Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 13, 2014 · Verizon Center
FX-CA · CSN-DC · SUN
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 on Saturday, December 13, 2014 at Verizon Center.
Nicklas Backstrom scored a hat trick. Tyler Johnson, Matt Carle and Eric Fehr also scored.
Braden Holtby made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Ben Bishop stopped 24 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Nicklas Backstrom (6)Tom Wilson (6), Nate Schmidt (3)0–110:33 WSH- Nicklas Backstrom (7)Alex Ovechkin (10), Tom Wilson (7)0–218:40 WSH
3rd period
- Nicklas Backstrom (8)Alex Ovechkin (11)0–302:17 WSH
Tyler Johnson (9)Matt Carle (5), Nikita Kucherov (15)1–315:36 TBL
Matt Carle (3)Steven Stamkos (17), Jason Garrison (13)2–317:29 TBL
Eric Fehr (6)John Carlson (18)2–419:21 WSH · EN
Team stats
TBLWSH
28Shots on goal28
50%Faceoff %50%
0/4Power play0/4
15Penalty minutes15
20Hits27
15Blocked shots18
7Giveaways15
6Takeaways11
Penalties
- 1st 01:41
Tom Wilson · fighting5 min - 1st 01:41
Brenden Morrow · fighting5 min - 1st 04:04Jonathan Drouin · tripping2 min
- 1st 07:27Alex Killorn · holding the stick2 min
- 1st 16:39Ryan Callahan · slashing2 min
- 2nd 02:43Mike Green · slashing2 min
- 2nd 06:49Mike Green · hooking2 min
- 2nd 06:49Alex Ovechkin · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:20Cedric Paquette · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:20Cedric Paquette · roughing2 min
- 2nd 14:20Eric Fehr · roughing2 min
- 2nd 19:57John Carlson · hooking2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 25Matt CarleD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 18:54 |
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:33 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:43 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:08 |
| 5Jason GarrisonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 10Brenden MorrowL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:46 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:15 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:45 |
| 14Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:07 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:08 |
| 23JT BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 08:51 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:30 |
| 27Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 10:55 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 24:14 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:22 |
| 8Mark BarberioD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:03 |
| 62Andrej SustrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:08 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 23:53 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Evgeni NabokovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 30Ben BishopG | L | 27 | 24 | 3 | .889 | 59:13 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 3 | 0 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 18:57 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 7 | 20:12 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 11:09 |
| 16Eric FehrR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:43 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:02 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:51 |
| 20Troy BrouwerR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:49 |
| 21Brooks LaichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:24 |
| 46Michael LattaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:28 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:35 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:41 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:51 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:32 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 24:58 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:16 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 21:50 |
| 52Mike GreenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Justin PetersG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 59:40 |