⚡ Away Lightning 26-25-11
4–5
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 42-13-8
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚡ TBL 1124
🦅 WSH 1225

Lightning at Capitals

Capitals beat Lightning 5–4 at Capital One Arena on March 4, 2010.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2009-10 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–1
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚡ TBL
Martin St. Louis
3 A
3 shots · 21:35 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Scott Walker
2 G
3 shots · 07:33 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Mike Knuble
2 G
3 shots · 15:43 TOI

🚨 Scoring

9 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Eric Fehr Go-ahead 1st · 06:10
Unassisted · beat Mike Smith
0–1
⚡ Steve Downie PP Tying 1st · 11:55
Assists: Kurtis Foster, Martin St. Louis · beat Semyon Varlamov
1–1
2nd period
🦅 Mike Knuble Go-ahead 2nd · 02:17
Assists: Brooks Laich, Brendan Morrison · beat Mike Smith
1–2
🦅 Mike Knuble 2nd · 08:21
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin · beat Mike Smith
1–3
⚡ Vincent Lecavalier PP 2nd · 09:03
Assists: Martin St. Louis, Kurtis Foster · beat Semyon Varlamov
2–3
3rd period
🦅 Scott Walker 3rd · 10:11
Assists: Mike Green, Boyd Gordon · beat Mike Smith
2–4
⚡ Vincent Lecavalier 3rd · 10:35
Assists: Teddy Purcell, Andrej Meszaros · beat Semyon Varlamov
3–4
⚡ Steven Stamkos Tying 3rd · 12:28
Assists: Mattias Ohlund, Martin St. Louis · beat Semyon Varlamov
4–4
🦅 Scott Walker Go-ahead 3rd · 13:09
Assists: Mike Green, Jason Chimera · beat Mike Smith
4–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Stamkos · Lecavalier · St. Louis 21:51
L2 Malone · Downie · Parrish 18:42
L3 Purcell · Tanguay · Thompson 14:21
L4 Veilleux · Fedoruk · Konopka 5:20
D1 Lundin · Foster 22:55
D2 Ohlund · Hedman 20:16
D3 Meszaros · Smaby 13:37
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Laich · Semin 18:36
L2 Fleischmann · Backstrom · Knuble 15:43
L3 Belanger · Morrison · Gordon 14:02
L4 Chimera · Fehr · Walker 9:04
D1 Green · Poti 22:34
D2 Corvo · Schultz 20:16
D3 Morrisonn · Carlson 15:42

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL WSH🦅
29 Shots on goal 34
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
19 Hits 20
23 Blocked shots 22
4 Takeaways 10
10 Giveaways 11
8 Penalty minutes 12
TBL shooting 13.8% (4/29) WSH shooting 14.7% (5/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Mike Smith
29/34
.853 SV% · 5 GA · 59:33 TOI
🦅Capitals
Semyon Varlamov
25/29
.862 SV% · 4 GA · 60:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

9 of 9 goals located
Eric Fehr · 1st 06:10 · 0–1 Steve Downie · 1st 11:55 · 1–1 Mike Knuble · 2nd 02:17 · 1–2 Mike Knuble · 2nd 08:21 · 1–3 Vincent Lecavalier · 2nd 09:03 · 2–3 Scott Walker · 3rd 10:11 · 2–4 Vincent Lecavalier · 3rd 10:35 · 3–4 Steven Stamkos · 3rd 12:28 · 4–4 Scott Walker · 3rd 13:09 · 4–5
TBL WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 10-6-5 (48% win rate, 21 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 15-1-4 (75% win rate, 20 games)
After 2nd — 2–3
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-6-5 (15% win rate, 13 games)
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 8-0-1 (89% win rate, 9 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 3–1
Jan 312010 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 2–3 Jan 122010 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 4–7 Dec 72009 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 3–0 Apr 92009 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 4–2 Mar 272009 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 3–5
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❓ TBL vs WSH, answered

Who won Lightning vs Capitals on March 4, 2010?

Capitals won 5–4. The final score was Lightning 4, Capitals 5.

Who scored for Lightning?

Vincent Lecavalier (2), Steve Downie, Steven Stamkos.

Who scored for Capitals?

Mike Knuble (2), Scott Walker (2), Eric Fehr.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Mike Smith made 29 saves on 34 shots (.853 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Semyon Varlamov made 25 saves on 29 shots (.862 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 3–1 after 4 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeMar 2 🔔PHI @ ⚡TBL 7–2 AfterMar 6 🐦ATL @ ⚡TBL 2–6
🦅 Capitals
BeforeMar 3 🦅WSH @ ⚔️BUF 3–1 AfterMar 6 🗽NYR @ 🦅WSH 0–2
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