Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Sunday, January 31, 2010 · Verizon Center

Tampa BayLightningAway

2–3

Final

SOG 27–31

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Sunday, January 31, 2010 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 31-27.

Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, Brooks Laich, Martin St. Louis, Steven Stamkos and Alex Ovechkin.

Jose Theodore made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 28 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	0	0	2	2	27
WSH	0	2	1	3	31

Scoring

2nd period

Nicklas Backstrom (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Tomas Fleischmann (1)0–100:57 WSH · PPG
Brooks Laich (1)Alexander Semin (1), Tomas Fleischmann (2)0–212:56 WSH

3rd period

Martin St. Louis (1)Kurtis Foster (1), Steven Stamkos (1)1–205:00 TBL
Steven Stamkos (1)Kurtis Foster (2), Martin St. Louis (1)2–207:42 TBL · PPG
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Tom Poti (1)2–313:34 WSH

Team stats

TBLWSH

27Shots on goal31

43%Faceoff %57%

1/2Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes4

24Hits20

24Blocked shots5

13Giveaways7

4Takeaways12

Penalties

1st 05:48Alex Tanguay · tripping2 min
2nd 00:15Jeff Halpern · tripping2 min
3rd 05:07Nicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min
3rd 06:44Tomas Fleischmann · hooking2 min
3rd 19:57Vincent Lecavalier · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

26Martin St. LouisR	1	1	2	0	5	0	2	0	25	21:43
91Steven StamkosC	1	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	11	21:11
6Kurtis FosterD	0	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	–	16:12
4Vincent LecavalierC	0	0	0	-1	3	3	1	2	41	19:50
9Steve DownieR	0	0	0	+1	1	3	1	0	–	19:07
11Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2	33	14:18
12Ryan MaloneL	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	18:29
13Alex TanguayL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	–	13:59
17Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	08:29
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	14:52
28Zenon KonopkaC	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	71	09:33
44Nate ThompsonC	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	62	13:54
5Mattias OhlundD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	3	0	–	23:08
8Matt WalkerD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	12:19
14Andrej MeszarosD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:59
32Matt SmabyD	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	–	14:32
39Mike LundinD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	6	0	–	22:54
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	–	16:30

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Antero NiittymakiG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Mike SmithG	L	31	28	3	.903	59:16

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	1	2	+1	6	1	0	0	–	20:35
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	50	14:39
19Nicklas BackstromC	1	1	2	+1	4	2	0	2	68	18:58
21Brooks LaichL	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	50	15:41
28Alexander SeminR	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	17:09
3Tom PotiD	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	23:11
9Brendan MorrisonC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	55	15:53
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	10:30
15Boyd GordonC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100	10:19
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	13:16
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	17:49
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	14:09
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	45	13:25
2Brian PothierD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	18:25
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	-1	5	4	1	0	–	19:38
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	18:51
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	+2	0	0	1	0	–	18:06
89Tyler SloanD	0	0	0	+1	2	4	0	0	–	16:30

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
60Jose TheodoreG	W	27	25	2	.926	59:58
70Braden HoltbyG		0	0	0	–	00:00