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Washington 4, Tampa Bay 3

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

	1	2	3	OT	T
WAS(43-31-8)	1	1	1	1	4
TAM(31-42-9)	1	1	1	0	3

Final

OT

7:30 PM ET, March 27, 2008

St. Pete Times Forum

Tampa, Florida

THREE STARS

T. Fleischmann
Capitals (C )

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

M. Ouellet
Lightning (RW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 1

A. Semin
Capitals (LW)

Goals: 1
Assists: 0

Game Information
Arena: St. Pete Times Forum Location: Tampa, Florida	Referees: IanWalsh, DonKoharski Linesmen: DerekNansen, PierreRacicot
Attendance: 17,777 (90.0% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Washington

Tampa Bay

Total Shots
	32
	26

PIM
	4
	6

Hits
	18
	18

Giveaways
	12
	5

Takeaways
	3
	9

Faceoffs Won
	35
	28

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
17:58		Brooks Laich (20) (Shorthanded) Assists: Sergei Fedorov	Washington 1-0
18:40		Jeff Halpern (18) (Power Play) Assists: Michel Ouellet, Shane O'Brien	Game tied 1-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
3:36		Matt Smaby: 2 Minutes for Holding Alex Ovechkin
3:41		Nicklas Backstrom: 2 Minutes for Hooking Alexandre Picard
14:03		Jeff Halpern: 2 Minutes for Interference of Viktor Kozlov
16:46		John Erskine: 2 Minutes for Hooking Jeff Halpern

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
3:11		Matt Bradley (7) Assists: Tom Poti, Jeff Schultz	Washington 2-1
6:00		Alexandre Picard (3) Assists: Vincent Lecavalier	Game tied 2-2
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
19:25		Filip Kuba: 2 Minutes for Delay of Game - Puck Over Glass

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
6:51		Michel Ouellet (17) Assists: Mathieu Darche, Dan Boyle	Tampa Bay 3-2
15:12		Alexander Semin (24) Assists: Sergei Fedorov	Game tied 3-3
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
No penalties this period

OT Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
2:27		Tomas Fleischmann (9) Assists: Brooks Laich, Mike Green	Washington 4-3
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
No penalties this period

Player Summary

Washington Capitals												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
N. Backstrom C	0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	1	24	22:25	3:21	0:00	19:04	5	0	100.0
M. Bradley RW	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	13:03	0:00	0:42	12:21	0	1	00.0
D. Brashear LW	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	7:47	0:00	0:00	7:47	0	0	00.0
M. Cooke LW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	18	13:17	0:00	0:49	12:28	0	0	00.0
J. Erskine D	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	13	10:55	0:00	0:00	10:55	0	0	00.0
S. Fedorov C	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	18:27	3:03	0:23	15:01	12	11	52.2
E. Fehr RW	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8:04	0:00	0:00	8:04	0	0	00.0
T. Fleischmann C	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	12:07	0:44	0:05	11:18	0	0	00.0
B. Gordon C	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	13:52	0:00	1:31	12:21	7	6	53.8
M. Green D	0	1	1	6	3	1	0	0	1	0	3	27	23:53	3:35	0:47	19:31	0	0	00.0
M. Jurcina D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	18	15:24	0:00	0:23	15:01	0	0	00.0
V. Kozlov RW	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	20	17:28	0:44	0:00	16:44	4	6	40.0
B. Laich C	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	20	14:20	1:02	0:28	12:50	7	4	63.6
S. Morrisonn D	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	32	23:22	0:05	1:36	21:41	0	0	00.0
A. Ovechkin LW	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	24	26:15	4:05	0:00	22:10	0	0	00.0
T. Poti D	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	32	24:23	0:25	0:49	23:09	0	0	00.0
J. Schultz D	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	31	22:30	0:00	0:23	22:07	0	0	00.0
A. Semin LW	1	0	0	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	22	18:39	3:21	0:00	15:18	0	0	00.0
Washington Capitals Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
B Johnson									Scratched
S Eminger									Scratched
D Steckel									Finger Injury
Q Laing									Healthy

Tampa Bay Lightning												Time On Ice					Faceoffs
PLAYER	G	A	+/-	SOG	MS	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHF	TOT	PP	SH	EV	FW	FL	%
D. Boyle D	0	1	-2	3	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	29	25:17	1:12	2:16	21:49	0	0	00.0
M. Darche LW	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	25	19:07	0:47	0:58	17:22	2	3	40.0
J. Halpern C	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	24	18:46	0:42	0:56	17:08	1	3	25.0
D. Janik D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1:57	0:00	0:00	1:57	0	0	00.0
J. Jokinen LW	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	25	21:21	1:17	0:00	20:04	4	5	44.4
A. Karlsson C	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	12:22	0:00	1:46	10:36	2	0	100.0
F. Kuba D	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	2	2	0	1	29	24:22	1:17	1:28	21:37	0	0	00.0
V. Lecavalier C	0	1	-1	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	25	24:15	1:12	0:46	22:17	9	14	39.1
J. Lessard RW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	7:59	0:00	0:00	7:59	0	0	00.0
M. Lundin D	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	18	13:49	0:00	0:21	13:28	0	0	00.0
C. MacDonald C	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	20	17:03	0:00	2:21	14:42	10	10	50.0
S. O'Brien D	0	1	-2	2	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	28	24:30	0:42	0:58	22:50	0	0	00.0
M. Ouellet RW	1	1	1	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	23	17:43	0:42	0:00	17:01	0	0	00.0
A. Picard D	1	0	1	3	0	3	0	0	4	2	0	28	24:22	0:47	3:07	20:28	0	0	00.0
M. Smaby D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	20	12:48	0:05	0:00	12:43	0	0	00.0
M. St. Louis RW	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	26	23:39	1:12	0:46	21:41	0	0	00.0
N. Tarnasky C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	6:01	0:00	0:00	6:01	0	0	00.0
J. Ward RW	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8:27	0:00	0:37	7:50	0	0	00.0
Tampa Bay Lightning Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
A Roy									Healthy
M Smith									Knee Injury
K Stewart									Healthy
P Ranger									Shoulder

Goaltending Summary

Washington Capitals Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
C. Huet	26	3	23	.885	62:10	0

Tampa Bay Lightning Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
K. Ramo	32	4	28	.875	62:27	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
Washington	10	8	12	2	32
Tampa Bay	6	9	8	3	26

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Washington	0 of 0
Tampa Bay	1 of 0

* - A player receives a "plus" if he is on the ice when his Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. He receives a "minus" if he is on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NHL Scores

Thursday, March 27th

Toronto	2	Final
Boston	4

New Jersey	2	Final
NY Rangers	3

Buffalo	4	Final
Ottawa	3	SO

NY Islanders	1	Final
Pittsburgh	3

Washington	4	Final
Tampa Bay	3	OT

Atlanta	3	Final
Florida	2

Dallas	2	Final
San Jose	3	OT

Phoenix	0	Final
Los Angeles	4

ESPN NHL

Washington 4, Tampa Bay 3

Final

OT

NHL Scores

Thursday, March 27th