Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals
Playoffs · Thursday, May 17, 2018 · Verizon Center
NBCSN · CBC · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 4–2 on Thursday, May 17, 2018 at Verizon Center. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 38–20.
Goals came from Dmitry Orlov, Brayden Point, Steven Stamkos, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Alex Killorn and Anthony Cirelli.
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 36 saves on 38 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 16 of 19.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Dmitry Orlov (2)T.J. Oshie (7), Matt Niskanen (6)0–104:28 WSH
Brayden Point (7)Yanni Gourde (5), Tyler Johnson (5)1–105:38 TBL
Steven Stamkos (7)Brayden Point (9), J.T. Miller (6)2–108:32 TBL ·
2nd period
Evgeny Kuznetsov (10)Alex Ovechkin (10), Tom Wilson (7)2–205:18 WSH
3rd period
Alex Killorn (5)Ondrej Palat (6), Mikhail Sergachev (3)3–211:57 TBL
Anthony Cirelli (2)Unassisted4–219:58 TBL ·
Team stats
TBLWSH
2038
42%58%
1/20/4
84
2131
1618
76
106
Penalties
- 7:27 into the first period
Lars Eller · holding2 min - 11:20 into the first period
Yanni Gourde · interference2 min - 14:31 into the first periodVictor Hedman · slashing2 min
- 17:56 into the first periodNikita Kucherov · hooking2 min
- 7:08 into the second periodVictor Hedman · tripping2 min
- 9:51 into the third periodLars Eller · hooking2 min
Season series
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 21Brayden PointC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | 16:24 |
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:45 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:14 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 12:02 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:33 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:15 |
| 71Anthony CirelliC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 16:18 |
| 98Mikhail SergachevD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:08 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:52 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:20 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:37 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:23 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:10 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:35 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 24:06 |
| 55Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:16 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 26:16 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Louis DomingueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | W | 38 | 2 | .947 |
Washington Capitals
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:44 |
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:36 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 20:05 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 22:50 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 24:18 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:54 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:44 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 12:42 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:30 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 18:51 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:56 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:42 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:30 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 09:27 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:53 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 10:08 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:14 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 4 | 23:24 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | L | 19 | 3 | .842 |