National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Washington 5, Tampa Bay 3
Friday, December 18, 2015 7:00 PM
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 TOI
Ben Bishop G 0 0 0 0 0 59:26
Kristers Gudlevskis G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Jason Garrison D 0 0 0 E 0 0 21:26
Anton Stralman D 0 1 1 +1 2 0 22:48
Mike Angelidis LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 7:57
Brian Boyle C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 12:39
Alex Killorn C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 14:26
J.T. Brown RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 14:44
Ryan Callahan RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 18:13
Jonathan Marchessault C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 14:25
Michael Blunden RW 0 0 0 E 2 0 9:05
Valtteri Filppula C 0 0 0 E 2 0 17:11
Braydon Coburn D 0 1 1 E 0 1 14:00
Andrej Sustr D 1 0 1 -1 0 1 21:15
Yanni Gourde C 0 0 0 E 0 0 7:43
Victor Hedman D 0 1 1 +1 2 0 22:29
Nikita Kucherov RW 0 1 1 E 0 2 20:37
Nikita Nesterov D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 14:06
Vladislav Namestnikov C 0 0 0 E 0 3 20:46
Steven Stamkos C 1 0 1 E 2 5 20:33
Washington Capitals
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Philipp Grubauer G 0 0 0 0 0 30:56
Braden Holtby G 0 0 0 0 0 28:57
Matt Niskanen D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 20:58
Taylor Chorney D 0 0 0 E 0 0 13:22
Alex Ovechkin RW 2 2 4 +1 2 9 19:08
Dmitry Orlov D 0 0 0 E 0 0 13:48
Justin Williams RW 0 1 1 -1 2 0 14:42
Nicklas Backstrom C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 19:30
Brooks Laich C 0 0 0 E 0 0 11:13
Jason Chimera LW 0 1 1 -1 0 2 12:10
Karl Alzner D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 20:06
Tom Wilson RW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 12:43
Michael Latta C 0 0 0 E 0 1 8:28
Andre Burakovsky LW 0 0 0 E 2 0 9:52
John Carlson D 0 1 1 E 0 1 26:17
T.J. Oshie RW 2 2 4 +1 0 3 20:35
Jay Beagle RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13:08
Nate Schmidt D 0 0 0 E 0 1 21:24
Marcus Johansson C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 18:29
Evgeny Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 16:14
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