🦅 Away Capitals 25-26-6 before this game
4–2
Final
⚡ Home Lightning 23-28-5 before this game
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Capitals at Lightning

Capitals beat Lightning 4–2 at AMALIE Arena on February 9, 2002.

🗓 Sat, Feb 9, 2002 · 18:30 CST 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Colin Forbes
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 13:39 TOI · +2
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Ulf Dahlen
1 G
2 shots · 17:53 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Chris Simon
1 G
2 shots · 12:37 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

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📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH TBL⚡
22 Shots on goal 21
13 Hits 17
6 Blocked shots 8
6 Takeaways 9
9 Giveaways 12
9 Penalty minutes 7
WSH shooting 18.2% (4/22) TBL shooting 9.5% (2/21)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Craig Billington
19/21
.905 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Kevin Weekes Shutout
9/9
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 26:40 TOI
Nikolai Khabibulin
9/12
.750 SV% · 3 GA · 32:27 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 25-26-6 (44% win rate, 57 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 23-28-5 (41% win rate, 56 games)
After 2nd — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 25-26-6 (44% win rate, 57 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 23-28-5 (41% win rate, 56 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Oates · Dahlen · Jagr 17:53
L2 Zubrus · Khristich · Bondra 15:20
L3 Forbes · Pettinger · Metropolit 13:08
L4 Simon · Sacco · Nikolishin 12:37
D1 Kucera · Gonchar 22:30
D2 Klee · Witt 20:21
D3 Fortin · Cote 17:09
⚡Lightning
L1 Prospal · Richards · Clymer 22:03
L2 Andreychuk · Olvestad · Ylonen 19:03
L3 Ciger · Cibak · Alexeev 16:15
L4 Dwyer · Lecavalier 3:36
D1 Kubina · Boyle 23:04
D2 Neckar · Cullimore 18:24
D3 Biron · Ledyard 12:55
D4 Sarich 10:22

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →
Nov 21, 2001
⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH
2–3 · Capitals won
Oct 23, 2001
🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL
1–1 (OT) · Capitals won
Apr 8, 2001
⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH
1–2 · Capitals won
Mar 24, 2001
🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL
3–2 · Capitals won
Jan 23, 2001
🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL
5–2 · Capitals won

❓ WSH vs TBL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Lightning on February 9, 2002?

Capitals won 4–2.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Lightning?

The final score was Capitals 4, Lightning 2.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Craig Billington made 19 saves on 21 shots (.905 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Kevin Weekes made 9 saves on 9 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

Where is Capitals vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Lightning season series?

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🦅Capitals
Previous game · Feb 8
🦅WSH @ 🐯NSH
3–3 · WSH won
Next game · Feb 11
⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH
1–3 · WSH won
⚡Lightning
Previous game · Feb 7
🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL
3–1 · FLA won
Next game · Feb 11
⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH
1–3 · WSH won
Also on February 9, 2002
😈NJD @ 🐧PIT
2–1 final
🐆FLA @ 🐻BOS
1–4 final
🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR
1–4 final
🐙DET @ 🏛️OTT
3–2 final
🐯NSH @ 🧥CBJ
1–0 final
🔔PHI @ 🎵STL
5–0 final
🔥CGY @ 🐋VAN
4–3 final
🪶CHI @ 🏔️COL
3–2 final
Capitals season page Lightning season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule