The Washington Capitals squeaked out a win over the Tampa Bay Lightning, 5 to 4, on March 4, 2010.

Final

TBL

Lightning

26-26-11

4

WSH

Capitals

43-13-8

5

Team

TBL

WSH

1

1

1

2

1

2

3

2

2

Total

4

5

Summary

Team Stats

Player Stats

1st period

TBL

WSH

Capitals

Eric Fehr (EV) unassisted

0

1

Lightning

Steve Downie (PP) assisted by Kurtis Foster and Martin St. Louis

1

1

2nd period

TBL

WSH

Capitals

Mike Knuble (EV) assisted by Brooks Laich and Brendan Morrison

1

2

Capitals

Mike Knuble (EV) assisted by Nicklas Backstrom and Alex Ovechkin

1

3

Lightning

Vincent Lecavalier (PP) assisted by Martin St. Louis and Kurtis Foster

2

3

3rd period

TBL

WSH

Capitals

Scott Walker (EV) assisted by Mike Green and Boyd Gordon

2

4

Lightning

Vincent Lecavalier (EV) assisted by Teddy Purcell and Andrej Meszaros

3

4

Lightning

Steven Stamkos (EV) assisted by Mattias Ohlund and Martin St. Louis

4

4

Capitals

Scott Walker (EV) assisted by Mike Green and Jason Chimera

4

5