Boudreau is now officially the head coach (no more interim)....

yippee.

We shall see....

3:37 gone, no score but all Bolts so far.

A shot, a rebound right back to Vinnie, and it's 1-0 Lightning, early.

A shot, trickles loose from Ramo, Steckel sees it and pokes it in....

1-1 late 1st.

1-1 end 1st.

A turnover, Vinnie breaks in, it's 2-1 Bolts.

Caps get a PP right away, but they've been ineffective on the first two....

we shall see.

Nothing on that PP....

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

2:18 left, Pothier smokes one from the outside-

2-2. Assists from Ovechkin and Steckel.

Great.

The Caps were so pitiful on that third PP, Ramo played about half of it with Lecavalier's stick (not by choice, but he did). Didn't do the Caps any good at all. Both teams could have been called for interference, as they batted his stick around the ice- the Caps trying to get it behind the net so he couldn't get it back, the Bolts batting it to in front of the crease as an extra "defenseman".

2:53 left, the Caps score on a disputed goal, a shot blocked high in the air, comes down in the crease, Bradley pokes it in just as Kuba knocks the net off the post....

a long review.....

it counts!

3-2 Caps!

3-2 final!

Caps outplayed them in the 3rd, Steckel had just a hell of a game- should get the #1 star.