🦅 Away Capitals 15-17-2 before this game

3–1

Final

⚡ Home Lightning 11-17-4 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
WSH	2	1	0	3
TBL	0	1	0	1

Capitals at Lightning

Capitals beat Lightning 3–1 at AMALIE Arena on December 23, 1996.

🗓 Mon, Dec 23, 1996 · 18:30 CST 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 1996-97 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–0 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🦅 WSH

Dale Hunter

3 A

4 shots · +2

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Joe Juneau

1 G

5 shots

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Kelly Miller

1 G

4 shots · +1

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order

1st period

🦅 Peter Bondra Go-ahead 1st · 04:39

Assists: Jason Allison, Dale Hunter

1–0

🦅 Joe Juneau PP 1st · 17:16

Assists: Sylvain Cote, Dale Hunter

2–0

2nd period

🦅 Kelly Miller 2nd · 14:23

Assists: Dale Hunter, Joe Reekie

3–0

⚡ Daymond Langkow 2nd · 14:47

Assists: Chris Gratton, Rob Zamuner

3–1

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🦅WSH TBL⚡

34 Shots on goal 24

1/5 Power play (goals / chances) 0/2

6 Penalty minutes 12

WSH shooting 8.8% (3/34) TBL shooting 4.2% (1/24)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🦅Capitals

Jim Carey

0/1

.000 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

⚡Lightning

Rick Tabaracci

0/3

.000 SV% · 3 GA · 58:57 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 2–0

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Lightning

Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 3–1

Capitals

Capitals: no games found in this situation this year.

Lightning

Lightning: no games found in this situation this year.

⚔️ Last meetings

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 Full head-to-head →

1–1 (OT) · Lightning won

Mar 21, 1996

🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL

3–3 (OT) · Capitals won

Mar 10, 1996

🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL

0–1 · Lightning won

❓ WSH vs TBL, answered

Who won Capitals vs Lightning on December 23, 1996?

Capitals won 3–1.

What was the final score of Capitals vs Lightning?

The final score was Capitals 3, Lightning 1.

Who scored for Capitals?

Joe Juneau, Kelly Miller, Peter Bondra.

Who scored for Lightning?

Daymond Langkow.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Jim Carey made 0 saves on 1 shots (.000 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Rick Tabaracci made 0 saves on 3 shots (.000 save percentage).

Where is Capitals vs Lightning played?

At AMALIE Arena in Tampa, the Lightning home rink.

What is the Capitals vs Lightning season series?

Capitals lead the season series 3–0 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🦅Capitals

Previous game · Dec 21

⚡Lightning

Previous game · Dec 21

Also on December 23, 1996

Capitals season page Lightning season page Head-to-head record Full NHL schedule