Capitals 4-2 Lightning (14 Dec, 2014) Final Score

Tampa Bay Lightning

19-9-3, 7-5-2 away

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

Washington Capitals

14-10-5, 6-5-4 home

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

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			TB	WSH
10:33		Nicklas Backstrom (6) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Tom Wilson (6), Nate Schmidt (3)	0	1
18:40		Nicklas Backstrom (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (10), Tom Wilson (7)	0	2

3rd Period		TB	WSH
2:17	Nicklas Backstrom (8) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (11)	0	3
15:36	Tyler Johnson (9) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Matthew Carle (5), Nikita Kucherov (15)	1	3
17:29	Matthew Carle (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Steven Stamkos (17), Jason Garrison (13)	2	3
19:21	Eric Fehr (6) (Empty Net Goal) Assists: John Carlson (18)	2	4

LIGHTNING

CAPITALS

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 2-1

Capitals
3
Lightning
4

Game 1

1/11

Capitals
5
Lightning
3

Game 2

10/12

Lightning
2
Capitals
4

Game 3

14/12

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Florida	52	24	6	110
Boston	47	20	15	109
Toronto	46	26	10	102
Tampa Bay	45	29	8	98
Detroit	41	32	9	91
Buffalo	39	37	6	84
Ottawa	37	41	4	78
Montreal	30	36	16	76

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
NY Rangers	55	23	4	114
Carolina	52	23	7	111
NY Islanders	39	27	16	94
Washington	40	31	11	91
Pittsburgh	38	32	12	88
Philadelphia	38	33	11	87
New Jersey	38	39	5	81
Columbus	27	43	12	66

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Tampa Bay Lightning

Washington Capitals

Stars of the Game

Nicklas BackstromC - WSH

Braden HoltbyG - WSH

Alex OvechkinLW - WSH

Game Information

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 2-1

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