Tampa Bay Lightning @ Washington Capitals

17-10-3, 6-7-2 Away

Final/SO

	1	2	3	SO	T
Lightning TB	3	1	1	0	5
Capitals WSH	1	3	1	1	6

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

17-12-2, 11-7-0 Home

		1	2	3	SO	T
	Lightning	3	1	1	0	5
	Capitals	1	3	1	1	6

1st Period		TB	WSH
2:26	Martin St. Louis (13) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Sami Salo (5), Tyler Johnson (9)	1	0
10:49	Nikita Kucherov (2) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Teddy Purcell (10), Matthew Carle (11)	2	0
11:07	Nate Thompson (3) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: J.T. Brown (2), B.J. Crombeen (4)	3	0
14:15	Alex Ovechkin (23) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (22)	3	1

2nd Period		TB	WSH
6:24	Nicklas Backstrom (7) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Mikhail Grabovski (17), Troy Brouwer (5)	3	2
12:41	Tyler Johnson (7) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Ondrej Palat (6), Martin St. Louis (16)	4	2
16:38	Alex Ovechkin (24) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Marcus Johansson (17), Nicklas Backstrom (23)	4	3
18:48	Alex Ovechkin (25) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Mike Green (14), Nicklas Backstrom (24)	4	4

3rd Period			TB	WSH
8:36		Ondrej Palat (5) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Tyler Johnson (10), Martin St. Louis (17)	5	4
19:27		Alex Ovechkin (26) (Extra Attacker) Assists: John Carlson (7), Nicklas Backstrom (25)	5	5

OT Summary
No Goals Scored

Shootout Summary			TB	WSH
			0	1
			0	1
			0	1
			1	1
			1	1
			1	1
			1	2
			2	2
			2	3
			2	3

LIGHTNING

CAPITALS

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

Lightning
5
Capitals
6

Game 1

11/12

Capitals
4
Lightning
3

Game 2

10/1

Lightning
1
Capitals
0

Game 3

13/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Detroit	27	15	4	58
Tampa Bay	27	13	3	57
Montreal	25	14	6	56
Buffalo	24	15	4	52
Toronto	22	15	7	51
Boston	24	19	2	50
Florida	23	18	3	49
Ottawa	20	19	5	45

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	28	14	3	59
NY Islanders	25	15	5	55
Philadelphia	22	13	8	52
Washington	23	16	6	52
Pittsburgh	21	13	9	51
New Jersey	22	20	2	46
NY Rangers	20	20	6	46
Columbus	18	19	7	43

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Washington Capitals

Stars of the Game

Alex OvechkinLW - WSH

Nicklas BackstromC - WSH

Martin St. LouisRW - TB

Game Information

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

WSH leads 1-0

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

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