National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 3, Tampa Bay 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Rob Martell, Ian Walsh
Linesmen: Tim Nowak, Mark Shewchyk
Attendance: 15035
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 1102
Washington 1113
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
5:43 - Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (EV) Assists: Vinny Prospal , Martin St. Louis
16:11 - Capitals David Steckel (EV) Assists: Quintin Laing , Matt Bradley
Penalties
8:28 - Lightning Andreas Karlsson (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
9:49 - Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (EV) Assists: Vinny Prospal , Shane O'Brien
17:42 - Capitals Brian Pothier (EV) Assists: Alexander Ovechkin , David Steckel
Penalties
5:33 - Lightning Brad Richards (2) Holding
9:59 - Lightning Filip Kuba (2) Slashing
3rd Period
Scoring
17:07 - Capitals Matt Bradley (EV) Assists: David Steckel , Mike Green
Penalties
8:06 - Lightning Vincent Lecavalier (2) Tripping
9:12 - Capitals Alexander Ovechkin (2) Holding
Tampa Bay Lightning
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Karri Ramo G 0 0 0 0 0 59:33 51:21 1:06 7:06 0 0 - - - - -
Johan Holmqvist G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Doug Janik D 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 12:35 11:58 0:00 0:37 0 0 - - - - -
Vincent Lecavalier C 2 0 2 E 2 5 23 21:36 18:06 1:06 2:24 0 0 - - 7 11 39
Jason Ward RW 0 0 0 E 0 1 18 15:23 13:12 0:00 2:11 0 0 - - - - -
Jan Hlavac LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 5 3:00 3:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brad Richards C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 21 18:29 15:20 1:06 2:03 0 0 - - 4 10 29
Vinny Prospal LW 0 2 2 E 0 1 21 18:48 18:23 0:25 0:00 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Mathieu Darche LW 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19 17:41 16:14 0:00 1:27 0 0 - - - - -
Andreas Karlsson C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 22 16:08 14:13 0:41 1:14 0 0 - - - - -
Martin St. Louis RW 0 1 1 E 0 0 23 23:09 19:35 0:41 2:53 0 0 - - 0 1 0
Craig MacDonald C 0 0 0 E 0 0 10 8:31 6:31 0:00 2:00 0 0 - - 4 1 80
Andre Roy RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 7 5:36 5:36 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Brad Lukowich D 0 0 0 E 0 0 28 19:30 16:52 0:16 2:22 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Lundin D 0 0 0 E 0 0 17 13:56 13:56 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Paul Ranger D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 28 28:07 22:43 0:09 5:15 0 0 - - - - -
Shane O'Brien D 0 1 1 E 0 2 27 22:48 20:33 0:09 2:06 0 0 - - - - -
Filip Kuba D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 26 22:38 17:49 0:57 3:52 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Tarnasky C 0 0 0 E 0 2 15 12:15 12:15 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Chris Gratton C 0 0 0 E 0 1 16 12:17 12:17 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - 3 7 30
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 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Olaf Kolzig G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 51:48 7:06 1:06 0 0 - - - - -
Brian Pothier D 1 0 1 +1 0 2 18 15:26 14:37 0:49 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Tom Poti D 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 17:05 14:27 1:32 1:06 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Ovechkin LW 0 1 1 E 2 3 21 22:54 17:20 5:34 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Bradley RW 1 1 2 +3 0 2 17 13:08 13:08 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Pettinger LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 14 13:31 11:58 0:49 0:44 0 0 - - - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 0 0 E 0 2 18 16:40 11:31 5:09 0:00 0 0 - - 6 4 60
Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 15 12:22 10:34 1:08 0:40 0 0 - - 9 2 82
Milan Jurcina D 0 0 0 E 0 1 19 16:04 15:49 0:15 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Viktor Kozlov RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 21 17:31 15:34 1:57 0:00 0 0 - - 1 1 50
Shaone Morrisonn D 0 0 0 E 0 1 26 22:04 20:58 0:00 1:06 0 0 - - - - -
Alexander Semin LW 0 0 0 E 0 2 17 17:40 12:31 5:09 0:00 0 0 - - 0 1 0
David Steckel LW 1 2 3 +2 0 4 21 13:54 13:28 0:00 0:26 0 0 - - 6 5 55
Tomas Fleischmann C 0 0 0 E 0 4 15 13:06 10:47 1:57 0:22 0 0 - - 1 0 100
Mike Green C 0 1 1 E 0 5 25 27:10 21:08 6:02 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Quintin Laing LW 0 1 1 +2 0 2 19 12:00 12:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jeff Schultz D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 18 16:37 16:37 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Donald Brashear LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 11 10:17 10:17 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Michael Nylander C 0 0 0 E 0 1 17 20:31 15:22 5:09 0:00 0 0 - - 7 6 54
Goaltending
Tampa Bay
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Karri Ramo L (7-11-3) 32 29 3 .906 0 59:33
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Olaf Kolzig W (25-21-6) 20 18 2 .900 0 60:00