Period 1
	TB	Was	Time		Scoring Detail
	0	1	6:49		Al.Ovechkin 52	( Ni.Backstrom, Br.Laich ) (pp)
	0	2	11:17		Ni.Backstrom 20	( Al.Ovechkin, Mi.Green ) (pp)
	1	2	15:48		Ma.St. Louis 29	( Ma.Pettinger, Ma.Lashoff )
	1	3	19:38		Ni.Backstrom 21	( Mi.Green, Al.Ovechkin ) (pp)

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty
	Sh.Morrisonn	Was	2:58		Tripping
	Jo.Melichar	TB	5:22		Slashing
	Ma.Smaby	TB	5:22		Tripping
	Da.Koci	TB	10:31		Roughing
	Mi.Jurcina	Was	12:42		Holding
	Ma.Lashoff	TB	13:29		Holding
	Ma.Lashoff	TB	17:58		Holding

	Period 2
	TB	Was	Time		Scoring Detail
	2	3	19:06		St.Stamkos 19	( Ry.Malone, Ma.St. Louis )

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty
	Ev.Artyukhin	TB	3:27		Interference
	Vi.Lecavalier	TB	12:19		Holding
	Vi.Kozlov	Was	13:54		Tripping

	Period 3
	TB	Was	Time		Scoring Detail
	3	3	2:59		Va.Prospal 19	( Ma.St. Louis )
	3	4	4:30		Br.Pothier 1	( Br.Laich, Ke.Aucoin )
	3	5	19:53		Al.Ovechkin 53	( Br.Laich ) (en)

	Player	Team	Time		Penalty
	Vi.Kozlov	Was	0:36		Hooking
	Ev.Artyukhin	TB	2:30		Cross-checking
	Jo.Erskine	Was	2:30		Cross-checking
	Ma.St. Louis	TB	8:17		Interference
	Va.Prospal	TB	13:44		High-sticking

Shots on goal	1	2	3	---	F
Tampa Bay Lightning	9	12	15	---	36
Washington Capitals	16	13	10	---	39

Power-play opportunites
	Lightning	0-of-4
	Capitals	3-of-9

Goaltenders:
	Lightning	Mi.McKenna	-L (38 shots, 34 saves)	Record: 4-5-1
	Capitals	Jo.Theodore	-W (36 shots, 33 saves)	Record: 29-16-5

Penalty Shots:

Individual Stats
Tampa Bay Lightning
	PM, S			PM, S
Evgeny Artyukhin	0, 3		Ryan Craig	0, 0
Adam Hall	0, 1		Jeff Halpern	-1, 3
Martins Karsums	0, 2		David Koci	0, 0
Lukas Krajicek	+1, 0		Matt Lashoff	0, 3
Vincent Lecavalier	-1, 3		Ryan Malone	0, 2
Mike McKenna	0, 0		Josef Melichar	+1, 2
Richard Petiot	+3, 0		Matt Pettinger	+1, 0
Vaclav Prospal	-1, 4		Matt Smaby	0, 0
Martin St. Louis	+2, 9		Steven Stamkos	0, 3
Noah Welch	-1, 1
Washington Capitals
	PM, S			PM, S
Keith Aucoin	+1, 2		Nicklas Backstrom	+1, 3
Matt Bradley	-1, 1		John Erskine	0, 1
Sergei Fedorov	-1, 0		Eric Fehr	0, 4
Tomas Fleischmann	0, 1		Mike Green	0, 8
Milan Jurcina	-1, 5		Viktor Kozlov	-1, 3
Brooks Laich	0, 2		Shaone Morrisonn	-1, 1
Michael Nylander	0, 0		Oskar Osala	-1, 0
Alexander Ovechkin	0, 7		Brian Pothier	0, 1
Tom Poti	0, 0		Dave Steckel	-1, 0
Jose Theodore	0, 0

Three stars of the game:

1. Nicklas Backstrom

2. Alexander Ovechkin

3. Brian Pothier

Attendance: 18,277

Referees: Kelly Sutherland, Gord Dwyer

Linesmen: David Brisebois, Tim Nowak