Washington Capitals @ Tampa Bay Lightning

21-16-6, 8-8-4 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Capitals WSH	3	0	1	4
Lightning TB	1	1	1	3

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

26-14-4, 14-5-2 Home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Jay BeagleJ. Beagle#83
Troy BrouwerT. Brouwer#20
Jason ChimeraJ. Chimera#25
Eric FehrE. Fehr#16
Mikhail GrabovskiM. Grabovski#84
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Brooks LaichB. Laich#21
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Aaron VolpattiA. Volpatti#24
Joel WardJ. Ward#42
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Karl AlznerK. Alzner#27
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Connor CarrickC. Carrick#58
John ErskineJ. Erskine#4
Mike GreenM. Green#52
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#81

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	-2	2	0	2	1	2	1	0	3	23	21:00	2:08	0:00	18:52	7	12	36.8
0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	0	0	14	10:04	0:15	0:50	8:59	6	2	75.0
0	0	-2	2	2	1	0	0	2	1	1	24	21:01	3:02	0:35	17:24	2	2	50.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	20	16:11	0:15	0:41	15:15	1	0	100.0
2	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	22	16:38	0:15	0:44	15:39	0	1	0.0
1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	16:10	2:23	0:00	13:47	6	2	75.0
1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	16:08	3:33	0:00	12:35	2	5	28.6
0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25	19:08	0:58	0:35	17:35	1	0	100.0
0	1	1	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	22	18:36	4:31	0:00	14:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	5:37	0:00	0:00	5:37	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	15:40	1:29	0:35	13:36	3	2	60.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	11	6:23	0:00	0:00	6:23	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	21:52	0:00	1:25	20:27	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	23	26:08	3:33	1:25	21:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	15	12:59	0:00	0:00	12:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	15	12:51	0:00	0:35	12:16	0	0	0.0
0	2	-1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	22	20:53	1:13	0:35	19:05	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	22	20:46	0:15	0:00	20:31	0	0	0.0

goalies
Philipp GrubauerP. Grubauer#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
36	3	33	.917	0	0	0	0	0	59:55	0

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
B.J. CrombeenB.J. Crombeen#19
Valtteri FilppulaV. Filppula#51
Tyler JohnsonT. Johnson#9
Alex KillornA. Killorn#17
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Ryan MaloneR. Malone#12
Ondrej PalatO. Palat#18
Teddy PurcellT. Purcell#16
Tom PyattT. Pyatt#11
Martin St. LouisM. St. Louis#26
Nate ThompsonN. Thompson#44
defensemen
Mark BarberioM. Barberio#8
Eric BrewerE. Brewer#2
Matthew CarleM. Carle#25
Jean-Philippe CoteJ. Cote#22
Radko GudasR. Gudas#7
Victor HedmanV. Hedman#77
Sami SaloS. Salo#6

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	16	12:59	0:00	2:27	10:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	5	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	23	20:53	1:25	0:39	18:49	13	10	56.5
1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	16:29	0:36	1:15	14:38	7	6	53.8
0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	19	16:56	0:35	0:00	16:21	0	2	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	18	13:28	0:35	0:00	12:53	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	15	12:17	0:00	0:00	12:17	0	0	0.0
1	1	0	4	1	2	0	0	2	0	2	22	17:25	0:35	1:40	15:10	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	21	19:02	1:25	0:00	17:37	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	16	13:21	0:00	0:54	12:27	1	3	25.0
0	1	0	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	27	20:30	1:25	0:46	18:19	1	4	20.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	16	12:41	0:00	1:51	10:50	4	3	57.1
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	21	17:27	0:00	0:00	17:27	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	25	21:25	0:00	2:17	19:08	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	3	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	23	19:50	1:24	0:35	17:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	15	12:17	0:00	1:01	11:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	9	6:22	0:00	1:24	4:58	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	27	22:34	1:25	2:12	18:57	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	27	19:43	0:35	2:03	17:05	0	0	0.0

goalies
Anders LindbackA. Lindback#39

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
20	4	16	.800	0	0	0	0	0	59:35	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	3	0	1	4
	Lightning	1	1	1	3

1st Period		WSH	TB
4:08	Tyler Johnson (12) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Ondrej Palat (13)	0	1
7:04	Eric Fehr (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (13), Karl Alzner (8)	1	1
10:37	Mikhail Grabovski (12) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Joel Ward (13), Mike Green (17)	2	1
19:48	Marcus Johansson (7) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (37), John Carlson (9)	3	1

2nd Period			WSH	TB
6:45		B.J. Crombeen (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Victor Hedman (16), Tom Pyatt (1)	3	2

3rd Period			WSH	TB
14:30		Ondrej Palat (9) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Matthew Carle (19), Martin St. Louis (22)	3	3
19:08		Eric Fehr (8) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Mike Green (18), Dmitry Orlov (2)	4	3

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

Lightning
5
Capitals
6

Game 1

11/12

Capitals
4
Lightning
3

Game 2

10/1

Lightning
1
Capitals
0

Game 3

13/4

Benchmark International Arena

12:30 AM, 10 January 2014

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 19,204

Referees:
Dave Jackson

Linesmen:
David Brisebois
Bryan Pancich

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	24	12	3	51
NY Islanders	22	14	4	48
Philadelphia	20	11	7	47
Washington	20	14	5	45
Pittsburgh	17	12	9	43
NY Rangers	19	17	5	43
New Jersey	20	17	2	42
Columbus	17	15	6	40

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	23	14	3	49
Montreal	21	12	6	48
Tampa Bay	22	13	3	47
Florida	21	15	3	45
Buffalo	20	14	4	44
Toronto	18	15	6	42
Boston	20	18	2	42
Ottawa	18	15	5	41

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Washington Capitals @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

Game Information

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