Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Playoffs · Saturday, May 19, 2018 · Amalie Arena

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2–3

30–22

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Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Amalie Arena. The Capitals outshot the Lightning 30–22.

Goals came from Cedric Paquette, Ondrej Palat, Ryan Callahan, Evgeny Kuznetsov and Alex Ovechkin.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 28 saves on 30 shots for the win; Braden Holtby stopped 19 of 22.

Goals
WSH	0	1	1	2	30
TBL	2	1	0	3	22

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Cedric Paquette (1)Ryan Callahan (1)0–100:19 TBL
Ondrej Palat (6)Nikita Kucherov (10)0–209:04 TBL

2nd period

Ryan Callahan (2)Anton Stralman (4), Chris Kunitz (1)0–300:33 TBL
Evgeny Kuznetsov (11)Matt Niskanen (7), T.J. Oshie (8)1–304:21 WSH

3rd period

Alex Ovechkin (11)John Carlson (12), Lars Eller (8)2–318:24 WSH

Team stats

WSHTBL

3022

51%49%

0/00/1

20

3524

1119

58

39

Penalties

11:49 into the first periodBrett Connolly · holding2 min

Season series

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Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

8Alex OvechkinL	1	0	1	−1	3	6	0	0	–	1	0	22	20:16
20Lars EllerC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	60	0	1	18	14:21
77T.J. OshieR	0	1	1	+1	3	4	0	0	–	0	0	20	17:50
92Evgeny KuznetsovC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	27	1	0	20	18:16
2Matt NiskanenD	0	1	1	−2	1	1	0	0	–	1	0	23	19:44
74John CarlsonD	0	1	1	+1	8	1	2	0	–	0	0	26	25:54
10Brett ConnollyR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	0	0	18	13:39
13Jakub VranaL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	17	11:32
18Chandler StephensonC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	0	1	22	17:25
19Nicklas BackstromC	0	0	0	−1	2	2	0	0	71	0	1	23	19:44
25Devante Smith-PellyR	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	–	0	0	13	10:00
39Alex ChiassonR	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	0	0	13	09:35
43Tom WilsonR	0	0	0	−2	0	5	0	0	33	0	0	23	18:06
83Jay BeagleC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	44	0	0	17	11:52
6Michal KempnyD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	0	0	23	22:11
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	−2	2	1	2	0	–	2	0	24	19:29
29Christian DjoosD	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	–	0	0	18	15:06
44Brooks OrpikD	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	–	0	0	18	15:14

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie
31Philipp GrubauerG		0	0	0	–	00:00
70Braden HoltbyG	L	22	19	3	.864	57:46

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

24Ryan CallahanR	1	1	2	+2	2	2	0	0	–	0	2	21	15:15
13Cedric PaquetteC	1	0	1	+2	1	3	0	0	53	0	0	20	14:57
14Chris KunitzL	0	1	1	+2	1	0	1	0	–	1	0	20	14:00
18Ondrej PalatL	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0	–	1	0	22	15:32
86Nikita KucherovR	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	1	1	20	15:25
6Anton StralmanD	0	1	1	+1	2	2	3	0	–	0	0	26	22:15
9Tyler JohnsonC	0	0	0	−1	4	0	0	0	50	0	0	19	16:33
10J.T. MillerC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	64	1	0	17	14:06
17Alex KillornC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	0	1	17	13:12
21Brayden PointC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	0	0	–	1	0	20	18:53
37Yanni GourdeC	0	0	0	−1	2	0	3	0	67	2	1	19	17:15
71Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100	0	1	16	11:46
91Steven StamkosC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	38	0	0	20	14:57
5Dan GirardiD	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	–	1	0	25	20:32
27Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	3	0	–	0	1	27	22:49
55Braydon CoburnD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	0	0	16	15:40
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	–	0	2	27	24:50
98Mikhail SergachevD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	0	0	14	12:03

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
70Louis DomingueG		0	0	0	–	00:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	W	30	28	2	.933	60:00