Washington Capitals @ Tampa Bay Lightning

EAST QUALIFYING ROUND ROBIN

41-20-8

Final/SO

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

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

43-21-6

Kucherov, Lightning beat Capitals in East round-robin play

Nikita Kucherov scored the shootout winner to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 3-2 victory against the Washington Capitals on Monday in Eastern Conference round-robin play.

Aug 4, 2020, 12:31 am - Associated Press

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

1st Period			WSH	TB
12:53		Nikita Kucherov (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Brayden Point (1)	0	1

2nd Period		WSH	TB
7:48	Mitchell Stephens (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Ryan McDonagh (1), Pat Maroon (1)	0	2
17:24	Richard Panik (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Radko Gudas (1), Lars Eller (1)	1	2
19:32	Evgeny Kuznetsov (1) (Power Play Powerplay Goal) Assists: Dmitry Orlov (1), Nicklas Backstrom (1)	2	2

3rd Period
No Goals Scored

OT Summary
No Goals Scored

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

CAPITALS

LIGHTNING

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	31	15	4	66
NY Islanders	27	17	5	59
Pittsburgh	23	14	11	57
Philadelphia	23	17	8	54
Washington	24	20	6	54
New Jersey	26	22	2	54
Columbus	22	20	7	51
NY Rangers	21	24	6	48

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	31	13	4	66
Detroit	30	16	4	64
Montreal	28	15	7	63
Buffalo	27	17	5	59
Boston	28	20	2	58
Toronto	24	17	8	56
Florida	25	20	3	53
Ottawa	23	19	7	53

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Washington Capitals @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Stars of the Game

Nikita KucherovRW - TB

Dmitry OrlovD - WSH

Ryan McDonaghD - TB

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