Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Friday, February 4, 2011 · St. Pete Times Forum
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Friday, February 4, 2011 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 36-25.
Nicklas Backstrom scored twice. Teddy Purcell, Brooks Laich, Alex Ovechkin, Brett Clark and Jason Chimera also scored.
Semyon Varlamov made 23 saves on 25 shots for the win; Dwayne Roloson stopped 31 of 35.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Teddy Purcell (1)Simon Gagne (1), Victor Hedman (1)0–103:21 TBL
Nicklas Backstrom (1)Alex Ovechkin (1), Mike Green (1)1–109:09 WSH
2nd period
Brooks Laich (1)Mathieu Perreault (1), Jay Beagle (1)2–106:38 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), John Carlson (1)3–108:25 WSH · PPG
Brett Clark (1)Teddy Purcell (1), Simon Gagne (2)3–219:19 TBL · PPG
3rd period
- Nicklas Backstrom (2)Alex Ovechkin (2), Jason Chimera (1)4–212:22 WSH
Jason Chimera (1)Alex Ovechkin (3), Nicklas Backstrom (2)5–219:22 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHTBL
36Shots on goal25
60%Faceoff %40%
1/4Power play1/4
20Penalty minutes20
19Hits29
13Blocked shots14
9Giveaways12
8Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 00:31
Mattias Ohlund · roughing2 min - 1st 08:21
Matt Hendricks · interference goalkeeper2 min - 1st 08:21Dwayne Roloson · roughing2 min
- 1st 10:39Steve Downie · fighting5 min
- 1st 10:39Matt Hendricks · fighting5 min
- 1st 11:00Jason Chimera · slashing2 min
- 1st 14:07Matt Bradley · fighting5 min
- 1st 14:07Adam Hall · fighting5 min
- 1st 16:27John Erskine · interference2 min
- 2nd 01:17Randy Jones · holding2 min
- 2nd 07:41Mattias Ohlund · tripping2 min
- 2nd 10:23Marcus Johansson · interference2 min
- 2nd 17:27Matt Hendricks · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 07:11Steve Downie · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 10 | 22:22 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 2 | 2 | 4 | +3 | 5 | 21:17 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 17:55 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:35 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:44 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:53 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 26:16 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 26:49 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:50 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:13 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:13 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:54 |
| 39David SteckelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:48 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:53 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:45 |
| 23Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:09 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 19:42 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 18:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | W | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 59:49 |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 12Simon GagneL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:41 |
| 16Teddy PurcellR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17:45 |
| 7Brett ClarkD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:08 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 21:06 |
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:38 |
| 9Steve DownieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:05 |
| 10Sean BergenheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:34 |
| 18Adam HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 13:36 |
| 19Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 12:46 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 20:16 |
| 42Dana TyrellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 44Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 14:57 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 20:48 |
| 5Mattias OhlundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:28 |
| 8Randy JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 13Pavel KubinaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:59 |
| 32Matt SmabyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:57 |
| 39Mike LundinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:14 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Dan EllisG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Dwayne RolosonG | L | 35 | 31 | 4 | .886 | 58:35 |