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Tampa Bay Lightning at Washington Capitals

Capital One Arena, Washington Regular Season Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 on the road.

Team Goals 2017-2018 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 54-23-5
at Washington Capitals 2 49-26-7

Goals by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 0 1 4
Washington Capitals 0 1 1 2

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 8 5 6 19
Washington Capitals 8 14 15 37

Three stars

  1. B. Point, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 goals)
  2. R. Callahan, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 assists)
  3. L. Eller, Washington Capitals (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 02:30 Tampa Bay Lightning Brayden Point (22) Ryan Callahan (9), Yanni Gourde (23) Power play TBL 1, WSH 0
1st 16:00 Tampa Bay Lightning Chris Kunitz (10) Andrej Sustr (3), Ryan Callahan (10) Even strength TBL 2, WSH 0
1st 17:52 Tampa Bay Lightning Brayden Point (23) Anton Stralman (11) Even strength TBL 3, WSH 0
2nd 09:32 Washington Capitals Lars Eller (12) Dmitry Orlov (14), Brett Connolly (6) Power play TBL 3, WSH 1
3rd 11:02 Washington Capitals Alex Ovechkin (36) Matt Niskanen (15) Even strength TBL 3, WSH 2
3rd 12:58 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Kucherov (32) Braydon Coburn (10) Even strength TBL 4, WSH 2

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Washington Capitals
Shots on goal 19 37
Power play 1 of 2 1 of 2
Penalty minutes 4 4
Hits 15 19
Blocked shots 19 13
Giveaways 12 10
Takeaways 9 5
Faceoffs won 27/50 (54%) 23/50 (46%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
9 T. Johnson C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 1 0 18:20
13 C. Paquette C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 42.9% 10:06
14 C. Kunitz L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 1 0 17:46
17 A. Killorn L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 33.3% 16:08
21 B. Point C 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 1 1 50% 18:50
24 R. Callahan R 0 2 2 +1 2 1 3 1 0 100% 16:58
37 Y. Gourde C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 17:56
73 A. Erne L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 09:37
86 N. Kucherov R 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 17:49
90 V. Namestnikov C 0 0 0 +1 2 1 0 1 0 37.5% 16:07
91 S. Stamkos C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 64.7% 18:37
5 D. Girardi D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 20:22
6 A. Stralman D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 21:08
55 B. Coburn D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0 12:58
59 J. Dotchin D 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 0 14:47
62 A. Sustr D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 1 0 12:23
77 V. Hedman D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 26:52
98 M. Sergachev D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:34
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
88 A. Vasilevskiy 37 35 2 .946 60:00 Win

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters
Player
8 A. Ovechkin L 1 0 1 0 0 9 1 0 0 23:14
10 B. Connolly R 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 14:24
13 J. Vrana L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 14:46
18 C. Stephenson C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 50% 08:51
19 N. Backstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 58.8% 21:40
20 L. Eller C 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 40% 14:17
25 D. Smith-Pelly R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 0 0 07:40
43 T. Wilson R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 17:18
65 A. Burakovsky L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 50% 14:13
77 T. Oshie R 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 0 0 50% 19:20
83 J. Beagle C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 28.6% 09:21
92 E. Kuznetsov C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 0 0 36.4% 18:39
2 M. Niskanen D 0 1 1 +1 0 5 1 0 0 27:12
9 D. Orlov D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 25:11
22 M. Bowey D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 10:24
29 C. Djoos D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 13:54
44 B. Orpik D 0 0 0 -1 2 3 2 1 0 14:51
74 J. Carlson D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 1 0 23:00
Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
70 B. Holtby 19 15 4 .789 57:49 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 00:34 Washington Capitals Brett Connolly Interference 2
2nd 07:50 Tampa Bay Lightning Vladislav Namestnikov Tripping 2
3rd 04:36 Tampa Bay Lightning Ryan Callahan Slashing 2
3rd 17:41 Washington Capitals Brooks Orpik Cross checking 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Washington Capitals head coach
Barry Trotz
Referees
Dan O'Rourke, Tom Chmielewski
Linesmen
Scott Driscoll, Ryan Daisy
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Cory Conacher, Matthew Peca, Slater Koekkoek
Washington Capitals scratches
Taylor Chorney, Alex Chiasson, Michal Kempny

2017-2018 season series

Matchup Status Details
Washington Capitals 3 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4 Final/OT Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Washington Capitals 3 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Washington Capitals 2 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Washington Capitals 6 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Washington Capitals 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 4 at Washington Capitals 2 Final Playoffs Game page
Washington Capitals 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3 Final Playoffs Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 at Washington Capitals 3 Final Playoffs Game page
Washington Capitals 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 0 Final Playoffs Game page

Other NHL games on Feb 20

Matchup Status Details
Florida Panthers 0 at Toronto Maple Leafs 1 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 2 at New Jersey Devils 1 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 2 at Philadelphia Flyers 3 Final/OT Game page
Nashville Predators 3 at Detroit Red Wings 2 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 3 at St. Louis Blues 2 Final Game page
Los Angeles Kings 4 at Winnipeg Jets 3 Final Game page
Boston Bruins 3 at Edmonton Oilers 2 Final Game page
Colorado Avalanche 5 at Vancouver Canucks 4 Final/OT Game page

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