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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Washington 5, Tampa Bay 3
When: 7:00 PM ET, Friday, December 18, 2015
Where: Verizon Center, Washington, District Of Columbia
Referees: Dan O'Rourke, Evgeny Romasko
Linesmen: Tim Nowak, Jay Sharrers
Attendance: 18506
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 1203
Washington 0145
Periods:
  • All
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
1
Tampa Bay   Washington
Filppula, Valtteri wins the face-off against Beagle, Jay. 0:00  
Boyle, Brian wins the face-off against Kuznetsov, Evgeny. 0:45  
  2:56 Latta, Michael wins the face-off against Angelidis, Mike.
  6:13 Backstrom, Nicklas wins the face-off against Stamkos, Steven.
  6:23 Ovechkin, Alex shoots. Saved by Bishop, Ben.
Killorn, Alex scores. Assisted by Marchessault, Jonathan. Assisted by Coburn, Braydon. 8:18
(1-0)
 
Beagle, Jay wins the face-off against Filppula, Valtteri. 8:18  
Stamkos, Steven shoots. Saved by Holtby, Braden. 10:33  
  11:05 Kuznetsov, Evgeny shoots. Saved by Bishop, Ben.
Filppula, Valtteri wins the face-off against Kuznetsov, Evgeny. 11:06  
  12:11 Ovechkin, Alex shoots. Saved by Bishop, Ben.
  12:19 Ovechkin, Alex penalty for Interference - 2 mins.
Filppula, Valtteri wins the face-off against Laich, Brooks. 12:19  
  14:29 Chimera, Jason shoots. Saved by Bishop, Ben.
Boyle, Brian wins the face-off against Backstrom, Nicklas. 14:30  
  15:06 Backstrom, Nicklas wins the face-off against Stamkos, Steven.
  15:42 Latta, Michael wins the face-off against Filppula, Valtteri.
  16:29 Latta, Michael shoots. Saved by Bishop, Ben.
Filppula, Valtteri penalty for Hooking - 2 mins. 16:33  
  16:33 Backstrom, Nicklas wins the face-off against Boyle, Brian.
  16:55 Ovechkin, Alex shoots. Saved by Bishop, Ben.
  18:00 Ovechkin, Alex shoots. Saved by Bishop, Ben.
  18:16 Backstrom, Nicklas shoots. Saved by Bishop, Ben.
Nesterov, Nikita shoots. Saved by Holtby, Braden. 19:24  
Stamkos, Steven shoots. Saved by Holtby, Braden. 19:30  
  19:52 Schmidt, Nate shoots. Saved by Bishop, Ben.
  19:56 Beagle, Jay shoots. Saved by Bishop, Ben.
2
Tampa Bay   Washington
Filppula, Valtteri wins the face-off against Backstrom, Nicklas. 0:00  
Brown, J.T. shoots. Saved by Holtby, Braden. 0:13  
  0:39 Backstrom, Nicklas shoots. Saved by Bishop, Ben.
Stamkos, Steven wins the face-off against Beagle, Jay. 0:40  
Stamkos, Steven shoots. Saved by Holtby, Braden. 0:57  
  3:35 Burakovsky, Andre penalty for Holding the stick - 2 mins.
Marchessault, Jonathan wins the face-off against Backstrom, Nicklas. 3:35  
Marchessault, Jonathan shoots. Saved by Holtby, Braden. 3:52  
  4:03 Oshie, T.J. shoots. Saved by Bishop, Ben.
Namestnikov, Vladislav shoots. Saved by Holtby, Braden. 4:38  
Stamkos, Steven shoots. Saved by Holtby, Braden. 4:53  
  4:54 Oshie, T.J. wins the face-off against Filppula, Valtteri.
  5:00 Backstrom, Nicklas wins the face-off against Filppula, Valtteri.
Boyle, Brian wins the face-off against Kuznetsov, Evgeny. 6:23  
Boyle, Brian shoots. Saved by Holtby, Braden. 6:33  
Stamkos, Steven wins the face-off against Beagle, Jay. 6:34  
Sustr, Andrej scores. Assisted by Kucherov, Nikita. 6:54
(2-0)
 
Filppula, Valtteri wins the face-off against Kuznetsov, Evgeny. 6:54  
Boyle, Brian wins the face-off against Latta, Michael. 7:47  
  8:46 Latta, Michael wins the face-off against Stamkos, Steven.
  8:54 Latta, Michael wins the face-off against Stamkos, Steven.
Stamkos, Steven scores. Assisted by Hedman, Victor. Assisted by Stralman, Anton. 9:04
(3-0)
 
Filppula, Valtteri wins the face-off against Backstrom, Nicklas. 9:04  
  9:21 Ovechkin, Alex shoots. Saved by Bishop, Ben.
  9:34 Kuznetsov, Evgeny wins the face-off against Angelidis, Mike.
  10:35 Beagle, Jay wins the face-off against Boyle, Brian.
  10:41 Chimera, Jason shoots. Saved by Bishop, Ben.
  11:05 Latta, Michael wins the face-off against Namestnikov, Vladislav.
Namestnikov, Vladislav shoots. Saved by Holtby, Braden. 11:48  
Filppula, Valtteri wins the face-off against Backstrom, Nicklas. 11:49  
  13:06 Kuznetsov, Evgeny wins the face-off against Boyle, Brian.
  13:12 Kuznetsov, Evgeny wins the face-off against Stamkos, Steven.
Stamkos, Steven penalty for Slashing - 2 mins. 13:17  
Filppula, Valtteri wins the face-off against Backstrom, Nicklas. 13:17  
  13:47 Ovechkin, Alex shoots. Saved by Bishop, Ben.
  13:49
(3-1)
Ovechkin, Alex scores a power play goal. Assisted by Oshie, T.J.. Assisted by Carlson, John.
Boyle, Brian wins the face-off against Beagle, Jay. 13:49  
Marchessault, Jonathan shoots. Saved by Holtby, Braden. 14:01  
  15:53 Williams, Justin penalty for Roughing - 2 mins.
Blunden, Michael penalty for Roughing - 2 mins. 15:53  
Killorn, Alex wins the face-off against Backstrom, Nicklas. 15:53  
Killorn, Alex shoots. Saved by Holtby, Braden. 16:39  
  17:54 Kuznetsov, Evgeny shoots. Saved by Bishop, Ben.
  18:16 Niskanen, Matt penalty for Tripping - 2 mins.
Filppula, Valtteri wins the face-off against Beagle, Jay. 18:16  
3
Tampa Bay   Washington
  0:00 Beagle, Jay wins the face-off against Namestnikov, Vladislav.
Filppula, Valtteri wins the face-off against Backstrom, Nicklas. 0:48  
Coburn, Braydon shoots. Saved by Holtby, Braden. 7:34  
Namestnikov, Vladislav shoots. Saved by Holtby, Braden. 7:47  
  7:54
(3-2)
Oshie, T.J. scores.
  7:54 Beagle, Jay wins the face-off against Filppula, Valtteri.
Hedman, Victor penalty for Interference - 2 mins. 9:00  
  9:00 Oshie, T.J. wins the face-off against Filppula, Valtteri.
  9:42 Carlson, John shoots. Saved by Bishop, Ben.
Brown, J.T. wins the face-off against Kuznetsov, Evgeny. 9:50  
  10:02
(3-3)
Ovechkin, Alex scores a power play goal. Assisted by Chimera, Jason. Assisted by Williams, Justin.
Stamkos, Steven wins the face-off against Beagle, Jay. 10:02  
  10:54 Kuznetsov, Evgeny wins the face-off against Boyle, Brian.
Kucherov, Nikita shoots. Saved by Holtby, Braden. 12:02  
  13:19 Beagle, Jay wins the face-off against Filppula, Valtteri.
Stralman, Anton penalty for Tripping - 2 mins. 13:39  
  13:39 Backstrom, Nicklas wins the face-off against Boyle, Brian.
  13:44 Backstrom, Nicklas wins the face-off against Boyle, Brian.
  14:01 Ovechkin, Alex shoots. Saved by Bishop, Ben.
  14:16
(3-4)
Johansson, Marcus scores a power play goal. Assisted by Oshie, T.J.. Assisted by Ovechkin, Alex.
Angelidis, Mike wins the face-off against Latta, Michael. 14:16  
  17:15 Backstrom, Nicklas wins the face-off against Stamkos, Steven.
Marchessault, Jonathan wins the face-off against Chimera, Jason. 17:48  
Kucherov, Nikita shoots. Saved by Holtby, Braden. 19:02  
  19:35
(3-5)
Oshie, T.J. scores on an empty net. Assisted by Backstrom, Nicklas. Assisted by Ovechkin, Alex.
Angelidis, Mike wins the face-off against Kuznetsov, Evgeny. 19:35