⚡ Away Lightning 22-20-11
2–3
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 36-12-6
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⚡ TBL 0022
🦅 WSH 0213

Lightning at Capitals

Capitals beat Lightning 3–2 at Capital One Arena on January 31, 2010.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2009-10 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
1 G, 1 A
6 shots · 20:35 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Nicklas Backstrom
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 18:58 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Tomas Fleischmann
2 A
1 shots · 14:39 TOI

🚨 Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom PP Go-ahead 2nd · 00:57
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Tomas Fleischmann · beat Mike Smith
0–1
🦅 Brooks Laich 2nd · 12:56
Assists: Alexander Semin, Tomas Fleischmann · beat Mike Smith
0–2
3rd period
⚡ Martin St. Louis 3rd · 05:00
Assists: Kurtis Foster, Steven Stamkos · beat Jose Theodore
1–2
⚡ Steven Stamkos PP Tying 3rd · 07:42
Assists: Kurtis Foster, Martin St. Louis · beat Jose Theodore
2–2
🦅 Alex Ovechkin Go-ahead 3rd · 13:34
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Tom Poti · beat Mike Smith
2–3

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Stamkos · Lecavalier · St. Louis 21:11
L2 Malone · Veilleux · Downie 18:29
L3 Tanguay · Halpern · Thompson 13:59
L4 Fedoruk · Konopka 9:01
D1 Ohlund · Lundin 23:01
D2 Meszaros · Hedman 16:44
D3 Foster · Smaby 15:22
D4 Walker 12:19
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Knuble 18:58
L2 Morrison · Laich · Semin 15:53
L3 Fleischmann · Chimera · Steckel 14:09
L4 Fehr · Gordon · Bradley 10:30
D1 Poti · Erskine 21:24
D2 Morrisonn · Pothier 18:38
D3 Schultz · Sloan 17:18

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL WSH🦅
27 Shots on goal 31
1/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
24 Hits 20
24 Blocked shots 5
4 Takeaways 12
13 Giveaways 7
6 Penalty minutes 4
TBL shooting 7.4% (2/27) WSH shooting 9.7% (3/31)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Mike Smith
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 59:16 TOI
🦅Capitals
Jose Theodore
25/27
.926 SV% · 2 GA · 59:58 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

5 of 5 goals located
Nicklas Backstrom · 2nd 00:57 · 0–1 Brooks Laich · 2nd 12:56 · 0–2 Martin St. Louis · 3rd 05:00 · 1–2 Steven Stamkos · 3rd 07:42 · 2–2 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 13:34 · 2–3
TBL WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 9-4-5 (50% win rate, 18 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 12-1-2 (80% win rate, 15 games)
After 2nd — 0–2
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-4 (20% win rate, 5 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 7-0-1 (88% win rate, 8 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 2–1
Jan 122010 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 4–7 Dec 72009 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 3–0 Apr 92009 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 4–2 Mar 272009 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 3–5 Mar 192009 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 5–2
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❓ TBL vs WSH, answered

Who won Lightning vs Capitals on January 31, 2010?

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

Who scored for Lightning?

Martin St. Louis, Steven Stamkos.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin, Brooks Laich, Nicklas Backstrom.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike Smith made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jose Theodore made 25 saves on 27 shots (.926 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 2–1 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeJan 29 🦆ANA @ ⚡TBL 2–1 AfterFeb 2 ⚡TBL @ 🐦ATL 2–1
🦅 Capitals
BeforeJan 29 🐆FLA @ 🦅WSH 1–4 AfterFeb 2 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 4–1
Also on January 31
🐙DET 1–2 🐧PIT 🏝️NYI 0–2 🐆FLA 👑LAK 3–2 😈NJD 🌵PHX 4–2 ⭐DAL 🗽NYR 3–1 🏔️COL
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