Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Regular season · Saturday, December 14, 2019 · Amalie Arena
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Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Saturday, December 14, 2019 at Amalie Arena. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 34-28.
Goals came from Nicklas Backstrom, Brayden Point, Lars Eller, Garnet Hathaway, Jan Rutta, T.J. Oshie and Tom Wilson.
Ilya Samsonov made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 29 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Nicklas Backstrom (6)Unassisted1–006:42 WSH
2nd period
Brayden Point (12)Alex Killorn (16), Nikita Kucherov (24)1–105:45 TBL · PPG
3rd period
Lars Eller (7)Richard Panik (1), Dmitry Orlov (12)2–101:58 WSH
Garnet Hathaway (5)Brendan Leipsic (6), Radko Gudas (8)3–102:43 WSH
Jan Rutta (1)Alex Killorn (17), Yanni Gourde (10)3–211:16 TBL
T.J. Oshie (14)Jakub Vrana (14), Evgeny Kuznetsov (20)4–212:19 WSH
Tom Wilson (12)T.J. Oshie (12), Nicklas Backstrom (17)5–219:21 WSH · EN
Team stats
WSHTBL
34Shots on goal28
53%Faceoff %47%
0/2Power play1/5
10Penalty minutes4
18Hits13
19Blocked shots8
6Giveaways5
7Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 12:23
Jan Rutta · interference2 min - 1st 12:59
Nicklas Backstrom · tripping2 min - 1st 17:12Steven Stamkos · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 01:32Michal Kempny · roughing2 min
- 2nd 05:03Nicklas Backstrom · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 08:20Alex Ovechkin · tripping2 min
- 2nd 17:11T.J. Oshie · tripping2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 18:57 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 17:56 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:30 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 08:10 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:13 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 11:18 |
| 28Brendan LeipsicL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 10:33 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:04 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:38 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 21:32 |
| 33Radko GudasD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 5 | 17:19 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16:16 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 11:58 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 13:58 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 17:55 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 21:30 |
| 34Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 24:09 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 60:00 |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 17Alex KillornC | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 4 | 20:28 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5 | 20:44 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 14:09 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11:47 |
| 44Jan RuttaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:55 |
| 7Mathieu JosephR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 10:42 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:02 |
| 14Patrick MaroonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:36 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:28 |
| 23Carter VerhaegheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 11:27 |
| 67Mitchell StephensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 09:19 |
| 71Anthony CirelliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 20:11 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:55 |
| 22Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 18:29 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:10 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 25:43 |
| 81Erik CernakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:35 |
| 98Mikhail SergachevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 3 | 21:49 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Curtis McElhinneyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | L | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 57:31 |