Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning

Sat, Dec 12, 2015 · Amalie Arena · 2015–16 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

2 – 1

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 on Sat, Dec 12, 2015 at Amalie Arena. Braden Holtby made 35 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 20–36.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	0	2	20
TBL	0	0	1	1	36

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:09	WSH	EV	Jay Beagle (4) · wrist	Stanislav Galiev (2)	1–0
2nd	11:16	WSH	EV	Evgeny Kuznetsov (9) · wrist	John Carlson (17)	2–0
3rd	08:05	TBL	PP	Nikita Kucherov (11) · slap	Anton Stralman (8), Steven Stamkos (11)	2–1

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	10:05	TBL	Mike Blunden	fighting	5
1st	10:05	WSH	Tom Wilson	fighting	5
1st	10:05	TBL	Mike Blunden	roughing	2
1st	12:06	TBL	Valtteri Filppula	hooking	2
1st	19:57	WSH	Nicklas Backstrom	interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	04:47	WSH	Matt Niskanen	tripping	2
2nd	13:55	TBL	JT Brown	fighting	5
2nd	13:55	WSH	Nate Schmidt	fighting	5
3rd	04:36	WSH	Evgeny Kuznetsov	tripping	2
3rd	07:33	WSH	Matt Niskanen	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 3.01 · TBL 3.78 · xG% WSH 44.3

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	4	2	3		23:40	31
92	Evgeny Kuznetsov	C	1	0	1	+1	2	1	2	0	37.5	19:12	27
83	Jay Beagle	C	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	0	66.7	14:07	21
49	Stanislav Galiev	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0		11:22	15
2	Matt Niskanen	D	0	0	0	0	4	2	3	5		24:28	30
27	Karl Alzner	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5		24:05	28
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	0	0	+1	5	1	3	3		21:20	28
77	T.J. Oshie	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	4	0	33.3	19:37	24
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3		19:18	23
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		18:31	26
19	Nicklas Backstrom	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	42.3	18:20	25
14	Justin Williams	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0		17:43	26
25	Jason Chimera	L	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		14:03	19
4	Taylor Chorney	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0		11:33	16
9	Dmitry Orlov	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	3		10:58	16
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0		8:50	14
21	Brooks Laich	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	28.6	8:40	13
65	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		7:48	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
70	Braden Holtby	W	36	35	1	.972	59:53

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
91	Steven Stamkos	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	0	45.0	25:18	30
6	Anton Stralman	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		24:43	25
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	0		21:54	26
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	2		26:25	31
24	Ryan Callahan	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	4	1	100.0	21:38	26
51	Valtteri Filppula	C	0	0	0	-1	2	4	1	0	66.7	21:21	24
23	JT Brown	R	0	0	0	-1	5	3	2	1	100.0	18:39	23
90	Vladislav Namestnikov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	1	16.7	18:19	22
17	Alex Killorn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0	0	33.3	17:03	21
42	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	3	0	60.0	15:05	18
5	Jason Garrison	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2		14:41	20
11	Brian Boyle	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	58.3	13:43	21
55	Braydon Coburn	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		13:23	19
62	Andrej Sustr	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		12:57	18
89	Nikita Nesterov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		12:26	15
25	Matt Carle	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		9:13	17
46	Mike Blunden	R	0	0	0	0	7	0	3	0		6:48	9
18	Ondrej Palat	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		3:34	5

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30	Ben Bishop	L	20	18	2	.900	58:50