Pavel Kubina

Despite Atlanta's strong third period rally, the Thrashers were unable to snatch the win from the Washington Capitals. Ultimately, Atlanta fell 4-3 to the Caps. Who Scored: The First Period : WSH: Alexander Ovechkin assisted by Mike Green and Brooks Laich - PPG ATL: Jim Slater – Unsuccessful penalty shot WSH: Ovechkin assisted by Nicklas Backstrom The Second Period: WSH: Brendan Morrison assisted by Ovechkin and Laich – PPG The Third Period: ATL: Zach Bogosian's 3 rd goal; assists by Toby Enström (7 th ) and Todd White (1 st ) – PPG ATL: Todd White's 3 rd goal; assists by Slava Kozlov (4 ... Read Full Story

Despite Montreal's constant challenging of Atlanta throughout the entire game, ultimately, it was the Thrashers to come up with the big 5-4 victory over the Canadiens. Who Scored: The First Period: ATL: Bryan Little's 1 st goal; assisted by Rich Peverley (8 th assist) ATL: Peverley's 7th goal; assisted by Todd White (2 nd ) and Little (6 th ) The Second Period: MTL: Brian Gionta – assisted by Scott Gomez ATL: Mark Popovic's 1st goal; assisted by Maxim Afinogenov (5 th ) and Nik Antropov (11 th ) MTL: Michael Cammalleri – unassisted The Third Period: MTL: Gionta – unassisted ATL: Pavel Kubina's ... Read Full Story

Tim Stapleton scored in the third round of the shootout, leading the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 5-4 win over the New York Islanders on Thursday night. The teams traded goals in the second round, with Jeff Tambellini scoring for the Islanders and Jason Blake answering for the Maple Leafs. The Islanders tied the game with 3:07 left in regulation when Jon Sim's shot from the right circle appeared to deflect off a Maple Leafs player and over Vesa Toskala's glove. Ian White, Dominic Moore, Pavel Kubina and Nik Antropov scored for Toronto, while Toskala stopped 42 shots for his third straight victory. Dean ... Read Full Story

Curtis Joseph stopped eight shots in overtime and Washington's three shootout chances after entering the game late in the third period, leading the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 3-2 victory over the Capitals on Tuesday night. Joseph replaced Martin Gerber with 56 seconds left in the third period after the Toronto goalie was ejected for pushing referee Mike Leggo and shooting a puck in his direction. Gerber was upset after Brooks Laich stuffed the puck under him to tie it at 2. Alex Ovechkin scored his league-leading 51st goal but was stopped by Joseph on Washington's final shootout attempt. Phil Oreskovic and Pavel Kubina ... Read Full Story

WASHINGTON, March 5 (Reuters) - The Toronto Maple Leafs took advantage of Alex Ovechkin's absence to defeat the toothless Washington Capitals 2-1 on Thursday. Third-period goals by Lee Stempniak and Pavel Kubina helped give the Leafs' newly acquired netminder Martin Gerber a win on his debut and extended the Southeast Division-leading Capitals' losing streak to three games. Stempniak opened the scoring six minutes into the final period, firing a wrist shot from a near-impossible angle that bounced off Capitals netminder Jose Theodore's leg and trickled into the net. Just before the 10-minute mark Kubina gave the Leafs a 2-0 lead with a slap shot ... Read Full Story