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2016-17 regular season

Capitals at Lightning

🗓 📍 AMALIE Arena, Tampa 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 1–0

Lightning beat Capitals 2–1 in a shootout at AMALIE Arena on December 3, 2016.

WSH – TBL
35–33
Shots on goal
1/6–1/3
Power play
23–28
Hits
5–15
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚡ TBL
Nikita Kucherov
1 G
5 shots · 17:34 TOI
2nd star ⚡ TBL
Victor Hedman
1 A
2 shots · 27:22 TOI
3rd star ⚡ TBL
Ben Bishop
34 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
2nd period
⚡ Nikita Kucherov PP Go-ahead 2nd · 12:38
Assists: Victor Hedman, Jonathan Drouin · beat Braden Holtby
0–1
3rd period
🦅 Nicklas Backstrom PP Tying 3rd · 06:24
Assists: John Carlson, Marcus Johansson · beat Ben Bishop
1–1
Shootout
⚡ Brian Boyle Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted · beat Braden Holtby
1–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Kuznetsov · Backstrom 20:51
L2 Johansson · Vrana · Williams 18:41
L3 Burakovsky · Eller · Carey 15:13
L4 Beagle · Connolly · Wilson 10:15
D1 Carlson · Niskanen 25:40
D2 Orlov · Alzner 20:00
D3 Orpik · Schmidt 14:18
⚡Lightning
L1 Palat · Killorn · Filppula 20:28
L2 Johnson · Point · Kucherov 17:34
L3 Drouin · Paquette · Vermin 13:30
L4 Bournival · Boyle · Namestnikov 9:50
D1 Hedman · Stralman 26:21
D2 Sustr · Coburn 20:30
D3 Koekkoek · Witkowski 13:07

Team stats

Away left · home right
🦅WSH TBL⚡
35 Shots on goal 33
1/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
23 Hits 28
5 Blocked shots 15
8 Takeaways 12
10 Giveaways 3
6 Penalty minutes 12
WSH shooting 2.9% (1/35) TBL shooting 6.1% (2/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🦅Capitals
Braden Holtby
32/33
.970 SV% · 1 GA · 64:00 TOI
⚡Lightning
Ben Bishop
34/35
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

2 of 3 goals located
Nikita Kucherov · 2nd 12:38 · 0–1 Nicklas Backstrom · 3rd 06:24 · 1–1
WSH TBL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 1st: 2-3-1 (33% win rate, 6 games)
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 1st: 2-3 (40% win rate, 5 games)
After 2nd — 0–1
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 0-1-1 (0% win rate, 2 games)
Lightning
Lightning — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 4-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)

Last meetings

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Lightning lead the season series 1–0
Dec 182015 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 3–5 Dec 122015 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 2–1 Nov 272015 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 2–4 Dec 132014 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 2–4 Dec 92014 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 5–3
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Who won Capitals vs Lightning on December 3, 2016?

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

Who scored for Capitals?

Nicklas Backstrom.

Who scored for Lightning?

Nikita Kucherov.

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 32 saves on 33 shots (.970 save percentage).

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Ben Bishop made 34 saves on 35 shots (.971 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?

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

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 1 🏝️NYI @ 🦅WSH 3–0 AfterDec 5 ⚔️BUF @ 🦅WSH 2–3
⚡ Lightning
BeforeDec 1 ⚡TBL @ 🎵STL 4–5 AfterDec 4 ⚡TBL @ 🌪️CAR 0–1
Also on December 3
🪶CHI 1–3 🔔PHI 🌪️CAR 2–4 🗽NYR 🐻BOS 2–1 ⚔️BUF 😈NJD 5–4 🐯NSH 🐆FLA 0–2 🏛️OTT 🐙DET 3–5 🐧PIT ✈️WPG 3–2 🎵STL 🍁TOR 2–3 🐋VAN
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