Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Thursday, March 8, 2012 · Verizon Center
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in overtime on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 32-26.
Goals came from Keith Aucoin, Ryan Malone, Teddy Purcell, Marcus Johansson and Alex Ovechkin.
Tomas Vokoun made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win; Dustin Tokarski stopped 29 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Keith Aucoin (1)Karl Alzner (1), Jeff Halpern (1)0–117:08 WSH
2nd period
Ryan Malone (1)Steven Stamkos (1), Teddy Purcell (1)1–107:25 TBL · PPG
Teddy Purcell (1)Martin St. Louis (1), Brett Clark (1)2–118:42 TBL · PPG
3rd period
Marcus Johansson (1)Dennis Wideman (1)2–216:02 WSH
OT period
Alex Ovechkin (1)Dmitry Orlov (1), Jason Chimera (1)2–304:09 WSH
Team stats
TBLWSH
26Shots on goal32
53%Faceoff %47%
2/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
26Hits28
19Blocked shots14
11Giveaways13
7Takeaways13
Penalties
- 1st 14:47
Eric Brewer · tripping2 min - 2nd 06:58
Dennis Wideman · boarding2 min - 2nd 08:44Mathieu Perreault · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 17:46Jay Beagle · holding2 min
- 3rd 00:36Eric Brewer · interference2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 16Teddy PurcellR | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 21:46 |
| 12Ryan MaloneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:59 |
| 26Martin St. LouisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 24:00 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 25:59 |
| 7Brett ClarkD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 19:52 |
| 11Tom PyattC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:31 |
| 14Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 10:57 |
| 18Adam HallR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 15:10 |
| 20Tim WallaceR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:12 |
| 22Ryan ShannonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 12:13 |
| 34JT WymanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:53 |
| 44Nate ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:12 |
| 2Eric BrewerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 25:32 |
| 3Keith AulieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:18 |
| 15Brian LeeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:38 |
| 23Mike CommodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:14 |
| 29Brendan MikkelsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:32 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 25:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Dwayne RolosonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Dustin TokarskiG | O | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 64:09 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 22:02 |
| 15Jeff HalpernC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 08:19 |
| 23Keith AucoinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 07:49 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:37 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 20:49 |
| 6Dennis WidemanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 23:55 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:27 |
| 81Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 24:31 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:27 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:39 |
| 26Matt HendricksC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:38 |
| 28Alexander SeminR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 17:22 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 07:38 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:57 |
| 85Mathieu PerreaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:38 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:47 |
| 55Jeff SchultzD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:52 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 20:46 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Tomas VokounG | W | 26 | 24 | 2 | .923 | 64:09 |
| 30Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |