Capitals 4-3 Lightning (7 Apr, 2022) Final Score

Tampa Bay Lightning

43-20-7, 22-13-2 away

	1	2	3	T
TB	2	0	1	3
WSH	3	1	0	4

Carlson's 4 points, Ovechkin's goal lead Caps past Lightning

— John Carlson was better than good, Alex Ovechkin reached another milestone and the Washington Capitals handed the Tampa Bay Lightning a third consecutive loss.

Apr 7, 2022, 04:16 am - AP

		1	2	3	T
	Lightning	2	0	1	3
	Capitals	3	1	0	4

1st Period		TB	WSH
5:10	Martin Fehervary (6) Assists: John Carlson (45), Conor Sheary (19)	0	1
7:38	John Carlson (12) (Power Play) Assists: Nicklas Backstrom (21), Evgeny Kuznetsov (45)	0	2
8:41	Nikita Kucherov (14) Assists: Victor Hedman (48)	1	2
15:10	Alex Ovechkin (43) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (46), John Carlson (46)	1	3
16:31	Nick Paul (13) Assists: Steven Stamkos (47), Jan Rutta (13)	2	3

2nd Period			TB	WSH
16:35		John Carlson (13) (Power Play) Assists: Alex Ovechkin (38), T.J. Oshie (13)	2	4

3rd Period			TB	WSH
17:10		Ross Colton (15) (Power Play) Assists: Mikhail Sergachev (28), Pat Maroon (14)	3	4

LIGHTNING

CAPITALS

Regular Season Series

TB wins 2-1

Lightning
2
Capitals
1

Game 1

17/10

Capitals
2
Lightning
3

Game 2

1/11

Lightning
3
Capitals
4

Game 3

7/4

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	30	16	2	62
Florida	28	17	3	59
Tampa Bay	25	18	3	53
Ottawa	24	19	4	52
Montreal	24	19	4	52
Boston	23	19	6	52
Detroit	21	21	5	47
Buffalo	18	24	5	41

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Washington	32	10	5	69
Carolina	29	16	3	61
New Jersey	26	17	6	58
Columbus	22	18	7	51
NY Rangers	23	20	4	50
Philadelphia	22	20	6	50
Pittsburgh	20	21	8	48
NY Islanders	19	20	7	45

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Tampa Bay Lightning

Washington Capitals

Stars of the Game

John CarlsonD - WSH

Alex OvechkinLW - WSH

Ross ColtonC - TB

Game Information

Carlson's 4 points, Ovechkin's goal lead Caps past Lightning

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

TB wins 2-1

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