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5/11/2008
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Tampa Bay Lightning 3 , Washington Capitals 5
Shots: 30 - 27
PP: 0 of 5 (9 shots), Passing:63/72=87 %, Challenges:50/57=86 %
PP: 1 of 3 (5 shots), Passing:69/83=83 %, Challenges:35/37=92 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (St. Pete Times Forum)
Ticket income: 893062 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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09:17 1-0
Steve Downie [1] (Travis Moen, Andrej Meszaros)
11:34 2-0
Bryce Salvador [2] (Noah Welch, Jeff Halpern)
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27:18 2-1
Tomas Fleischmann [1] (David Steckel, Chris Clark)
34:48 3-1
Gary Roberts [3] (Jeff Halpern, Paul Ranger)
36:43 3-2
Mike Green [1] (Chris Pronger, Jason Spezza)
39:13 3-3
Alexander Ovechkin [9] (Jason Spezza, Mike Green)PP
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56:26 3-4
Bryan Berard [2] (Brian Pothier, Michael Nylander)
58:51 3-5
Jason Spezza [7] (David Steckel, Alexander Ovechkin) EN
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Penalty summary:
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02:35
Lauri Tukonen (2 min for hooking)
05:15
Eric Fehr (2 min for elbowing)
17:53
Keith Aucoin (2 min for slashing)
19:52
Vincent Lecavalier (2 min for hooking)
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22:25
Mike Green (2 min for tripping)
24:22
Matt Bradley (2 min for hooking)
37:44
Noah Welch (2 min for hooking)
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42:56
Brian Pothier (2 min for tripping)
48:36
Wade Brookbank (5 min for fighting)
48:36
Donald Brashear (5 min for fighting)
56:38
Chris Clark (5 min for fighting)
56:38
Bryce Salvador (5 min for fighting)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Wade Brookbank 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 4.10 5
R Lauri Tukonen 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 9.50 4
R Adam Hall 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 -1 19.20 7
R Martin St. Louis 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 20.30 7
C Steve Downie 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 5.50 6
C Ryan Craig 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 -1 14.50 7
C Jeff Halpern 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 19.50 8
C Vincent Lecavalier 0 0 3 3 3 0 2 -2 19.30 6
L Travis Moen 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 5.50 5
L Ryan Malone 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 16.20 8
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -1 18.10 5
L Gary Roberts 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 19.40 8
D Lukas Krajicek 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 -1 15.00 5
D Noah Welch 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 17.00 6
D Paul Ranger 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 25.00 8
D Josef Melichar 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 12.20 6
D Bryce Salvador 1 0 2 1 1 1 5 0 23.00 8
D Andrej Meszaros 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 27.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Mike Smith 5 0 22 0 0 59.00 4
G Karri Rämö 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Matt Bradley 0 0 3 2 0 0 2 -1 9.40 7
R Chris Clark 0 1 1 1 0 1 5 0 16.20 6
R Viktor Kozlov 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 2 19.00 7
R Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 20.20 9
C Keith Aucoin 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 -1 6.10 6
C David Steckel 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 0 10.40 7
C Michael Nylander 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 13.20 7
C Jason Spezza 1 2 5 1 0 0 0 2 18.50 9
L Eric Fehr 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 -1 11.50 6
L Tomas Fleischmann 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 10.40 7
L Donald Brashear 0 0 1 1 0 0 5 0 15.40 7
L Brooks Laich 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 16.30 7
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15.20 6
D Brian Pothier 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 17.30 6
D Mike Green 1 1 3 1 0 0 2 1 28.50 8
D Tom Poti 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 -1 12.20 5
D Bryan Berard 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19.40 7
D Chris Pronger 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 2 26.20 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G José Theodore 3 0 27 0 0 60.00 8
G Brent Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Jason Spezza
2nd star: Alexander Ovechkin
3rd star: Mike Green
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Martin St. Louis had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Steve Downie finally ended his 12 game goal drought.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Jason Spezza notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Tomas Fleischmann finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Tomas Fleischmann finally ended his 14 game point drought.
-Mike Green finally ended his 14 game goal drought.
-Bryan Berard ended his 8 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Wade Brookbank fought Donald Brashear in a fight.
-Chris Clark beat Bryce Salvador in a fight.
Farm game result:
Norfolk Admirals 4( 20) , Hershey Bears 0( 12)
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1-0 NOR Evgeny Artyukhin (Janne Niskala, Steven Stamkos)
2-0 NOR Radek Smolenak (Mike Lundin, Jason Ward)
3-0 NOR Martins Karsums (Zenon Konopka, Matt Smaby)
4-0 NOR Evgeny Artyukhin (Steven Stamkos)
Goalies: Matt Lundin - Daren Machesney