday, with an unsuccessful penalty shot. Ovechkin needs to score a few points tonight to put some pressure on Malkin.

Second period on, with Caps on the PP for 1:55.

40 seconds left, not much done, no shot by Caps, and now one by Exelby...

Perrin steals the puck, short-handed opportunity, to Slater, goal! 2-1 Thrashers.

Caps on the PK, now, with Bradley in the box.

Kovalchuk with 4 attempts in 25 seconds! One wide, one blocked by Green, one stopped by Theodore, one blocked by Laich.

Penalty killed, and now the Caps on the PP. These teams don't like playing at even strength. They've spent more than half of the time on the PP/PK so far.

PP killed just like the PK was.

But here's a 6th one, maybe the good one.

And AUCOIN SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORES!!!!!!!!! 2-2.

Score sheet says unassisted, but Ovechkin and Semin get assists. Ovie gets a little closer to Malkin: only 3 points, now.

Kovalchuk fires one past Theodore, 3-2 Thrashers.

And the Caps will be short-handed again.

Poti and Schultz with a short-handed rush, no goal!

And a little later, Ovechkin and Semin, but nothing!

Not sure, but the Caps may have had more good chances on the PK than on the PP tonight.

End of second, 3-2 Thrashers, who are 21-1 when leading after two periods.

I've missed the first five minutes of the third period, enough for Nylander to score the game-tying goal, from Laich and Fehr! 3-3.

And now FEHR SCOOOOOOOOOOOOORES!!!! 4-3 Caps!

The goal is still by Laich unassisted on the score sheet, but it was Fehr, from Laich and Nylander. The trio has changed the whole game in two shifts. EDIT: score sheet fixed.

Lazy play by Kovalchuk, Aucoin steals the puck, Fleischmann on the breakaway, to Semin, SCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORES!!!!!! 5-3 Caps.

Bradley on the breakaway, to Ovechkin, but the pass was "too hot to handle".

Pittsburgh-Florida has started, and it's already 1-0 Panthers.

Erskine in the box.

Good play by the Caps, apparently, killed.

Semin with some great work, trying to feed Fedorov, nothing.

Dupuis tied the game for the Pens, Malkin still scoreless.

What we need now is a goal by Ovechkin, to also get closer to 60.

And Caps on the PP, with 3:50 left. Gotta score, not to hurt the league-leading percentage.

Fedorov hit from behind, looks bad for a few seconds, but he gets back on his feet (skates).

Empty net for the Thrashers, but the Caps go offline.

51 seconds left. Timeout.

I left after about 26:00, and laughlin just now expounding on how they were "lackluster pretty much the first half of this game (Slava with the SHG).... on one PP, the Caps had the Thrash a man down and two ATL sticks broken, and couldn't score. By the time i got home (Metro is a mess today) it was early 3rd, (Laich with the ENG) and the Caps were up 4-3.

Empty net for the Thrashers, but the Caps go offline.

51 seconds left. Timeout.

Offline? Is that something new for the playoffs?

Theodore with a giveaway, Kozlov scores (not the good one)! 5-4.

Goalie still pulled for the Thrashers, the Caps get the puck, Laich scores! From Backstrom and Ovechkin.

6-4 Caps, final score.

Ovechkin with 106 points, Malkin still with 108 as I speak (but I won't follow this game... I may check the score at the end).

Hi, Roger. Offline is Bettman's new term for offside, because no one understood the offside rule.