Game 1: Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. In net: Dwayne Roloson for Tampa Bay and Michal Neuvirth for Washington. Tampa Bay opened the game with a Sean Bergenheim goal, his fourth of the postseason, courtesy of Steve Downie and Mike Lundin. Washington answered with Alexander Semin potting his fourth of the playoffs, with help from Marco Sturm. The Capitals took the lead with an Eric Fehr goal, helped along by Jason Chimera and Marcus Johansson. The Lightning tied the game back up with Downie notching his second of the postseason, thanks to Vincent Lecavalier and Teddy Purcell. Tampa Bay got ahead with a power play goal off Steven Stamkos' stick, his third of the playoffs made possible by Eric Brewer and Lecavalier. The Lightning iced the game off with the second of the postseason by Dominic Moore, assisted by Adam Hall and Victor Hedman to find the empty twine. Stamkos, Downie, and Bergenheim were the three stars. Tampa Bay took an early 1-0 series lead.
Game 2: Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. In net: Dwayne Roloson for Tampa Bay and Michal Neuvirth for Washington. Tampa Bay took the early lead with a power play goal from Vincent Lecavalier, his third of the postseason, powered by Martin St. Louis and Ryan Malone. Washington answered with a second period goal from Brooks Laich, courtesy of Nicklas Backstrom and John Erskine. The Lightning retook the lead as St. Louis potted his fifth of the playoffs, helped along by Teddy Purcell. The Capitals found another equalizer as Alex Ovechkin netted his fourth of the postseason, thanks to Jason Arnott and Laich. The tie lasted into overtime, where Tampa Bay defeated Washington on Lecavalier's fourth of the playoffs and second of the game, assisted by Purcell and Randy Jones. Lecavalier, Ovechkin, and Roloson (35 for 37 saves) were the three stars. The win gave the Lightning a 2-0 series lead to take home.
Game 3: St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa Bay, Florida. In net: Michal Neuvirth for Washington and Dwayne Roloson for Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay opened the scoring with Sean Bergenheim netting his fifth of the postseason, courtesy of Dominic Moore and Steve Downie. Washington answered with Mike Knuble notching his second of the playoffs, with help from Alex Ovechkin. John Carlson gave the Capitals the lead, thanks to Jason Chimera and Marcus Johansson. The Lightning retied it on a Vincent Lecavalier marker, his fifth of the postseason, assisted by Martin St. Louis and Teddy Purcell. Ovechkin answered back for Washington, regaining the lead with his fifth of the playoffs, a power play goal powered by Alexander Semin and Mike Green. Tampa Bay tied it again as Steven Stamkos potted his fourth of the postseason, with an assist from Victor Hedman. The Lightning took a 4-3 lead on Ryan Malone's second of the playoffs, fueled by Nate Thompson and Adam Hall. This would go on to be a final, with Bergenheim, Ovechkin, and Hedman grabbing the three stars. The win put Tampa Bay up 3-0 in the series.
Game 4: St. Pete Times Forum, Tampa Bay, Florida. In net: Michal Neuvirth for Washington and Dwayne Roloson for Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay got the early lead with Ryan Malone potting his third of the postseason, a power play goal powered by Vincent Lecavalier and Martin St. Louis. Washington answered with Marco Sturm on the power play, and his goal was made possible by Jason Arnott and Alex Ovechkin. The Lightning got two goals in a row from Sean Bergenheim, his sixth and seventh of the playoffs, with Dominic Moore assisting twice and Steve Downie adding one secondary assist. The Capitals got one back with John Erskine's unassisted goal. Marc-Andre Bergeron made it 4-2 for the Lightning with a power play goal produced by Downie and Teddy Purcell. Tampa Bay tacked on another goal, St. Louis' sixth of the playoffs, with Purcell providing the lone assist. Washington made it 5-3 with John Carlson recording his second of the postseason, from Brooks Laich and Jason Arnott. This was the final, with the three stars going to Bergenheim, Moore, and Downie. Tampa Bay completed a 4-0 series sweep with the victory.
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