Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Friday, December 23, 2016 · Verizon Center
SN1 · CSN-DC · SUN
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0 on Friday, December 23, 2016 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 27-23.
John Carlson scored twice. Alex Ovechkin and Marcus Johansson also scored.
Braden Holtby made 23 saves on 23 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 20 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
John Carlson (2)Karl Alzner (3), Tom Wilson (1)0–100:55 WSH- John Carlson (3)Marcus Johansson (11), Nicklas Backstrom (19)0–215:42 WSH
2nd period
Alex Ovechkin (15)Dmitry Orlov (13)0–310:48 WSH
3rd period
Marcus Johansson (13)Nicklas Backstrom (20)0–408:33 WSH
Team stats
TBLWSH
23Shots on goal27
47%Faceoff %53%
0/3Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes6
11Hits21
9Blocked shots19
8Giveaways10
5Takeaways8
Penalties
- 1st 03:08
Tyler Johnson · hooking2 min - 1st 05:49
Jay Beagle · interference2 min - 1st 10:48Andre Burakovsky · tripping2 min
- 2nd 18:52Cory Conacher · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:25Marcus Johansson · interference goalkeeper2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 22:41 |
| 11Brian BoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:53 |
| 15Michael BournivalL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:38 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 21:16 |
| 19Cory ConacherC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:00 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:35 |
| 22Erik CondraR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 11:25 |
| 23JT BrownR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:19 |
| 27Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:23 |
| 38Tanner RichardC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 16:07 |
| 51Valtteri FilppulaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 16:21 |
| 5Jason GarrisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 24:17 |
| 29Slater KoekkoekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:34 |
| 55Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:22 |
| 62Andrej SustrD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:08 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:00 |
| 89Nikita NesterovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 15:45 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50Kristers GudlevskisG | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 11:27 | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | L | 24 | 20 | 4 | .833 | 48:25 |
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 16:15 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 17:10 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 23:50 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:40 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 15:27 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:24 |
| 27Karl AlznerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:31 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 11:31 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:14 |
| 14Justin WilliamsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:05 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:31 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:28 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:16 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 15:12 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:40 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 19:13 |
| 4Taylor ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:24 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:09 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 23 | 23 | 0 | 1.000 | 60:00 |