Washington Capitals @ Tampa Bay Lightning

13-7-3, 5-3-3 Away

Final/SO

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

Tampa Bay LightningLightningTB

14-11-1, 7-3-1 Home


Shots	35	33
Hits	23	28
Faceoffs Won	31	29
Faceoff Win Percent	0.0	0.0
Power Play Opportunities	6	3
Power Play Goals	1	1
Power Play Percentage	16.7	33.3
Short Handed Goals	0	0
Total Penalties	3	5
Penalty Minutes	6	10
Blocked Shots	5	15
Takeaways	8	12
Giveaways	10	3

Regular Season Series

TB leads 1-0

Capitals
1
Lightning
2

Game 1

4/12

Lightning
0
Capitals
4

Game 2

24/12

Capitals
5
Lightning
3

Game 3

18/3

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	28	15	4	60
NY Islanders	26	16	5	57
Pittsburgh	22	14	10	54
Washington	24	18	6	54
Philadelphia	22	16	8	52
New Jersey	24	21	2	50
Columbus	21	19	7	49
NY Rangers	20	22	6	46

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Tampa Bay	29	13	3	61
Detroit	28	16	4	60
Montreal	26	15	7	59
Buffalo	26	16	4	56
Boston	27	19	2	56
Toronto	23	16	7	53
Florida	24	18	3	51
Ottawa	22	19	5	49

Sorokin's NHL-leading fifth shutout and Duclair's late goal lift Islanders over Oilers 1-0

— Ilya Sorokin made 35 saves for his NHL-leading fifth shutout of the season, Anthony Duclair scored the game's only goal in the third period on the power play and the New York Islanders edged the Edmonton Oilers 1-0 on Thursday night.

Marino scores in third period to give Utah Mammoth 2-1 win over Dallas Stars

— John Marino scored at 4:03 of the third period to break a tie and give the Utah Mammoth a 2-1 victory over the Dallas Stars on Thursday night.

Backlund and Sharangovich lead Flames to 3-1 road win over Blackhawks

— Mikael Backlund and Yegor Sharangovich each had a goal and an assist as the Calgary Flames beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-1 on Thursday night.

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Washington Capitals @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Stars of the Game

Nikita KucherovRW - TB

Braden HoltbyG - WSH

Ben BishopG - TB

Game Information

Team Stats

Regular Season Series

TB leads 1-0

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

2025-26 Atlantic Division Standings

NHL News

Sorokin's NHL-leading fifth shutout and Duclair's late goal lift Islanders over Oilers 1-0

Marino scores in third period to give Utah Mammoth 2-1 win over Dallas Stars

Backlund and Sharangovich lead Flames to 3-1 road win over Blackhawks