Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Saturday, March 18, 2017 · Amalie Arena

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5–3

Final

SOG 35–29

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Saturday, March 18, 2017 at Amalie Arena. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 35-29.

T.J. Oshie scored a hat trick and Nikita Kucherov scored twice. Alex Killorn, Justin Williams and John Carlson also scored.

Braden Holtby made 26 saves on 29 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 30 of 34.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	0	3	5	35
TBL	2	0	1	3	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

T.J. Oshie (27)Marcus Johansson (24), Nicklas Backstrom (51)1–003:44 WSH · PPG
T.J. Oshie (28)Alex Ovechkin (31), Nicklas Backstrom (52)2–011:52 WSH
Nikita Kucherov (32)Ondrej Palat (23), Brayden Point (16)2–115:52 TBL · PPG
Alex Killorn (17)Jonathan Drouin (27)2–216:08 TBL

3rd period

Justin Williams (20)Matt Niskanen (32), Andre Burakovsky (19)3–203:14 WSH
John Carlson (8)T.J. Oshie (20), Nicklas Backstrom (53)4–205:30 WSH
Nikita Kucherov (33)Brayden Point (17)4–318:30 TBL
T.J. Oshie (29)Nicklas Backstrom (54)5–319:16 WSH · EN

Team stats

WSHTBL

35Shots on goal29

52%Faceoff %48%

1/2Power play1/1

6Penalty minutes8

20Hits28

11Blocked shots18

10Giveaways10

5Takeaways10

Penalties

1st 02:33Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
1st 15:24T.J. Oshie · high sticking2 min
1st 18:37Greg McKegg · roughing2 min
1st 18:37Tom Wilson · roughing2 min
1st 18:37John Carlson · roughing2 min
1st 18:37JT Brown · roughing2 min
3rd 01:01Jonathan Drouin · interference2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	0	4	4	+2	2	0	0	0	60	21:05
77T.J. OshieR	3	1	4	+2	4	3	1	2	50	21:26
8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	+2	7	1	1	0	–	21:07
14Justin WilliamsR	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	12:29
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	1	1	+1	7	0	0	0	–	15:12
90Marcus JohanssonL	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	–	02:53
2Matt NiskanenD	0	1	1	+2	2	3	1	0	–	19:59
74John CarlsonD	1	0	1	+1	1	0	3	2	–	21:49
10Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	12:08
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	33	15:02
26Daniel WinnikL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	16:47
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	2	–	13:29
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	53	14:18
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50	17:12
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	18:05
22Kevin ShattenkirkD	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	–	18:16
27Karl AlznerD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	22:02
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	–	16:29

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	29	26	3	.897	59:44

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

21Brayden PointC	0	2	2	-2	3	0	2	0	50	23:59
86Nikita KucherovR	2	0	2	-1	4	2	0	0	–	22:11
17Alex KillornC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	–	14:44
18Ondrej PalatL	0	1	1	-2	1	4	2	0	–	26:16
27Jonathan DrouinL	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	2	–	17:19
23JT BrownR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	09:05
33Greg McKeggC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	60	08:44
61Gabriel DumontC	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	50	10:58
65Yanni GourdeC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	33	15:17
73Adam ErneL	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	11:19
78Byron FroeseC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	64	11:41
5Jason GarrisonD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	15:53
6Anton StralmanD	0	0	0	-1	5	0	3	0	–	22:12
28Luke WitkowskiD	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	07:19
55Braydon CoburnD	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	19:22
59Jake DotchinD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	–	19:40
62Andrej SustrD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	17:16
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	5	0	–	25:09

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Peter BudajG		0	0	0	–	00:22
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	L	34	30	4	.882	58:03