Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Monday, December 7, 2009 · St. Pete Times Forum
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-0 on Monday, December 7, 2009 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 34-26.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Eric Fehr also scored.
Semyon Varlamov made 26 saves on 26 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 31 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Alexander Semin (1)1–007:39 WSH
Eric Fehr (1)Tomas Fleischmann (1)2–012:32 WSH- Alex Ovechkin (2)Tomas Fleischmann (2), Alexander Semin (2)3–019:35 WSH · PPG
Team stats
WSHTBL
34Shots on goal26
47%Faceoff %53%
1/5Power play0/3
12Penalty minutes16
20Hits20
15Blocked shots6
10Giveaways5
4Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 01:40
Ryan Malone · interference goalkeeper2 min - 1st 04:29Steve Downie · slashing2 min
- 1st 13:10Steve Downie · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 05:12
Mike Green · slashing2 min - 2nd 08:02Alexander Semin · slashing2 min
- 2nd 09:55Jeff Schultz · tripping2 min
- 2nd 09:55Steve Downie · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 17:37Vincent Lecavalier · tripping2 min
- 3rd 02:16Eric Fehr · hooking2 min
- 3rd 09:58Vincent Lecavalier · tripping2 min
- 3rd 18:23Matt Walker · roughing2 min
- 3rd 18:23Eric Fehr · roughing2 min
- 3rd 18:23Steve Downie · roughing2 min
- 3rd 18:23John Erskine · roughing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 22:02 |
| 14Tomas FleischmannL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 15:10 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 21:33 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:50 |
| 9Brendan MorrisonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:39 |
| 17Chris ClarkR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:33 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:02 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:50 |
| 33Alexandre GirouxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:48 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:01 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:46 |
| 2Brian PothierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:06 |
| 3Tom PotiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 18:25 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:57 |
| 26Shaone MorrisonnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:05 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 26:02 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:13 |
| 89Tyler SloanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Semyon VarlamovG | W | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1.000 | 59:36 |
| 60Jose TheodoreG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:28 |
| 9Steve DownieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:20 |
| 11Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:24 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 17:06 |
| 13Alex TanguayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:17 |
| 19Stephane VeilleuxL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:57 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:28 |
| 28Zenon KonopkaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 08:57 |
| 38Paul SzczechuraC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:17 |
| 43James WrightC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:38 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:53 |
| 2Lukas KrajicekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:02 |
| 5Mattias OhlundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:34 |
| 6Kurtis FosterD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:01 |
| 8Matt WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:11 |
| 14Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:05 |
| 21David HaleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:11 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Antero NiittymakiG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 41Mike SmithG | L | 34 | 31 | 3 | .912 | 60:00 |