Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Playoffs · Wednesday, May 23, 2018 · Amalie Arena
NBCSN · CBC · SN1 · TVAS
Game summary
The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4–0 on Wednesday, May 23, 2018 at Amalie Arena. The Lightning outshot the Capitals 29–23.
Andre Burakovsky scored twice. Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom also scored.
Braden Holtby made 29 saves on 29 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 19 of 22.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Alex Ovechkin (12)Evgeny Kuznetsov (13), Tom Wilson (8)1–001:02 WSH
2nd period
Andre Burakovsky (1)Lars Eller (9), Tom Wilson (9)2–008:59 WSH- Andre Burakovsky (2)John Carlson (13)3–016:31 WSH
3rd period
Nicklas Backstrom (4)Unassisted4–016:17 WSH ·
Team stats
WSHTBL
2329
52%48%
0/20/1
911
2746
156
85
64
Penalties
- 1:59 into the first period
Brayden Point · holding2 min - 12:59 into the first period
Tom Wilson · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 12:59 into the first periodBraydon Coburn · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 15:07 into the first periodBraydon Coburn · fighting5 min
- 15:07 into the first periodTom Wilson · fighting5 min
- 3:23 into the third periodMatt Niskanen · high sticking2 min
- 19:52 into the third periodNikita Kucherov · slashing2 min
Season series
Washington Capitals
| 43Tom WilsonR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 14:31 |
| 65Andre BurakovskyL | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 11:19 |
| 8Alex OvechkinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:38 |
| 19Nicklas BackstromC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 5 | 17:59 |
| 92Evgeny KuznetsovC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 18:56 |
| 74John CarlsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 25:06 |
| 10Brett ConnollyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:28 |
| 13Jakub VranaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:56 |
| 18Chandler StephensonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:08 |
| 25Devante Smith-PellyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:24 |
| 77T.J. OshieR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:30 |
| 83Jay BeagleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:26 |
| 2Matt NiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 23:36 |
| 6Michal KempnyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:18 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 25:40 |
| 29Christian DjoosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:51 |
| 44Brooks OrpikD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:47 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 70Braden HoltbyG | W | 29 | 0 | 1.000 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 9Tyler JohnsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:59 |
| 10J.T. MillerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:40 |
| 13Cedric PaquetteC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 10:00 |
| 14Chris KunitzL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 09:13 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18:11 |
| 18Ondrej PalatL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:30 |
| 24Ryan CallahanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 10:43 |
| 37Yanni GourdeC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:11 |
| 71Anthony CirelliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:03 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:29 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:38 |
| 5Dan GirardiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 20:11 |
| 6Anton StralmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 21:03 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:08 |
| 55Braydon CoburnD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:54 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 28:05 |
| 98Mikhail SergachevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70Louis DomingueG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 88Andrei VasilevskiyG | L | 22 | 3 | .864 |