Lightning 5-1 Capitals (31 Mar, 2023) Box Score

Washington Capitals

34-33-9, 17-19-3 away

	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	0	1
TB	2	0	3	5

Tampa Bay Lightning

44-26-6, 26-7-5 home

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicolas Aube-KubelN. Aube-Kubel#96
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Nic DowdN. Dowd#26
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
Anthony ManthaA. Mantha#39
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Aliaksei ProtasA. Protas#59
Conor ShearyC. Sheary#73
Craig SmithC. Smith#16
Dylan StromeD. Strome#17
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
Alexander AlexeyevA. Alexeyev#27
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Martin FehervaryM. Fehervary#42
Nick JensenN. Jensen#3
Rasmus SandinR. Sandin#38
Trevor van RiemsdykT. van Riemsdyk#57

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	18	15:44	0:00	0:00	15:44	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	19	18:45	4:02	0:00	14:43	4	10	28.6
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	1	20	16:58	0:00	0:51	16:07	8	6	57.1
0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	14:11	2:52	0:00	11:19	4	5	44.4
0	0	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	15	14:16	0:41	0:00	13:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	6:07	0:14	0:00	5:53	1	0	100.0
0	0	-3	2	1	0	0	0	11	1	1	23	21:09	6:05	0:00	15:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	17	14:04	0:00	0:00	14:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	20	16:19	1:38	0:00	14:41	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	13	10:30	1:30	0:00	9:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	22	16:23	4:19	0:00	12:04	8	8	50.0
0	0	-3	4	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	22	19:46	4:05	0:51	14:50	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-1	0	1	3	0	0	2	0	0	19	15:49	0:00	0:00	15:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	-3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	22:33	4:30	0:00	18:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	24	16:26	0:00	0:00	16:26	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	21	21:10	0:00	0:51	20:19	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	22:31	1:44	0:00	20:47	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	19	15:21	0:09	0:51	14:21	0	0	0.0

goalies
Darcy KuemperD. Kuemper#35

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
33	4	29	.879	28	0	1	0	0	59:21	0

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Pierre-Edouard BellemareP. Bellemare#41
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
Ross ColtonR. Colton#79
Brandon HagelB. Hagel#38
Tanner JeannotT. Jeannot#84
Alex KillornA. Killorn#17
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Pat MaroonP. Maroon#14
Nick PaulN. Paul#20
Corey PerryC. Perry#10
Brayden PointB. Point#21
Steven StamkosS. Stamkos#91
defensemen
Erik CernakE. Cernak#81
Ian ColeI. Cole#28
Victor HedmanV. Hedman#77
Nick PerbixN. Perbix#48
Darren RaddyshD. Raddysh#43
Mikhail SergachevM. Sergachev#98

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	0	0	17	11:31	0:00	1:42	9:49	5	8	38.5
0	2	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	22	15:27	0:00	2:54	12:33	9	7	56.3
0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	14	12:35	0:00	0:00	12:35	0	2	0.0
0	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	19	15:58	0:14	3:09	12:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	8	0	0	14	12:51	0:00	0:42	12:09	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	20	15:41	0:37	2:22	12:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2	19	17:28	0:51	0:00	16:37	0	0	0.0
2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	16	11:01	0:00	0:00	11:01	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0	5	1	1	17	16:12	0:00	1:37	14:35	5	1	83.3
0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	9:21	0:00	0:00	9:21	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	19	17:33	0:51	0:00	16:42	3	3	50.0
1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	16:33	0:51	0:00	15:42	7	4	63.6
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	4	4	1	1	0	0	4	1	1	27	21:03	0:00	3:28	17:35	0	0	0.0
0	0	3	3	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	27	21:54	0:00	3:31	18:23	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	2	2	0	0	3	1	0	25	23:15	0:00	2:45	20:30	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	20	15:34	0:00	0:00	15:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	20	16:42	0:00	0:00	16:42	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	24	21:21	0:51	2:46	17:44	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
31	1	30	.968	26	4	0	0	0	60:00	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	0	1	0	1
	Lightning	2	0	3	5

1st Period			WSH	TB
9:20		Alex Killorn (24) (Power Play) Assists: Mikhail Sergachev (49), Steven Stamkos (47)	0	1
19:57		Steven Stamkos (32) Assists: Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (8)	0	2

2nd Period			WSH	TB
16:10		Craig Smith (7) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (42), Rasmus Sandin (28)	1	2

3rd Period		WSH	TB
4:30	Pat Maroon (4) Assists: Anthony Cirelli (15)	1	3
16:28	Pat Maroon (5) Assists: Anthony Cirelli (16), Alex Killorn (34)	1	4
18:06	Erik Cernak (2) (Empty Net) Unassisted	1	5

Regular Season Series

TB wins 2-1

Lightning
1
Capitals
5

Game 1

12/11

Capitals
3
Lightning
6

Game 2

14/11

Capitals
1
Lightning
5

Game 3

31/3

Amalie Arena

12:00 AM, 31 March 2023

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 19,092

Referees:
Kyle Rehman
Furman South

Linesmen:
Brad Kovachik
Ben O'Quinn

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
New Jersey	15	7	2	32
Carolina	15	5	1	31
Washington	14	6	1	29
NY Rangers	12	7	1	25
NY Islanders	8	9	5	21
Philadelphia	9	10	3	21
Columbus	9	9	2	20
Pittsburgh	7	12	4	18

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	13	6	2	28
Florida	12	9	1	25
Tampa Bay	11	7	2	24
Buffalo	11	9	1	23
Boston	10	9	3	23
Detroit	9	10	2	20
Ottawa	9	11	1	19
Montreal	7	11	2	16

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Washington Capitals

Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular Season Series

TB wins 2-1

Game Information

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