Spokesman-Review
National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, Tampa Bay 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 18, 2015
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Evgeny Romasko
Linesmen: Tim Nowak, Jay Sharrers
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 1203
Washington 0145
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
8:18 - Lightning Alex Killorn (EV) Assists: Jonathan Marchessault , Braydon Coburn
Penalties
12:19 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (2) Interference
 16:33 - Lightning Valtteri Filppula (2) Hooking
2nd Period
Scoring
6:54 - Lightning Andrej Sustr (EV) Assists: Nikita Kucherov
9:04 - Lightning Steven Stamkos (EV) Assists: Victor Hedman , Anton Stralman
13:49 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (PP) Assists: T.J. Oshie , John Carlson
Penalties
3:35 - Capitals Andre Burakovsky (2) Holding the stick
 13:17 - Lightning Steven Stamkos (2) Slashing
 15:53 - Capitals Justin Williams (2) Roughing
 15:53 - Lightning Michael Blunden (2) Roughing
 18:16 - Capitals Matt Niskanen (2) Tripping
3rd Period
Scoring
7:54 - Capitals T.J. Oshie (EV) Unassisted
10:02 - Capitals Alex Ovechkin (PP) Assists: Jason Chimera , Justin Williams
14:16 - Capitals Marcus Johansson (PP) Assists: T.J. Oshie , Alex Ovechkin
19:35 - Capitals T.J. Oshie (EV) (EN) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom , Alex Ovechkin
Penalties
9:00 - Lightning Victor Hedman (2) Interference
 13:39 - Lightning Anton Stralman (2) Tripping
Tampa Bay Lightning
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Ben Bishop G 0 0 0 0 0 59:26 49:15 6:00 4:11 0 0 - - - - -
Kristers Gudlevskis G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jason Garrison D 0 0 0 E 0 0 26 21:26 19:34 0:00 1:52 0 0 2 - - - -
Anton Stralman D 0 1 1 +1 2 0 24 22:48 19:07 2:55 0:46 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Angelidis LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 10 7:57 7:57 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - 2 2 50
Brian Boyle C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 19 12:39 11:17 0:00 1:22 0 0 3 4 5 6 45
Alex Killorn C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 19 14:26 11:01 2:24 1:01 0 0 - - 1 0 100
J.T. Brown RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 14:44 12:57 0:00 1:47 0 0 1 1 1 0 100
Ryan Callahan RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 21 18:13 12:49 2:38 2:46 0 0 3 1 - - -
Jonathan Marchessault C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 20 14:25 11:19 3:06 0:00 0 0 - - 2 0 100
Michael Blunden RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 13 9:05 9:05 0:00 0:00 0 0 3 - - - -
Valtteri Filppula C 0 0 0 E 2 0 21 17:11 12:46 3:05 1:20 0 0 - - 10 7 59
Braydon Coburn D 0 1 1 E 0 1 21 14:00 12:13 0:00 1:47 0 0 - - - - -
Andrej Sustr D 1 0 1 -1 0 1 26 21:15 19:23 0:00 1:52 0 0 - 1 - - -
Yanni Gourde C 0 0 0 E 0 0 11 7:43 7:43 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Victor Hedman D 0 1 1 +1 2 0 25 22:29 17:18 3:06 2:05 0 0 1 5 - - -
Nikita Kucherov RW 0 1 1 E 0 2 23 20:37 17:27 3:07 0:03 0 0 1 - - - -
Nikita Nesterov D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 19 14:06 12:03 2:03 0:00 0 0 2 - - - -
Vladislav Namestnikov C 0 0 0 E 0 3 24 20:46 17:22 3:24 0:00 0 0 2 2 0 2 0
Steven Stamkos C 1 0 1 E 2 5 23 20:33 16:18 4:12 0:03 0 0 1 - 3 6 33
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 30:56 26:45 2:11 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 28:57 22:57 2:00 4:00 0 0 - - - - -
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 28 20:58 19:05 0:14 1:39 0 0 1 2 - - -
Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 13:22 12:35 0:00 0:47 0 0 2 1 - - -
Alex Ovechkin RW 2 2 4 +1 2 9 23 19:08 14:59 4:09 0:00 2 0 4 1 - - -
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 13:48 13:48 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Justin Williams RW 0 1 1 -1 2 0 21 14:42 13:47 0:14 0:41 0 0 1 1 - - -
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 22 19:30 14:29 3:57 1:04 0 0 - 2 7 8 47
Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 E 0 0 16 11:13 9:06 0:00 2:07 0 0 2 1 0 1 0
Jason Chimera LW 0 1 1 -1 0 2 19 12:10 11:06 0:14 0:50 0 0 1 - 0 1 0
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 26 20:06 17:40 0:00 2:26 0 0 4 3 - - -
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19 12:43 10:50 0:00 1:53 0 0 1 - - - -
Michael Latta C 0 0 0 E 0 1 10 8:28 8:28 0:00 0:00 0 0 4 - 5 2 71
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 12 9:52 9:52 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
John Carlson D 0 1 1 E 0 1 27 26:17 18:44 3:59 3:34 0 0 - 3 - - -
T.J. Oshie RW 2 2 4 +1 0 3 23 20:35 13:49 3:57 2:49 0 0 1 - 2 0 100
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 13:08 10:32 0:00 2:36 0 0 1 1 5 6 45
Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 E 0 1 25 21:24 17:50 0:00 3:34 0 0 3 4 - - -
Marcus Johansson C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 19 18:29 14:32 3:57 0:00 1 0 - - - - -
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 20 16:14 16:00 0:14 0:00 0 0 5 1 4 6 40
Goaltending
Tampa Bay
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ben Bishop L (13-10-2) 22 18 4 .818 0 59:26
Washington
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Philipp Grubauer W (3-2-1) 7 7 0 1.000 0 30:56
Braden Holtby 12 9 3 .750 0 28:57