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Tampa Bay Lightning at Washington Capitals

Verizon Center, Washington Regular Season Final

Final score

The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–0 on Friday, December 23, 2016 at home.

Team Goals 2016-2017 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 42-30-10
at Washington Capitals 4 55-19-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 0 0 0
Washington Capitals 2 1 1 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 9 12 23
Washington Capitals 10 10 7 27

Three stars

  1. B. Holtby, Washington Capitals (goaltender)
  2. J. Carlson, Washington Capitals (2 goals)
  3. N. Backstrom, Washington Capitals (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:55 Washington Capitals John Carlson (2) Karl Alzner (3), Tom Wilson (1) Even strength TBL 0, WSH 1
1st 15:42 Washington Capitals John Carlson (3) Marcus Johansson (11), Nicklas Backstrom (19) Even strength TBL 0, WSH 2
2nd 10:48 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (15) Dmitry Orlov (13) Even strength TBL 0, WSH 3
3rd 08:33 Washington Capitals Marcus Johansson (13) Nicklas Backstrom (20) Even strength TBL 0, WSH 4

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

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Washington Capitals
Shots on goal 23 27
Power play 0 of 3 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 6
Hits 11 21
Blocked shots 9 19
Giveaways 8 10
Takeaways 5 8
Faceoffs won 28/59 (47.5%) 31/59 (52.5%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
9 T. Johnson C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 45% 22:41
11 B. Boyle C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 50% 16:53
15 M. Bournival L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 14:38
17 A. Killorn L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 21:16
19 C. Conacher C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 0 13:00
21 B. Point C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 100% 19:35
22 E. Condra R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 11:25
23 J. Brown R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 1 42.9% 17:19
27 J. Drouin L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 07:23
38 T. Richard C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 38.5% 16:07
51 V. Filppula C 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 0 53.8% 16:21
5 J. Garrison D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 18:24
6 A. Stralman D 0 0 0 -3 0 2 0 0 24:17
29 S. Koekkoek D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 2 15:34
55 B. Coburn D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 08:22
62 A. Sustr D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 18:08
77 V. Hedman D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 0 19:00
89 N. Nesterov D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 0 15:45
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
50 K. Gudlevskis 3 3 0 1.000 11:27
88 A. Vasilevskiy 24 20 4 .833 48:25 Loss

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
8 A. Ovechkin L 1 0 1 +1 0 3 1 0 16:40
10 B. Connolly R 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 0 11:31
13 J. Vrana L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12:14
14 J. Williams R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 14:05
19 N. Backstrom C 0 2 2 +2 0 2 0 1 47.1% 16:15
20 L. Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 85.7% 15:31
43 T. Wilson R 0 1 1 +2 0 0 2 0 15:27
65 A. Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 12:28
77 T. Oshie R 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 1 83.3% 17:16
83 J. Beagle C 0 0 0 +2 2 0 1 2 50% 15:12
90 M. Johansson L 1 1 2 +2 2 1 0 0 17:10
92 E. Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 27.3% 13:40
2 M. Niskanen D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 3 2 19:13
4 T. Chorney D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 3 1 15:24
9 D. Orlov D 0 1 1 +2 0 2 3 1 18:24
27 K. Alzner D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 4 21:31
44 B. Orpik D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 18:09
74 J. Carlson D 2 0 2 +2 0 6 0 4 23:50
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
70 B. Holtby 23 23 0 1.000 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 03:08 Tampa Bay Lightning Tyler Johnson Hooking 2
1st 05:49 Washington Capitals Jay Beagle Interference 2
1st 10:48 Washington Capitals Andre Burakovsky Tripping 2
2nd 18:52 Tampa Bay Lightning Cory Conacher Tripping 2
3rd 06:25 Washington Capitals Marcus Johansson Interference goalkeeper 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Washington Capitals head coach
Barry Trotz
Referees
Kelly Sutherland, Ghislain Hebert
Linesmen
Tim Nowak, Matt MacPherson
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Ondrej Palat, Vladislav Namestnikov, Cedric Paquette
Washington Capitals scratches
Daniel Winnik, Nate Schmidt, Zachary Sanford

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 Dec 23

Matchup Status Details
Buffalo Sabres 1 at New York Islanders 5 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 7 at New York Rangers 4 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 1 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 4 at Florida Panthers 3 Final/SO Game page
Boston Bruins 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 3 Final/OT Game page
Colorado Avalanche 2 at Chicago Blackhawks 1 Final/OT Game page
Los Angeles Kings 2 at Dallas Stars 3 Final/OT Game page
Vancouver Canucks 1 at Calgary Flames 4 Final Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 4 at Arizona Coyotes 1 Final Game page
Edmonton Oilers 2 at San Jose Sharks 3 Final/OT Game page

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