Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Regular season · Thursday, February 22, 2024 · Amalie Arena

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5–3

Final

SOG 24–32

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Game summary

The Washington Capitals beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5-3 on Thursday, February 22, 2024 at Amalie Arena. The Lightning outshot the Capitals 32-24.

Connor McMichael scored twice. Nicolas Aube-Kubel, Brandon Hagel, Anthony Mantha, Nick Paul, Tyler Motte and Rasmus Sandin also scored.

Charlie Lindgren made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 19 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	2	1	2	5	24
TBL	0	1	2	3	32

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nicolas Aube-Kubel (6)Beck Malenstyn (9)1–002:30 WSH
Connor McMichael (11)Joel Edmundson (4), Tom Wilson (10)2–016:19 WSH

2nd period

Brandon Hagel (21)Brayden Point (31), Nikita Kucherov (59)2–109:16 TBL
Anthony Mantha (18)Dylan Strome (19), T.J. Oshie (8)3–112:14 WSH

3rd period

Nick Paul (15)Conor Sheary (9), Calvin de Haan (5)3–202:42 TBL
Tyler Motte (5)Nick Perbix (17)3–303:06 TBL
Rasmus Sandin (3)Aliaksei Protas (19), Dylan Strome (20)4–315:01 WSH
Connor McMichael (12)Alex Ovechkin (26), Tom Wilson (11)5–318:58 WSH · EN

Team stats

WSHTBL

24Shots on goal32

56%Faceoff %44%

0/4Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes8

21Hits19

11Blocked shots13

3Giveaways9

3Takeaways3

Penalties

1st 04:22Michael Eyssimont · holding2 min
1st 12:26Nick Jensen · holding2 min
2nd 05:53Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
2nd 14:20Michael Eyssimont · slashing2 min
2nd 17:27Dylan Strome · slashing2 min
3rd 09:25Dylan Strome · tripping2 min
3rd 11:30Brandon Hagel · high sticking2 min

Season series

Washington Capitals

Washington Capitals skaters

17Dylan StromeC	0	2	2	+1	1	0	2	4	44	21:04
24Connor McMichaelC	2	0	2	+1	2	3	0	0	58	18:17
43Tom WilsonR	0	2	2	+1	1	3	2	0	67	20:09
8Alex OvechkinL	0	1	1	-1	6	1	1	0	–	22:10
21Aliaksei ProtasC	0	1	1	+2	2	1	1	0	64	13:20
39Anthony ManthaR	1	0	1	+2	1	1	0	0	–	15:46
47Beck MalenstynL	0	1	1	+1	4	4	0	0	–	14:08
77T.J. OshieR	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	100	16:37
96Nicolas Aube-KubelR	1	0	1	+2	2	2	0	0	–	09:42
6Joel EdmundsonD	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	–	14:28
38Rasmus SandinD	1	0	1	-1	1	1	0	0	–	18:04
15Sonny MilanoL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	08:37
23Michael SgarbossaC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	50	09:15
67Max PaciorettyL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	100	11:51
3Nick JensenD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	–	21:11
25Ethan BearD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:33
57Trevor van RiemsdykD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	1	0	–	21:01
74John CarlsonD	0	0	0	+3	0	0	1	0	–	29:53

Washington Capitals goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35Darcy KuemperG		0	0	0	–	00:00
79Charlie LindgrenG	W	32	29	3	.906	59:54

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters

20Nick PaulL	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	46	12:10
21Brayden PointC	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	0	33	22:23
38Brandon HagelL	1	0	1	-1	4	0	0	2	–	22:57
64Tyler MotteC	1	0	1	0	1	3	0	0	–	10:40
73Conor ShearyL	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	09:10
86Nikita KucherovR	0	1	1	-2	3	0	1	0	–	23:18
44Calvin de HaanD	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	–	19:34
48Nick PerbixD	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	–	20:42
11Luke GlendeningC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	22	10:13
23Michael EyssimontC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	4	–	10:43
41Mitchell ChaffeeR	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	–	12:28
45Cole KoepkeL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	05:59
71Anthony CirelliC	0	0	0	-2	1	0	2	0	55	22:42
91Steven StamkosC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	2	0	75	18:44
7Haydn FleuryD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	05:05
43Darren RaddyshD	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	–	23:53
77Victor HedmanD	0	0	0	-2	3	1	2	0	–	29:56
78Emil LillebergD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	13:02

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Jonas JohanssonG		0	0	0	–	00:00
88Andrei VasilevskiyG	L	23	19	4	.826	58:21