Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Wednesday, December 26, 2007 · Verizon Center

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2–3

Final

SOG 20–32

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 32-20.

Vincent Lecavalier scored twice. David Steckel, Brian Pothier and Matt Bradley also scored.

Olie Kolzig made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Karri Ramo stopped 29 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	1	1	0	2	20
WSH	1	1	1	3	32

Scoring

1st period

Vincent Lecavalier (24)Vinny Prospal (19), Martin St. Louis (29)1–005:43 TBL
David Steckel (3)Quintin Laing (2), Matt Bradley (5)1–116:11 WSH

2nd period

Vincent Lecavalier (25)Vinny Prospal (20), Shane O'Brien (10)2–109:49 TBL
Brian Pothier (4)Alex Ovechkin (17), David Steckel (2)2–217:42 WSH

3rd period

Matt Bradley (2)David Steckel (3), Mike Green (8)2–317:07 WSH

Team stats

TBLWSH

20Shots on goal32

39%Faceoff %61%

0/1Power play0/4

8Penalty minutes2

25Hits17

14Blocked shots9

12Giveaways13

11Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 08:28Andreas Karlsson · hooking2 min
2nd 05:33Brad Richards · holding2 min
2nd 09:59Filip Kuba · slashing2 min
3rd 08:06Vincent Lecavalier · tripping2 min
3rd 09:12Alex Ovechkin · holding2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

4Vincent LecavalierC	2	0	2	0	5	1	0	2	39	21:36
20Vinny ProspalL	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	100	18:48
26Martin St. LouisR	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	–	23:09
55Shane O'BrienD	0	1	1	0	2	7	0	0	–	22:48
16Jason WardR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	15:23
17Jan HlavacL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:00
19Brad RichardsC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	29	18:29
21Mathieu DarcheL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	–	17:41
24Andreas KarlssonC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	–	16:08
29Craig MacDonaldC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	80	08:31
36Andre RoyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	05:36
74Nick TarnaskyL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	12:15
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	30	12:17
3Doug JanikD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	12:35
37Brad LukowichD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	19:30
39Mike LundinD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	13:56
54Paul RangerD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	–	28:07
71Filip KubaD	0	0	0	-1	3	3	0	2	–	22:38

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Karri RamoG	L	32	29	3	.906	59:33
40Johan HolmqvistG		0	0	0	–	–

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

39David SteckelC	1	2	3	+2	4	0	0	0	55	13:54
10Matt BradleyR	1	1	2	+3	2	0	0	0	–	13:08
8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	2	–	22:54
53Quintin LaingL	0	1	1	+2	2	4	1	0	–	12:00
2Brian PothierD	1	0	1	+1	2	0	3	0	–	15:26
52Mike GreenD	0	1	1	0	5	0	1	0	–	27:10
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	13:31
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	60	16:40
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	82	12:22
25Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	50	17:31
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	17:40
43Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	100	13:06
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	–	10:17
92Michael NylanderC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	54	20:31
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	17:05
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	16:04
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	22:04
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	16:37

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Brent JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	W	20	18	2	.900	60:00