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Tampa Bay Lightning at Washington Capitals

Verizon Center, Washington Regular Season Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 on Friday, March 27, 2009 at home.

Team Goals 2008-2009 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 24-40-18
at Washington Capitals 5 50-24-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 1 1 3
Washington Capitals 3 0 2 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 9 12 15 36
Washington Capitals 16 13 10 39

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 06:49 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (52) Nicklas Backstrom (59), Brooks Laich (24) Power play TBL 0, WSH 1
1st 11:17 Washington Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (20) Alex Ovechkin (46), Mike Green (38) Power play TBL 0, WSH 2
1st 15:48 Tampa Bay Lightning Martin St. Louis (29) Matt Pettinger (6), Matt Lashoff (6) Even strength TBL 1, WSH 2
1st 19:38 Washington Capitals Nicklas Backstrom (21) Mike Green (39), Alex Ovechkin (47) Power play TBL 1, WSH 3
2nd 19:06 Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos (19) Ryan Malone (18), Martin St. Louis (47) Even strength TBL 2, WSH 3
3rd 02:59 Tampa Bay Lightning Vinny Prospal (19) Martin St. Louis (48) Even strength TBL 3, WSH 3
3rd 04:30 Washington Capitals Brian Pothier (1) Brooks Laich (25), Keith Aucoin (2) Even strength TBL 3, WSH 4
3rd 19:53 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (53) Brooks Laich (26) Even strength, Empty net TBL 3, WSH 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Washington Capitals
Shots on goal 36 39
Power play 0 of 4 3 of 9
Penalty minutes 20 10
Hits 13 19
Blocked shots 18 7
Giveaways 6 13
Takeaways 8 13
Faceoffs won 26/63 (41.3%) 37/63 (58.7%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
4 V. Lecavalier C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 1 0 41.2% 18:25
11 J. Halpern C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 1 0 36% 17:47
12 R. Malone L 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 20:48
18 A. Hall R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 50% 10:38
20 V. Prospal L 1 0 1 -1 2 4 0 1 0 19:27
24 M. Pettinger L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 12:57
26 M. St. Louis R 1 2 3 +2 2 9 0 1 0 22:20
33 D. Koci L 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 05:35
34 R. Craig C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 57.1% 10:04
44 M. Karsums R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 08:49
76 E. Artyukhin R 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 0 0 13:15
91 S. Stamkos C 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 45.5% 16:52
2 L. Krajicek D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 26:02
6 J. Melichar D 0 0 0 +1 2 2 1 4 0 20:01
7 N. Welch D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 08:44
32 M. Smaby D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 08:01
50 R. Petiot D 0 0 0 +3 0 0 1 1 0 21:49
55 M. Lashoff D 0 1 1 0 4 3 0 2 0 24:01
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
30 M. McKenna 38 34 4 .895 58:32 Loss

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
8 A. Ovechkin L 2 2 4 0 0 7 3 0 1 33.3% 27:04
10 M. Bradley R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 12:03
14 T. Fleischmann L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50% 16:15
16 E. Fehr C 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 12:35
19 N. Backstrom C 2 1 3 +1 0 3 0 0 2 87.5% 19:58
20 K. Aucoin C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 1 0 0 11.1% 09:14
21 B. Laich C 0 3 3 0 0 2 1 0 0 50% 20:31
25 V. Kozlov C 0 0 0 -1 4 3 0 0 0 14:46
39 D. Steckel C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 66.7% 12:02
48 O. Osala L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 06:12
91 S. Fedorov C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 64.3% 17:27
92 M. Nylander C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:47
2 B. Pothier D 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 14:07
3 T. Poti D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 21:10
4 J. Erskine D 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 14:34
23 M. Jurcina D 0 0 0 -1 2 5 3 2 0 16:28
26 S. Morrisonn D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 0 16:08
52 M. Green D 0 2 2 0 0 8 2 1 0 27:39
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
60 J. Theodore 36 33 3 .917 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:58 Washington Capitals Shaone Morrisonn Tripping 2
1st 05:22 Tampa Bay Lightning Josef Melichar Slashing 2
1st 05:22 Tampa Bay Lightning Matt Smaby Tripping 2
1st 10:31 Tampa Bay Lightning David Koci Roughing 2
1st 12:42 Washington Capitals Milan Jurcina Holding 2
1st 13:29 Tampa Bay Lightning Matt Lashoff Holding 2
1st 17:58 Tampa Bay Lightning Matt Lashoff Holding 2
2nd 03:27 Tampa Bay Lightning Evgeny Artyukhin Interference 2
2nd 12:19 Tampa Bay Lightning Vincent Lecavalier Holding 2
2nd 13:54 Washington Capitals Viktor Kozlov Tripping 2
3rd 00:36 Washington Capitals Viktor Kozlov Hooking 2
3rd 02:30 Tampa Bay Lightning Evgeny Artyukhin Cross checking 2
3rd 02:30 Washington Capitals John Erskine Cross checking 2
3rd 08:17 Tampa Bay Lightning Martin St. Louis Interference 2
3rd 13:44 Tampa Bay Lightning Vinny Prospal High sticking 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Rick Tocchet
Washington Capitals head coach
Bruce Boudreau
Referees
Kelly Sutherland, Gord Dwyer
Linesmen
Tim Nowak, David Brisebois
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Olie Kolzig, Gary Roberts, Marek Malik, Jason Ward, Radim Vrbata, Mike Smith, Brandon Bochenski, Brandon Segal, Zenon Konopka, Paul Ranger, Andrej Meszaros, Mike Lundin, Janne Niskala, Steve Downie, Vladimir Mihalik, Radek Smolenak, Kevin Quick, Riku Helenius, Ty Wishart, Paul Szczechura, Cory Murphy
Washington Capitals scratches
Donald Brashear, Bryan Helmer, Chris Clark, Brent Johnson, Quintin Laing, Alexandre Giroux, Tyler Sloan, Graham Mink, Staffan Kronwall, Alexander Semin, Boyd Gordon, Jeff Schultz, Chris Bourque, Sami Lepisto, Andrew Gordon, Daren Machesney, Michal Neuvirth, Sean Collins, Karl Alzner, Jay Beagle, Brett Leonhardt

2008-2009 season series

Matchup Status Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Washington Capitals 4 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Washington Capitals 7 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Washington Capitals 5 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Mar 27

Matchup Status Details
Toronto Maple Leafs 3 at Buffalo Sabres 5 Final Game page
New York Islanders 2 at Detroit Red Wings 0 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 2 at Chicago Blackhawks 3 Final/OT Game page
Vancouver Canucks 4 at Colorado Avalanche 1 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 5 at Anaheim Ducks 3 Final Game page

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