Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Saturday, March 20, 2010 · St. Pete Times Forum

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3–1

28–34

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3–1 on Saturday, March 20, 2010 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Lightning outshot the Capitals 34–28.

Goals came from Tomas Fleischmann, Vincent Lecavalier, Alex Ovechkin and Alexander Semin.

Jose Theodore made 33 saves on 34 shots for the win; Antero Niittymaki stopped 25 of 28.

Goals
WSH	2	0	1	3	28
TBL	1	0	0	1	34

Scoring

1st period

Tomas Fleischmann (1)Eric Fehr (1), David Steckel (1)1–002:40 WSH
Vincent Lecavalier (1)Teddy Purcell (1), Brandon Bochenski (1)1–106:54 TBL
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1)2–110:47 WSH

3rd period

Alexander Semin (1)Brooks Laich (1), Brendan Morrison (1)3–107:20 WSH

Team stats

WSHTBL

2834

36%64%

0/40/5

1715

1620

118

910

Penalties

3:23 into the first periodMike Green · hooking2 min
8:13 into the first periodJohn Carlson · holding2 min
17:10 into the first periodMike Lundin · holding2 min
18:59 into the first periodPaul Szczechura · tripping2 min
19:58 into the first periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
2:49 into the second periodZenon Konopka · fighting5 min
2:49 into the second periodScott Walker · fighting5 min
12:03 into the second periodJohn Erskine · boarding2 min
12:50 into the second periodVincent Lecavalier · hooking2 min
12:50 into the second periodTom Poti · roughing2 min
15:39 into the second periodStephane Veilleux · high sticking2 min
18:31 into the second periodEric Fehr · boarding2 min
18:08 into the third periodSteve Downie · roughing2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	+1	7	1	0	0	–	22:52
9Brendan MorrisonC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	33	14:44
14Tomas FleischmannL	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	–	15:03
16Eric FehrR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	2	–	10:13
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	33	18:18
21Brooks LaichL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	18:16
28Alexander SeminR	1	0	1	+1	5	0	0	0	–	16:40
39David SteckelC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	53	13:14
18Eric BelangerC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	22	13:11
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	16:46
24Scott WalkerR	0	0	0	−1	2	1	0	5	–	04:28
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	−1	1	0	1	0	–	11:39
3Tom PotiD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	2	–	22:55
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	2	–	16:01
26Shaone MorrisonnD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	18:13
52Mike GreenD	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	–	24:36
55Jeff SchultzD	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	19:06
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	2	2	–	14:16

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
40Semyon VarlamovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
60Jose TheodoreG	W	34	33	1	.971	59:28

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

4Vincent LecavalierC	1	0	1	+1	7	1	1	2	56	23:38
16Teddy PurcellR	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	–	18:13
27Brandon BochenskiR	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	14:34
9Steve DownieR	0	0	0	−1	2	3	1	2	–	18:08
17Todd FedorukL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	05:40
19Stephane VeilleuxL	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	2	–	10:22
26Martin St. LouisR	0	0	0	−2	3	2	1	0	25	24:29
28Zenon KonopkaC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	100	06:40
37Mark ParrishR	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	13:55
38Paul SzczechuraC	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	67	08:32
44Nate ThompsonC	0	0	0	−1	1	2	0	0	93	12:21
91Steven StamkosC	0	0	0	−1	4	1	0	0	38	22:38
6Kurtis FosterD	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	0	–	20:25
8Matt WalkerD	0	0	0	−2	1	1	1	0	–	16:25
14Andrej MeszarosD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	23:08
21David HaleD	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	–	12:27
39Mike LundinD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	–	22:10
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	–	18:34

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
30Antero NiittymakiG	L	28	25	3	.893	59:49
41Mike SmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00