Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Thursday, March 19, 2009 · St. Pete Times Forum

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5–2

30–28

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2 on Thursday, March 19, 2009 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 30–28.

Mike Green scored twice. Alex Ovechkin, Steven Stamkos, Martin St. Louis, Michael Nylander and Matt Bradley also scored.

Semyon Varlamov made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Mike McKenna stopped 25 of 30.

Goals
WSH	2	0	3	5	30
TBL	1	1	0	2	28

Scoring

1st period

Alex Ovechkin (50)Nicklas Backstrom (56)1–007:43 WSH
Steven Stamkos (16)Vincent Lecavalier (37), Matt Lashoff (2)1–117:39 TBL ·
Mike Green (26)Shaone Morrisonn (9), Viktor Kozlov (23)2–119:50 WSH

2nd period

Martin St. Louis (27)Ryan Malone (17), Matt Lashoff (3)2–215:54 TBL

3rd period

Mike Green (27)Viktor Kozlov (24), Alex Ovechkin (42)3–201:48 WSH
Michael Nylander (8)Viktor Kozlov (25), Alex Ovechkin (43)4–207:38 WSH ·
Matt Bradley (5)Shaone Morrisonn (10), David Steckel (11)5–212:26 WSH

Team stats

WSHTBL

3028

57%43%

1/41/4

1010

1520

106

916

Penalties

6:34 into the first periodAlexander Semin · hooking2 min
7:06 into the first periodRyan Malone · interference2 min
17:25 into the first periodAlexander Semin · hooking2 min
18:07 into the first periodJeff Schultz · tripping2 min
18:55 into the first periodRyan Malone · interference2 min
10:11 into the second periodMilan Jurcina · elbowing2 min
19:12 into the second periodMatt Pettinger · high sticking2 min
19:12 into the second periodMilan Jurcina · high sticking2 min
6:34 into the third periodSteven Stamkos · tripping2 min
9:46 into the third periodJosef Melichar · hooking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	2	3	+2	4	0	1	0	–	21:49
25Viktor KozlovC	0	3	3	+2	1	0	1	0	–	14:32
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	2	2	+2	1	1	2	0	–	20:48
52Mike GreenD	2	0	2	+2	3	4	0	0	–	24:40
10Matt BradleyR	1	0	1	+1	1	3	0	0	–	10:33
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	+2	3	0	1	0	77	19:51
39David SteckelC	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	75	14:17
92Michael NylanderC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	43	14:34
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	−1	2	0	0	0	–	13:45
16Eric FehrC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	10:03
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	43	14:58
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	–	18:11
53Quintin LaingL	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	–	10:19
91Sergei FedorovC	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	59	12:47
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	–	18:45
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	19:48
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	–	15:35
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	2	–	16:38

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
40Semyon VarlamovG	W	28	26	2	.929	59:53
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	–

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

55Matt LashoffD	0	2	2	+1	2	1	0	0	–	22:30
4Vincent LecavalierC	0	1	1	−1	4	3	0	0	45	20:03
12Ryan MaloneL	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	4	–	17:45
26Martin St. LouisR	1	0	1	0	3	1	1	0	–	18:33
91Steven StamkosC	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	2	10	17:15
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	75	15:09
18Adam HallR	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	60	10:48
20Vinny ProspalL	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	100	13:28
24Matt PettingerL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	2	–	14:39
34Ryan CraigC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	33	10:50
38Paul SzczechuraC	0	0	0	−2	3	0	0	0	44	13:32
44Martins KarsumsR	0	0	0	−1	1	3	0	0	–	13:24
76Evgeny ArtyukhinR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	08:22
2Lukas KrajicekD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	0	–	20:24
6Josef MelicharD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	–	15:23
7Noah WelchD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	16:33
32Matt SmabyD	0	0	0	−4	0	1	1	0	–	20:25
50Richard PetiotD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	21:56

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
30Mike McKennaG	L	30	25	5	.833	59:57
31Karri RamoG		0	0	0	–	–