- Final0STL
DET1
01
0 - Final SOSO1DAL
SJ5
45
4 - Final2OTT
FLA1
21
2 - Final3MIN
CBJ3
03
0 - Final4TB
WSH2
42
4 - Final5NSH
CHI3
53
5 - Final SOSO6NJ
BUF2
32
3 - Final SOSO7LA
ANA3
43
4
Final
Washington leads 3-1
| Game 1: Saturday, January 19th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Capitals | 3 | Final |
| Lightning | 6 | |
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| Game 2: Thursday, February 14th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Capitals | 4 | Final |
| Lightning | 3 | |
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| Game 3: Sunday, April 7th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lightning | 2 | Final |
| Capitals | 4 | |
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| Game 4: Saturday, April 13th | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lightning | 5 | Final OT |
| Capitals | 6 | |
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7:00 PM ET, April 7, 2013
Verizon Center, Washington, District of Columbia
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T | |
| TB | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| WSH | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Points | Goals | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| TB | M St. Louis 60 | S Stamkos 29 | M St. Louis 43 |
| WSH | A Ovechkin 56 | A Ovechkin 32 | N Backstrom 40 |
J. Ward (Capitals - RW): Goals: 1, Assists: 1

M. Neuvirth (Capitals - G): Saves: 28, Save Pct.: .933


V. Lecavalier (Lightning - C): Goals: 1, Assists: 1
Play-by-play data may not reflect changes made after the game has ended.
3rd Period Summary | ||
| Time | Team | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 0:00 | Washington | Start of 3rd period |
| 0:00 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Steven Stamkos in neutral zone |
| 0:16 | Washington | Shot on goal by Mike Green saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 28 ft) |
| 0:16 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 0:16 | Tampa Bay | Steven Stamkos won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone |
| 0:23 | Tampa Bay | Radko Gudas credited with hit on Troy Brouwer in defensive zone |
| 0:40 | Washington | Shot on goal by Troy Brouwer saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 30 ft) |
| 0:43 | Tampa Bay | Radko Gudas credited with hit on Troy Brouwer in defensive zone |
| 1:21 | Tampa Bay | Teddy Purcell shot blocked by John Carlson |
| 1:57 | Washington | Stoppage - Offside |
| 1:57 | Washington | Mike Ribeiro won faceoff against Vincent Lecavalier in neutral zone |
| 2:23 | Washington | John Erskine credited with hit on Benoit Pouliot in defensive zone |
| 2:49 | Washington | Shot on goal by Karl Alzner saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 30 ft) |
| 2:56 | Tampa Bay | Shot missed by Martin St. Louis, Wide of Net(Wristshot 36 ft) |
| 3:05 | Washington | Giveaway by Joel Ward in defensive zone |
| 3:08 | Tampa Bay | Martin St. Louis shot blocked by Mike Ribeiro |
| 3:14 | Tampa Bay | Radko Gudas shot blocked by Karl Alzner |
| 3:30 | Tampa Bay | Takeaway by Brett Connolly in neutral zone |
| 3:44 | Washington | Takeaway by Jay Beagle in offensive zone |
| 4:10 | Washington | Shot missed by John Carlson, Wide of Net(Wristshot 59 ft) |
| 4:23 | Washington | Jack Hillen credited with hit on Tom Pyatt in defensive zone |
| 4:32 | Tampa Bay | Shot on goal by Nate Thompson saved by Michal Neuvirth(Snap 30 ft) |
| 4:32 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 4:32 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Nate Thompson in defensive zone |
| 4:59 | Washington | Shot on goal by Nicklas Backstrom saved by Ben Bishop(Tip-In 13 ft) |
| 5:02 | Washington | Shot on goal by Nicklas Backstrom saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 8 ft) |
| 5:04 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 9 ft) |
| 5:08 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom credited with hit on Matt Taormina in offensive zone |
| 5:43 | Washington | Shot missed by Mike Green, Wide of Net(Wristshot 53 ft) |
| 5:49 | Washington | Mathieu Perreault credited with hit on Matthew Carle in offensive zone |
| 6:08 | Tampa Bay | Shot on goal by Radko Gudas saved by Michal Neuvirth(Slapshot 47 ft) |
| 6:20 | Washington | Stoppage - Offside; TV timeout |
| 6:20 | Washington | Mathieu Perreault won faceoff against Vincent Lecavalier in neutral zone |
| 6:33 | Washington | Shot on goal by Jason Chimera saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 39 ft) |
| 6:34 | Tampa Bay | Radko Gudas credited with hit on Jason Chimera in defensive zone |
| 6:46 | Tampa Bay | Shot on goal by Radko Gudas saved by Michal Neuvirth(Wristshot 44 ft) |
| 7:15 | Washington | Giveaway by Troy Brouwer in defensive zone |
| 7:19 | Tampa Bay | Brett Connolly shot blocked by John Erskine |
| 7:56 | Washington | Steven Oleksy shot blocked by Brett Connolly |
| 8:19 | Tampa Bay | Matthew Carle credited with hit on Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone |
| 8:33 | Washington | Stoppage - Offside |
| 8:33 | Tampa Bay | Steven Stamkos won faceoff against Mathieu Perreault in neutral zone |
| 8:43 | Washington | Giveaway by Mike Green in defensive zone |
| 8:48 | Tampa Bay | Sami Salo shot blocked by Joel Ward |
| 8:52 | Washington | Jason Chimera credited with hit on Sami Salo in defensive zone |
| 8:58 | Tampa Bay | Shot missed by Steven Stamkos, Wide of Net(Slapshot 29 ft) |
| 9:23 | Tampa Bay | Shot on goal by Benoit Pouliot saved by Michal Neuvirth(Slapshot 50 ft) |
| 9:36 | Tampa Bay | Shot on goal by Martin St. Louis saved by Michal Neuvirth(Slapshot 37 ft) |
| 9:36 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 9:36 | Washington | Mike Ribeiro won faceoff against Vincent Lecavalier in defensive zone |
| 9:46 | Tampa Bay | Radko Gudas credited with hit on Troy Brouwer in neutral zone |
| 9:56 | Tampa Bay | Teddy Purcell shot blocked by John Carlson |
| 10:01 | Tampa Bay | Shot missed by Alex Killorn, Wide of Net(Slapshot 12 ft) |
| 10:24 | Washington | Stoppage - Offside; TV timeout |
| 10:24 | Washington | Matt Hendricks won faceoff against Tyler Johnson in neutral zone |
| 10:49 | Tampa Bay | Tyler Johnson credited with hit on Matt Hendricks in neutral zone |
| 10:50 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Benches |
| 10:50 | Tampa Bay | Steven Stamkos won faceoff against Mathieu Perreault in neutral zone |
| 11:14 | Washington | Jason Chimera credited with hit on Benoit Pouliot in neutral zone |
| 11:46 | Washington | Mike Green credited with hit on Steven Stamkos in defensive zone |
| 11:57 | Washington | Stoppage - Icing |
| 11:57 | Tampa Bay | Vincent Lecavalier won faceoff against Mike Ribeiro in offensive zone |
| 12:15 | Washington | Troy Brouwer credited with hit on Matthew Carle in offensive zone |
| 12:18 | Washington | Shot on goal by Troy Brouwer saved by Ben Bishop(Backhand 9 ft) |
| 12:20 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 12:20 | Washington | Nicklas Backstrom won faceoff against Vincent Lecavalier in offensive zone |
| 12:22 | Washington | Shot on goal by Alex Ovechkin saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 38 ft) |
| 12:31 | Tampa Bay | Takeaway by Sami Salo in defensive zone |
| 12:48 | Washington | Giveaway by Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone |
| 13:29 | Washington | Shot missed by Mathieu Perreault, Wide of Net(Tip-In 10 ft) |
| 13:36 | Washington | Jason Chimera credited with hit on B.J. Crombeen in offensive zone |
| 13:44 | Tampa Bay | Shot on goal by Tom Pyatt saved by Michal Neuvirth(Backhand 8 ft) |
| 13:46 | Washington | Stoppage - Puck in Crowd |
| 13:46 | Tampa Bay | Steven Stamkos won faceoff against Mike Ribeiro in neutral zone |
| 14:03 | Tampa Bay | Shot on goal by Benoit Pouliot saved by Michal Neuvirth(Wristshot 20 ft) |
| 14:03 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped; TV timeout |
| 14:03 | Washington | Mike Ribeiro won faceoff against Steven Stamkos in defensive zone |
| 14:16 | Washington | Stoppage - Icing |
| 14:16 | Tampa Bay | Vincent Lecavalier won faceoff against Mike Ribeiro in offensive zone |
| 14:31 | Washington | Shot on goal by Troy Brouwer saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 11 ft) |
| 14:39 | Washington | Mike Ribeiro credited with hit on Matthew Carle in defensive zone |
| 14:49 | Washington | Shot on goal by Mike Ribeiro saved by Ben Bishop(Wristshot 36 ft) |
| 14:50 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 14:50 | Tampa Bay | Tyler Johnson won faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom in defensive zone |
| 15:03 | Washington | John Carlson credited with hit on Brett Connolly in defensive zone |
| 15:41 | Tampa Bay | Radko Gudas credited with hit on Alex Ovechkin in defensive zone |
| 16:24 | Tampa Bay | Shot missed by Alex Killorn, Wide of Net(Wristshot 9 ft) |
| 16:32 | Washington | Giveaway by Steven Oleksy in defensive zone |
| 16:40 | Washington | Eric Fehr shot blocked by Sami Salo |
| 17:16 | Tampa Bay | Takeaway by Steven Stamkos in offensive zone |
| 17:40 | Washington | Shot missed by Alex Ovechkin, Wide of Net(Wristshot 38 ft) |
| 17:48 | Washington | Takeaway by John Carlson in defensive zone |
| 18:10 | Tampa Bay | Shot on goal by Matthew Carle saved by Michal Neuvirth(Slapshot 52 ft) |
| 18:16 | Tampa Bay | Takeaway by Tyler Johnson in offensive zone |
| 18:18 | Tampa Bay | Shot on goal by Tyler Johnson saved by Michal Neuvirth(Wristshot 51 ft) |
| 18:18 | Washington | Stoppage - Goalie Stopped |
| 18:18 | Tampa Bay | Vincent Lecavalier won faceoff against Jay Beagle in offensive zone |
| 18:25 | Tampa Bay | Shot on goal by Teddy Purcell saved by Michal Neuvirth(Snap 56 ft) |
| 18:33 | Tampa Bay | Shot missed by Alex Killorn, Wide of Net(Tip-In 12 ft) |
| 19:21 | Tampa Bay | Eric Brewer shot blocked by Mike Green |
| 19:29 | Tampa Bay | Steven Stamkos shot blocked by Karl Alzner |
| 19:49 | Tampa Bay | Shot on goal by Martin St. Louis saved by Michal Neuvirth(Backhand 14 ft) |
| 19:55 | Washington | Goal scored by Alex Ovechkin(Wristshot 21 ft) assisted by Mike Ribeiro |
| 19:55 | Washington | Jay Beagle won faceoff against Nate Thompson in neutral zone |
| 20:00 | Washington | End of 3rd period |
| 20:00 | Washington | game-end |




