WASHINGTON - If the Tampa Bay Lightning and their old guardian of 41 years, Dwayne Roloson, were exhausted, they sure hid well.
Sean Bergenheim scored at the beginning, Steven Stamkos added the goal to go to a game of power and Roloson made 26 stops, helping beat lightning Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, seeded at the top of page 4-2 Friday night in 1 match of the semi-finals of the Conference is.
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"I don't know about us being tired," said Bergenheim, who scored 2: 12 into the game. "I feel it now.".
Steve Downie had a goal and an assist, Dominic Moore added an empty-netter with 40 seconds left for the Lightning, seeded fifth, who have won four straight games since Pittsburgh 3-1 behind in the first round.
Roloson got laundry and Bergenheim provided solely at Tampa Bay won at Pittsburgh 1 - 0 in game 7 on Wednesday night. Lightning directly flew to Washington on the night, crawl in their hotel beds after 3 p.m. Thursday.
They were on the ice for a commitment from 7 p.m. Friday.
"It was good for us, in a way," Nate Thompson said Center of Tampa Bay. "We kind of go back right to it and do not have much time off the coast." We are always in play mode. ?
That they were.
Strategy of get-ahead-and-focus-on-defense of Lightning has confused the capitals.
Ovechkin was held without a point and limited to two shots, and Washington went 0 for 5 on the power - play by Tampa Bay 39 penalty for 40 killers this postseason.
"They make it frustrating," said capitals coach Bruce Boudreau. "They hang just return, and then try to push." They are very good at it. ?
Roloson only needed to make five stops in the third period.
"We are surprised by the outcome of this evening - but happy with it," said the guardian of the New York Islanders acquired the day of the new year. "We had the chance to win a hockey game". We had some rebounds. ?
This is true. For example, towed lightning 2-1 but he tied with 3: 43 left in the second period, when Downie was trying to center the puck, but his pass deflected off the coast of stick Defender Scott Hannan and fluttered over his right shoulder of goalie Michal Neuvirth.
And the purpose of the Stamkos came with 31.6 seconds remaining in the period, when Neuvirth ceased its initial test but returned the puck right to the attacker, who put the rebound of.
This power play came when Jason Chimera was expelled for rough after a success on Pavel Kubina, who has not played in the third period. The appeal drew boos from the home fans. Jeers only grew louder, naturally, when Stamkos converted the extra-man chance.
That ends reversing the 2-1 lead that Washington built with goals by Alexander Semin and Eric Fehr.
The Lightning has played most of the match Friday without veteran Simon Gagne left wing, which contributed to the dressing room after his helmet hit the ice when he fell after a hard hit by Hannan in the first period. Lightning said WINS and Kubina could be re-evaluated Saturday.
Game 2 is Sunday night in Washington.
Boudreau chastised his players to engage in what he calls "hockey river" - the kind of back-and-forth, large spaces style capitals used to count on making a concerted effort to focus on defence.
In the first round, rookie Neuvirth - he is 18 years younger than Roloson - and the capitals allowed the New York Rangers to score a grand total of two goals in three matches of Washington. Lightning has exceeded this total in an interval of two periods.
"We played too cute and took sanctions, and we cost," said Ovechkin. "First period, the last 10 minutes, we play our game.". First 10 minutes, second [duration], we play well. After that, let them us play their game. ?
Lightning could be tired, the capitals could be rusty. They wrapped in their series against the Rangers in five games last Saturday and had nearly a week off the coast. Boudreau on the story line "Rest against rust" Thursday, but perhaps there is something to it.
Neuvirth finished with 20 cases Friday. He entered the day leading the NHL with a 1, 38-against average goals and second place, with une.946 save percentage. No. 1 to save it in the category? Roloson.
A key Friday: The Lightning held the edge in special teams play.
"The guys take away passing lanes." Blocking shots, of course. Try to remove the time and space, "said Thompson. "And then your best penalty killer is going to be your best goalkeeper and Roli was for us."
Game notes
Capitals D John Carlson played only 36 seconds into the third period, and Boudreau said that it is the day the day. "I hope that he can go Sunday," Boudreau said. "". ... Washington C Nicklas Backstrom goal drought reached 13 games and he acknowledged that he could begin to try too hard to score. "This is what happens when you fight," he said. ... The capitals have one apparent goal waved off 13? minutes medicine, when officials ruled Brooks Laich kicked the puck past Roloson.
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