Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Playoffs · Sunday, May 13, 2018 · Amalie Arena
NBCSN · CBC · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6–2 on Sunday, May 13, 2018 at Amalie Arena. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 37–35.
Goals came from Tom Wilson, Brayden Point, Steven Stamkos, Devante Smith-Pelly, Lars Eller, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alex Ovechkin and Brett Connolly.
Braden Holtby made 33 saves on 35 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 31 of 37.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tom Wilson (3)Matt Niskanen (4), Evgeny Kuznetsov (10)1–000:28 WSH
Brayden Point (5)Steven Stamkos (8), Victor Hedman (8)1–107:08 TBL · 
Steven Stamkos (5)Nikita Kucherov (8), Brayden Point (7)1–210:22 TBL ·
2nd period
Devante Smith-Pelly (3)Alex Chiasson (1), John Carlson (10)2–202:50 WSH
Lars Eller (5)Jakub Vrana (4)3–218:58 WSH
Evgeny Kuznetsov (8)Alex Ovechkin (9), Lars Eller (5)4–219:57 WSH ·
3rd period
Alex Ovechkin (10)Evgeny Kuznetsov (11), Tom Wilson (6)5–203:34 WSH
Brett Connolly (3)Lars Eller (6), John Carlson (11)6–212:57 WSH
Team stats
WSHTBL
3735
44%56%
1/32/4
1412
3833
1610
66
48
Penalties
- 6:48 into the first period
Tom Wilson · interference goalkeeper2 min - 8:26 into the first periodT.J. Oshie · high sticking2 min
- 12:06 into the first period
Chris Kunitz · roughing2 min - 12:06 into the first periodBrooks Orpik · roughing2 min
- 6:33 into the second periodJay Beagle · roughing2 min
- 6:33 into the second periodCedric Paquette · roughing2 min
- 11:47 into the second periodYanni Gourde · hooking2 min
- 15:48 into the second periodMichal Kempny · interference2 min
- 19:50 into the second periodAndrei Vasilevskiy · tripping2 min
- 6:55 into the third periodMichal Kempny · cross checking2 min
- 13:09 into the third periodAlex Killorn · roughing2 min
- 13:09 into the third periodBrett Connolly · cross checking2 min
- 19:03 into the third periodNikita Kucherov · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 20Lars EllerC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 17:42 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 17:19 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 17:09 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 16:08 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 25:01 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 09:52 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 12:29 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 09:22 |
| 39Alex ChiassonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 09:14 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:10 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:25 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:10 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:48 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 18:36 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 5 | 22:44 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:02 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 17:09 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 35 | 2 | .943 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 21Brayden PointC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | 18:49 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | 19:53 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 18:06 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 25:37 |
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:37 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 15:04 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:29 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 11:49 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:48 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:00 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 12:36 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:00 |
| 71Anthony CirelliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:10 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:00 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 18:24 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 19:19 |
| 55Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:05 |
| 98Mikhail SergachevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 18:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Louis DomingueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | L | 37 | 6 | .838 |