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2009-10 regular season

Capitals at Lightning

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0

Capitals beat Lightning 3–0 at AMALIE Arena on December 7, 2009.

WSH – TBL
34–26
Shots on goal
1/5–0/3
Power play
20–20
Hits
15–6
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
2 G
7 shots · 22:02 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Alexander Semin
2 A
7 shots · 21:33 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Tomas Fleischmann
2 A
2 shots · 15:10 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Go-ahead 2nd · 07:39
Assists: Alexander Semin · beat Mike Smith
1–0
🦅 Eric Fehr 2nd · 12:32
Assists: Tomas Fleischmann · beat Mike Smith
2–0
🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP 2nd · 19:35
Assists: Tomas Fleischmann, Alexander Semin · beat Mike Smith
3–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Semin 21:33
L2 Fleischmann · Laich · Morrison 15:39
L3 Fehr · Steckel · Clark 12:50
L4 Giroux · Perreault 9:47
D1 Green · Schultz 22:38
D2 Poti · Pothier 18:16
D3 Morrisonn · Erskine 16:01
D4 Sloan 7:22
⚡Lightning
L1 Lecavalier · Halpern · St. Louis 17:28
L2 Malone · Stamkos · Downie 16:53
L3 Tanguay · Wright · Szczechura 13:38
L4 Veilleux · Konopka 10:57
D1 Meszaros · Ohlund 21:20
D2 Hedman · Krajicek 18:36
D3 Hale · Walker 16:12
D4 Foster 10:01

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH TBL⚡
34 Shots on goal 26
1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
20 Hits 20
15 Blocked shots 6
4 Takeaways 8
10 Giveaways 5
12 Penalty minutes 16
WSH shooting 8.8% (3/34) TBL shooting 0.0% (0/26)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Semyon Varlamov Shutout
26/26
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:36 TOI
⚡Lightning
Mike Smith
31/34
.912 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 07:39 · 1–0 Eric Fehr · 2nd 12:32 · 2–0 Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 19:35 · 3–0
WSH TBL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 5-1-2 (62% win rate, 8 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 4-2-4 (40% win rate, 10 games)
After 2nd — 3–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Lightning
Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Apr 92009 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 4–2 Mar 272009 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 3–5 Mar 192009 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 5–2 Feb 142009 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 5–1 Jan 12009 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 4–7
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Who won Capitals vs Lightning on December 7, 2009?

Capitals won 3–0. The final score was Capitals 3, Lightning 0.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin (2), Eric Fehr.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 26 saves on 26 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike Smith made 31 saves on 34 shots (.912 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 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 5 🦅WSH @ 🔔PHI 8–2 AfterDec 9 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 0–3
⚡ Lightning
BeforeDec 5 🏝️NYI @ ⚡TBL 0–4 AfterDec 9 🛢️EDM @ ⚡TBL 3–2
Also on December 7
😈NJD 3–0 ⚔️BUF 🐦ATL 2–5 🍁TOR 🔔PHI 1–3 🇨🇦MTL 🌪️CAR 3–2 🐧PIT 🛢️EDM 3–2 🐆FLA 🏔️COL 4–0 🎵STL 🌲MIN 0–2 🌵PHX 🔥CGY 1–2 👑LAK
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