🦅 Away Capitals 19-6-2
2–1
Final
⚡ Home Lightning 14-12-3
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
🦅 WSH 1102
⚡ TBL 0011

Capitals at Lightning

Capitals beat Lightning 2–1 at AMALIE Arena on December 12, 2015.

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🏒 2015-16 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 2–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov
1 G
1 shots · 19:12 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
Jay Beagle
1 G
1 shots · 14:07 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Braden Holtby
35 saves
0.972 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🦅 Jay Beagle Go-ahead 1st · 02:09
Assists: Stanislav Galiev · beat Ben Bishop
1–0
2nd period
🦅 Evgeny Kuznetsov 2nd · 11:16
Assists: John Carlson · beat Ben Bishop
2–0
3rd period
⚡ Nikita Kucherov PP 3rd · 08:05
Assists: Anton Stralman, Steven Stamkos · beat Braden Holtby
2–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Kuznetsov · Oshie 19:18
L2 Johansson · Backstrom · Williams 18:20
L3 Chimera · Beagle · Galiev 14:03
L4 Burakovsky · Laich · Wilson 8:40
D1 Niskanen · Alzner 24:16
D2 Carlson · Schmidt 22:30
D3 Chorney · Orlov 11:16
⚡Lightning
L1 Stamkos · Kucherov · Callahan 21:54
L2 Filppula · Namestnikov · Brown 18:39
L3 Killorn · Boyle · Marchessault 15:05
L4 Palat · Blunden 5:11
D1 Hedman · Stralman 25:34
D2 Garrison · Coburn 14:02
D3 Sustr · Nesterov 12:42
D4 Carle 9:13

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH TBL⚡
20 Shots on goal 36
0/2 Power play (goals / chances) 1/4
23 Hits 29
23 Blocked shots 10
5 Takeaways 3
3 Giveaways 6
18 Penalty minutes 14
WSH shooting 10.0% (2/20) TBL shooting 2.8% (1/36)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
35/36
.972 SV% · 1 GA · 59:53 TOI
⚡Lightning
Ben Bishop
18/20
.900 SV% · 2 GA · 58:50 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

3 of 3 goals located
Jay Beagle · 1st 02:09 · 1–0 Evgeny Kuznetsov · 2nd 11:16 · 2–0 Nikita Kucherov · 3rd 08:05 · 2–1
WSH TBL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-6-1 (22% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Capitals
Capitals — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 6-0 (100% win rate, 6 games)
Lightning
Lightning — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 2–0
Nov 272015 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 2–4 Dec 132014 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 2–4 Dec 92014 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 5–3 Nov 12014 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 3–4 Apr 132014 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 1–0 SO
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Who won Capitals vs Lightning on December 12, 2015?

Capitals won 2–1. The final score was Capitals 2, Lightning 1.

Who scored for Capitals?

Evgeny Kuznetsov, Jay Beagle.

Who scored for Lightning?

Nikita Kucherov.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 35 saves on 36 shots (.972 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Ben Bishop made 18 saves on 20 shots (.900 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 2–0 after 2 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 10 🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA 1–4 AfterDec 14 🦅WSH @ 🐧PIT 4–1
⚡ Lightning
BeforeDec 10 🏛️OTT @ ⚡TBL 1–4 AfterDec 14 ⚡TBL @ 🧥CBJ 2–1
Also on December 12
🐆FLA 1–3 🐻BOS 👑LAK 1–2 ⚔️BUF 🏛️OTT 1–3 🇨🇦MTL 🏝️NYI 3–2 🧥CBJ ⭐DAL 0–3 🎵STL 🏔️COL 3–2 🐯NSH 🌪️CAR 5–4 🌵ARI 🗽NYR 4–5 🔥CGY
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