Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals
Regular season · Saturday, December 21, 2019 · Capital One Arena
NHLN · NBCSWA · SUN
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at Capital One Arena. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 35-27.
Goals came from Radko Gudas, Nikita Kucherov, Dmitry Orlov and Nic Dowd.
Braden Holtby made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Curtis McElhinney stopped 32 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Radko Gudas (1)Lars Eller (12), Jonas Siegenthaler (5)0–104:40 WSH
3rd period
Nikita Kucherov (12)Ondrej Palat (9), Brayden Point (13)1–110:00 TBL
Dmitry Orlov (3)Jakub Vrana (15), Evgeny Kuznetsov (21)1–213:57 WSH
Nic Dowd (3)Tom Wilson (13), Dmitry Orlov (14)1–317:37 WSH · SHG · EN
Team stats
TBLWSH
27Shots on goal35
55%Faceoff %45%
0/7Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes14
35Hits23
18Blocked shots21
11Giveaways14
4Takeaways7
Penalties
- 1st 04:26
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 1st 08:08
Alex Ovechkin · hooking2 min - 1st 16:59Mitchell Stephens · high sticking2 min
- 1st 18:47Tom Wilson · interference2 min
- 2nd 12:14Garnet Hathaway · hooking2 min
- 3rd 04:29Jan Rutta · holding2 min
- 3rd 10:35Nick Jensen · interference2 min
- 3rd 11:09Lars Eller · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 3rd 16:12Jonas Siegenthaler · slashing2 min
- 3rd 18:51John Carlson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 13:11 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22:06 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 24:38 |
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 13:48 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 11:09 |
| 14Patrick MaroonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:03 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 26:57 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 15:22 |
| 67Mitchell StephensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:33 |
| 71Anthony CirelliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:33 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 23:07 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 07:03 |
| 22Kevin ShattenkirkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:00 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:03 |
| 44Jan RuttaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:17 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 24:08 |
| 81Erik CernakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 15:41 |
| 98Mikhail SergachevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:04 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Curtis McElhinneyG | L | 34 | 32 | 2 | .941 | 57:17 |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Washington Capitals
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 21:08 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:21 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:14 |
| 26Nic DowdC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:02 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:12 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:02 |
| 33Radko GudasD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:03 |
| 34Jonas SiegenthalerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:50 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 17:41 |
| 14Richard PanikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 08:41 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:36 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:26 |
| 28Brendan LeipsicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:05 |
| 62Carl HagelinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:29 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:31 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:46 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:23 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:21 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Ilya SamsonovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 27 | 26 | 1 | .963 | 60:00 |