Tampa Bay Lightning @ Washington Capitals

EAST FINALS - GAME 6 • Series tied 3-3

54-23-5

Final

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

Washington CapitalsCapitalsWSH

49-26-7

Capitals rough up Lightning to force Game 7

T.J. Oshie and Devante Smith-Pelly scored, Braden Holtby stopped all 24 shots he faced and the Washington Capitals beat up the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-0 Monday night to even the Eastern Conference final and force a deciding Game 7.

May 22, 2018, 05:42 am - Associated Press

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

1st Period
No Goals Scored

2nd Period			TB	WSH
15:12		T.J. Oshie (6) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (11), Evgeny Kuznetsov (12)	0	1

3rd Period			TB	WSH
10:02		Devante Smith-Pelly (4) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Chandler Stephenson (5), Jay Beagle (4)	0	2
19:10		T.J. Oshie (7) (Empty Net Goal) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (12)	0	3

LIGHTNING

CAPITALS

Capitals
4
Lightning
2

Game 1

12/5

Capitals
6
Lightning
2

Game 2

14/5

Lightning
4
Capitals
2

Game 3

16/5

Lightning
4
Capitals
2

Game 4

18/5

Capitals
2
Lightning
3

Game 5

20/5

Lightning
0
Capitals
3

Game 6

22/5

Capitals
4
Lightning
0

Game 7

24/5

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	16	10	2	34
Boston	17	13	0	34
Montreal	15	10	3	33
Detroit	15	11	3	33
Florida	14	12	2	30
Toronto	13	11	4	30
Ottawa	13	11	4	30
Buffalo	11	13	4	26

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	18	9	3	39
Carolina	17	9	2	36
NY Islanders	16	11	3	35
Pittsburgh	14	7	6	34
NY Rangers	15	12	4	34
Philadelphia	15	9	3	33
New Jersey	16	12	1	33
Columbus	13	10	6	32

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Tampa Bay Lightning @ Washington Capitals

Stars of the Game

Braden HoltbyG - WSH

T.J. OshieRW - WSH

Devante Smith-PellyRW - WSH

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