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BOXSCORE | PLAY-BY-PLAY | RECAP
Washington 3, Tampa Bay 1
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, December 21, 2019
Where: Capital One Arena, Washington, District of Columbia
Referees: Michael Markovic, Dean Morton
Linesmen: Devin Berg, Derek Nansen
Attendance: 18573
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Tampa Bay 0011
Washington 0123
Periods:
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  • 3
1
Tampa Bay   Washington
  0:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Brayden Point.
Ondrej Palat hits John Carlson. 0:06  
  0:16 John Carlson hits Erik Cernak.
Steven Stamkos wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 0:29  
Alex Killorn hits T.J. Oshie. 0:46  
  1:08 Nick Jensen hits Steven Stamkos.
  1:13 Giveaway by Dmitry Orlov.
  1:26 T.J. Oshie shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
  1:59 Radko Gudas shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Kevin Shattenkirk blocks shot from Lars Eller. 2:03  
Shot by Nikita Kucherov misses the net 2:13  
Pat Maroon shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 2:35  
Luke Schenn hits Brendan Leipsic. 2:43  
  2:55 Nic Dowd hits Cedric Paquette.
Victor Hedman hits Nicklas Backstrom. 3:35  
Erik Cernak hits Alex Ovechkin. 3:43  
Ondrej Palat hits Nick Jensen. 3:54  
Ondrej Palat blocks shot from Radko Gudas. 4:05  
Team penalty for Tampa Bay too many men on ice - 2 mins (Minor). Served by Steven Stamkos. 4:26  
  4:26 T.J. Oshie wins the faceoff against Anthony Cirelli.
  4:49 Nicklas Backstrom shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Giveaway by Anthony Cirelli. 4:54  
Erik Cernak blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. 5:02  
Alex Killorn hits Nicklas Backstrom. 5:07  
Ryan McDonagh blocks shot from T.J. Oshie. 5:24  
  5:25 Shot by T.J. Oshie misses the net
  5:50 Shot by Alex Ovechkin misses the net
  6:05 Shot by John Carlson misses the net
  6:33 Lars Eller shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Cedric Paquette wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 6:34  
  6:45 Lars Eller shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Giveaway by Kevin Shattenkirk. 6:46  
  6:51 Shot by Lars Eller misses the net
  7:13 Nick Jensen hits Yanni Gourde.
Shot by Pat Maroon misses the net 7:17  
Yanni Gourde hits Jonas Siegenthaler. 7:33  
  7:43 Garnet Hathaway hits Pat Maroon.
Nikita Kucherov shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 7:48  
Brayden Point wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 7:53  
  8:01 Michal Kempny hits Nikita Kucherov.
  8:08 Alex Ovechkin penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Brayden Point.
Brayden Point wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 8:08  
  8:15 Radko Gudas blocks shot from Brayden Point.
  8:20 Jonas Siegenthaler hits Alex Killorn.
Victor Hedman shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 8:25  
Steven Stamkos shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 8:51  
Alex Killorn hits Nic Dowd. 8:53  
Shot by Brayden Point misses the net 8:59  
Giveaway by Mikhail Sergachev. 9:37  
Mikhail Sergachev blocks shot from Richard Panik. 9:42  
  9:43 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Anthony Cirelli.
  9:51 Lars Eller shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Steven Stamkos wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 10:03  
  10:10 John Carlson blocks shot from Alex Killorn.
Anthony Cirelli wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 10:15  
Steven Stamkos wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 10:22  
  11:06 Alex Ovechkin hits Victor Hedman.
Pat Maroon hits Nick Jensen. 11:15  
  11:22 Jakub Vrana shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Cedric Paquette blocks shot from Jakub Vrana. 11:29  
  11:33 T.J. Oshie hits Victor Hedman.
  11:36 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Cedric Paquette.
Victor Hedman shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 12:00  
  12:11 Jakub Vrana shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
  12:22 Radko Gudas hits Ondrej Palat.
  12:47 Garnet Hathaway blocks shot from Tyler Johnson.
Pat Maroon hits Nick Jensen. 13:06  
Shot by Tyler Johnson misses the net 13:18  
Steven Stamkos wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 13:19  
  13:23 Michal Kempny blocks shot from Alex Killorn.
Kevin Shattenkirk shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 13:24  
  13:25 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Steven Stamkos.
  13:51 Giveaway by Richard Panik.
  13:57 Takeaway by Michal Kempny.
  14:01 Shot by Carl Hagelin misses the net
Victor Hedman blocks shot from Jakub Vrana. 14:22  
Ondrej Palat hits Nick Jensen. 14:36  
  14:58 T.J. Oshie hits Victor Hedman.
Yanni Gourde hits Alex Ovechkin. 15:39  
Mikhail Sergachev blocks shot from Radko Gudas. 15:46  
  15:50 Tom Wilson hits Mikhail Sergachev.
  15:59 Alex Ovechkin hits Yanni Gourde.
Mitchell Stephens hits Radko Gudas. 16:11  
Brayden Point wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 16:24  
  16:53 Nic Dowd shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
  16:54 Nic Dowd shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Mitchell Stephens penalty for high sticking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Garnet Hathaway. 16:59  
Anthony Cirelli wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 16:59  
  17:15 T.J. Oshie shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
  17:16 T.J. Oshie wins the faceoff against Anthony Cirelli.
  17:21 T.J. Oshie wins the faceoff against Anthony Cirelli.
  17:31 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
  17:37 Giveaway by T.J. Oshie.
  17:55 John Carlson shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Victor Hedman hits Tom Wilson. 18:28  
  18:36 Giveaway by Jakub Vrana.
Shot by Anthony Cirelli misses the net 18:44  
  18:47 Tom Wilson penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Victor Hedman.
Steven Stamkos wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 18:47  
  19:33 Nic Dowd blocks shot from Steven Stamkos.
2
Tampa Bay   Washington
Steven Stamkos wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 0:00  
Shot by Alex Killorn misses the net 0:18  
Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov. 0:24  
Shot by Nikita Kucherov misses the net 0:45  
Giveaway by Ryan McDonagh. 1:05  
  1:09 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Mitchell Stephens wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 1:10  
Shot by Mitchell Stephens misses the net 1:30  
Cedric Paquette wins the faceoff against Tom Wilson. 1:40  
  1:47 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Tyler Johnson.
Takeaway by Yanni Gourde. 1:59  
Takeaway by Nikita Kucherov. 2:25  
  2:29 Giveaway by Nick Jensen.
  2:32 Nicklas Backstrom blocks shot from Kevin Shattenkirk.
Alex Killorn shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 2:53  
  4:11 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Cedric Paquette.
Luke Schenn hits Jonas Siegenthaler. 4:36  
  4:40 Radko Gudas scores. Assisted by Lars Eller and Jonas Siegenthaler.
Tyler Johnson wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 4:40  
  4:47 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Tyler Johnson.
  5:01 Giveaway by Brendan Leipsic.
Kevin Shattenkirk hits Nic Dowd. 5:17  
  5:23 Takeaway by Brendan Leipsic.
Jan Rutta hits Lars Eller. 5:51  
Victor Hedman hits Carl Hagelin. 5:57  
  5:59 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Cedric Paquette.
  6:06 John Carlson shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Yanni Gourde blocks shot from Michal Kempny. 6:08  
Brayden Point wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 6:11  
  6:21 Tom Wilson shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
  6:22 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Brayden Point.
  6:26 Michal Kempny shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
  6:27 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Steven Stamkos.
Ryan McDonagh blocks shot from Michal Kempny. 6:34  
  6:50 Shot by Tom Wilson misses the net
Ryan McDonagh hits Alex Ovechkin. 7:00  
  7:04 Tom Wilson hits Anthony Cirelli.
Steven Stamkos hits John Carlson. 7:15  
  7:22 Michal Kempny blocks shot from Steven Stamkos.
Anthony Cirelli hits T.J. Oshie. 7:25  
Giveaway by Kevin Shattenkirk. 7:48  
Brayden Point wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 7:55  
  8:23 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Tyler Johnson.
Giveaway by Luke Schenn. 8:32  
  8:41 Takeaway by Lars Eller.
  8:51 Jonas Siegenthaler shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
  8:58 Shot by Lars Eller misses the net
Cedric Paquette wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 8:59  
Pat Maroon blocks shot from Nic Dowd. 9:06  
  9:12 Garnet Hathaway hits Pat Maroon.
  9:17 Takeaway by Jonas Siegenthaler.
  9:18 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Cedric Paquette.
Cedric Paquette hits John Carlson. 9:34  
Ryan McDonagh blocks shot from Alex Ovechkin. 9:39  
  10:05 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
  10:15 Shot by John Carlson misses the net
Steven Stamkos hits Nick Jensen. 10:51  
  11:00 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Alex Killorn hits Brendan Leipsic. 11:25  
  11:30 Takeaway by Nick Jensen.
  11:51 Giveaway by Garnet Hathaway.
Victor Hedman shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 11:52  
Mitchell Stephens wins the faceoff against Nic Dowd. 11:53  
  12:05 Jonas Siegenthaler blocks shot from Victor Hedman.
Mitchell Stephens hits Nic Dowd. 12:08  
  12:14 Garnet Hathaway penalty for hooking - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Mitchell Stephens.
Brayden Point wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 12:14  
  12:20 Lars Eller blocks shot from Victor Hedman.
Shot by Brayden Point misses the net 12:34  
Steven Stamkos shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 13:27  
Shot by Nikita Kucherov misses the net 13:40  
  13:43 Tom Wilson blocks shot from Nikita Kucherov.
Anthony Cirelli wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 13:44  
Shot by Kevin Shattenkirk misses the net 13:50  
  13:56 Takeaway by Lars Eller.
  14:06 Carl Hagelin shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
  14:20 Giveaway by Nicklas Backstrom.
Shot by Ondrej Palat misses the net 14:28  
Tyler Johnson hits Nicklas Backstrom. 14:31  
  14:36 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Cedric Paquette.
Cedric Paquette wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 14:44  
Pat Maroon hits Radko Gudas. 14:53  
  14:54 Giveaway by Radko Gudas.
  15:04 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Steven Stamkos wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 15:25  
Steven Stamkos wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 15:29  
  15:41 Giveaway by Jakub Vrana.
  15:52 T.J. Oshie blocks shot from Victor Hedman.
Anthony Cirelli shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 15:52  
Anthony Cirelli shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 15:54  
Anthony Cirelli shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 15:55  
Victor Hedman shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 16:00  
Giveaway by Anthony Cirelli. 16:14  
  16:21 Jakub Vrana blocks shot from Jan Rutta.
  16:23 Evgeny Kuznetsov shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
  16:24 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Brayden Point.
  16:33 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Brayden Point.
Ondrej Palat hits Nick Jensen. 16:41  
  17:38 Lars Eller hits Yanni Gourde.
  18:18 Radko Gudas blocks shot from Ryan McDonagh.
  18:26 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Giveaway by Ryan McDonagh. 18:28  
Ryan McDonagh hits Tom Wilson. 18:44  
  19:04 Garnet Hathaway shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Anthony Cirelli hits Nic Dowd. 19:08  
  19:12 Michal Kempny shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Kevin Shattenkirk blocks shot from John Carlson. 19:20  
  19:21 Garnet Hathaway shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Anthony Cirelli blocks shot from Michal Kempny. 19:28  
  19:40 Garnet Hathaway shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Steven Stamkos blocks shot from Garnet Hathaway. 19:44  
  19:45 Michal Kempny hits Erik Cernak.
  19:47 T.J. Oshie wins the faceoff against Steven Stamkos.
Steven Stamkos blocks shot from John Carlson. 19:53  
3
Tampa Bay   Washington
  0:00 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Brayden Point.
Giveaway by Brayden Point. 0:22  
Brayden Point wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 0:29  
  0:33 John Carlson blocks shot from Nikita Kucherov.
  0:44 Alex Ovechkin shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Anthony Cirelli wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 0:45  
  0:56 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Steven Stamkos.
  1:05 Jakub Vrana shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Shot by Yanni Gourde misses the net 1:35  
  2:15 Richard Panik hits Yanni Gourde.
  2:18 Richard Panik wins the faceoff against Brayden Point.
  2:53 Shot by Michal Kempny misses the net
Brayden Point shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 3:10  
  3:21 Giveaway by John Carlson.
Shot by Victor Hedman misses the net 3:28  
  3:40 Garnet Hathaway hits Erik Cernak.
Giveaway by Tyler Johnson. 4:13  
  4:19 Shot by Radko Gudas misses the net
Jan Rutta penalty for holding - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Nic Dowd. 4:29  
Anthony Cirelli wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie. 4:29  
Cedric Paquette wins the faceoff against T.J. Oshie. 4:46  
  5:29 Shot by John Carlson misses the net
Takeaway by Erik Cernak. 5:41  
Erik Cernak shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 5:44  
  6:26 Shot by Jakub Vrana misses the net
Anthony Cirelli blocks shot from Dmitry Orlov. 6:35  
  6:59 Nic Dowd wins the faceoff against Brayden Point.
Kevin Shattenkirk hits Garnet Hathaway. 7:18  
  7:23 Nic Dowd hits Mikhail Sergachev.
Mikhail Sergachev shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 7:31  
Shot by Nikita Kucherov misses the net 7:40  
Jan Rutta hits Lars Eller. 8:21  
  8:36 Lars Eller blocks shot from Jan Rutta.
Takeaway by Yanni Gourde. 9:02  
Erik Cernak hits Jakub Vrana. 9:15  
  9:56 Giveaway by Nick Jensen.
Nikita Kucherov scores. Assisted by Brayden Point and Ondrej Palat. 10:00  
  10:00 Evgeny Kuznetsov wins the faceoff against Anthony Cirelli.
  10:18 Giveaway by Dmitry Orlov.
Steven Stamkos shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 10:24  
  10:35 Nick Jensen penalty for interference - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Mikhail Sergachev.
Steven Stamkos wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 10:35  
  11:09 Lars Eller penalty for delay of game - 2 mins (Minor).
  11:09 Tom Wilson wins the faceoff against Steven Stamkos.
Steven Stamkos blocks shot from Tom Wilson. 11:31  
Shot by Alex Killorn misses the net 11:43  
  11:52 Tom Wilson blocks shot from Steven Stamkos.
Tyler Johnson shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 12:01  
Tyler Johnson shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 12:08  
Anthony Cirelli wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 12:24  
Victor Hedman shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 12:30  
  13:04 Nick Jensen shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
Cedric Paquette wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 13:22  
  13:37 Radko Gudas hits Pat Maroon.
  13:40 Dmitry Orlov hits Yanni Gourde.
  13:57 Dmitry Orlov scores. Assisted by Jakub Vrana and Evgeny Kuznetsov.
Ondrej Palat wins the faceoff against Evgeny Kuznetsov. 13:57  
Nikita Kucherov shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 14:19  
Nikita Kucherov shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 14:45  
  15:03 Takeaway by Radko Gudas.
  15:05 Radko Gudas shoots Saved by Curtis McElhinney.
  15:29 Nicklas Backstrom hits Erik Cernak.
Erik Cernak shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 15:38  
Ryan McDonagh hits Tom Wilson. 15:43  
  16:04 Giveaway by Lars Eller.
Tyler Johnson shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 16:06  
  16:12 Jonas Siegenthaler penalty for slashing - 2 mins (Minor). Drawn by Tyler Johnson.
Steven Stamkos wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 16:12  
  17:21 Nick Jensen blocks shot from Victor Hedman.
  17:29 Lars Eller wins the faceoff against Tyler Johnson.
  17:29 Nick Jensen blocks shot from Victor Hedman.
  17:37 Nic Dowd scores shorthanded on an empty net. Assisted by Tom Wilson and Dmitry Orlov.
  17:52 John Carlson blocks shot from Ondrej Palat.
Shot by Anthony Cirelli misses the net 18:09  
  18:10 T.J. Oshie wins the faceoff against Anthony Cirelli.
  18:18 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Brayden Point.
  18:25 Nicklas Backstrom wins the faceoff against Steven Stamkos.
  18:51 John Carlson penalty for delay of game - 2 mins (Minor).
Steven Stamkos wins the faceoff against Lars Eller. 18:51  
  18:57 Jonas Siegenthaler blocks shot from Nikita Kucherov.
Steven Stamkos shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 19:08  
  19:23 Jonas Siegenthaler blocks shot from Brayden Point.
Nikita Kucherov shoots Saved by Braden Holtby. 19:32  
Steven Stamkos wins the faceoff against Nicklas Backstrom. 19:34