Capitals
Lightning
| FINAL | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
| Capitals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Scoring Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 02:40 | WSH | Tomas Fleischmann (21) Wrist Shot - Assists: E. Fehr (16) & D. Steckel (9) |
| 06:54 | TBL | Vincent Lecavalier (22) Wrist Shot - Assists: T. Purcell (8) & B. Bochenski (8) |
| 10:47 | WSH | Alex Ovechkin (45) Wrist Shot - Assists: N. Backstrom (59) |
| 2nd Period | ||
| none | ||
| 3rd Period | ||
| 07:20 | WSH | Alexander Semin (33) Wrist Shot - Assists: B. Laich (32) & B. Morrison (29) |
| Penalty Summary |
| 1st Period | ||
| 03:23 | WSH | Mike Green : Hooking - 2 min |
| 08:13 | WSH | John Carlson : Holding - 2 min |
| 17:10 | TBL | Mike Lundin : Holding - 2 min |
| 18:59 | TBL | Paul Szczechura : Tripping - 2 min |
| 19:58 | WSH | Eric Fehr : Too many men/ice - bench - 2 min |
| 2nd Period | ||
| 02:49 | TBL | Zenon Konopka : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 02:49 | WSH | Scott Walker : Fighting (maj) - 5 min |
| 12:03 | WSH | John Erskine : Boarding - 2 min |
| 12:50 | TBL | Vincent Lecavalier : Hooking - 2 min |
| 12:50 | WSH | Tom Poti : Roughing - 2 min |
| 15:39 | TBL | Stephane Veilleux : Hi-sticking - 2 min |
| 18:31 | WSH | Eric Fehr : Boarding - 2 min |
| 3rd Period | ||
| 18:08 | TBL | Steve Downie : Roughing - 2 min |
| Shots on Goal |
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T |
WSH |
4 | 9 | 15 | 28 |
TBL |
13 | 13 | 8 | 34 |
| Saves |
| Goalies | EV | PP | SH | Total | Sv% | TOI | |
WSH |
60 J. Theodore (W) | 19 - 20 | 12 - 12 | 2 - 2 | 33 - 34 | 0.971 | 59:28 |
TBL |
30 A. Niittymaki (L) | 20 - 23 | 5 - 5 | 0 - 0 | 25 - 28 | 0.893 | 59:49 |
| Skater Stats |
WSH |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 3 T. Poti | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:47 | 1:17 | 6:51 | 22:55 |
| 4 J. Erskine | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14:17 | 0:00 | 1:44 | 16:01 |
| 8 A. Ovechkin | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 15:51 | 6:40 | 0:21 | 22:52 |
| 17 B. Morrison | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:49 | 2:25 | 0:30 | 14:44 |
| 14 T. Fleischmann | L | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:41 | 1:57 | 2:25 | 15:03 |
| 16 E. Fehr | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10:13 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:13 |
| 20 E. Belanger | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 9:55 | 0:00 | 3:16 | 13:11 |
| 19 N. Backstrom | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:16 | 4:15 | 0:47 | 18:18 |
| 21 B. Laich | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:02 | 3:39 | 3:35 | 18:16 |
| 9 M. Knuble | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:38 | 2:44 | 0:24 | 16:46 |
| 24 S. Walker | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 2 | 4:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:28 |
| 25 J. Chimera | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 10:50 | 0:00 | 0:49 | 11:39 |
| 27 S. Morrisonn | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:23 | 0:00 | 4:50 | 18:13 |
| 28 A. Semin | R | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11:10 | 3:59 | 1:31 | 16:40 |
| 20 D. Steckel | C | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8:52 | 0:00 | 4:22 | 13:14 |
| 52 M. Green | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16:14 | 6:36 | 1:46 | 24:36 |
| 55 J. Schultz | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:30 | 0:10 | 2:26 | 19:06 |
| 74 J. Carlson | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13:53 | 0:00 | 0:23 | 14:16 |
TBL |
Pos | G | A | P | +/- | PIM | Shots | EV TOI | PP TOI | SH TOI | TOI |
| 4 V. Lecavalier | C | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 14:50 | 6:43 | 2:05 | 23:38 |
| 3 K. Foster | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:37 | 7:48 | 0:00 | 20:25 |
| 8 M. Walker | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 12:50 | 0:00 | 3:35 | 16:25 |
| 27 S. Downie | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 14:05 | 4:03 | 0:00 | 18:08 |
| 41 A. Meszaros | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:11 | 1:52 | 3:05 | 23:08 |
| 16 T. Purcell | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:24 | 2:49 | 0:00 | 18:13 |
| 17 T. Fedoruk | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:40 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:40 |
| 19 S. Veilleux | L | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 8:58 | 0:02 | 1:22 | 10:22 |
| 36 D. Hale | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 2 | 10:37 | 0:00 | 1:50 | 12:27 |
| 26 M. St Louis | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 3 | 14:31 | 7:45 | 2:13 | 24:29 |
| 27 B. Bochenski | R | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:14 | 2:20 | 0:00 | 14:34 |
| 28 Z. Konopka | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5:33 | 1:07 | 0:00 | 6:40 |
| 10 M. Parrish | R | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 10:39 | 1:18 | 1:58 | 13:55 |
| 58 P. Szczechura | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6:51 | 0:22 | 1:19 | 8:32 |
| 10 M. Lundin | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 18:55 | 1:12 | 2:03 | 22:10 |
| 44 N. Thompson | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 10:21 | 0:02 | 1:58 | 12:21 |
| 77 V. Hedman | D | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 15:08 | 0:00 | 3:26 | 18:34 |
| 91 S. Stamkos | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 4 | 13:26 | 7:37 | 1:35 | 22:38 |
| Other Facts |
| Attendance | 19844 |
| Referees | Dennis LaRue, Wes McCauley |
| Linesmen | Mark Pare, Greg Devorski |
| TEAM | GP | W | L | OT | GF | GA | PTS | ||
| 1 | z - PIT | 48 | 36 | 12 | 0 | 165 | 119 | 72 | |
| 2 | y - MTL | 48 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 149 | 126 | 63 | |
| 3 | y - WSH | 48 | 27 | 18 | 3 | 149 | 130 | 57 | |
| 4 | x - BOS | 48 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 131 | 109 | 62 | |
| 5 | x - TOR | 48 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 145 | 133 | 57 | |
| 6 | x - NYR | 48 | 26 | 18 | 4 | 130 | 112 | 56 | |
| 7 | x - OTT | 48 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 116 | 104 | 56 | |
| 8 | x - NYI | 48 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 139 | 139 | 55 | |
| 9 | WPG | 48 | 24 | 21 | 3 | 128 | 144 | 51 | |
| 10 | PHI | 48 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 133 | 141 | 49 | |
| 11 | NJD | 48 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 112 | 129 | 48 | |
| 12 | BUF | 48 | 21 | 21 | 6 | 125 | 143 | 48 | |
| 13 | CAR | 48 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 128 | 160 | 42 | |
| 14 | TBL | 48 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 148 | 150 | 40 | |
| 15 | FLA | 48 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 112 | 171 | 36 | |
| SKATERS: | GP | G | A | +/- | Pts |
| C. Giroux | 48 | 13 | 35 | -7 | 48 |
| J. Voracek | 48 | 22 | 24 | -7 | 46 |
| W. Simmonds | 45 | 15 | 17 | -7 | 32 |
| K. Timonen | 45 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 29 |
| B. Schenn | 47 | 8 | 18 | -8 | 26 |
| M. Read | 42 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 24 |
| D. Briere | 34 | 6 | 10 | -13 | 16 |
| S. Gagne | 38 | 5 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| S. Couturier | 46 | 4 | 11 | -8 | 15 |
| R. Fedotenko | 47 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 13 |
| GOALIES: | W | L | OT | Sv% | GAA |
| S. Mason | 7 | 8 | 1 | .916 | 2.59 |
| I. Bryzgalov | 19 | 17 | 3 | .900 | 2.79 |