Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Saturday, February 16, 2008 · St. Pete Times Forum

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3–2

35–41

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 on Saturday, February 16, 2008 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Lightning outshot the Capitals 41–35.

Goals came from Tomas Fleischmann, David Steckel, Vinny Prospal, Jan Hlavac and Alexander Semin.

Olie Kolzig made 39 saves on 41 shots for the win; Johan Holmqvist stopped 32 of 35.

Goals
WSH	1	0	2	3	35
TBL	0	0	2	2	41

Scoring

1st period

Tomas Fleischmann (8)Alexander Semin (11), Nicklas Backstrom (40)1–016:12 WSH ·

3rd period

David Steckel (5)Matt Bradley (8), Quintin Laing (5)2–013:52 WSH
Vinny Prospal (27)Martin St. Louis (50), Vincent Lecavalier (44)2–115:49 TBL
Jan Hlavac (9)Filip Kuba (18), Shane O'Brien (15)2–216:22 TBL
Alexander Semin (16)Viktor Kozlov (27), Mike Green (22)3–217:00 WSH

Team stats

WSHTBL

3541

53%47%

1/40/1

1927

1212

Penalties

11:36 into the first periodVincent Lecavalier · tripping2 min
15:51 into the first periodMike Lundin · delaying game puck over glass2 min
16:49 into the first periodCraig MacDonald · tripping2 min
18:17 into the second periodMatt Bradley · slashing2 min
10:59 into the third periodBrad Richards · delaying game illegal play by goalie2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

28Alexander SeminR	1	1	2	+1	6	0	0	0	–	19:25
10Matt BradleyR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	2	–	13:40
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	−1	2	1	0	0	58	19:42
25Viktor KozlovC	0	1	1	+1	3	1	1	0	22	15:10
39David SteckelC	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	64	13:59
43Tomas FleischmannL	1	0	1	−1	1	1	0	0	100	16:52
53Quintin LaingL	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	13:15
52Mike GreenD	0	1	1	+1	3	0	2	0	–	31:11
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	−1	5	0	0	0	–	21:52
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	67	12:56
18Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	+1	4	1	1	0	–	14:13
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	50	14:01
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	08:50
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	−1	1	4	3	0	–	16:42
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	2	0	–	25:03
42Sami LepistoD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	14:16
44Steve EmingerD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	11:54
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	14:59

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
1Brent JohnsonG		0	0	0	–	–
37Olie KolzigG	W	41	39	2	.951	60:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

4Vincent LecavalierC	0	1	1	−1	6	2	0	2	40	24:26
17Jan HlavacL	1	0	1	+1	4	2	0	0	–	11:12
20Vinny ProspalL	1	0	1	−1	4	3	0	0	100	23:34
26Martin St. LouisR	0	1	1	−1	3	0	0	0	–	26:21
55Shane O'BrienD	0	1	1	0	2	4	3	0	–	22:50
71Filip KubaD	0	1	1	+1	3	2	1	0	–	24:35
7Michel OuelletR	0	0	0	+1	3	3	0	0	–	09:54
16Jason WardR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	09:54
19Brad RichardsC	0	0	0	+1	6	0	0	2	57	21:17
21Mathieu DarcheL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	06:56
29Craig MacDonaldC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	50	15:37
36Andre RoyR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	03:00
74Nick TarnaskyL	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	10:48
77Chris GrattonC	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	44	13:23
3Doug JanikD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:19
22Dan BoyleD	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	–	16:44
39Mike LundinD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	2	–	09:33
54Paul RangerD	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	25:08

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
31Karri RamoG		0	0	0	–	–
40Johan HolmqvistG	L	35	32	3	.914	59:20