🦅 Away Capitals 27-26-6
3–2
Final
⚡ Home Lightning 25-27-6
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🦅 WSH 1023
⚡ TBL 0022

Capitals at Lightning

Capitals beat Lightning 3–2 at AMALIE Arena on February 16, 2008.

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 2007-08 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 4–2
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alexander Semin
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 19:25 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
David Steckel
1 G
2 shots · 13:59 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Olie Kolzig
39 saves
0.951 SV% · 2 GA

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Tomas Fleischmann PP Go-ahead 1st · 16:12
Assists: Alexander Semin, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Johan Holmqvist
1–0
3rd period
🦅 David Steckel 3rd · 13:52
Assists: Matt Bradley, Quintin Laing · beat Johan Holmqvist
2–0
⚡ Vinny Prospal 3rd · 15:49
Assists: Martin St. Louis, Vincent Lecavalier · beat Olie Kolzig
2–1
⚡ Jan Hlavac Tying 3rd · 16:22
Assists: Filip Kuba, Shane O'Brien · beat Olie Kolzig
2–2
🦅 Alexander Semin Go-ahead 3rd · 17:00
Assists: Viktor Kozlov, Mike Green · beat Johan Holmqvist
3–2

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🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Semin 19:42
L2 Fleischmann · Pettinger · Kozlov 15:10
L3 Laich · Steckel · Bradley 13:59
L4 Laing · Brashear · Gordon 12:56
D1 Green · Morrisonn 28:07
D2 Erskine · Schultz 15:50
D3 Lepisto · Eminger 13:05
⚡Lightning
L1 Prospal · Lecavalier · St. Louis 24:26
L2 Richards · MacDonald · Gratton 15:37
L3 Hlavac · Tarnasky · Ouellet 10:48
L4 Darche · Ward · Roy 6:56
D1 Ranger · Kuba 24:52
D2 O'Brien · Boyle 19:47
D3 Lundin · Janik 5:56

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH TBL⚡
35 Shots on goal 41
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/1
19 Hits 27
12 Blocked shots 12
2 Takeaways 5
8 Giveaways 3
2 Penalty minutes 8
WSH shooting 8.6% (3/35) TBL shooting 4.9% (2/41)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
39/41
.951 SV% · 2 GA · 60:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Johan Holmqvist
32/35
.914 SV% · 3 GA · 59:20 TOI

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 4–2
Dec 262007 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 2–3 Dec 152007 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 3–2 Nov 162007 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 2–5 Nov 102007 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 5–2 Oct 242007 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 3–5
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❓ WSH vs TBL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Lightning on February 16, 2008?

Capitals won 3–2. The final score was Capitals 3, Lightning 2.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alexander Semin, David Steckel, Tomas Fleischmann.

Who scored for Lightning?

Jan Hlavac, Vinny Prospal.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 39 saves on 41 shots (.951 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Johan Holmqvist made 32 saves on 35 shots (.914 save percentage).

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 4–2 after 6 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeFeb 15 🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA 2–4 AfterFeb 20 🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH 3–2
⚡ Lightning
BeforeFeb 14 ⚡TBL @ 🔔PHI 5–3 AfterFeb 20 ⚡TBL @ ⚔️BUF 3–4
Also on February 16
⚔️BUF 1–5 🗽NYR 🐻BOS 3–4 🍁TOR 🔔PHI 0–1 🇨🇦MTL 😈NJD 3–2 🏛️OTT 🐦ATL 1–4 🏝️NYI 🐆FLA 4–5 🌪️CAR 🎵STL 1–2 🐯NSH 👑LAK 3–4 🌵PHX
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