| Washington 1 2 0_3 | ||||
| Tampa Bay 2 1 3_6 | ||||
| First Period_1, Tampa Bay, Brewer 1 (Carle, St. Louis), 6:24. 2, Washington, Ward 1 (Wolski, Poti), 8:25 (pp). 3, Tampa Bay, Lecavalier 1 (Aulie), 9:09. Penalties_Malone, TB (interference), :28 | Lee, TB (hooking), 2:51 | Lee, TB (boarding), 6:37 | Brouwer, Was (boarding), 14:01. | |
| Second Period_4, Washington, Ward 2 (Chimera, Carlson), 1:59. 5, Tampa Bay, St. Louis 1 (Lecavalier, Conacher), 5:11 (pp). 6, Washington, Wolski 1 (Ribeiro, Hamrlik), 18:15. Penalties_Wolski, Was (holding), 4:06 | Chimera, Was (roughing), 6:59 | Ribeiro, Was (high-sticking), 14:28 | Ovechkin, Was (diving), 17:26 | Salo, TB (holding), 17:26. |
| Third Period_7, Tampa Bay, St. Louis 2 (Stamkos, Purcell), 4:57 (pp). 8, Tampa Bay, Conacher 1 (Purcell), 13:24. 9, Tampa Bay, Brewer 2 (Purcell, Stamkos), 16:42 (pp). Penalties_Perreault, Was (tripping), 3:18 | Backstrom, Was (tripping), 4:22 | Pyatt, TB (holding), 7:04 | Hendricks, Was (roughing), 15:42. | |
| Shots on Goal_Washington 17-6-7_30. Tampa Bay 8-13-13_34. | ||||
| Power-play opportunities_Washington 1 of 4 | Tampa Bay 3 of 7. | |||
| Goalies_Washington, Holtby 0-1-0 (34 shots-28 saves). Tampa Bay, Lindback 1-0-0 (30-27). | ||||
| A_19,204 (19,204). T_2:43. | ||||
| Referees_Eric Furlatt, Ghislain Hebert. Linesmen_Scott Cherrey, Mark Shewchyk. |