Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Thursday, April 9, 2009 · St. Pete Times Forum
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–2 on Thursday, April 9, 2009 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 33–24.
Brooks Laich scored twice. Steven Stamkos, David Steckel, Matt Pettinger and Mike Green also scored.
Jose Theodore made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; Karri Ramo stopped 29 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Steven Stamkos (22)Zenon Konopka (1), Martin St. Louis (50)0–100:36 TBL
Brooks Laich (21)Nicklas Backstrom (64), Mike Green (41)1–109:19 WSH ·
2nd period
- Brooks Laich (22)Mike Green (42), Michael Nylander (24)2–105:37 WSH
David Steckel (8)Matt Bradley (6), Keith Aucoin (4)3–106:08 WSH
3rd period
Matt Pettinger (7)Paul Szczechura (5), Vladimir Mihalik (3)3–212:53 TBL
Mike Green (31)Unassisted4–219:55 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHTBL
3324
45%55%
1/50/5
1010
1116
1219
611
56
Penalties
- 2:44 into the first period
John Erskine · cross checking2 min - 6:15 into the first periodSergei Fedorov · hooking2 min
- 8:53 into the first period
Evgeny Artyukhin · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 8:53 into the first periodMatt Smaby · holding2 min
- 16:01 into the first periodDavid Koci · high sticking2 min
- 18:00 into the first periodMatt Smaby · slashing2 min
- 19:18 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · tripping2 min
- 3:35 into the second periodEvgeny Artyukhin · tripping2 min
- 8:02 into the second periodSergei Fedorov · hooking2 min
- 13:55 into the second periodShaone Morrisonn · interference2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 52Mike GreenD | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 2 | 28:09 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15:44 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:59 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:10 |
| 20Keith AucoinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:54 |
| 39David SteckelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:34 |
| 92Michael NylanderC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:13 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 11 | 23:15 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:56 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:34 |
| 25Viktor KozlovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:01 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:33 |
| 91Sergei FedorovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 17:18 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:40 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:10 |
| 23Milan JurcinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:57 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | W | 24 | 2 | .917 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 24Matt PettingerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:32 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 24:06 |
| 28Zenon KonopkaC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:54 |
| 38Paul SzczechuraC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 24:16 |
| 56Vladimir MihalikD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:14 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 18:23 |
| 18Adam HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:26 |
| 20Vinny ProspalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 19:01 |
| 27Brandon BochenskiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:22 |
| 33David KociL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:30 |
| 44Martins KarsumsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:30 |
| 76Evgeny ArtyukhinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:10 |
| 2Lukas KrajicekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 26:53 |
| 7Noah WelchD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:52 |
| 32Matt SmabyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:35 |
| 51Kevin QuickD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:54 |
| 71Geoff KinradeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:32 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Mike McKennaG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Karri RamoG | L | 32 | 3 | .906 |