Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Saturday, March 30, 2019 · Amalie Arena

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6–3

Final

SOG 35–28

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-3 on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at Amalie Arena. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 35-28.

Nicklas Backstrom scored twice, T.J. Oshie scored twice and Alex Ovechkin scored twice. J.T. Miller, Tyler Johnson and Nikita Kucherov also scored.

Braden Holtby made 25 saves on 28 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 29 of 35.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	3	1	2	6	35
TBL	0	1	2	3	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nicklas Backstrom (20)Tom Wilson (18), Christian Djoos (9)1–007:24 WSH
T.J. Oshie (24)Nick Jensen (18), Carl Hagelin (13)2–010:45 WSH
T.J. Oshie (25)John Carlson (55), Evgeny Kuznetsov (50)3–016:00 WSH · PPG

2nd period

Nicklas Backstrom (21)Dmitry Orlov (26), Chandler Stephenson (6)4–007:53 WSH
J.T. Miller (13)Mikhail Sergachev (23), Ryan McDonagh (34)4–117:25 TBL

3rd period

Tyler Johnson (28)Unassisted4–203:36 TBL
Alex Ovechkin (50)T.J. Oshie (27), Nicklas Backstrom (52)5–214:35 WSH
Alex Ovechkin (51)John Carlson (56), Evgeny Kuznetsov (51)6–216:15 WSH · PPG
Nikita Kucherov (39)Mikhail Sergachev (24), J.T. Miller (32)6–319:32 TBL · PPG

Team stats

WSHTBL

35Shots on goal28

54%Faceoff %46%

2/5Power play1/3

16Penalty minutes20

18Hits22

13Blocked shots10

6Giveaways10

8Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 00:21Andrei Vasilevskiy · tripping2 min
1st 14:12Yanni Gourde · high sticking2 min
2nd 09:31Braydon Coburn · boarding2 min
2nd 13:44Tom Wilson · high sticking2 min
3rd 00:47Mikhail Sergachev · high sticking2 min
3rd 09:26Anthony Cirelli · fighting5 min
3rd 09:26Brooks Orpik · fighting5 min
3rd 09:26Brooks Orpik · roughing2 min
3rd 12:13Erik Cernak · fighting5 min
3rd 12:13Tom Wilson · fighting5 min
3rd 15:30Nikita Kucherov · tripping2 min
3rd 19:14Nic Dowd · hooking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

19Nicklas BackstromC	2	1	3	+2	3	0	1	0	39	22:01
77T.J. OshieR	2	1	3	+1	2	0	2	0	25	18:53
8Alex OvechkinL	2	0	2	+3	8	4	0	0	–	22:28
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	0	2	2	+1	0	0	0	0	53	20:35
74John CarlsonD	0	2	2	+2	5	0	1	0	–	24:39
18Chandler StephensonC	0	1	1	-1	1	1	1	0	–	09:09
43Tom WilsonR	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	7	–	17:33
62Carl HagelinL	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	0	–	17:53
3Nick JensenD	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	–	16:46
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	+1	1	3	2	0	–	22:25
29Christian DjoosD	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	12:26
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	11:58
20Lars EllerC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	90	14:13
26Nic DowdC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	2	57	10:15
65Andre BurakovskyL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	13:03
72Travis BoydC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	06:04
2Matt NiskanenD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	23:08
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	–	12:30

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Pheonix CopleyG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	W	28	25	3	.893	59:43

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

10J.T. MillerC	1	1	2	-2	1	3	1	0	43	13:38
98Mikhail SergachevD	0	2	2	-1	2	0	3	2	–	24:37
9Tyler JohnsonC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	2	0	25	13:15
86Nikita KucherovR	1	0	1	-1	3	0	1	2	–	18:47
27Ryan McDonaghD	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	–	29:13
13Cedric PaquetteC	0	0	0	-1	2	5	0	0	65	15:51
17Alex KillornC	0	0	0	-1	4	1	0	0	–	13:15
18Ondrej PalatL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	11:31
21Brayden PointC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	25	18:37
24Ryan CallahanR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	–	12:10
37Yanni GourdeC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	2	–	13:17
71Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	5	43	15:23
73Adam ErneL	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	12:02
91Steven StamkosC	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	50	17:07
44Jan RuttaD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	16:38
55Braydon CoburnD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	–	18:29
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	07:58
81Erik CernakD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	5	–	19:39

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70Louis DomingueG		0	0	0	–	00:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	L	35	29	6	.829	60:00