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5/4/2009
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Washington Capitals 5 , Tampa Bay Lightning 3
Shots: 18 - 40
PP: 1 of 5 (3 shots), Passing:48/56=85 %, Challenges:25/26=92 %
PP: 1 of 7 (18 shots), Passing:66/77=85 %, Challenges:79/85=91 %
Attendance: 19740 of 19740 (MCI Center)
Ticket income: 556668 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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08:42 1-0
Brian Pothier [12] (Nicklas Bäckström, Alexander Ovechkin)
09:41 2-0
Rico Fata [16] (Viktor Kozlov, Ben Clymer)
11:48 2-1
Claude Giroux [28] (Paul Ranger, Vladimir Mihalik)
13:01 2-2
Marek Zidlicky [16] (Lukas Krajicek, Steven Stamkos )
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30:29 3-2
Alexander Ovechkin [48] (Tom Poti, Nicklas Bäckström)PP
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43:21 3-3
Martin St. Louis [39] (Vincent Lecavalier, Andrej Meszaros)PP
57:32 4-3
Sergei Fedorov [16] (Rico Fata)
57:56 5-3
Viktor Kozlov [27] (Tom Poti, Sergei Fedorov)
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Penalty summary:
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00:21
Mike Green (2 min for roughing)
00:21
Vincent Lecavalier (2 min for roughing)
00:49
Patrice Bergeron (2 min for slashing)
03:24
Ryan Craig (2 min for hooking)
17:06
Nicklas Bäckström (2 min for holding the stick)
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20:14
Ben Clymer (2 min for hooking)
22:21
Vaclav Prospal (2 min for cross-checking)
25:14
Alexander Ovechkin (2 min for high-sticking)
27:55
Mike Green (5 min for fighting)
27:55
Bill Guerin (5 min for fighting)
30:05
Vincent Lecavalier (2 min for high-sticking)
31:33
Brett Bruneteau (2 min for elbowing)
34:13
Mike Green (2 min for roughing)
34:13
Bill Guerin (2 min for roughing)
36:07
Rico Fata (2 min for hooking)
38:25
Radim Vrbata (2 min for tripping)
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42:39
Tomas Fleischmann (2 min for hooking)
49:03
Mike Green (5 min for fighting)
49:03
Claude Giroux (5 min for fighting)
58:57
Claude Giroux (2 min for tripping)
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Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.00 5
R Chris Clark 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 14.40 8
R Viktor Kozlov 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 11.20 6
R Patrice Bergeron 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 20.30 7
C Tomas Fleischmann 0 0 1 7 0 0 2 0 9.40 8
C Michael Nylander 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9.00 6
C Sergei Fedorov 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 9.50 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 16.40 7
L Brett Bruneteau 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 11.40 5
L Brooks Laich 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 18.10 6
L Rico Fata 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 13.00 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 2 4 0 0 2 0 20.40 8
D Eric Mestery 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 11.30 5
D Ben Clymer 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 2 15.40 8
D Brian Pothier 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 24.10 8
D Milan Jurcina 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 19.50 7
D Tom Poti 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 20.30 8
D Mike Green 0 0 1 4 0 0 14 0 28.20 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 37 0 0 60.00 10
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Radim Vrbata 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 8.50 7
R Bill Guerin 0 0 3 0 1 0 7 0 9.20 7
R Claude Giroux 1 0 3 0 0 0 7 0 13.00 7
R Martin St. Louis 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 -2 25.50 7
C Matt Cullen 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 14.10 8
C Ryan Craig 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 12.50 6
C Steven Stamkos 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 -1 15.20 6
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 1 5 0 0 0 4 -1 20.40 9
L Brendan Morrison 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.50 7
L Chris Kunitz 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9.50 5
L James Sheppard 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 13.10 7
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 -2 20.50 7
D Vladimir Mihalik 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 10.20 6
D Marek Zidlicky 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 -1 21.40 7
D Paul Ranger 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 -1 29.30 9
D Cory Murphy 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 12.40 6
D Lukas Krajicek 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 -2 17.10 8
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 28.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Karri Rämö 5 0 13 0 0 60.00 4
G Mike Smith 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Viktor Kozlov
2nd star: Alexander Ovechkin
3rd star: José Theodore
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Alexander Ovechkin scored the 100th goal of his career.
-Sergei Fedorov notched his 30th assist of the season.
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Vladimir Mihalik notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Martin St. Louis has marked a new career high in goals with 39 tallies.
Other notes:
-Bill Guerin beat Mike Green in a fight.
-Mike Green beat Claude Giroux in a fight.
Farm game result:
Portland Pirates 3( 19) , Detroit Vipers 2( 14)
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1-0
Jamie Hunt (Chris Bourque, Oskar Osala)
2-0
Mathieu Perreault (François Bouchard)
2-1
Evgeny Artyukhin (Chris Lawrence)
2-2
Mitch Fritz (Brad Bombardir)
3-2
Oskar Osala (Chris Bourque, Jame Pollock)
Goalies: Semen Varlamov - Riku Helenius