Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Tuesday, January 31, 2012 · Tampa Bay Times Forum

WashingtonCapitalsAway

3–4

Final/OT

SOG 29–31

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NBCSN (HD) · TSN2

Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 in overtime on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at Tampa Bay Times Forum. The Lightning outshot the Capitals 31-29.

Goals came from Matt Hendricks, Teddy Purcell, Martin St. Louis, Nate Thompson, Mathieu Perreault, Troy Brouwer and Steven Stamkos.

Mathieu Garon made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Tomas Vokoun stopped 27 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	1	0	3	29
TBL	1	2	0	1	4	31

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Matt Hendricks (1)Brooks Laich (1)1–016:55 WSH
Teddy Purcell (1)Steve Downie (1), Steven Stamkos (1)1–118:50 TBL

2nd period

Martin St. Louis (1)Tom Pyatt (1), Brett Clark (1)1–201:05 TBL
Nate Thompson (1)Dominic Moore (1), JT Wyman (1)1–310:59 TBL
Mathieu Perreault (1)Unassisted2–313:07 WSH

3rd period

Troy Brouwer (1)Unassisted3–305:53 WSH

OT period

Steven Stamkos (1)Martin St. Louis (1), Mathieu Garon (1)3–402:45 TBL

Team stats

WSHTBL

29Shots on goal31

42%Faceoff %58%

0/3Power play0/1

2Penalty minutes6

22Hits17

15Blocked shots14

5Giveaways4

3Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 01:30Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 02:23Steve Downie · high sticking double minor4 min
3rd 11:41Jeff Halpern · interference goalkeeper2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

20Troy BrouwerR	1	0	1	+1	5	1	0	0	–	22:40
21Brooks LaichC	0	1	1	+1	6	3	0	0	44	20:51
26Matt HendricksC	1	0	1	+2	2	7	0	0	–	16:17
85Mathieu PerreaultC	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	25	16:14
15Jeff HalpernC	0	0	0	-2	0	3	2	2	56	16:37
22Mike KnubleR	0	0	0	-3	0	1	2	0	–	19:50
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	17:10
28Alexander SeminR	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	19:29
42Joel WardR	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	07:37
50Cody EakinC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	100	06:13
54Joel RechliczR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	01:49
90Marcus JohanssonC	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0	25	20:48
4John ErskineD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	07:42
6Dennis WidemanD	0	0	0	+2	3	2	0	0	–	28:37
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	+3	0	3	2	0	–	23:34
44Roman HamrlikD	0	0	0	-3	2	1	3	0	–	15:52
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	-4	1	0	1	0	–	26:01
81Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	–	21:39

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Tomas VokounG	O	31	27	4	.871	62:45
30Michal NeuvirthG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

26Martin St. LouisR	1	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	100	25:34
91Steven StamkosC	1	1	2	+2	8	2	0	0	67	22:05
9Steve DownieR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	4	–	18:43
11Tom PyattC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	–	16:47
16Teddy PurcellR	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	0	–	14:57
19Dominic MooreC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	78	18:42
34JT WymanR	0	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	100	13:00
44Nate ThompsonC	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	40	18:06
7Brett ClarkD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	2	0	–	16:44
4Vincent LecavalierC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	41	19:03
14Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	–	05:08
22Ryan ShannonR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	07:27
2Eric BrewerD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	22:48
13Pavel KubinaD	0	0	0	0	2	4	4	0	–	23:07
27Bruno GervaisD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	16:34
29Brendan MikkelsonD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	12:57
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	2	0	–	18:38
97Matt GilroyD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	14:42

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Dwayne RolosonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
32Mathieu GaronG	W	29	26	3	.897	62:43