Tampa Bay Lightning @ Washington Capitals

17-13-4, 8-6-2 Away

Final

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

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

26-6-5, 10-3-4 Home

Third-period penalty kills help Capitals beat Lightning

Dmitry Orlov scored the go-ahead goal with 6:03 left, Braden Holtby made 26 saves and the Washington Capitals killed off several late power plays to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-1 on Saturday night.

Dec 21, 2019, 10:35 pm - Associated Press

		1	2	3	T
	Lightning	0	0	1	1
	Capitals	0	1	2	3

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			TB	WSH
4:40		Radko Gudas (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Lars Eller (12), Jonas Siegenthaler (5)	0	1

3rd Period		TB	WSH
10:00	Nikita Kucherov (12) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Brayden Point (13), Ondrej Palat (9)	1	1
13:57	Dmitry Orlov (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Jakub Vrana (15), Evgeny Kuznetsov (21)	1	2
17:37	Nic Dowd (3) (Shorthanded Shorthanded Empty Net Goal) Assists: Tom Wilson (13), Dmitry Orlov (14)	1	3

LIGHTNING

CAPITALS

Regular Season Series

WSH wins 3-0

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
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

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

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Washington Capitals

Dmitry OrlovD - WSH

Braden HoltbyG - WSH

Curtis McElhinneyG - TB

Third-period penalty kills help Capitals beat Lightning

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