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FINALAmalie Arena · Dec 15
WSHWSH
5@2
TBLTBL

Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning: score, goals, shots, period-by-period stats and the HabsMetrics prediction made before puck drop, from the NHL’s official data. Analytics for educational purposes only — not gambling advice.

Game analysis

Capitals beat Lightning 5–2

  • G. Hathaway scored the game-winner at 2:43 of the third.
  • An empty-net goal sealed it late.
  • I. Samsonov stopped 26 of 28 shots (.929) for the win.
  • Power play: WSH 0/2, TBL 1/5.
  • N. Backstrom led all scorers with 1 goal and 1 assist.

Three stars

  1. 1st star
    I. Samsonov

    WSH · .929 SV%

  2. 2nd star
    L. Eller

    WSH · 1G 0A

  3. 3rd star
    A. Killorn

    TBL · 0G 2A

Scoring summary

1st

2nd

3rd

Period by Period

Stats not yet available

Team Stats

WSHTBL
Team statistics comparison
Shots----
Hits1813
Blocked198
Power Play0/21/5
Faceoff %52.847.2
Corsi %46.553.5
xG3.222.98
Giveaways65
Takeaways76

Tampa Bay Lightning

No player stats available

Washington Capitals

No player stats available

Lineups

WSH

Actual (from shift data)
L1
11:58
8Ovechkin
16:16
19Backstrom
18:57
43Wilson
20:04
L2
10:14
13Vrana
13:30
92Kuznetsov
15:38
77Oshie
17:56
L3
6:16
62Hagelin
13:58
20Eller
15:13
14Panik
8:10
L4
6:58
28Leipsic
10:33
26Dowd
11:58
21Hathaway
11:18
D1
16:27
74Carlson
24:09
6Kempny
21:30
D2
12:58
9Orlov
21:32
3Jensen
17:55
D3
11:13
33Gudas
17:19
34Siegenthaler
15:22
30Samsonov
60:00
Starter
70Holtby
0:00
Backup

Injured / Scratched

  • Patrick Thomasinjured-reserve · Upper Body
  • Vincent Desharnaisinjured-reserve · Abdomen (Surgery)
  • Rasmus Sandinlong-term-injured-reserve · Right Knee (Surgery)

TBL

Actual (from shift data)
L1
8:14
17Killorn
20:28
91Stamkos
21:55
71Cirelli
20:11
L2
5:33
18Palat
17:28
21Point
20:44
86Kucherov
11:47
L3
6:48
14Maroon
12:36
37Gourde
14:09
13Paquette
12:02
L4
7:41
67Stephens
9:19
23Verhaeghe
11:27
7Joseph
10:42
D1
11:49
77Hedman
25:43
44Rutta
14:55
D2
14:03
98Sergachev
21:49
22Shattenkirk
18:29
D3
11:31
81Cernak
17:35
27McDonagh
17:10
88Vasilevskiy
57:31
Starter
35McElhinney
0:00
Backup

Injured / Scratched

None reported

HabsMetrics Analytics — for educational purposes. Lines are inferred from shared five-skater ice time in NHL shift data; projections are estimates.

For educational/analytics purposes only — not gambling advice