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Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning

St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa Playoffs Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 5–3 on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at home.

Team Goals 2010-2011 record
Washington Capitals 3 48-23-11
at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 46-25-11

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Washington Capitals 12 10 14 36
Tampa Bay Lightning 11 17 9 37

Three stars

  1. S. Bergenheim, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 goals)
  2. D. Moore, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 assists)
  3. S. Downie, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 12:37 Tampa Bay Lightning Ryan Malone (1) Vincent Lecavalier (1), Martin St. Louis (1) Power play WSH 0, TBL 1
1st 18:30 Washington Capitals Marco Sturm (1) Jason Arnott (1), Alex Ovechkin (1) Power play WSH 1, TBL 1
2nd 04:41 Tampa Bay Lightning Sean Bergenheim (1) Dominic Moore (1), Steve Downie (1) Even strength WSH 1, TBL 2
2nd 12:34 Tampa Bay Lightning Sean Bergenheim (2) Dominic Moore (2) Even strength WSH 1, TBL 3
2nd 13:40 Washington Capitals John Erskine (1) Unassisted Even strength WSH 2, TBL 3
3rd 05:07 Tampa Bay Lightning Marc-Andre Bergeron (1) Steve Downie (2), Teddy Purcell (1) Power play WSH 2, TBL 4
3rd 16:52 Tampa Bay Lightning Martin St. Louis (1) Teddy Purcell (2) Even strength WSH 2, TBL 5
3rd 17:54 Washington Capitals John Carlson (1) Brooks Laich (1), Jason Arnott (2) Even strength WSH 3, TBL 5

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

Team stats

Stat Washington Capitals Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal 36 37
Power play 1 of 3 2 of 5
Penalty minutes 10 6
Hits 18 18
Blocked shots 11 22
Giveaways 14 7
Takeaways 2 9
Faceoffs won 40/75 (53.3%) 35/75 (46.7%)

Box score

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
8 A. Ovechkin L 0 1 1 +1 2 5 3 0 0 25:05
10 M. Bradley R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 04:50
15 B. Gordon C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 75% 08:49
18 M. Sturm L 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 16:20
19 N. Backstrom C 0 0 0 +1 0 3 1 2 0 50% 23:03
21 B. Laich C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 1 0 63.6% 18:57
22 M. Knuble R 0 0 0 +1 2 2 2 0 0 20:51
25 J. Chimera L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 3 0 0 13:25
26 M. Hendricks C 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 04:24
28 A. Semin R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15:25
44 J. Arnott C 0 2 2 +1 0 1 1 0 0 50% 15:48
90 M. Johansson L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 0 38.5% 16:38
4 J. Erskine D 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 08:41
23 S. Hannan D 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 24:56
27 K. Alzner D 0 0 0 -2 0 4 1 0 0 22:41
55 J. Schultz D 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 2 0 19:32
62 S. Collins D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 06:10
74 J. Carlson D 1 0 1 -1 0 5 0 2 0 27:48
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
30 M. Neuvirth 37 32 5 .865 57:49 Loss

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
4 V. Lecavalier C 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 0 0 30.8% 20:45
6 R. Malone L 1 0 1 -1 0 1 2 0 1 100% 16:16
9 S. Downie R 0 2 2 +2 0 2 1 0 0 15:16
10 S. Bergenheim L 2 0 2 +2 0 7 0 2 0 17:03
16 T. Purcell L 0 2 2 +1 0 3 0 0 0 13:12
18 A. Hall R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 71.4% 16:46
19 D. Moore C 0 2 2 +2 0 1 1 0 0 56.3% 16:38
26 M. St. Louis R 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 19:40
44 N. Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 2 5 1 1 0 50% 17:59
49 B. Jones C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 07:09
91 S. Stamkos C 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 50% 21:17
2 E. Brewer D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 7 0 28:07
5 M. Ohlund D 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 3 0 19:02
7 B. Clark D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 3 0 14:17
8 R. Jones D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 05:59
39 M. Lundin D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 2 0 17:39
47 M. Bergeron D 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 07:43
77 V. Hedman D 0 0 0 +2 0 0 1 3 0 20:52
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
35 D. Roloson 36 33 3 .917 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 08:59 Washington Capitals Mike Knuble Interference goalkeeper 2
1st 11:14 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin Charging 2
1st 15:13 Tampa Bay Lightning Mattias Ohlund Cross checking 2
1st 17:30 Tampa Bay Lightning Nate Thompson Interference goalkeeper 2
2nd 15:24 Washington Capitals Jeff Schultz Hooking 2
2nd 17:24 Washington Capitals John Erskine Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd 03:42 Washington Capitals Marco Sturm Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd 18:40 Tampa Bay Lightning Steven Stamkos Tripping 2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach
Bruce Boudreau
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Guy Boucher
Referees
Stephen Walkom, Steve Kozari
Linesmen
Steve Barton, Steve Miller
Washington Capitals scratches
Tyler Sloan, Dennis Wideman, DJ King, Eric Fehr, Mike Green, Patrick McNeill, Mathieu Perreault, Steven Pinizzotto, Jay Beagle, Braden Holtby
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Pavel Kubina, Simon Gagne, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, Matt Smaby, Mathieu Roy, Mattias Ritola, Mike Angelidis, Dana Tyrell, Dustin Tokarski

2010-2011 season series

Matchup Status Details
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Washington Capitals 6 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 at Washington Capitals 6 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Washington Capitals 0 Final/OT Game page
Washington Capitals 0 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1 Final/SO Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Washington Capitals 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Washington Capitals 2 Final/OT Playoffs Game page
Washington Capitals 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4 Final Playoffs Game page
Washington Capitals 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5 Final Playoffs Game page

Other NHL games on May 4

Matchup Status Details
Philadelphia Flyers 1 at Boston Bruins 5 Final Playoffs Game page
San Jose Sharks 4 at Detroit Red Wings 3 Final/OT Playoffs Game page

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