Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Thursday, March 27, 2008 · St. Pete Times Forum

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4–3

32–26

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–3 in overtime on Thursday, March 27, 2008 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 32–26.

Goals came from Brooks Laich, Jeff Halpern, Matt Bradley, Alexandre Picard, Michel Ouellet, Alexander Semin and Tomas Fleischmann.

Cristobal Huet made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Karri Ramo stopped 28 of 32.

Goals
WSH	1	1	1	1	4	32
TBL	1	1	1	0	3	26

Scoring

1st period

Brooks Laich (20)Sergei Fedorov (25)1–017:58 WSH ·
Jeff Halpern (18)Michel Ouellet (19), Shane O'Brien (17)1–118:40 TBL ·

2nd period

Matt Bradley (7)Tom Poti (25), Jeff Schultz (12)2–103:11 WSH
Alexandre Picard (3)Vincent Lecavalier (50)2–206:00 TBL

3rd period

Michel Ouellet (17)Mathieu Darche (15), Dan Boyle (19)2–306:51 TBL
Alexander Semin (24)Sergei Fedorov (26)3–315:12 WSH

Overtime

Tomas Fleischmann (9)Brooks Laich (14), Mike Green (33)4–302:27 WSH

Team stats

WSHTBL

3226

56%44%

0/31/2

1818

719

125

Penalties

3:36 into the first periodMatt Smaby · holding2 min
3:41 into the first periodNicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min
14:03 into the first periodJeff Halpern · interference2 min
16:46 into the first periodJohn Erskine · hooking2 min
19:25 into the second periodFilip Kuba · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

21Brooks LaichC	1	1	2	+1	1	1	0	0	64	14:20
91Sergei FedorovC	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	0	52	18:27
10Matt BradleyR	1	0	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	13:03
28Alexander SeminR	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	18:39
43Tomas FleischmannL	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	12:07
3Tom PotiD	0	1	1	+1	2	1	1	0	–	24:23
52Mike GreenD	0	1	1	+1	6	1	1	0	–	23:53
55Jeff SchultzD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	1	0	–	22:30
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	–	26:15
14Eric FehrC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:04
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	54	13:52
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	2	100	22:25
24Matt CookeL	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	13:17
25Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	−1	2	1	1	0	40	17:28
87Donald BrashearL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	–	07:47
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	–	10:55
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	–	15:24
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	23:22

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
37Olie KolzigG		0	0	0	–	–
38Cristobal HuetG	W	26	23	3	.885	62:10

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

7Michel OuelletR	1	1	2	+1	4	1	1	0	–	17:43
4Vincent LecavalierC	0	1	1	−1	4	1	0	0	39	24:15
11Jeff HalpernC	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	2	25	18:46
21Mathieu DarcheL	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	40	19:07
2Alexandre PicardD	1	0	1	+1	3	4	3	0	–	24:22
22Dan BoyleD	0	1	1	−2	3	3	1	0	–	25:17
55Shane O'BrienD	0	1	1	−2	2	1	4	0	–	24:30
10Jussi JokinenL	0	0	0	−2	2	0	1	0	44	21:21
16Jason WardR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	08:27
24Andreas KarlssonC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	100	12:22
26Martin St. LouisR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	23:39
29Craig MacDonaldC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	50	17:03
42Junior LessardR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	07:59
74Nick TarnaskyL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	06:01
3Doug JanikD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	01:57
32Matt SmabyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	–	12:48
39Mike LundinD	0	0	0	−1	0	0	1	0	–	13:49
71Filip KubaD	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	2	–	24:22

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
30Marc DenisG		0	0	0	–	–
31Karri RamoG	O	32	28	4	.875	62:27