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23/3/2009
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Tampa Bay Lightning 5 , Washington Capitals 1
Shots: 44 - 25
PP: 2 of 10 (20 shots), Passing:75/82=91 %, Challenges:57/60=93 %
PP: 0 of 3 (9 shots), Passing:54/65=83 %, Challenges:38/40=92 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 590765 Match televised: No
Boxscore for the game:
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05:59 1-0
Claude Giroux [27] (Steven Stamkos , Vincent Lecavalier)
08:15 2-0
Vincent Lecavalier [41] (Vaclav Prospal)PP
12:23 3-0
Andrej Meszaros [10] (Vaclav Prospal, Martin St. Louis)PP
14:11 3-1
Nicklas Bäckström [41] (Patrice Bergeron, Boyd Gordon)
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27:17 4-1
Steven Stamkos [18] (Lukas Krajicek, Andrej Meszaros)
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46:47 5-1
Vincent Lecavalier [42] (Paul Ranger, Martin St. Louis)SH
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Penalty summary:
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07:43
Rico Fata (2 min for roughing)
08:44
Radim Vrbata (5 min for fighting)
08:44
Mike Green (5 min for fighting)
10:56
Tom Poti (2 min for elbowing)
14:34
Claude Giroux (5 min for fighting)
14:34
Mike Green (5 min for fighting)
15:55
Sergei Fedorov (2 min for tripping)
18:57
Bill Guerin (2 min for roughing)
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22:46
Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for roughing)
32:26
Lukas Krajicek (2 min for slashing)
36:05
Milan Jurcina (2 min for slashing)
38:59
Eric Mestery (2 min for roughing)
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42:22
Mike Green (2 min for roughing)
42:22
Bill Guerin (2 min for roughing)
45:26
Claude Giroux (2 min for tripping)
47:55
Eric Mestery (2 min for slashing)
49:36
Chris Clark (2 min for cross-checking)
52:59
Mike Green (5 min for fighting)
52:59
Claude Giroux (5 min for fighting)
52:59
Mike Green (10 min game misconduct)
54:31
Ben Clymer (2 min for cross-checking)
57:17
Brian Pothier (2 min for tripping)
59:32
Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
59:32
Chris Clark (5 min for fighting)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 2 1 0 0 5 0 7.30 7
R Bill Guerin 0 0 3 1 0 0 9 0 11.50 8
R Claude Giroux 1 0 3 2 0 0 12 1 14.50 8
R Martin St. Louis 0 2 7 0 0 0 0 1 20.50 8
C Matt Cullen 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
C Ryan Craig 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
C Steven Stamkos 1 1 6 0 1 0 0 2 21.50 8
C Vincent Lecavalier 2 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 21.00 10
L Brendan Morrison 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3.50 5
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8.50 7
L James Sheppard 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 19.40 9
L Vaclav Prospal 0 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 21.10 7
D Vladimir Mihalik 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 8.00 7
D Marek Zidlicky 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 26.30 7
D Paul Ranger 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 26.40 8
D Cory Murphy 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.50 6
D Lukas Krajicek 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 15.50 7
D Andrej Meszaros 1 1 4 2 0 1 0 1 29.00 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Karri Rämö 1 0 24 0 0 60.00 10
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.20 7
R Chris Clark 0 0 0 4 0 0 7 0 11.20 7
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 13.30 6
R Patrice Bergeron 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 -2 21.30 7
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9.20 5
C Michael Nylander 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 7
C Sergei Fedorov 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 10.30 4
C Nicklas Bäckström 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 -2 15.30 7
L Brett Bruneteau 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.10 7
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 19.00 7
L Rico Fata 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 1 15.00 5
L Alexander Ovechkin 0 0 3 3 0 0 2 -3 21.10 9
D Eric Mestery 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 8.50 4
D Ben Clymer 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 16.20 6
D Brian Pothier 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 -1 24.00 7
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 5 1 0 2 0 20.00 8
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 27.30 6
D Mike Green 0 0 1 2 0 0 27 -2 23.20 7
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 5 0 39 0 0 60.00 7
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vincent Lecavalier
2nd star: Steven Stamkos
3rd star: Andrej Meszaros
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Steven Stamkos notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Vincent Lecavalier scored the 500th point of his career.
-Andrej Meszaros scored his 10th goal of the season.
-Vaclav Prospal scored the 500th point of his career.
-Andrej Meszaros notched his 40th assist of the season.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Boyd Gordon ended his 6 game point drought.
Other notes:
-Mike Green beat Radim Vrbata in a fight.
-Mike Green beat Claude Giroux in a fight.
-Claude Giroux beat Mike Green in a fight.
-Bill Guerin fought Chris Clark in a fight.
Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 1( 26) , Portland Pirates 3( 17)
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0-1
Mathieu Perreault (Sami Lepistö)
1-1
Chris Lawrence (Maxime Boisclair, Matt Smaby)
1-2
Jeff Schultz (Matt Bradley, Joe Motzko)
1-3
Jame Pollock (François Bouchard, Jeff Schultz)
Goalies: Riku Helenius - Semen Varlamov