Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Saturday, December 12, 2015 · Amalie Arena

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2–1

Final

SOG 20–36

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Saturday, December 12, 2015 at Amalie Arena. The Lightning outshot the Capitals 36-20.

Goals came from Jay Beagle, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Nikita Kucherov.

Braden Holtby made 35 saves on 36 shots for the win; Ben Bishop stopped 18 of 20.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	0	2	20
TBL	0	0	1	1	36

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jay Beagle (4)Stanislav Galiev (2)1–002:09 WSH

2nd period

Evgeny Kuznetsov (9)John Carlson (17)2–011:16 WSH

3rd period

Nikita Kucherov (11)Anton Stralman (8), Steven Stamkos (11)2–108:05 TBL · PPG

Team stats

WSHTBL

20Shots on goal36

46%Faceoff %54%

0/2Power play1/4

18Penalty minutes14

23Hits29

23Blocked shots10

3Giveaways6

5Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 10:05Mike Blunden · fighting5 min
1st 10:05Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
1st 10:05Mike Blunden · roughing2 min
1st 12:06Valtteri Filppula · hooking2 min
1st 19:57Nicklas Backstrom · interference goalkeeper2 min
2nd 04:47Matt Niskanen · tripping2 min
2nd 13:55JT Brown · fighting5 min
2nd 13:55Nate Schmidt · fighting5 min
3rd 04:36Evgeny Kuznetsov · tripping2 min
3rd 07:33Matt Niskanen · tripping2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

49Stanislav GalievR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	11:22
83Jay BeagleC	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	67	14:07
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	0	1	+1	1	2	0	2	38	19:12
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+1	4	2	3	0	–	23:40
8Alex OvechkinL	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0	–	19:18
14Justin WilliamsR	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	–	17:43
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	42	18:20
21Brooks LaichC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29	08:40
25Jason ChimeraL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	–	14:03
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	–	08:50
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	07:48
77T.J. OshieR	0	0	0	+1	2	4	0	0	33	19:37
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	18:31
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	4	–	24:28
4Taylor ChorneyD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	11:33
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	3	0	–	10:58
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	–	24:05
88Nate SchmidtD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	3	5	–	21:20

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	36	35	1	.972	59:53

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

86Nikita KucherovR	1	0	1	0	4	3	0	0	–	21:54
91Steven StamkosC	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	45	25:18
6Anton StralmanD	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	24:43
11Brian BoyleC	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	58	13:43
17Alex KillornC	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	33	17:03
18Ondrej PalatL	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	03:34
23JT BrownR	0	0	0	-1	3	2	1	5	100	18:39
24Ryan CallahanR	0	0	0	-1	4	4	1	0	100	21:38
42Jonathan MarchessaultC	0	0	0	-1	4	3	0	0	60	15:05
46Mike BlundenR	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	7	–	06:48
51Valtteri FilppulaC	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	2	67	21:21
90Vladislav NamestnikovC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	17	18:19
5Jason GarrisonD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	2	0	–	14:41
25Matt CarleD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	09:13
55Braydon CoburnD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	13:23
62Andrej SustrD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	12:57
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	–	26:25
89Nikita NesterovD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	12:26

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Ben BishopG	L	20	18	2	.900	58:50
50Kristers GudlevskisG		0	0	0	–	00:00