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Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning

Amalie Arena, Tampa Regular Season Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–3 on Saturday, March 18, 2017 on the road.

Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Washington Capitals 5 55-19-8
at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 42-30-10

Goals by period

Team Total
Washington Capitals 2 0 3 5
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 0 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Washington Capitals 10 13 12 35
Tampa Bay Lightning 10 8 11 29

Three stars

  1. T. Oshie, Washington Capitals (3 goals, 1 assist)
  2. N. Backstrom, Washington Capitals (4 assists)
  3. N. Kucherov, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 goals)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 03:44 Washington Capitals T.J. Oshie (27) Marcus Johansson (24), Nicklas Backstrom (51) Power play WSH 1, TBL 0
1st 11:52 Washington Capitals T.J. Oshie (28) Alex Ovechkin (31), Nicklas Backstrom (52) Even strength WSH 2, TBL 0
1st 15:52 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (32) Ondrej Palat (23), Brayden Point (16) Power play WSH 2, TBL 1
1st 16:08 Tampa Bay Lightning Alex Killorn (17) Jonathan Drouin (27) Even strength WSH 2, TBL 2
3rd 03:14 Washington Capitals Justin Williams (20) Matt Niskanen (32), Andre Burakovsky (19) Even strength WSH 3, TBL 2
3rd 05:30 Washington Capitals John Carlson (8) T.J. Oshie (20), Nicklas Backstrom (53) Even strength WSH 4, TBL 2
3rd 18:30 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (33) Brayden Point (17) Even strength WSH 4, TBL 3
3rd 19:16 Washington Capitals T.J. Oshie (29) Nicklas Backstrom (54) Even strength, Empty net WSH 5, TBL 3

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Washington Capitals Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal 35 29
Power play 1 of 2 1 of 1
Penalty minutes 6 8
Hits 20 28
Blocked shots 11 18
Giveaways 10 10
Takeaways 5 10
Faceoffs won 36/69 (52.2%) 33/69 (47.8%)

Box score

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
8 A. Ovechkin L 0 1 1 +2 0 7 1 1 0 21:07
10 B. Connolly R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 12:08
14 J. Williams R 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 12:29
19 N. Backstrom C 0 4 4 +2 0 2 0 0 0 60% 21:05
20 L. Eller C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 0 0 33.3% 15:02
26 D. Winnik L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 16:47
43 T. Wilson R 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 13:29
65 A. Burakovsky L 0 1 1 +1 0 7 0 0 0 15:12
77 T. Oshie R 3 1 4 +2 2 4 3 1 1 50% 21:26
83 J. Beagle C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 53.3% 14:18
90 M. Johansson L 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 02:53
92 E. Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 17:12
2 M. Niskanen D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 3 1 0 19:59
9 D. Orlov D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 18:05
22 K. Shattenkirk D 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 18:16
27 K. Alzner D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 22:02
44 B. Orpik D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 3 0 0 16:29
74 J. Carlson D 1 0 1 +1 2 1 0 3 0 21:49
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
70 B. Holtby 29 26 3 .897 59:44 Win

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
17 A. Killorn L 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 14:44
18 O. Palat L 0 1 1 -2 0 1 4 2 0 26:16
21 B. Point C 0 2 2 -2 0 3 0 2 0 50% 23:59
23 J. Brown R 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 09:05
27 J. Drouin L 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 1 0 17:19
33 G. McKegg C 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 60% 08:44
61 G. Dumont C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 50% 10:58
65 Y. Gourde C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 33.3% 15:17
73 A. Erne L 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 11:19
78 B. Froese C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 63.6% 11:41
86 N. Kucherov R 2 0 2 -1 0 4 2 0 1 22:11
5 J. Garrison D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 15:53
6 A. Stralman D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 3 0 22:12
28 L. Witkowski D 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 07:19
55 B. Coburn D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 19:22
59 J. Dotchin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 0 0 19:40
62 A. Sustr D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 17:16
77 V. Hedman D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 5 0 25:09
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
31 P. Budaj 0 0 0 00:22
88 A. Vasilevskiy 34 30 4 .882 58:03 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 02:33 Tampa Bay Lightning Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
1st 15:24 Washington Capitals T.J. Oshie High sticking 2
1st 18:37 Tampa Bay Lightning Greg McKegg Roughing 2
1st 18:37 Washington Capitals Tom Wilson Roughing 2
1st 18:37 Washington Capitals John Carlson Roughing 2
1st 18:37 Tampa Bay Lightning JT Brown Roughing 2
3rd 01:01 Tampa Bay Lightning Jonathan Drouin Interference 2

Game information

Washington Capitals head coach
Barry Trotz
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Referees
Dan O'Rourke, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen
Mark Shewchyk, Jonny Murray
Washington Capitals scratches
Taylor Chorney, Nate Schmidt
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Tyler Johnson, Vladislav Namestnikov, Cedric Paquette, Joel Vermin

2016-2017 season series

Matchup Status Details
Washington Capitals 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final/SO Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 at Washington Capitals 4 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Mar 18

Matchup Status Details
Colorado Avalanche 1 at Detroit Red Wings 5 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 3 at New York Islanders 2 Final/OT Game page
Chicago Blackhawks 2 at Toronto Maple Leafs 1 Final/OT Game page
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Ottawa Senators 3 Final/SO Game page
Nashville Predators 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 4 Final Game page
New York Rangers 3 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final Game page
St. Louis Blues 3 at Arizona Coyotes 0 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 0 at Edmonton Oilers 2 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 2 at San Jose Sharks 1 Final Game page

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