Tampa Bay Lightning Shut Down Washington Capitals, 3-0, To End Washington’s Five-Game Winning-Streak

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The Washington Capitals were blanked by the Tampa Bay Lightning by a score of 3-0 at Amalie Arena on Saturday night to fall to 5-2-0 this season. Washington’s winning-streak ended at five games. Goaltender Charlie Lindgren made 18 saves in the loss.

Washington’s Lines

Aliaksei Protas – Dylan Strome – Alex Ovechkin
Connor McMichael – Pierre-Luc Dubois – Tom Wilson
Jakub Vrana – Hendrix Lapierre – Andrew Mangiapane
Brandon Duhaime – Nic Dowd – Taylor Raddysh

Jakob Chychrun – John Carlson
Martin Fehervary – Dylan McIlrath
Rasmus Sandin – Trevor Van Riemsdyk

Lindgren
Logan Thompson

  • Scratched
    • LW Sonny Milano
    • D Alexander Alexeyev
  • Injured:
    • D Matt Roy (lower-body)
    • C Nicklas Backstrom (hip)
    • RW T.J. Oshie (back)

Tampa Bay’s Lines

Jake Guentzel – Brayden Point – Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel – Anthony Cirelli – Conor Geekie
Michael Eyssimont – Nick Paul – Mitchell Chaffee
Zemgus Girgensons – Luke Glendening – Cam Atkinson

Victor Hedman – J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh – Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg – Nick Perbix

Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson

First Period

Scoring

Stats

  • 7-7 in shots
  • .63 Washington on faceoffs
  • 16-4 Washington in hits
  • 7-3 Tampa Bay in blocked shots
  • 9-4 Washington in giveaways
  • 3-1 Tampa Bay in takeaways
Screenshots: Natural StatTrick

Second Period

Scoring

  • 6:27, 1-0 Tampa Bay: Paul wristed one over the glove of Lindgren from the top of the left circled after Essymont caught the puck after it rimmed around the boards and made a quick pass to Paul down low. Chaffee got a touch on the puck in front of Lindgren.
  • At 7:48, Duhaime threw Lilleberg down to the ice along the end boards.

Stats

  • 24-15 Washington in shots
  • .59 Washington on faceoffs
  • each team failed to score on one power play
  • 23-7 Washington in hits
  • 12-10 Tampa Bay in blocked shots
  • 14-11 Washington in giveaways
  • 4-2 Tampa Bay in takeaways

Third Period

Strome left Washington’s bench after taking a puck to the face off of a faceoff but retruned.

Scoring

  • 2:26, 2-0: Point finished a give-and-go with Kucherov, who was in the low left dot, into an open cage in front after driving to the net.
  • 3:10, 3-0: Geekie one-timed a slapper over the blocker of Lindgren from the left dot after Hagel ripped off Lapierre in the slot and slid the biscuit to Geekie.

Stats

  • 31-21 Washington in shots
  • .58 Washington on faceoffs
  • Washington finished 0-for-two on power plays
  • 30-12 Washington in hits
  • 20-15 Tampa Bay in blocked shots
  • 15-14 Washington in giveaways
  • 7-3 Tampa Bay in takeaways

 

Next game: Tuesday vs. New York Rangers (7:30 PM ET, ESPN)

By Harrison Brown

About Harrison Brown

Harrison is a diehard Caps fan and a hockey fanatic with a passion for sports writing. He attended his first game at age 8 and has been a season ticket holder since the 2010-2011 season. His fondest Caps memory was watching the Capitals hoist the Stanley Cup in Las Vegas. In his spare time, he enjoys travel, photography, and hanging out with his two dogs. Follow Harrison on Twitter @HarrisonB927077



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