Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Playoffs · Wednesday, May 4, 2011 · St. Pete Times Forum
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Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at St. Pete Times Forum. The Lightning outshot the Capitals 37–36.
Sean Bergenheim scored twice. Ryan Malone, Marco Sturm, John Erskine, Marc-Andre Bergeron, Martin St. Louis and John Carlson also scored.
Dwayne Roloson made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Michal Neuvirth stopped 32 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Malone (1)Vincent Lecavalier (1), Martin St. Louis (1)0–112:37 TBL · 
Marco Sturm (1)Jason Arnott (1), Alex Ovechkin (1)1–118:30 WSH ·
2nd period
Sean Bergenheim (1)Dominic Moore (1), Steve Downie (1)1–204:41 TBL- Sean Bergenheim (2)Dominic Moore (2)1–312:34 TBL
John Erskine (1)Unassisted2–313:40 WSH
3rd period
Marc-Andre Bergeron (1)Steve Downie (2), Teddy Purcell (1)2–405:07 TBL · 
Martin St. Louis (1)Teddy Purcell (2)2–516:52 TBL
John Carlson (1)Brooks Laich (1), Jason Arnott (2)3–517:54 WSH
Team stats
WSHTBL
3637
53%47%
1/32/5
106
1818
1122
147
29
Penalties
- 8:59 into the first period
Mike Knuble · interference goalkeeper2 min - 11:14 into the first periodAlex Ovechkin · charging2 min
- 15:13 into the first period
Mattias Ohlund · cross checking2 min - 17:30 into the first periodNate Thompson · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 15:24 into the second periodJeff Schultz · hooking2 min
- 17:24 into the second periodJohn Erskine · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3:42 into the third periodMarco Sturm · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 18:40 into the third periodSteven Stamkos · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 44Jason ArnottC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 15:48 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 25:05 |
| 18Marco SturmL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:20 |
| 21Brooks LaichL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 18:57 |
| 4John ErskineD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 08:41 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 5 | 27:48 |
| 10Matt BradleyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 04:50 |
| 15Boyd GordonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:49 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 23:03 |
| 22Mike KnubleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:51 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 13:25 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:24 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:25 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 23Scott HannanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24:56 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 22:41 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:32 |
| 62Sean CollinsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | L | 37 | 5 | .865 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 9Steve DownieR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:16 |
| 10Sean BergenheimL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 7 | 17:03 |
| 16Teddy PurcellR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 13:12 |
| 19Dominic MooreC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 19:40 |
| 4Vincent LecavalierC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 20:45 |
| 6Ryan MaloneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 16:16 |
| 47Marc-Andre BergeronD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 07:43 |
| 18Adam HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:46 |
| 44Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 17:59 |
| 49Blair JonesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 07:09 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21:17 |
| 2Eric BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 28:07 |
| 5Mattias OhlundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:02 |
| 7Brett ClarkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 14:17 |
| 8Randy JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 05:59 |
| 39Mike LundinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:39 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 20:52 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Dwayne RolosonG | W | 36 | 3 | .917 |
| 41Mike SmithG | 0 | 0 | – |