Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Playoffs · Tuesday, May 3, 2011 · St. Pete Times Forum
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Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 4–3 on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 32–30.
Goals came from Sean Bergenheim, Mike Knuble, John Carlson, Vincent Lecavalier, Alex Ovechkin, Steven Stamkos and Ryan Malone.
Dwayne Roloson made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 26 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Sean Bergenheim (1)Dominic Moore (1), Steve Downie (1)0–111:03 TBL
2nd period
Mike Knuble (1)Alex Ovechkin (1)1–100:59 WSH
John Carlson (1)Jason Chimera (1), Marcus Johansson (1)2–107:58 WSH
Vincent Lecavalier (1)Martin St. Louis (1), Teddy Purcell (1)2–211:51 TBL
Alex Ovechkin (1)Alexander Semin (1), Mike Green (1)3–217:27 WSH ·
3rd period
Steven Stamkos (1)Victor Hedman (1)3–305:23 TBL
Ryan Malone (1)Nate Thompson (1), Adam Hall (1)3–405:47 TBL
Team stats
WSHTBL
3230
49%51%
1/50/4
810
2624
819
1314
45
Penalties
- 7:13 into the first period
Randy Jones · interference2 min - 7:48 into the first period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 15:27 into the first periodMike Knuble · elbowing2 min
- 12:45 into the second periodNicklas Backstrom · holding the stick2 min
- 13:50 into the second periodEric Brewer · holding2 min
- 15:52 into the second periodBrett Clark · hooking2 min
- 16:26 into the second periodAdam Hall · hooking2 min
- 17:51 into the second periodJason Arnott · slashing2 min
- 8:57 into the third periodAdam Hall · hooking2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 24:27 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23:55 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:13 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 17:57 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 0 | 16:13 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 13:24 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 24:31 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:31 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:41 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:33 |
| 18Marco SturmL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:18 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:46 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 20:09 |
| 44Jason ArnottC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:52 |
| 4John ErskineD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 11:57 |
| 23Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 22:23 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 20:58 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 17:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 19:30 |
| 6Ryan MaloneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 17:31 |
| 9Steve DownieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:05 |
| 10Sean BergenheimL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:23 |
| 16Teddy PurcellR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:30 |
| 18Adam HallR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 15:59 |
| 19Dominic MooreC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:09 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 20:59 |
| 44Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:00 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:40 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:58 |
| 49Blair JonesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:59 |
| 2Eric BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 26:16 |
| 5Mattias OhlundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 24:09 |
| 7Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:30 |
| 8Randy JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:47 |
| 39Mike LundinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:50 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:14 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Dwayne RolosonG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |
| 41Mike SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |