Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Saturday, December 15, 2007 · St. Pete Times Forum

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3–2

Final

SOG 32–25

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Saturday, December 15, 2007 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 32-25.

Goals came from Paul Ranger, Tomas Fleischmann, David Steckel, Vincent Lecavalier and Brian Pothier.

Brent Johnson made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Johan Holmqvist stopped 29 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	1	3	32
TBL	1	1	0	2	25

Scoring

1st period

Paul Ranger (6)Vincent Lecavalier (29)0–104:28 TBL
Tomas Fleischmann (5)Michael Nylander (20), Alexander Semin (4)1–114:26 WSH

2nd period

David Steckel (2)Brian Pothier (9)2–100:08 WSH
Vincent Lecavalier (22)Vinny Prospal (18)2–205:50 TBL

3rd period

Brian Pothier (3)Matt Pettinger (3), Tomas Fleischmann (5)3–205:06 WSH · PPG

Team stats

WSHTBL

32Shots on goal25

47%Faceoff %53%

1/5Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes10

20Hits34

11Blocked shots12

8Giveaways15

7Takeaways12

Penalties

1st 05:03Tomas Fleischmann · slashing2 min
1st 06:16Martin St. Louis · tripping2 min
1st 06:48Mathieu Darche · interference goalkeeper2 min
1st 10:49Shaone Morrisonn · slashing2 min
2nd 10:23Alexander Semin · boarding2 min
2nd 13:20Filip Kuba · high sticking double minor4 min
3rd 03:23Shane O'Brien · high sticking2 min
3rd 12:05Alex Ovechkin · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

43Tomas FleischmannL	1	1	2	+1	2	1	0	2	–	11:49
2Brian PothierD	1	1	2	+1	3	0	0	0	–	16:07
18Matt PettingerL	0	1	1	-2	0	2	0	0	–	17:02
28Alexander SeminR	0	1	1	+1	4	0	1	2	–	12:43
39David SteckelC	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	45	16:45
92Michael NylanderC	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	60	15:46
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	-2	7	1	0	2	–	21:02
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	+1	2	2	0	0	–	11:21
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	25	19:54
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	38	14:44
25Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	67	13:09
53Quintin LaingL	0	0	0	+1	3	0	2	0	–	15:11
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	09:20
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	0	–	22:17
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	16:18
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	-2	0	4	0	2	–	21:34
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	21:58
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	15:01

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Brent JohnsonG	W	25	23	2	.920	59:59
37Olie KolzigG		0	0	0	–	–

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

4Vincent LecavalierC	1	1	2	+1	3	3	0	0	58	24:54
20Vinny ProspalL	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	0	100	22:31
54Paul RangerD	1	0	1	+1	2	2	3	0	–	24:12
16Jason WardR	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	100	14:07
17Jan HlavacL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	11:12
19Brad RichardsC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	35	28:39
21Mathieu DarcheL	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	2	100	16:29
24Andreas KarlssonC	0	0	0	-1	4	0	1	0	75	16:29
26Martin St. LouisR	0	0	0	+1	3	0	1	2	–	27:04
29Craig MacDonaldC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	04:34
36Andre RoyR	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	–	07:23
49Blair JonesC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	00:09
74Nick TarnaskyL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	04:52
3Doug JanikD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:55
37Brad LukowichD	0	0	0	0	0	10	2	0	–	21:24
39Mike LundinD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	11:39
55Shane O'BrienD	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	2	–	20:28
71Filip KubaD	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	4	–	24:35

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Marc DenisG		0	0	0	–	–
40Johan HolmqvistG	L	32	29	3	.906	58:41