Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, March 27, 2009 · Verizon Center

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3–5

36–39

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 on Friday, March 27, 2009 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 39–36.

Alex Ovechkin scored twice and Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Martin St. Louis, Steven Stamkos, Vinny Prospal and Brian Pothier also scored.

Jose Theodore made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Mike McKenna stopped 34 of 38.

Goals
TBL	1	1	1	3	36
WSH	3	0	2	5	39

Scoring

1st period

Alex Ovechkin (52)Nicklas Backstrom (59), Brooks Laich (24)0–106:49 WSH ·
Nicklas Backstrom (20)Alex Ovechkin (46), Mike Green (38)0–211:17 WSH ·
Martin St. Louis (29)Matt Pettinger (6), Matt Lashoff (6)1–215:48 TBL
Nicklas Backstrom (21)Mike Green (39), Alex Ovechkin (47)1–319:38 WSH ·

2nd period

Steven Stamkos (19)Ryan Malone (18), Martin St. Louis (47)2–319:06 TBL

3rd period

Vinny Prospal (19)Martin St. Louis (48)3–302:59 TBL
Brian Pothier (1)Brooks Laich (25), Keith Aucoin (2)3–404:30 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (53)Brooks Laich (26)3–519:53 WSH ·

Team stats

TBLWSH

3639

41%59%

0/43/9

2010

1319

187

613

813

Penalties

2:58 into the first periodShaone Morrisonn · tripping2 min
5:22 into the first periodJosef Melichar · slashing2 min
5:22 into the first periodMatt Smaby · tripping2 min
10:31 into the first periodDavid Koci · roughing2 min
12:42 into the first periodMilan Jurcina · holding2 min
13:29 into the first periodMatt Lashoff · holding2 min
17:58 into the first periodMatt Lashoff · holding2 min
3:27 into the second periodEvgeny Artyukhin · interference2 min
12:19 into the second periodVincent Lecavalier · holding2 min
13:54 into the second periodViktor Kozlov · tripping2 min
0:36 into the third periodViktor Kozlov · hooking2 min
2:30 into the third periodEvgeny Artyukhin · cross checking2 min
2:30 into the third periodJohn Erskine · cross checking2 min
8:17 into the third periodMartin St. Louis · interference2 min
13:44 into the third periodVinny Prospal · high sticking2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

26Martin St. LouisR	1	2	3	+2	9	0	1	2	–	22:20
12Ryan MaloneL	0	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	–	20:48
20Vinny ProspalL	1	0	1	−1	4	0	1	2	–	19:27
24Matt PettingerL	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	12:57
91Steven StamkosC	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	45	16:52
55Matt LashoffD	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	4	–	24:01
4Vincent LecavalierC	0	0	0	−1	3	2	1	2	41	18:25
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	1	0	36	17:47
18Adam HallR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	50	10:38
33David KociL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	05:35
34Ryan CraigC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	57	10:04
44Martins KarsumsR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	08:49
76Evgeny ArtyukhinR	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	4	–	13:15
2Lukas KrajicekD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	26:02
6Josef MelicharD	0	0	0	+1	2	1	4	2	–	20:01
7Noah WelchD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	08:44
32Matt SmabyD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	–	08:01
50Richard PetiotD	0	0	0	+3	0	1	1	0	–	21:49

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
30Mike McKennaG	L	38	34	4	.895	58:32
31Karri RamoG		0	0	0	–	–

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	2	2	4	0	7	3	0	0	33	27:04
19Nicklas BackstromC	2	1	3	+1	3	0	0	0	88	19:58
21Brooks LaichC	0	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	50	20:31
52Mike GreenD	0	2	2	0	8	2	1	0	–	27:39
20Keith AucoinC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	11	09:14
2Brian PothierD	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	–	14:07
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	−1	1	1	0	0	–	12:03
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	50	16:15
16Eric FehrC	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	–	12:35
25Viktor KozlovC	0	0	0	−1	3	0	0	4	–	14:46
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	67	12:02
48Oskar OsalaL	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	06:12
91Sergei FedorovC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	64	17:27
92Michael NylanderC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	13:47
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	–	21:10
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	2	–	14:34
23Milan JurcinaD	0	0	0	−1	5	3	2	2	–	16:28
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	2	–	16:08

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
40Semyon VarlamovG		0	0	0	–	–
60Jose TheodoreG	W	36	33	3	.917	60:00