Capitals 5-3 Lightning (18 Mar, 2017) Box Score

Washington Capitals

46-17-8, 18-11-6 away

	1	2	3	T
WSH	2	0	3	5
TB	2	0	1	3

Tampa Bay Lightning

34-28-9, 19-13-3 home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Jay BeagleJ. Beagle#83
Andre BurakovskyA. Burakovsky#65
Brett ConnollyB. Connolly#10
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Marcus JohanssonM. Johansson#90
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Justin WilliamsJ. Williams#14
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
Daniel WinnikD. Winnik#26
defensemen
Karl AlznerK. Alzner#27
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Matt NiskanenM. Niskanen#2
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Brooks OrpikB. Orpik#44
Kevin ShattenkirkK. Shattenkirk#22

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	4	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	25	21:05	2:34	0:00	18:31	15	10	60.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	21	14:18	0:00	0:00	14:18	8	7	53.3
0	1	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	18	15:12	0:37	0:00	14:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	16	12:08	0:00	0:00	12:08	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18	15:02	0:37	0:28	13:57	3	6	33.3
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2:53	1:11	0:00	1:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	17:12	1:23	0:00	15:49	9	9	50.0
3	1	2	4	1	1	1	2	3	0	0	25	21:26	2:34	0:00	18:52	1	1	50.0
0	1	2	7	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	24	21:07	3:11	0:00	17:56	0	0	0.0
1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	12:29	0:37	0:00	11:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	4	0	0	20	13:29	0:00	0:28	13:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	16:47	0:00	0:00	16:47	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	28	22:02	0:00	0:28	21:34	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	1	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	28	21:49	0:51	0:28	20:30	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	27	19:59	0:00	0:00	19:59	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	23	18:05	0:00	0:00	18:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	21	16:29	0:00	0:00	16:29	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	21	18:16	2:20	0:00	15:56	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
29	3	26	.897	0	0	0	0	0	59:44	0

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
J.T. BrownJ.T. Brown#23
Jonathan DrouinJ. Drouin#27
Gabriel DumontG. Dumont#61
Adam ErneA. Erne#73
Byron FroeseB. Froese#78
Yanni GourdeY. Gourde#65
Alex KillornA. Killorn#17
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Ondrej PalatO. Palat#18
Brayden PointB. Point#21
defensemen
Braydon CoburnB. Coburn#55
Jake DotchinJ. Dotchin#59
Jason GarrisonJ. Garrison#5
Victor HedmanV. Hedman#77
Anton StralmanA. Stralman#6
Andrej SustrA. Sustr#62
Luke WitkowskiL. Witkowski#28

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	15	9:05	0:00	0:53	8:12	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	2	1	1	2	0	2	1	23	17:19	0:28	0:00	16:51	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	17	10:58	0:00	0:07	10:51	1	1	50.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	17	11:19	0:00	0:00	11:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	15	11:41	0:00	0:00	11:41	7	4	63.6
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	22	15:17	0:00	0:07	15:10	5	10	33.3
1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	21	14:44	0:00	1:00	13:44	0	0	0.0
2	0	-1	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	26	22:11	0:28	0:00	21:43	0	0	0.0
0	1	-2	1	0	2	0	0	4	1	2	27	26:16	0:28	2:11	23:37	0	2	0.0
0	2	-2	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	27	23:59	0:28	0:53	22:38	14	14	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	22	19:22	0:00	1:00	18:22	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	24	19:40	0:00	0:00	19:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	24	15:53	0:00	2:11	13:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	2	3	5	0	0	1	3	1	28	25:09	0:28	0:00	24:41	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	5	1	3	0	0	0	0	3	28	22:12	0:00	2:11	20:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22	17:16	0:00	1:00	16:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	13	7:19	0:00	0:00	7:19	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88
Peter BudajP. Budaj#31

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
34	4	30	.882	0	0	0	0	0	58:03	0
0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0:22	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	2	0	3	5
	Lightning	2	0	1	3

1st Period		WSH	TB
3:44	T.J. Oshie (27) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Marcus Johansson (24), Nicklas Backstrom (51)	1	0
11:52	T.J. Oshie (28) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (31), Nicklas Backstrom (52)	2	0
15:52	Nikita Kucherov (32) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Ondrej Palat (23), Brayden Point (16)	2	1
16:08	Alex Killorn (17) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jonathan Drouin (27)	2	2

2nd Period
No Goals Scored

3rd Period		WSH	TB
3:14	Justin Williams (20) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Matt Niskanen (32), Andre Burakovsky (19)	3	2
5:30	John Carlson (8) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: T.J. Oshie (20), Nicklas Backstrom (53)	4	2
18:30	Nikita Kucherov (33) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Brayden Point (17)	4	3
19:16	T.J. Oshie (29) (Empty Net Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (54)	5	3

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 2-1

Capitals
1
Lightning
2

Game 1

4/12

Lightning
0
Capitals
4

Game 2

24/12

Capitals
5
Lightning
3

Game 3

18/3

Amalie Arena

11:00 PM, 18 March 2017

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 19,092

Referees:
Ghislain Hebert
Dan O'Rourke

Linesmen:
Jonny Murray
Mark Shewchyk

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	14	5	0	28
New Jersey	13	7	2	28
Washington	13	5	1	27
NY Rangers	12	5	1	25
Philadelphia	9	10	2	20
NY Islanders	7	8	5	19
Columbus	8	9	2	18
Pittsburgh	7	11	4	18

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	12	6	2	26
Florida	12	7	1	25
Tampa Bay	10	6	2	22
Buffalo	10	9	1	21
Boston	9	9	3	21
Detroit	8	9	2	18
Ottawa	8	10	1	17
Montreal	7	10	2	16

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Washington Capitals

Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 2-1

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