Tampa Bay Lightning (17-12-4 38pts) v. Washington Capitals (25-6-5 55pts)
Game Recap:
In the second game of their back to back, the Washington Capitals would host the Tampa Bay Lightning for the third and final time of the 2019-20 regular season. In the first period there would not be any scoring, but instead a few penalties as both teams would trade powerplay opportunities.
In the second period the Capitals would kill off the remaining 40+ seconds of their second penalty that bled into the second period, and shortly after Radko Gudas would unleash a bomb from the point to score his first as a Capital, and to also break the scoreless tie as the Capitals took the 1-0 lead.
Then in the third period Nikita Kucherov would tie the game for the Lightning at one midway through the period, but the Capitals would retake the lead as Dmitry Orlov would net his third of the season to give the Capitals the 2-1 lead. Then while killing off their sixth penalty of the game, Nic Dowd would hit the empty netter for the Capitals to take the 3-1 victory.
Lineups:
Tampa Bay Lightning:
Ondrej Palat — Brayden Point — Nikita Kucherov
Alex Killorn — Anthony Cirelli — Steven Stamkos
Pat Maroon — Cedric Paquette — Yanni Gourde
Carter Verhaeghe — Tyler Johnson — Mitchell Stephens
Victor Hedman — Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev — Kevin Shattenkirk
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Curtis McElhinney
Scratched: Luke Schenn
Injured: Braydon Coburn (lower body)
Washington Capitals:
Alex Ovechkin — Nicklas Backstrom — Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana — Evgeny Kuznetsov — T.J. Oshie
Carl Hagelin — Lars Eller — Richard Panik
Brendan Leipsic — Nic Dowd — Garnet Hathaway
Michal Kempny — John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov — Nick Jensen
Jonas Siegenthaler — Radko Gudas
Braden Holtby
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Travis Boyd
Injured: None
First Period:
TB Penalty – 4:26 – Bench (Steven Stamkos) 2 minutes for Too Many Men
WAS Penalty – 8:08 – Alex Ovechkin 2 minutes for Hooking
TB Penalty – 16:59 – Mitchell Stephens 2 minutes for High Sticking
WAS Penalty – 18:47 – Tom Wilson 2 minutes for Interference
End of 1st
Second Period:
WAS Goal – 4:40 – Radko Gudas (1) from Lars Eller (12) and Jonas Siegenthaler (5)
WAS Penalty – 12:14 – Garnet Hathaway 2 minutes for Hooking
End of 2nd
Third Period:
TB Penalty – 4:29 – Jan Rutta 2 minutes for Holding
TB Goal – 10:00 – Nikita Kucherov (12) from Brayden Point (13) and Ondrej Palat (9)
WAS Penalty – 10:35 – Nick Jensen 2 minutes for Interference
WAS Penalty – 11:09 – Lars Eller 2 minutes for Delay of Game
WAS Goal – 13:57 – Dmitry Orlov (3) from Jakub Vrana (15) and Evgeny Kuznetsov (21)
WAS Penalty – 16:12 – Jonas Siegenthaler 2 minutes for Slashing
WAS ENSHG – 17:37 – Nic Dowd (3) from Tom Wilson (13) and Dmitry Orlov (14)
WAS Penalty – 18:51 – John Carlson 2 minutes for Delay of Game
End of 3rd
Next Up:
Washington (26-6-5 57pts) @ Boston (21-7-8 50pts)
Tampa Bay (17-13-4 38pts) v. Florida (17-12-5 39pts)
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