Lightning 1–3 Capitals — Final Score & Stats (Dec 21, 2019)

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 🦅 WSH

Dmitry Orlov

1 G, 1 A

1 shots · 21:08 TOI

2nd star 🦅 WSH

Radko Gudas

1 G

3 shots · 16:03 TOI

3rd star 🦅 WSH

Nic Dowd

1 G

3 shots · 11:02 TOI

Scoring

4 goals · in order

2nd period

🦅 Radko Gudas Go-ahead 2nd · 04:40

Assists: Lars Eller, Jonas Siegenthaler · beat Curtis McElhinney

0–1

3rd period

⚡ Nikita Kucherov Tying 3rd · 10:00

Assists: Ondrej Palat, Brayden Point · beat Braden Holtby

1–1

🦅 Dmitry Orlov Go-ahead 3rd · 13:57

Assists: Jakub Vrana, Evgeny Kuznetsov · beat Curtis McElhinney

1–2

🦅 Nic Dowd SH Empty net 3rd · 17:37

Assists: Tom Wilson, Dmitry Orlov

1–3

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

⚡Lightning

L1 Killorn · Stamkos · Kucherov 24:38

L2 Point · Cirelli · Gourde 19:33

L3 Palat · Johnson · Paquette 13:11

L4 Maroon · Stephens 9:18

D1 Hedman · McDonagh 21:06

D2 Sergachev · Cernak 16:22

D3 Shattenkirk · Rutta 13:08

D4 Schenn 7:03

🦅Capitals

L1 Ovechkin · Backstrom · Wilson 17:41

L2 Eller · Kuznetsov · Oshie 17:02

L3 Hagelin · Vrana · Dowd 14:21

L4 Leipsic · Hathaway · Panik 8:41

D1 Carlson · Orlov 23:14

D2 Jensen · Siegenthaler 17:48

D3 Kempny · Gudas 16:13

Team stats

Away left · home right

⚡TBL WSH🦅

27 Shots on goal 35

35 Hits 23

18 Blocked shots 21

4 Takeaways 7

11 Giveaways 14

6 Penalty minutes 14

TBL shooting 3.7% (1/27) WSH shooting 8.6% (3/35)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

⚡Lightning

Curtis McElhinney

32/34

.941 SV% · 2 GA · 57:17 TOI

🦅Capitals

Braden Holtby

26/27

.963 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

4 of 4 goals located

TBL WSH

The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

After 1st — 0–0

Lightning

Lightning — tied after 1st: 5-7 (42% win rate, 12 games)

Capitals

Capitals — tied after 1st: 5-3-1 (56% win rate, 9 games)

After 2nd — 0–1

Lightning

Lightning — trailing by 1 goal after 2nd: 2-4 (33% win rate, 6 games)

Capitals

Capitals — leading by 1 goal after 2nd: 11-0-1 (92% win rate, 12 games)

Last meetings

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Capitals lead the season series 3–0

Dec 142019 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 5–2 Nov 292019 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 3–4 OT Mar 302019 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 6–3 Mar 202019 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 5–4 OT Mar 162019 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 3–6

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Who won Lightning vs Capitals on December 21, 2019?

Capitals won 3–1. The final score was Lightning 1, Capitals 3.

Who scored for Lightning?

Nikita Kucherov.

Who scored for Capitals?

Dmitry Orlov, Nic Dowd, Radko Gudas.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Curtis McElhinney made 32 saves on 34 shots (.941 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Braden Holtby made 26 saves on 27 shots (.963 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 3–0 after 3 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams

⚡ Lightning

BeforeDec 19 ⭐DAL @ ⚡TBL 4–3 AfterDec 23 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 1–6

🦅 Capitals

BeforeDec 20 🦅WSH @ 😈NJD 6–3 AfterDec 23 🦅WSH @ 🐻BOS 3–7

Also on December 21

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