Washington Capitals @ Tampa Bay Lightning

24-5-5, 15-2-1 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Capitals WSH	1	0	4	5
Lightning TB	0	1	1	2

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

16-12-3, 8-7-1 Home

Ellers, Hathaway score 44 apart, Capitals beat Lightning 5-2

Lars Eller and Garnet Hathaway scored 44 seconds apart early in the third period and the NHL-leading Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-2 on Saturday night.

Dec 14, 2019, 11:18 pm - Associated Press

ESPN+		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	1	0	4	5
	Lightning	0	1	1	2

1st Period			WSH	TB
6:42		Nicklas Backstrom (6) (Even Strength Goal) Unassisted	1	0

2nd Period			WSH	TB
5:45		Brayden Point (12) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Alex Killorn (16), Nikita Kucherov (24)	1	1

3rd Period		WSH	TB
1:58	Lars Eller (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Richard Panik (1), Dmitry Orlov (12)	2	1
2:43	Garnet Hathaway (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Brendan Leipsic (6), Radko Gudas (8)	3	1
11:16	Jan Rutta (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Alex Killorn (17), Yanni Gourde (10)	3	2
12:19	T.J. Oshie (14) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jakub Vrana (14), Evgeny Kuznetsov (20)	4	2
19:21	Tom Wilson (12) (Empty Net Goal) Assists: T.J. Oshie (12), Nicklas Backstrom (17)	5	2

CAPITALS

LIGHTNING

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 2-0

Lightning
3
Capitals
4

Game 1

11/29

Capitals
5
Lightning
2

Game 2

12/14

Lightning
1
Capitals
3

Game 3

12/21

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	53	22	7	113
Pittsburgh	41	25	16	98
Philadelphia	43	27	12	98
Washington	43	30	9	95
Columbus	40	30	12	92
NY Islanders	43	34	5	91
New Jersey	42	37	3	87
NY Rangers	34	39	9	77

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Buffalo	50	23	9	109
Tampa Bay	50	26	6	106
Montreal	48	24	10	106
Boston	45	27	10	100
Ottawa	44	27	11	99
Detroit	41	31	10	92
Florida	40	38	4	84
Toronto	32	36	14	78

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Washington Capitals @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Ilya SamsonovG - WSH

Lars EllerC - WSH

Alex KillornLW - TB

Ellers, Hathaway score 44 apart, Capitals beat Lightning 5-2

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