Tampa Bay Lightning @ Washington Capitals

17-15-3, 8-10-2 Away

Final

	1	2	3	T
Lightning TB	0	0	0	0
Capitals WSH	2	1	1	4

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

20-8-4, 12-5-0 Home

LIGHTNING

CAPITALS

TIME	TB	WSH
0:00
0:00
0:49
0:55	0	1
1:00
1:10	0	1
1:41	0	1
1:54	0	1
1:55
1:55
2:00	0	1
2:01
2:01
2:19
2:52
3:08
3:08
3:52
3:55	0	1
3:56
3:56
4:02	0	1
4:21	0	1
5:07
5:11	0	1
5:12
5:18	0	1
5:32
5:49
5:49
6:57
7:40	0	1
8:07
8:52
8:53	0	1
9:00	0	1
9:10	0	1
9:19
9:19
9:37	0	1
10:17
10:43
10:48
10:48
10:48
11:17	0	1
11:22
11:22
12:14	0	1
12:24
12:27
12:50	0	1
13:01
13:09
13:12	0	1
13:36	0	1
13:44
14:23
14:37	0	1
14:50
14:55	0	1
15:06	0	1
15:42	0	2
15:42
16:11	0	2
16:12
16:12
16:35	0	2
18:16
19:04
19:04
19:15	0	2
19:16
19:16
19:26
19:26
20:00

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Capitals
1
Lightning
2

Game 1

4/12

Lightning
0
Capitals
4

Game 2

24/12

Capitals
5
Lightning
3

Game 3

19/3

Capital One Arena

5:30 AM, 24 December 2016

Washington, DC

Attendance: 18,506

Referees:
Ghislain Hebert

Linesmen:
Tim Nowak
Matt MacPherson

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

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

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