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24/3/2012
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Tampa Bay Lightning 3 , Washington Capitals 4
Shots: 26 - 26
PP: 1 of 4 (10 shots), Passing:59/70=84 %, Challenges:50/66=74 %
PP: 0 of 1 (1 shots), Passing:78/85=91 %, Challenges:22/39=55 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 590765 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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10:39 1-0
Martin St. Louis [25] (Chris Stewart, Shea Weber)PP
12:17 1-1
Greg McKegg [15] (Alexander Ovechkin)
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29:08 1-2
Benoit Pouliot [11] (Matt Cullen, Saku Koivu)
30:59 1-3
Alexander Ovechkin [40] (Marian Gaborik, Brandon Prust)
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50:58 1-4
Matt Cullen [9] (Kyle Palmieri, Dustin Stevenson)
58:27 2-4
Ryan Malone [12] (Paul Ranger, Tyler Ennis)
59:46 3-4
Milan Michalek [19] (Shea Weber, Victor Hedman)
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Penalty summary:
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03:14
Saku Koivu (2 min for holding the stick)
09:45
Joe Finley (2 min for high-sticking)
16:31
Ryan Malone (2 min for roughing)
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22:59
Loui Eriksson (2 min for high-sticking)
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51:09
Brandon Prust (2 min for tripping)
56:15
Brandon Prust (5 min for fighting)
56:15
Ted Purcell (5 min for fighting)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Colby Armstrong 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 10.20 6
R Ryan Malone 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 14.20 8
R Chris Stewart 0 1 2 2 0 1 0 -2 18.50 7
R Milan Michalek 1 0 2 0 5 0 0 -1 17.40 6
C Dana Tyrell 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 9.30 6
C Tyler Ennis 0 1 2 0 1 2 0 1 12.40 6
C Frans Nielsen 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -3 15.00 4
C Steven Stamkos 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 20.40 7
L Ted Purcell 0 0 3 1 0 1 5 0 8.10 6
L Sean Bergenheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12.40 5
L Simon Gagné 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 -3 17.20 6
L Martin St. Louis 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 20.40 9
D Matt Lashoff 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 16.00 6
D Pavel Kubina 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 -2 20.00 8
D Victor Hedman 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 -1 24.00 5
D Paul Ranger 0 1 1 4 0 4 0 1 16.30 9
D Kim Johnsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 16.40 5
D Shea Weber 0 2 4 4 1 3 0 0 26.50 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Jaroslav Halak 4 0 22 0 0 60.00 5
G Dan Ellis 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Brandon Prust 0 1 1 1 0 1 7 0 10.20 6
R Kyle Palmieri 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 12.50 5
R Loui Eriksson 0 0 2 2 1 1 2 0 14.30 7
R Marian Gaborik 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 19.20 7
C Kyle Beach 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5.30 5
C Matt Cullen 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 1 15.50 7
C Saku Koivu 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 14.30 6
C Greg McKegg 1 0 5 1 3 0 0 1 19.10 6
L Travis Moen 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 5.30 6
L Benoit Pouliot 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 1 15.50 7
L Pavol Demitra 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 19.20 6
L Alexander Ovechkin 1 1 2 6 2 6 0 1 19.20 9
D Dustin Stevenson 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 12.50 6
D Samuel Carrier 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 15.40 5
D Tomas Kaberle 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 0 24.30 7
D Mark Mitera 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 22.30 6
D Joe Finley 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 21.00 6
D John Erskine 0 0 2 4 1 2 0 1 23.40 8
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Steve Mason 3 0 23 0 0 60.00 4
G Ray Emery 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Matt Cullen
2nd star: Alexander Ovechkin
3rd star: Greg McKegg
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Martin St. Louis scored his 25th goal of the season.
-Chris Stewart notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Simon Gagné had his 5 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Greg McKegg scored his 15th goal of the season.
-Alexander Ovechkin notched his 40th assist of the season.
-Alexander Ovechkin scored his 40th goal of the season.
-Marian Gaborik notched his 30th assist of the season.
-Alexander Ovechkin scored the 700th point of his career.
-Matt Cullen ended his 8 game goal drought.
Other notes:
-Brandon Prust beat Ted Purcell in a fight.
Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 1( 21) , Portland Pirates 5( 25)
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0-1 POR David Steckel (Chris Bourque)
0-2 POR Janne Kolehmainen (Chris Bourque, David Steckel)
1-2
Francis Lemieux (Benjamin Breault)
1-3 POR Anton Gustafsson (Sean Collins, François Bouchard)
1-4 POR David Zíma (Jay Beagle)
1-5 POR Anton Gustafsson (François Bouchard)
Goalies: Dustin Tokarski - Jimmy Howard