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2005-06 regular season

Lightning at Capitals

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 1–0

Capitals beat Lightning 3–2 in a shootout at Capital One Arena on October 16, 2005.

TBL – WSH
40–14
Shots on goal
1/8–0/3
Power play
7–22
Hits
17–13
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Dainius Zubrus
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 21:50 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Steve Eminger
2 A
32:43 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Olie Kolzig
38 saves
0.950 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Vincent Lecavalier PP Go-ahead 1st · 09:20
Assists: Dave Andreychuk, Dan Boyle · beat Olie Kolzig
1–0
🦅 Chris Clark Tying 1st · 11:07
Assists: Steve Eminger, Dainius Zubrus · beat Sean Burke
1–1
⚡ Vinny Prospal Go-ahead 1st · 17:57
Unassisted · beat Olie Kolzig
2–1
2nd period
🦅 Dainius Zubrus Tying 2nd · 03:49
Assists: Alex Ovechkin, Steve Eminger · beat Sean Burke
2–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Richards · Lecavalier · St. Louis 23:28
L2 Modin · Prospal · Fedotenko 21:33
L3 Andreychuk · Taylor · DiMaio 12:26
L4 Afanasenkov · Dingman · Cibak 4:18
D1 Kubina · Sydor 26:36
D2 Boyle · Pratt 19:50
D3 Ranger · Sarich 15:36
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Halpern · Zubrus 21:50
L2 Friesen · Gordon · Bradley 15:09
L3 Willsie · Clymer · Clark 12:39
L4 Sykora · Cassels · Sutherby 9:35
D1 Eminger · Witt 29:34
D2 Heward · Morrisonn 25:16
D3 Green · Yonkman 10:14

Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL WSH🦅
40 Shots on goal 14
1/8 Power play (goals / chances) 0/3
7 Hits 22
17 Blocked shots 13
6 Takeaways 12
17 Giveaways 24
8 Penalty minutes 16
TBL shooting 5.0% (2/40) WSH shooting 21.4% (3/14)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Sean Burke
12/14
.857 SV% · 2 GA · 64:11 TOI
🦅Capitals
Olie Kolzig
38/40
.950 SV% · 2 GA · 65:00 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 2–1
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 1-1 (50% win rate, 2 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)
After 2nd — 2–2
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 1-0 (100% win rate, 1 game)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 1–0
Mar 272004 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 1–4 Feb 282004 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 2–4 Feb 232004 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 6–3 Feb 32004 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 1–2 Nov 142003 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 5–2
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Who won Lightning vs Capitals on October 16, 2005?

Capitals won 3–2 in a shootout. The final score was Lightning 2, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Lightning?

Vincent Lecavalier, Vinny Prospal.

Who scored for Capitals?

Chris Clark, Dainius Zubrus.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Sean Burke made 12 saves on 14 shots (.857 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Olie Kolzig made 38 saves on 40 shots (.950 save percentage).

Where is Lightning vs Capitals played?

At Capital One Arena in Washington, the Capitals home rink.

What is the Lightning vs Capitals season series?

Capitals lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeOct 15 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 3–1 AfterOct 20 ⚡TBL @ 🐦ATL 6–0
🦅 Capitals
BeforeOct 13 🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH 5–3 AfterOct 20 🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA 2–3
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