Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Tuesday, December 9, 2014 · Amalie Arena
TVAS · CSN-DC · SUN
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at Amalie Arena. The Lightning outshot the Capitals 36-35.
Alex Ovechkin scored twice. Brian Boyle, Matt Niskanen, Steven Stamkos, Brooks Laich, Troy Brouwer and Valtteri Filppula also scored.
Braden Holtby made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Ben Bishop stopped 30 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (13)Tom Wilson (5), John Carlson (16)1–000:40 WSH
Brian Boyle (6)Victor Hedman (8), JT Brown (3)1–113:49 TBL
Matt Niskanen (2)Nicklas Backstrom (21), Marcus Johansson (8)2–114:23 WSH · PPG
2nd period
Steven Stamkos (17)Ryan Callahan (12), Victor Hedman (9)2–200:47 TBL
Brooks Laich (3)Joel Ward (7)3–204:36 WSH
3rd period
Troy Brouwer (7)Marcus Johansson (9), Evgeny Kuznetsov (7)4–210:52 WSH
Valtteri Filppula (5)Tyler Johnson (21), Victor Hedman (10)4–319:56 TBL- Alex Ovechkin (14)Nicklas Backstrom (22)5–319:59 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHTBL
35Shots on goal36
55%Faceoff %45%
1/2Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes6
21Hits23
11Blocked shots11
4Giveaways10
6Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 06:58
JT Brown · boarding2 min - 1st 13:53
Tom Wilson · roughing2 min - 1st 13:53Cedric Paquette · roughing2 min
- 1st 13:53Cedric Paquette · roughing2 min
- 2nd 09:11Nicklas Backstrom · hooking2 min
- 2nd 11:32Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
- 2nd 15:44Nate Schmidt · elbowing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 14:55 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:52 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 13:49 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:21 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 19:11 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:04 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 10:36 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:36 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 23:23 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 7 | 24:23 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:59 |
| 25Jason ChimeraL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:54 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:58 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:57 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:40 |
| 38Jack HillenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:23 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:25 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 36 | 33 | 3 | .917 | 60:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 21:47 |
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16:32 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:45 |
| 23JT BrownR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:32 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 18:58 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:29 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 3 | 19:33 |
| 10Brenden MorrowL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:14 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11:56 |
| 14Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:07 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:07 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:54 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13:45 |
| 5Jason GarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:34 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:59 |
| 7Radko GudasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:43 |
| 25Matt CarleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:25 |
| 62Andrej SustrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:32 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ben BishopG | L | 34 | 30 | 4 | .882 | 58:38 |