NHL ROUNDUP Friday's games

Capitals 2, Thrashers 1
WASHINGTON -- Alexander Semin scored his first NHL goal to help Washington snap a six-game losing streak. Semin gave the Capitals a 2-1 lead on a power-play breakaway with 30 seconds remaining in the first period. He faked right and beat Pasi Nurminen to the left with a backhander. Olaf Kolzig made 37 saves for Washington. The Capitals won for the first time in three weeks, ending an eight-game winless streak (0-7-1). Their other win was a season-opening 6-1 home victory over the New York Islanders on Oct. 9. Vyacheslav Kozlov gave Atlanta a 1-0 lead at 5:30 of the first period off assists from Ilya Kovalchuk and Marc Savard, who preoccupied Kolzig in front of the net. Matt Pettinger pulled the Capitals into a 1-1 tie with an unassisted goal off a wrist shot from the right circle at 7:41 of the first. Jaromir Jagr took two shots in the opening three minutes. The second came off his own rebound and hit the left post. The Capitals outshot the Thrashers 20-5 in the first period. The Thrashers, playing one night after a 3-2 loss at Minnesota, went 1-2 on their three-game road trip.
Canucks 4, Coyotes 1
PHOENIX -- Dan Cloutier made 23 saves, holding an opponent to one goal for the second straight game. Trevor Linden, Jiri Slegr, Brendan Morrison and Markus Naslund scored, and Todd Bertuzzi, Marek Malik and Magnus Arvedson had two assists each for the Canucks. Vancouver stayed unbeaten in seven games (5-0-2) since back-to-back losses at Columbus and Detroit in its first two road contests. Cloutier had 37 saves Thursday night in a 3-1 win at Los Angeles.
-- Associated Press