Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Sunday, May 1, 2011 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 in overtime on Sunday, May 1, 2011 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 37–23.
Vincent Lecavalier scored twice. Brooks Laich, Martin St. Louis and Alex Ovechkin also scored.
Dwayne Roloson made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 20 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Vincent Lecavalier (1)Martin St. Louis (1), Ryan Malone (1)1–019:01 TBL ·
2nd period
Brooks Laich (1)Nicklas Backstrom (1), John Erskine (1)1–114:52 WSH
3rd period
Martin St. Louis (1)Teddy Purcell (1)2–107:35 TBL
Alex Ovechkin (1)Jason Arnott (1), Brooks Laich (1)2–218:52 WSH
Overtime
- Vincent Lecavalier (2)Teddy Purcell (2), Randy Jones (1)3–206:19 TBL
Team stats
TBLWSH
2337
51%49%
1/50/6
1210
1826
2421
79
511
Penalties
- 7:14 into the first period
Mike Knuble · interference2 min - 9:04 into the first period
Steve Downie · holding2 min - 12:11 into the first periodBlair Jones · tripping2 min
- 14:08 into the first periodBrett Clark · cross checking2 min
- 17:56 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · high sticking2 min
- 1:33 into the second periodRyan Malone · high sticking2 min
- 4:17 into the second periodMarc-Andre Bergeron · hooking2 min
- 6:02 into the second periodMike Green · roughing2 min
- 11:00 into the second periodSean Bergenheim · hooking2 min
- 15:28 into the second periodJeff Schultz · holding2 min
- 8:32 into the third periodMike Green · roughing2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 19:41 |
| 16Teddy PurcellR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 11:49 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 23:15 |
| 6Ryan MaloneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 8Randy JonesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 06:25 |
| 9Steve DownieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:36 |
| 10Sean BergenheimL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:41 |
| 18Adam HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:51 |
| 19Dominic MooreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:47 |
| 44Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:30 |
| 49Blair JonesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:27 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:06 |
| 2Eric BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 28:33 |
| 5Mattias OhlundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:29 |
| 7Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:07 |
| 39Mike LundinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:32 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 22:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Dwayne RolosonG | W | 37 | 2 | .946 |
| 41Mike SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |
Washington Capitals
| 21Brooks LaichL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 23:34 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23:04 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 21:56 |
| 44Jason ArnottC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:04 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:20 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:50 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:24 |
| 18Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:34 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:12 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:20 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:54 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:54 |
| 23Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:09 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:32 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 26:08 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:03 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:45 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | L | 23 | 3 | .870 |