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2008-09 regular season

Lightning at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–0

Capitals beat Lightning 7–4 at Capital One Arena on January 1, 2009.

TBL – WSH
27–35
Shots on goal
28–17
Hits
22–18
Blocked shots
5–6
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G, 2 A
4 shots · 22:26 TOI
2nd star ⚡ TBL
Martin St. Louis
3 A
2 shots · 18:32 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Matt Bradley
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 16:21 TOI

Scoring

11 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Sean Collins Go-ahead 1st · 03:58
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Shaone Morrisonn · beat Mike Smith
0–1
🦅 David Steckel 1st · 08:02
Assists: Matt Bradley, Milan Jurcina · beat Mike Smith
0–2
🦅 Mike Green 1st · 18:29
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom · beat Mike Smith
0–3
2nd period
⚡ Vincent Lecavalier 2nd · 00:58
Assists: Vinny Prospal, Martin St. Louis · beat Brent Johnson
1–3
⚡ Ryan Malone 2nd · 02:37
Assists: Jeff Halpern · beat Brent Johnson
2–3
🦅 Matt Bradley 2nd · 02:48
Assists: Boyd Gordon · beat Mike Smith
2–4
⚡ Vincent Lecavalier 2nd · 19:44
Assists: Vinny Prospal, Martin St. Louis · beat Brent Johnson
3–4
3rd period
🦅 Boyd Gordon 3rd · 08:07
Unassisted · beat Mike Smith
3–5
⚡ Mark Recchi 3rd · 12:22
Assists: Martin St. Louis, Andrej Meszaros · beat Brent Johnson
4–5
🦅 Chris Clark 3rd · 12:47
Assists: Michael Nylander, Mike Green · beat Mike Smith
4–6
🦅 Alex Ovechkin 3rd · 18:14
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom · beat Mike Smith
4–7

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Prospal · Lecavalier · St. Louis 18:33
L2 Malone · Halpern · Szczechura 15:48
L3 Jokinen · Artyukhin · Recchi 14:44
L4 Pettinger · Stamkos · Hall 10:43
D1 Meszaros · Eminger 24:04
D2 Malik · Smaby 21:32
D3 Mihalik · Heward 12:07
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Laich · Backstrom 20:35
L2 Kozlov · Nylander · Bradley 17:08
L3 Steckel · Gordon · Clark 11:36
L4 Bourque · Giroux · Fehr 10:45
D1 Green · Schultz 22:42
D2 Alzner · Jurcina 20:10
D3 Morrisonn · Collins 14:36

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL WSH🦅
27 Shots on goal 35
28 Hits 17
22 Blocked shots 18
5 Takeaways 6
13 Giveaways 22
11 Penalty minutes 9
TBL shooting 14.8% (4/27) WSH shooting 20.0% (7/35)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Mike Smith
28/35
.800 SV% · 7 GA · 60:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Brent Johnson
23/27
.852 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

1 of 11 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 18:14 · 4–7
TBL WSH
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Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–3
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 3 goals after 1st: 0-3 (0% win rate, 3 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 3 goals after 1st: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)
After 2nd — 3–4
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 1-6-2 (11% win rate, 9 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 6-1-1 (75% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 2–0
Nov 102008 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 2–4 Apr 32008 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 1–4 Mar 272008 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 4–3 OT Feb 162008 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 3–2 Dec 262007 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 2–3
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Who won Lightning vs Capitals on January 1, 2009?

Capitals won 7–4. The final score was Lightning 4, Capitals 7.

Who scored for Lightning?

Vincent Lecavalier (2), Mark Recchi, Ryan Malone.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Boyd Gordon, Chris Clark, David Steckel, Matt Bradley, Mike Green, Sean Collins.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike Smith made 28 saves on 35 shots (.800 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Brent Johnson made 23 saves on 27 shots (.852 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeDec 30 🇨🇦MTL @ ⚡TBL 2–1 AfterJan 3 🌪️CAR @ ⚡TBL 3–2
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 30 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 AfterJan 3 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 1–2
Also on January 1
🐙DET 6–4 🪶CHI 🐧PIT 2–4 🐻BOS ⚔️BUF 4–1 🍁TOR 🐋VAN 2–1 🐯NSH
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