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26/12/2009
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Tampa Bay Lightning 4 , Washington Capitals 3
Shots: 21 - 29
PP: 1 of 5 (3 shots), Passing:66/87=75 %, Challenges:32/46=68 %
PP: 2 of 4 (6 shots), Passing:61/82=74 %, Challenges:34/48=69 %
Attendance: 19758 of 19758 (Ice Palace)
Ticket income: 938505 Match televised: Yes
Boxscore for the game:
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12:38 1-0
Vincent Lecavalier [16] (Stéphane Veilleux, Carter Ashton)
14:33 2-0
Andrej Meszaros [3] (Chris Chelios, Nicklas Bäckström)PP
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29:38 2-1
Zdeno Chara [4] (Tom Poti, Alex Kovalev)PP
31:48 3-1
Ryan Malone [16] (Mattias Öhlund, Chris Chelios)
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41:31 4-1
Vincent Lecavalier [17] (Dany Heatley)
47:15 4-2
Alex Kovalev [9] (Jaromir Jagr, Tom Poti)
48:47 4-3
Mike Knuble [8] (Karl Alzner, Patrick Kane)PP
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Penalty summary:
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14:28
Marc Savard (2 min for diving)
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22:27
Marc Savard (2 min for holding the stick)
29:22
Jirí Tlustý (2 min for roughing)
33:18
Mike Knuble (2 min for slashing)
34:21
Brooks Laich (2 min for tripping)
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41:42
Ryan Malone (2 min for hooking)
47:34
Andrej Meszaros (2 min for elbowing)
49:18
Anton Gustafsson (2 min for tripping)
58:34
Nicklas Bäckström (2 min for hooking)
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Tampa Bay Lightning scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Evgeny Artyukhin 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 6.10 7
R Jeff Halpern 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 11.50 7
R Ryan Malone 1 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 17.20 8
R Michael Frolík 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 22.20 6
C Stéphane Veilleux 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 7.20 7
C Jirí Tlustý 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 11.50 6
C Nicklas Bäckström 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 18.10 7
C Vincent Lecavalier 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 22.30 8
R Carter Ashton 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6.00 6
L Vaclav Prospal 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 11.50 6
L Jiri Hudler 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 17.20 7
L Dany Heatley 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 22.20 8
D Paul Ranger 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 13.00 6
D Andrej Meszaros 1 0 1 2 2 1 2 2 20.40 8
D Victor Hedman 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 30.00 8
D Kurtis Foster 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 12.40 7
D Mattias Öhlund 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 2 21.00 7
D Chris Chelios 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 22.40 6
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Karri Rämö 3 0 26 0 0 60.00 7
G Tomas Vokoun 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Washington Capitals scoring.
( G A Sh Hi Ga Ta PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
R Chris Clark 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 17.30 6
R Phil Kessel 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 9.30 6
R Mike Knuble 1 0 3 1 2 0 2 -1 12.40 7
R Jaromir Jagr 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 -1 19.10 7
C Anton Gustafsson 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 9.20 6
C Boyd Gordon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9.30 5
C Marc Savard 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 12.00 7
C Alex Kovalev 1 1 3 1 2 0 0 -2 19.40 7
L Brooks Laich 0 0 1 4 1 3 2 0 16.30 7
L Patrick Kane 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 10.50 6
L Marco Sturm 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 -1 12.40 7
L Martin St. Louis 0 0 5 1 1 0 0 -1 21.10 7
D John Carlson 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 11.50 5
D Karl Alzner 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 12.00 6
D Tom Poti 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 -2 28.00 7
D Jeff Schultz 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14.50 6
D Shaone Morrisonn 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 -1 23.40 7
D Zdeno Chara 1 0 2 3 0 3 0 -1 29.40 9
(GA, A, Sv , PIM, +/- Icetime Rating)
G Simeon Varlamov 4 0 17 0 0 59.00 4
G Michal Neuvirth 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0
Three stars of the game:
1st star: Vincent Lecavalier
2nd star: Ryan Malone
3rd star: Alex Kovalev
Notes for Tampa Bay Lightning:
-Dany Heatley notched his 20th assist of the season.
-Carter Ashton ended his 9 game point drought.
-Jiri Hudler had his 3 game goal streak snapped.
-Jiri Hudler had his 4 game point streak snapped.
Notes for Washington Capitals:
-Tom Poti notched his 10th assist of the season.
-Alex Kovalev ended his 7 game goal drought.
-Martin St. Louis had his 5 game goal streak snapped.
-Martin St. Louis had his 17 game point streak snapped.
-Karl Alzner ended his 7 game point drought.
-Zdeno Chara finally ended his 19 game goal drought.
Other notes:
Farm game result:
Detroit Vipers 2( 19) , Portland Pirates 4( 23)
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1-0
Zenon Konopka (Ty Wishart, Lauri Tukonen)
1-1
Steve Pinizzotto (Jake Hauswirth)
1-2
Josh Godfrey (Chris Bourque, David Steckel)
2-2
Colby Genoway (Pierre-Luc Lessard)
2-3
Jay Beagle (Chris Bourque)
2-4
Steve Pinizzotto (Quintin Laing)
Goalies: Riku Helenius - José Theodore