Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals

Regular season · Friday, March 12, 2010 · Verizon Center

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3–2

27–30

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Friday, March 12, 2010 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 30–27.

Goals came from Tomas Fleischmann, Brandon Bochenski, Matt Walker, Vincent Lecavalier and Brooks Laich.

Antero Niittymaki made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 24 of 27.

Goals
TBL	1	2	0	3	27
WSH	1	0	1	2	30

Scoring

1st period

Tomas Fleischmann (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Mike Knuble (1)0–116:54 WSH ·
Brandon Bochenski (1)Todd Fedoruk (1), Mike Lundin (1)1–119:11 TBL

2nd period

Matt Walker (1)Stephane Veilleux (1), Nate Thompson (1)2–111:30 TBL
Vincent Lecavalier (1)Matt Walker (1), Teddy Purcell (1)3–115:12 TBL

3rd period

Brooks Laich (1)Mike Green (1), Alex Ovechkin (2)3–211:09 WSH ·

Team stats

TBLWSH

2730

36%64%

0/12/4

82

3031

2010

59

1215

Penalties

8:38 into the first periodMatt Bradley · slashing2 min
16:05 into the first periodPaul Szczechura · holding2 min
2:09 into the second periodTeddy Purcell · hooking2 min
6:16 into the second periodKurtis Foster · tripping2 min
10:40 into the third periodMatt Walker · slashing2 min

Season series

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

8Matt WalkerD	1	1	2	+2	2	2	3	2	–	18:20
4Vincent LecavalierC	1	0	1	+1	4	1	1	0	36	16:34
16Teddy PurcellR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	2	–	14:09
17Todd FedorukL	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	–	08:29
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	15:38
27Brandon BochenskiR	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	10:34
44Nate ThompsonC	0	1	1	+2	2	2	2	0	47	14:33
39Mike LundinD	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	0	–	23:43
9Steve DownieR	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	–	16:06
13Alex TanguayL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	0	100	11:46
26Martin St. LouisR	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	18:54
37Mark ParrishR	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	19:23
38Paul SzczechuraC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	33	11:06
91Steven StamkosC	0	0	0	0	6	5	2	0	27	18:58
6Kurtis FosterD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	–	17:38
14Andrej MeszarosD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	1	0	–	23:07
32Matt SmabyD	0	0	0	+2	1	2	1	0	–	14:38
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	21:06

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
30Antero NiittymakiG	W	30	28	2	.933	59:59
41Mike SmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	0	2	2	−1	1	2	0	0	–	22:32
14Tomas FleischmannL	1	0	1	−1	2	1	0	0	55	17:36
21Brooks LaichL	1	0	1	−1	5	4	2	0	–	19:56
22Mike KnubleR	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	16:55
52Mike GreenD	0	1	1	−2	2	2	1	0	–	25:37
9Brendan MorrisonC	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	75	14:37
10Matt BradleyR	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	2	–	08:27
16Eric FehrR	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	13:53
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	−1	3	1	0	0	59	19:25
24Scott WalkerR	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	08:35
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	14:04
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	−2	1	1	0	0	–	20:26
39David SteckelC	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	0	78	07:56
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	18:38
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	−1	1	4	1	0	–	15:07
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	−2	1	7	1	0	–	19:08
77Joe CorvoD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	2	0	–	20:16
89Tyler SloanD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	15:52

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
40Semyon VarlamovG	L	27	24	3	.889	59:00
60Jose TheodoreG		0	0	0	–	00:00