National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 3,
Tampa Bay 2
When: 7:30 PM ET, Saturday, December 15, 2007
Where: Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa, Florida
Referees: Greg Devorski, Tom Kowal
Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Pat Dapuzzo
Attendance: 18367
Where: Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa, Florida
Referees: Greg Devorski, Tom Kowal
Linesmen: Mike Cvik, Pat Dapuzzo
Attendance: 18367
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Washington | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Tampa Bay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Scoring/Penalty Summary
| 1st Period |
| Scoring |
|
4:28 -
Lightning Paul Ranger (EV) Assists:
Vincent Lecavalier
14:26 - Capitals Tomas Fleischmann (EV) Assists: Michael Nylander , Alexander Semin |
| Penalties |
|
5:03 -
Capitals Tomas Fleischmann
(2)
Slashing 6:16 - Lightning Martin St. Louis (2) Tripping 6:48 - Lightning Mathieu Darche (2) Goaltender interference 10:49 - Capitals Shaone Morrisonn (2) Slashing |
| 2nd Period |
| Scoring |
|
0:08 -
Capitals David Steckel
(EV) Assists:
Brian Pothier 5:50 - Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (EV) Assists: Vinny Prospal |
| Penalties |
|
10:23 -
Capitals Alexander Semin
(2)
Boarding 13:20 - Lightning Filip Kuba (4) High sticking |
| 3rd Period |
| Scoring |
|
5:06 -
Capitals Brian Pothier (PP) Assists:
Matt Pettinger
, Tomas Fleischmann
|
| Penalties |
|
3:23 -
Lightning Shane O'Brien
(2)
High sticking 12:05 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (2) Tripping |
Washington Capitals
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Brent Johnson | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59:59 | 45:03 | 7:44 | 7:12 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Olaf Kolzig | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Brian Pothier | D | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 16:07 | 12:10 | 1:17 | 2:40 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tom Poti | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 22:17 | 16:18 | 1:31 | 4:28 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alexander Ovechkin | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 21:02 | 14:38 | 6:23 | 0:01 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matt Bradley | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 11:21 | 11:17 | 0:04 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matt Pettinger | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 17:02 | 12:12 | 1:46 | 3:04 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nicklas Backstrom | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 19:54 | 14:00 | 5:54 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| Brooks Laich | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 20 | 14:44 | 10:57 | 0:54 | 2:53 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 38 |
| Milan Jurcina | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16:18 | 14:54 | 0:00 | 1:24 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Viktor Kozlov | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 17 | 13:09 | 12:06 | 1:03 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 67 |
| Shaone Morrisonn | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 21:34 | 18:21 | 0:04 | 3:09 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alexander Semin | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12:43 | 8:24 | 4:19 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| David Steckel | LW | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 16:45 | 12:01 | 0:24 | 4:20 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 10 | 12 | 45 |
| Tomas Fleischmann | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 11:49 | 9:44 | 2:05 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mike Green | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 21:58 | 15:50 | 6:08 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Quintin Laing | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 15:11 | 10:58 | 0:04 | 4:09 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jeff Schultz | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 15:01 | 12:16 | 0:00 | 2:45 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Donald Brashear | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9:20 | 9:20 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Michael Nylander | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 15:46 | 9:17 | 6:29 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 4 | 60 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | POS | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | SOG | SHF | TOI | EV | PP | SH | PP | SH | HT | BS | FW | FL | FO% |
| Marc Denis | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Johan Holmqvist | G | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 58:41 | 43:44 | 7:13 | 7:44 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Doug Janik | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10:55 | 9:49 | 0:00 | 1:06 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vincent Lecavalier | C | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 3 | 22 | 24:54 | 16:19 | 5:47 | 2:48 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 11 | 8 | 58 |
| Jason Ward | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 1 | 16 | 14:07 | 9:54 | 1:40 | 2:33 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 0 | 100 |
| Jan Hlavac | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11:12 | 10:16 | 0:56 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brad Richards | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 28:39 | 17:49 | 7:04 | 3:46 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 6 | 11 | 35 |
| Vinny Prospal | LW | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 22:31 | 18:13 | 4:18 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Mathieu Darche | LW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16:28 | 15:04 | 1:24 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Andreas Karlsson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 16:29 | 14:24 | 1:26 | 0:39 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 75 |
| Martin St. Louis | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 27:04 | 17:29 | 6:08 | 3:27 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Craig MacDonald | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4:34 | 3:47 | 0:00 | 0:47 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 33 |
| Andre Roy | RW | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7:23 | 7:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brad Lukowich | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 26 | 21:24 | 17:00 | 0:09 | 4:15 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mike Lundin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 11:39 | 11:19 | 0:00 | 0:20 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Blair Jones | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0:09 | 0:09 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Ranger | D | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 24:12 | 17:17 | 1:41 | 5:14 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Shane O'Brien | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 20:28 | 18:01 | 0:00 | 2:27 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Filip Kuba | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 24:35 | 16:57 | 5:32 | 2:06 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nick Tarnasky | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | E | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4:52 | 4:52 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
Goaltending
| Washington | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Brent Johnson W (7-8-2) | 25 | 23 | 2 | .920 | 0 | 59:59 |
| Tampa Bay | ||||||
| Shots | Saves | GA | SV % | PIM | TOI | |
| Johan Holmqvist L (21-16-6) | 32 | 29 | 3 | .906 | 0 | 58:41 |