⚡ Away Lightning 16-13-5
2–1
Final / SO
🦅 Home Capitals 17-9-4
Goals 1st2nd3rdSOF
⚡ TBL 10012
🦅 WSH 01001

Lightning at Capitals

Lightning beat Capitals 2–1 in a shootout at Capital One Arena on December 23, 2023.

🗓 📍 Capital One Arena, Washington 🏒 2023-24 🔁 Lightning lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚡ TBL
Luke Glendening
1 G
1 shots · 11:22 TOI
2nd star ⚡ TBL
Victor Hedman
1 A
2 shots · 27:32 TOI
3rd star ⚡ TBL
Andrei Vasilevskiy
33 saves
0.971 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
⚡ Luke Glendening Go-ahead 1st · 07:29
Assists: Victor Hedman · beat Charlie Lindgren
1–0
2nd period
🦅 Anthony Mantha Tying 2nd · 02:01
Assists: Nick Jensen, Aliaksei Protas · beat Andrei Vasilevskiy
1–1
Shootout
⚡ Victor Hedman Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted · beat Charlie Lindgren
2–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚡Lightning
L1 Hagel · Stamkos · Kucherov 21:31
L2 Paul · Point · Cirelli 20:28
L3 Jeannot · Glendening · Motte 11:22
L4 Sheary · Eyssimont · Barré-Boulet 8:54
D1 Hedman · Cernak 25:36
D2 Fleury · Perbix 19:30
D3 Raddysh · de Haan 15:34
🦅Capitals
L1 Ovechkin · Strome · Wilson 21:00
L2 Malenstyn · Dowd · McMichael 16:43
L3 Protas · Kuznetsov · Mantha 14:22
L4 Miroshnichenko · Lapierre · Aube-Kubel 8:48
D1 Carlson · Fehervary 23:33
D2 Sandin · Jensen 20:28
D3 van Riemsdyk · Edmundson 17:27

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚡TBL WSH🦅
20 Shots on goal 34
19 Hits 24
21 Blocked shots 17
12 Takeaways 13
6 Giveaways 10
2 Penalty minutes 4
TBL shooting 10.0% (2/20) WSH shooting 2.9% (1/34)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚡Lightning
Andrei Vasilevskiy
33/34
.971 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI
🦅Capitals
Charlie Lindgren
19/20
.950 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

2 of 3 goals located
Luke Glendening · 1st 07:29 · 1–0 Anthony Mantha · 2nd 02:01 · 1–1
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: 4-0 (100% win rate, 4 games)
Capitals
Capitals — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 2-5-2 (22% win rate, 9 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Lightning
Lightning — tied after 2nd: 2-1-1 (50% win rate, 4 games)
Capitals
Capitals — tied after 2nd: 2-1 (67% win rate, 3 games)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Lightning lead the season series 1–0
Mar 302023 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 1–5 Nov 132022 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 3–6 Nov 112022 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 1–5 Apr 62022 ⚡TBL @ 🦅WSH 3–4 Nov 12021 🦅WSH @ ⚡TBL 2–3
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Who won Lightning vs Capitals on December 23, 2023?

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

Who scored for Lightning?

Luke Glendening.

Who scored for Capitals?

Anthony Mantha.

How did the Lightning goalie play?

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 33 saves on 34 shots (.971 save percentage).

How did the Capitals goalie play?

Charlie Lindgren made 19 saves on 20 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?

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

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚡ Lightning
BeforeDec 21 🎰VGK @ ⚡TBL 4–5 AfterDec 27 🐆FLA @ ⚡TBL 3–2
🦅 Capitals
BeforeDec 21 🦅WSH @ 🧥CBJ 3–2 AfterDec 27 🦅WSH @ 🗽NYR 1–5
Also on December 23
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