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Lightning Held in Check
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Lightning Coach John Tortorella described his team's performance thus: "We're a [expletive] hockey team right now."
Tampa Bay, though, didn't look so bad early on.
Lecavalier beat Olie Kolzig with a long wrist shot off a juicy rebound. Alex Ovechkin (who had an assist) and Viktor Kozlov failed to gain control of the puck before Lecavalier pounced and buried it just 5:43 into the contest.
But Steckel's gritty goal at 16:11 of the first pulled the Capitals even. The lanky center knocked in his own rebound after Ramo stopped his first attempt with a pad save.
In the second period, Lecavalier struck again to put the Lightning ahead 2-1 at 9:49 after firing from the middle of the circle and beating Kolzig's blocker.
With the Capitals continuing to put pressure on Ramo and the Lightning, Pothier eventually tied the score at 2 at 17:42 to send the game into the third period deadlocked.
"Ovechkin can't score every night," Laing said. "You need other guys to step up now and then. Tonight was our night."
Capitals Notes: Prospect Eric Fehr, out since February because of a mysterious hip ailment, could suit up for the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League as soon as next month, General Manager George McPhee said. . . . Right wing Chris Clark missed his 12th consecutive game last night because of a strained groin muscle. . . . Bob Woods was named the Bears' coach yesterday.
