Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, January 1, 2009 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 7–4 on Thursday, January 1, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 35–27.
Vincent Lecavalier scored twice. Sean Collins, David Steckel, Mike Green, Ryan Malone, Matt Bradley, Boyd Gordon, Mark Recchi, Chris Clark and Alex Ovechkin also scored.
Scoring
1st period
Sean Collins (1)Alex Ovechkin (25), Shaone Morrisonn (3)0–103:58 WSH
David Steckel (5)Matt Bradley (3), Milan Jurcina (7)0–208:02 WSH
Mike Green (9)Alex Ovechkin (26), Nicklas Backstrom (32)0–318:29 WSH
2nd period
Vincent Lecavalier (15)Vinny Prospal (12), Martin St. Louis (20)1–300:58 TBL
Ryan Malone (9)Jeff Halpern (1)2–302:37 TBL
Matt Bradley (4)Boyd Gordon (7)2–402:48 WSH- Vincent Lecavalier (16)Vinny Prospal (13), Martin St. Louis (21)3–419:44 TBL
3rd period
Boyd Gordon (5)Unassisted3–508:07 WSH
Mark Recchi (9)Martin St. Louis (22), Andrej Meszaros (10)4–512:22 TBL
Chris Clark (1)Michael Nylander (15), Mike Green (16)4–612:47 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (26)Nicklas Backstrom (33)4–718:14 WSH
Team stats
TBLWSH
2735
53%47%
0/20/3
119
2817
2218
1322
56
Penalties
- 11:28 into the first period
Alex Ovechkin · hooking2 min - 2:07 into the second period
Adam Hall · fighting5 min - 2:07 into the second periodChris Clark · fighting5 min
- 7:37 into the second periodBoyd Gordon · hooking2 min
- 9:00 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 0:14 into the third periodMatt Smaby · interference2 min
- 2:58 into the third periodVinny Prospal · hooking2 min
Season series
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