Washington Capitals @ Tampa Bay Lightning

7-7-1, 3-3-1 Away

Final

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

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

8-5-2, 4-3-0 Home

Hagel lifts surging Lightning to 3-2 win over Capitals

— Brandon Hagel scored the tiebreaking goal 8:42 into the third period and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 3-2 on Saturday night.

Nov 9, 2025, 03:21 am - AP

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

1st Period		WSH	TB
4:06	Brandon Duhaime (1) Assists: Ethen Frank (2), Nic Dowd (3)	1	0
6:07	Emil Lilleberg (1) Assists: Jake Guentzel (9), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (3)	1	1
15:09	Jake Guentzel (6) (Power Play) Assists: Victor Hedman (12), Brandon Hagel (7)	1	2

2nd Period			WSH	TB
17:08		John Carlson (4) Unassisted	2	2

3rd Period			WSH	TB
8:42		Brandon Hagel (7) Assists: Dominic James (3), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (4)	2	3

Rasmus Sandin shot blocked by Oliver Bjorkstrand
Nikita Kucherov Snap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
J.J. Moser Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Yanni Gourde hit Aliaksei Protas
Gage Goncalves hit Justin Sourdif
Gage Goncalves Tip-In saved by Logan Thompson
Gage Goncalves hit Trevor van Riemsdyk
Brandon Hagel shot blocked by Jack Finley
Dominic James hit Martin Fehervary
Emil Lilleberg Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Guentzel (9), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (3)
Giveaway by Yanni Gourde
Brayden Point Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Giveaway by J.J. Moser
Charle-Edouard D'Astous hit Matt Roy
Emil Lilleberg Hooking against Justin Sourdif
Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against Tom Wilson
Erik Cernak hit Connor McMichael
Brandon Hagel faceoff won against Hendrix Lapierre
Darren Raddysh Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Jake Guentzel Goal (6) Tip-In, assists: Victor Hedman (12), Brandon Hagel (7)
Erik Cernak hit Justin Sourdif
Brayden Point Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Brayden Point faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Ethen Frank shot blocked by Ryan McDonagh
Charle-Edouard D'Astous hit Ethen Frank
Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Victor Hedman Slap Shot Wide Right
Giveaway by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Charle-Edouard D'Astous Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Gage Goncalves hit Nic Dowd
J.J. Moser Slap Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Yanni Gourde Deflected saved by Logan Thompson
Giveaway by Emil Lilleberg
Giveaway by Darren Raddysh
Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Dominic James
Jack Finley faceoff won against Justin Sourdif
Brandon Hagel hit Trevor van Riemsdyk
Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Oliver Bjorkstrand
Giveaway by Brayden Point
Brayden Point faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Yanni Gourde faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Pontus Holmberg Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Brandon Hagel Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Gage Goncalves hit Nic Dowd
Brayden Point faceoff won against Nic Dowd
J.J. Moser Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Nikita Kucherov Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Zemgus Girgensons hit Tom Wilson
Takeaway by Charle-Edouard D'Astous
Takeaway by Nikita Kucherov
Gage Goncalves Wrist Shot Wide Left
Victor Hedman Wrist Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by Emil Lilleberg
Charle-Edouard D'Astous Wrist Shot Wide Right
Dylan Strome shot blocked by Jake Guentzel
Takeaway by Charle-Edouard D'Astous
Charle-Edouard D'Astous hit Alex Ovechkin
Matt Roy shot blocked by Oliver Bjorkstrand
Jack Finley faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Brandon Hagel Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Jack Finley Roughing against Ryan Leonard
Giveaway by Dominic James
Gage Goncalves faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Nic Dowd shot blocked by Darren Raddysh
Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Connor McMichael
Jake Guentzel Wrist Shot Wide Left
Takeaway by Emil Lilleberg
Oliver Bjorkstrand Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Dominic James faceoff won against Nic Dowd
Victor Hedman Backhand Wide Right
Dominic James hit Rasmus Sandin
Oliver Bjorkstrand hit Brandon Duhaime
Emil Lilleberg hit Ethen Frank
Erik Cernak hit Rasmus Sandin
Nikita Kucherov Wrist Shot Wide Left
Zemgus Girgensons hit Jakob Chychrun
Brandon Hagel Goal (7) Snap Shot, assists: Dominic James (3), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (4)
John Carlson shot blocked by Emil Lilleberg
Giveaway by Yanni Gourde
Zemgus Girgensons hit Tom Wilson
Erik Cernak Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Erik Cernak Tip-In Wide Left
Jake Guentzel faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Yanni Gourde hit Connor McMichael
Brandon Hagel Wrist Shot saved by Logan Thompson
Brandon Hagel Slap Shot Short
Erik Cernak shot blocked by Brayden Point
Victor Hedman Slashing against Tom Wilson
Zemgus Girgensons faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Ryan Leonard shot blocked by Zemgus Girgensons
John Carlson shot blocked by Yanni Gourde
Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov
Giveaway by Nikita Kucherov
Brayden Point faceoff won against Dylan Strome
Erik Cernak Fighting against Jakob Chychrun
Takeaway by Rasmus Sandin
Nic Dowd Wrist Shot Wide Left
Goalie Stopped
Jakob Chychrun Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Tom Wilson hit Pontus Holmberg
Puck in Crowd
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons
Brandon Duhaime Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Ethen Frank (2), Nic Dowd (3)
Aliaksei Protas hit Erik Cernak
Aliaksei Protas Backhand Wide Right
Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot High and Wide Right
Giveaway by Anthony Beauvillier
Nic Dowd hit Charle-Edouard D'Astous
Brandon Duhaime Wrist Shot Wide Left
Icing
Connor McMichael faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
Jakob Chychrun Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Connor McMichael Tip-In saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Matt Roy Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Connor McMichael Between Legs saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Icing
Pontus Holmberg shot blocked by Matt Roy
Puck in Netting
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Jack Finley
Puck in Crowd
Justin Sourdif Backhand saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Matt Roy Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
TV Timeout
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons
Off-side
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons
John Carlson Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Goalie Stopped
Jakob Chychrun Tip-In saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Icing
Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
Matt Roy Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Puck in Netting
Aliaksei Protas High-sticking against Nikita Kucherov
Puck in Netting
Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Giveaway by Anthony Beauvillier
Dylan Strome Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
John Carlson Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Giveaway by Aliaksei Protas
Tom Wilson hit Emil Lilleberg
Aliaksei Protas hit J.J. Moser
Puck in Netting
Anthony Beauvillier faceoff won against Brayden Point
Goalie Stopped
Ethen Frank Snap Shot High and Wide Left
Nic Dowd Wrist Shot Wide Left
Takeaway by Aliaksei Protas
Giveaway by Connor McMichael
Icing
Connor McMichael faceoff won against Brayden Point
John Carlson Wrist Shot Wide Left
Takeaway by John Carlson
Off-side
Brandon Duhaime Wrist Shot Wide Right
Nic Dowd hit Charle-Edouard D'Astous
J.J. Moser shot blocked by Ethen Frank
Goalie Stopped
John Carlson Slap Shot Wide Left
Giveaway by Martin Fehérváry
Alex Ovechkin Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Giveaway by Dylan Strome
Icing
Justin Sourdif faceoff won against Dominic James
Ryan Leonard hit Darren Raddysh
On-Ice Official
Ryan Leonard hit Brandon Hagel
Darren Raddysh shot blocked by Trevor van Riemsdyk
Icing
Erik Cernak shot blocked by Martin Fehervary
Puck in Netting
Goalie Stopped
Brandon Duhaime faceoff won against Jack Finley
Nic Dowd Wrist Shot Wide Left
Icing
Goalie Stopped
Icing
Connor McMichael faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
Rasmus Sandin Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Anthony Beauvillier Tip-In Wide Left
Darren Raddysh shot blocked by Matt Roy
Takeaway by John Carlson
Martin Fehérváry Slap Shot Wide Right
Tom Wilson Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Connor McMichael Batted Wide Right
Matt Roy shot blocked by Anthony Beauvillier
Goalie Stopped
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Jack Finley
J.J. Moser shot blocked by Alex Ovechkin
Jakob Chychrun Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Goalie Stopped
Connor McMichael faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons
Tom Wilson hit J.J. Moser
Tom Wilson Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Goalie Stopped
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Brayden Point
Aliaksei Protas Snap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Puck in Netting
Tom Wilson hit Brandon Hagel
Net Dislodged Offensive Skater
Ryan Leonard Roughing against Jack Finley
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
John Carlson Goal (4) , assists: none
John Carlson Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Erik Cernak shot blocked by Aliaksei Protas
Alex Ovechkin hit Brandon Hagel
Dominic James shot blocked by Trevor van Riemsdyk
Anthony Beauvillier Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Giveaway by Ethen Frank
Off-side
Alex Ovechkin Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Goalie Stopped
Giveaway by Jakob Chychrun
Aliaksei Protas Backhand saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Goalie Stopped
Off-side
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Gage Goncalves
Tom Wilson Wrist Shot High and Wide Right
Nikita Kucherov shot blocked by Ryan Leonard
Jakob Chychrun hit Yanni Gourde
Charle-Edouard D'Astous shot blocked by Anthony Beauvillier
Nic Dowd hit Oliver Bjorkstrand
Martin Fehervary Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Pontus Holmberg shot blocked by Matt Roy
Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Puck in Benches
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Jack Finley
Martin Fehérváry Slap Shot Wide Left
High Stick
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Brayden Point
Jakob Chychrun Slap Shot Wide Right
Goalie Stopped
Dylan Strome Backhand saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Puck Frozen - Goalie
Tom Wilson faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
Puck in Crowd
Connor McMichael faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
Rasmus Sandin hit Yanni Gourde
Tom Wilson hit Yanni Gourde
Trevor van Riemsdyk hit Pontus Holmberg
Giveaway by Rasmus Sandin
Nic Dowd hit Darren Raddysh
Giveaway by Alex Ovechkin
Matt Roy hit Nikita Kucherov
Giveaway by Tom Wilson
Tom Wilson hit Zemgus Girgensons
Tom Wilson Cross-checking against Victor Hedman
TV Timeout
John Carlson Hooking against Victor Hedman
Nic Dowd faceoff won against Jake Guentzel
Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Alex Ovechkin Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Matt Roy Wrist Shot Wide Right
Jakob Chychrun Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
Aliaksei Protas Wrist Shot Wide Right
Takeaway by Rasmus Sandin
Alex Ovechkin Wrist Shot Wide Right
Giveaway by Tom Wilson
Tom Wilson Misconduct
Challenge League - off-side - no goal
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons
Off-side
Dylan Strome faceoff won against Brayden Point
Puck in Benches
Timeout - Visitor
Jakob Chychrun Fighting against Erik Cernak

CAPITALS

LIGHTNING

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Lightning
2
Capitals
3

Game 1

15/10

Capitals
2
Lightning
3

Game 2

9/11

Lightning
5
Capitals
3

Game 3

23/11

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	35	15	6	76
Pittsburgh	28	15	12	68
NY Islanders	31	21	5	67
Columbus	29	20	7	65
Washington	28	23	7	63
Philadelphia	25	20	10	60
New Jersey	28	26	2	58
NY Rangers	22	28	6	50

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	36	14	4	76
Montreal	32	17	8	72
Detroit	33	19	6	72
Buffalo	32	18	6	70
Boston	32	20	5	69
Toronto	27	21	9	63
Florida	29	24	3	61
Ottawa	27	22	7	61

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Washington Capitals @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Stars of the Game

Brandon HagelLW - TB

Jake GuentzelC - TB

Charle-Edouard D'AstousD - TB

Game Information

Video Highlights

Hagel lifts surging Lightning to 3-2 win over Capitals

Shot Chart

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

NHL News

Capitals and Predators hit the ice for non-conference matchup

Kings visit the Golden Knights after Kuzmenko's 2-goal game

Lomberg scores tiebreaking goal in 3rd and Flames top scuffling Oilers 4-3 to take season series