Capitals 3-1 Lightning (22 Dec, 2019) Final Score

Tampa Bay Lightning

17-13-4, 8-6-2 away

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

Third-period penalty kills help Capitals beat Lightning

Dmitry Orlov scored the go-ahead goal with 6:03 left, Braden Holtby made 26 saves and the Washington Capitals killed off several late power plays to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 on Saturday night.

Dec 22, 2019, 03:35 am - Associated Press

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

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			TB	WSH
4:40		Radko Gudas (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Lars Eller (12), Jonas Siegenthaler (5)	0	1

3rd Period		TB	WSH
10:00	Nikita Kucherov (12) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Brayden Point (13), Ondrej Palat (9)	1	1
13:57	Dmitry Orlov (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jakub Vrana (15), Evgeny Kuznetsov (21)	1	2
17:37	Nic Dowd (3) (Shorthanded Shorthanded Empty Net Goal) Assists: Tom Wilson (13), Dmitry Orlov (14)	1	3

LIGHTNING

CAPITALS

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 3-0

Lightning
3
Capitals
4

Game 1

29/11

Capitals
5
Lightning
2

Game 2

15/12

Lightning
1
Capitals
3

Game 3

22/12

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

Dmitry OrlovD - WSH

Braden HoltbyG - WSH

Curtis McElhinneyG - TB

Game Information

Third-period penalty kills help Capitals beat Lightning

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 3-0

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