Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Thursday, March 4, 2010 · Verizon Center

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4–5

Final

SOG 29–34

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-4 on Thursday, March 4, 2010 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 34-29.

Mike Knuble scored twice, Vincent Lecavalier scored twice and Scott Walker scored twice. Eric Fehr, Steve Downie and Steven Stamkos also scored.

Semyon Varlamov made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Mike Smith stopped 29 of 34.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
TBL	1	1	2	4	29
WSH	1	2	2	5	34

Scoring

1st period

Eric Fehr (1)Unassisted0–106:10 WSH
Steve Downie (1)Kurtis Foster (1), Martin St. Louis (1)1–111:55 TBL · PPG

2nd period

Mike Knuble (1)Brooks Laich (1), Brendan Morrison (1)1–202:17 WSH
Mike Knuble (2)Nicklas Backstrom (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)1–308:21 WSH
Vincent Lecavalier (1)Martin St. Louis (2), Kurtis Foster (2)2–309:03 TBL · PPG

3rd period

Scott Walker (1)Mike Green (1), Boyd Gordon (1)2–410:11 WSH
Vincent Lecavalier (2)Teddy Purcell (1), Andrej Meszaros (1)3–410:35 TBL
Steven Stamkos (1)Mattias Ohlund (1), Martin St. Louis (3)4–412:28 TBL
Scott Walker (2)Mike Green (2), Jason Chimera (1)4–513:09 WSH

Team stats

TBLWSH

29Shots on goal34

46%Faceoff %54%

2/5Power play0/3

8Penalty minutes12

19Hits20

23Blocked shots22

10Giveaways11

4Takeaways10

Penalties

1st 07:26Kurtis Foster · tripping2 min
1st 11:45Mike Knuble · hooking2 min
1st 12:29Mark Parrish · hooking2 min
2nd 05:10Nicklas Backstrom · tripping2 min
2nd 08:38Jeff Schultz · interference2 min
2nd 13:08Victor Hedman · hooking2 min
2nd 13:08Mike Green · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
2nd 13:14Brooks Laich · high sticking2 min
2nd 14:04Tom Poti · high sticking2 min
3rd 19:48Steven Stamkos · hooking2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

26Martin St. LouisR	0	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	67	21:35
4Vincent LecavalierC	2	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	39	21:51
6Kurtis FosterD	0	2	2	-1	3	0	1	2	–	22:31
9Steve DownieR	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	0	–	18:42
16Teddy PurcellR	0	1	1	-2	2	0	2	0	–	14:44
91Steven StamkosC	1	0	1	-1	6	3	0	2	50	23:51
5Mattias OhlundD	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	–	20:45
14Andrej MeszarosD	0	1	1	0	2	1	4	0	–	19:42
12Ryan MaloneL	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	50	19:09
13Alex TanguayL	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	100	10:41
17Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	05:09
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	09:54
28Zenon KonopkaC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	50	05:20
37Mark ParrishR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	2	–	15:23
44Nate ThompsonC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	43	14:21
32Matt SmabyD	0	0	0	-2	1	4	1	0	–	07:32
39Mike LundinD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	7	0	–	23:19
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	2	–	19:46

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Antero NiittymakiG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Mike SmithG	L	34	29	5	.853	59:33

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

22Mike KnubleR	2	0	2	+1	3	2	1	2	–	15:43
24Scott WalkerR	2	0	2	+2	3	3	0	0	–	07:33
52Mike GreenD	0	2	2	+2	6	1	0	2	–	23:51
8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	–	18:36
9Brendan MorrisonC	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	23	14:02
15Boyd GordonC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	86	13:22
16Eric FehrR	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	0	–	11:49
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	2	63	17:23
21Brooks LaichL	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0	2	–	17:50
25Jason ChimeraL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	100	09:04
14Tomas FleischmannL	0	0	0	+1	3	0	0	0	100	15:08
18Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	42	14:50
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	100	19:00
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	–	21:18
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+2	0	5	2	0	–	16:38
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	1	2	–	20:13
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	4	0	–	14:46
77Joe CorvoD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	20:19

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Semyon VarlamovG	W	29	25	4	.862	60:00
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	00:00