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Tampa Bay 1, Washington 4

Recap Box Score Play-By-Play GameCast Conversation

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

Final

7:00 PM ET, April 3, 2008

Verizon Center

Washington, DC

THREE STARS

A. Ovechkin
Capitals (LW)

Goals: 2
Assists: 0

M. Green
Capitals (D )

Goals: 0
Assists: 2

K. Ramo
Lightning (G )

Saves: 36
Save Pct.: .923

Game Information
Arena: Verizon Center Location: Washington, DC	Referees: DanO'Rourke, TimPeel Linesmen: GregDevorski, MarkPare
Attendance: 18,277 (97.9% full)

TEAM STATISTICAL COMPARISON

Key:

Tampa Bay

Washington

Total Shots
	19
	40

PIM
	47
	13

Hits
	15
	18

Giveaways
	6
	15

Takeaways
	8
	12

Faceoffs Won
	21
	33

1st Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
0:39		Filip Kuba (6) Assists: Jussi Jokinen, Martin St. Louis	Tampa Bay 1-0
12:01		Alex Ovechkin (64) Assists: Viktor Kozlov, Mike Green	Game tied 1-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
5:24		Matt Smaby: 2 Minutes for Tripping Alexander Semin

2nd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
No scoring this period
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
0:45		Vincent Lecavalier: 2 Minutes for High-sticking Mike Green
3:59		Milan Jurcina: 2 Minutes for Hooking Mathieu Darche
5:54		Mathieu Darche: 2 Minutes for Interference of Matt Bradley

3rd Period Summary
TIME	TEAM	SCORING DETAIL	SCORE
7:50		Alex Ovechkin (65) (Power Play) Assists: Mike Green, Nicklas Backstrom	Washington 2-1
16:43		Boyd Gordon (7) Assists: Matt Bradley, Matt Cooke	Washington 3-1
18:52		Tom Poti (2) (Empty net) Assists: Sergei Fedorov, Viktor Kozlov	Washington 4-1
TIME	TEAM	PENALTY DETAIL
5:05		Boyd Gordon: 2 Minutes for Holding Mathieu Darche
7:26		Jussi Jokinen: 2 Minutes for Crosschecking Mike Green
8:58		John Erskine: 4 Minute Double Minor for High-sticking Filip Kuba
14:00		Matt Smaby: 2 Minutes for Holding Matt Bradley
19:37		Doug Janik: 2 Minutes for Roughing Tomas Fleischmann (Served by Andreas Karlsson)
19:37		Doug Janik: 10 Minutes for Misconduct
19:37		Nick Tarnasky: 10 Minutes for Misconduct
19:44		Junior Lessard: 5 Minutes for Fighting Matt Bradley
19:44		Matt Bradley: 5 Minutes for Fighting Junior Lessard
19:44		Jason Ward: 10 Minutes for Misconduct
19:44		2-Minute Bench Penalty for Too Many Men on the Ice (Served by Jussi Jokinen)

Player Summary

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	0	-2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	28	26:23	6:14	4:05	16:04	0	0	00.0
M. Darche LW	0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	24	17:41	2:02	2:19	13:20	0	7	00.0
J. Halpern C	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	23:48	4:44	3:11	15:53	1	7	12.5
D. Janik D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	0	0	0	7	5:14	0:00	0:00	5:14	0	0	00.0
J. Jokinen LW	0	1	-1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	19	18:47	4:01	0:00	14:46	5	4	55.6
A. Karlsson C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	9:36	1:26	3:11	4:59	4	1	80.0
F. Kuba D	1	0	-1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	26	21:09	1:57	4:07	15:05	0	0	00.0
V. Lecavalier C	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	17	17:39	3:07	0:06	14:26	5	8	38.5
J. Lessard RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	7	4:04	0:00	0:07	3:57	0	0	00.0
B. Lukowich D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	20	14:59	0:55	1:14	12:50	0	0	00.0
M. Lundin D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	23	16:59	2:37	1:22	13:00	0	0	00.0
C. MacDonald C	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	18	14:43	0:12	4:48	9:43	6	6	50.0
M. Ouellet RW	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	12:36	1:35	0:00	11:01	0	0	00.0
A. Picard D	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	26	24:19	4:07	4:32	15:40	0	0	00.0
M. Smaby D	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	4	5	0	1	25	16:20	0:00	2:04	14:16	0	0	00.0
M. St. Louis RW	0	1	-1	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	27	26:18	6:26	1:50	18:02	0	0	00.0
N. Tarnasky C	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	10	2	0	0	13	8:31	0:00	0:00	8:31	0	0	00.0
J. Ward RW	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	16	12:26	0:12	1:57	10:17	0	0	00.0
Tampa Bay Lightning Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
A Roy									Scratched
K Stewart									Scratched
P Ranger									Sprained Left Should

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	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	19	18:41	5:12	0:00	13:29	6	5	54.5
M. Bradley RW	0	1	1	2	1	1	1	5	3	1	0	18	13:43	0:19	2:23	11:01	0	0	00.0
D. Brashear LW	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	9	7:53	0:22	0:00	7:31	0	0	00.0
M. Cooke LW	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	6	1	0	20	14:12	0:00	3:28	10:44	0	0	00.0
S. Eminger D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	10	9:08	0:23	0:00	8:45	0	0	00.0
J. Erskine D	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	0	1	17	12:10	0:23	1:08	10:39	0	0	00.0
S. Fedorov C	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	23	18:27	5:07	3:37	9:43	9	7	56.3
E. Fehr RW	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	8:30	0:00	0:00	8:30	0	0	00.0
T. Fleischmann C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14	12:32	3:01	0:00	9:31	1	0	100.0
B. Gordon C	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	21	15:15	0:51	3:00	11:24	11	4	73.3
M. Green D	0	2	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	27	27:15	7:15	2:10	17:50	0	0	00.0
M. Jurcina D	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	19	15:32	0:05	2:18	13:09	0	0	00.0
V. Kozlov RW	0	2	1	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	19	15:17	2:55	0:00	12:22	0	0	00.0
B. Laich C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	21	15:41	3:24	3:02	9:15	6	5	54.5
A. Ovechkin LW	2	0	1	5	0	2	0	0	3	2	0	20	23:31	7:28	0:06	15:57	0	0	00.0
T. Poti D	1	0	1	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	26	24:41	1:49	5:16	17:36	0	0	00.0
J. Schultz D	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	29	23:25	0:06	4:58	18:21	0	0	00.0
A. Semin LW	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17	16:07	5:12	0:00	10:55	0	0	00.0
Washington Capitals Scratches
PLAYER									REASON
B Johnson									Sprained Knee
S Morrisonn									Upper Body Injury
D Steckel									Broken Finger
Q Laing									Scratched

Goaltending Summary

Tampa Bay Lightning Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
K. Ramo	39	3	36	.923	59:31	0

Washington Capitals Goaltending
PLAYER	SA	GA	SAVES	SV%	TOI	PIM
C. Huet	19	1	18	.947	60:00	0

Shots On Goal
TEAM	1st	2nd	3rd	T
Tampa Bay	5	6	8	19
Washington	20	9	11	40

POWER PLAY SUMMARY
TEAM	PPG / PPO
Tampa Bay	0 of 0
Washington	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, April 3rd

NY Rangers	3	Final
NY Islanders	0

Tampa Bay	1	Final
Washington	4

Columbus	2	Final
Detroit	3

Buffalo	1	Final
Montreal	3

Ottawa	8	Final
Toronto	2

St. Louis	2	Final
Nashville	3

Calgary	1	Final
Minnesota	3

Dallas	4	Final
Phoenix	2

San Jose	2	Final
Los Angeles	4

Edmonton	2	Final
Vancouver	1

ESPN NHL

Tampa Bay 1, Washington 4

Final

NHL Scores

Thursday, April 3rd