⚡ Away Lightning 16-13-3
3–5
Final
🦅 Home Capitals 22-6-2
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚡ TBL 1203
🦅 WSH 0145

Lightning at Capitals

Capitals beat Lightning 5–3 at Capital One Arena on December 18, 2015.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2015-16 🔁 Capitals lead the season series 3–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🦅 WSH
Alex Ovechkin
2 G, 2 A
9 shots · 19:08 TOI
2nd star 🦅 WSH
T.J. Oshie
2 G, 2 A
3 shots · 20:35 TOI
3rd star 🦅 WSH
Marcus Johansson
1 G
1 shots · 18:29 TOI

🚨 Scoring

8 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Alex Killorn Go-ahead 1st · 08:18
Assists: Jonathan Marchessault, Braydon Coburn · beat Braden Holtby
1–0
2nd period
⚡ Andrej Sustr 2nd · 06:54
Assists: Nikita Kucherov · beat Braden Holtby
2–0
⚡ Steven Stamkos 2nd · 09:04
Assists: Victor Hedman, Anton Stralman · beat Braden Holtby
3–0
🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP 2nd · 13:49
Assists: T.J. Oshie, John Carlson · beat Ben Bishop
3–1
3rd period
🦅 T.J. Oshie 3rd · 07:54
Unassisted · beat Ben Bishop
3–2
🦅 Alex Ovechkin PP Tying 3rd · 10:02
Assists: Jason Chimera, Justin Williams · beat Ben Bishop
3–3
🦅 Marcus Johansson PP Go-ahead 3rd · 14:16
Assists: T.J. Oshie, Alex Ovechkin · beat Ben Bishop
3–4
🦅 T.J. Oshie Empty net 3rd · 19:35
Assists: Nicklas Backstrom, Alex Ovechkin
3–5

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Namestnikov · Stamkos · Kucherov 20:37
L2 Filppula · Callahan · Brown 17:11
L3 Killorn · Boyle · Marchessault 14:25
L4 Angelidis · Gourde · Blunden 7:57
D1 Stralman · Hedman 22:38
D2 Garrison · Sustr 21:20
D3 Nesterov · Coburn 14:03
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Oshie 19:30
L2 Johansson · Kuznetsov · Williams 16:14
L3 Chimera · Beagle · Wilson 12:43
L4 Burakovsky · Laich · Latta 9:52
D1 Carlson · Schmidt 23:50
D2 Niskanen · Alzner 20:32
D3 Orlov · Chorney 13:35

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL WSH🦅
19 Shots on goal 23
0/3 Power play (goals / chances) 3/4
24 Hits 32
14 Blocked shots 21
10 Takeaways 8
9 Giveaways 16
10 Penalty minutes 8
TBL shooting 15.8% (3/19) WSH shooting 21.7% (5/23)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Ben Bishop
18/22
.818 SV% · 4 GA · 59:26 TOI
🦅Capitals
Philipp Grubauer Shutout
7/7
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 30:56 TOI
Braden Holtby
9/12
.750 SV% · 3 GA · 28:57 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

8 of 8 goals located
Alex Killorn · 1st 08:18 · 1–0 Andrej Sustr · 2nd 06:54 · 2–0 Steven Stamkos · 2nd 09:04 · 3–0 Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 13:49 · 3–1 T.J. Oshie · 3rd 07:54 · 3–2 Alex Ovechkin · 3rd 10:02 · 3–3 Marcus Johansson · 3rd 14:16 · 3–4 T.J. Oshie · 3rd 19:35 · 3–5
TBL WSH
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 1-3-1 (20% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 3–1
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 0-2 (0% win rate, 2 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Capitals lead the season series 3–0
Dec 122015 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 2–1 Nov 272015 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 2–4 Dec 132014 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 2–4 Dec 92014 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 5–3 Nov 12014 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 3–4
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Who won Lightning vs Capitals on December 18, 2015?

Capitals won 5–3. The final score was Lightning 3, Capitals 5.

Who scored for Lightning?

Alex Killorn, Andrej Sustr, Steven Stamkos.

Who scored for Capitals?

Alex Ovechkin (2), T.J. Oshie (2), Marcus Johansson.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Ben Bishop made 18 saves on 22 shots (.818 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Philipp Grubauer made 7 saves on 7 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

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 3–0 after 3 games.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeDec 15 ⚡TBL @ 🍁TOR 5–4 AfterDec 20 🏛️OTT @ ⚡TBL 2–5
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 16 🏛️OTT @ 🦅WSH 1–2 AfterDec 20 🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR 7–3
Also on December 18
🐻BOS 6–2 🐧PIT 🐆FLA 2–0 🌪️CAR 🦈SJS 2–4 🏛️OTT 🐋VAN 4–3 🐙DET 🗽NYR 2–5 ✈️WPG
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