Capitals 4-0 Lightning (May 23, 2018) Box Score

Washington Capitals

49-26-7

	1	2	3	T
WSH	1	2	1	4
TB	0	0	0	0

Tampa Bay Lightning

54-23-5

Washington Capitals


forwards
Nicklas BackstromN. Backstrom#19
Jay BeagleJ. Beagle#83
Andre BurakovskyA. Burakovsky#65
Brett ConnollyB. Connolly#10
Lars EllerL. Eller#20
Evgeny KuznetsovE. Kuznetsov#92
T.J. OshieT.J. Oshie#77
Alex OvechkinA. Ovechkin#8
Devante Smith-PellyD. Smith-Pelly#25
Chandler StephensonC. Stephenson#18
Jakub VranaJ. Vrana#13
Tom WilsonT. Wilson#43
defensemen
John CarlsonJ. Carlson#74
Christian DjoosC. Djoos#29
Michal KempnyM. Kempny#6
Matt NiskanenM. Niskanen#2
Dmitry OrlovD. Orlov#9
Brooks OrpikB. Orpik#44

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	28	17:27	1:40	0:07	15:40	9	8	52.9
0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	21	15:26	0:08	0:39	14:39	6	4	60.0
2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16	11:19	0:00	0:00	11:19	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	9:28	1:04	0:00	8:24	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	28	17:59	0:28	1:14	16:17	7	6	53.8
0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	24	18:56	1:22	0:00	17:34	3	3	50.0
0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	28	19:30	0:56	0:07	18:27	0	1	0.0
1	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	5	1	1	26	17:38	1:40	0:00	15:58	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	8:24	0:00	0:00	8:24	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	20	15:08	0:26	0:39	14:03	0	1	0.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	21	11:56	0:38	0:00	11:18	0	1	0.0
0	2	2	0	0	0	2	7	3	1	0	25	14:31	0:00	1:14	13:17	1	0	100.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	1	3	2	1	5	0	0	2	1	2	29	25:06	0:56	1:45	22:25	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	16	10:51	0:08	0:00	10:43	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	26	19:18	0:08	1:01	18:09	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	31	23:36	0:20	0:00	23:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	33	25:40	0:46	1:14	23:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	18	13:47	0:00	0:00	13:47	0	0	0.0

goalies
Braden HoltbyB. Holtby#70

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
29	0	29	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	60:00	0

Tampa Bay Lightning


forwards
Ryan CallahanR. Callahan#24
Anthony CirelliA. Cirelli#71
Yanni GourdeY. Gourde#37
Tyler JohnsonT. Johnson#9
Alex KillornA. Killorn#17
Nikita KucherovN. Kucherov#86
Chris KunitzC. Kunitz#14
J.T. MillerJ.T. Miller#10
Ondrej PalatO. Palat#18
Cedric PaquetteC. Paquette#13
Brayden PointB. Point#21
Steven StamkosS. Stamkos#91
defensemen
Braydon CoburnB. Coburn#55
Dan GirardiD. Girardi#5
Victor HedmanV. Hedman#77
Ryan McDonaghR. McDonagh#27
Mikhail SergachevM. Sergachev#98
Anton StralmanA. Stralman#6

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	18	10:43	0:00	1:11	9:32	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	18	13:03	0:00	0:38	12:25	2	4	33.3
0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	17	13:11	0:23	0:00	12:48	0	1	0.0
0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	24	16:59	0:23	0:35	16:01	9	8	52.9
0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	26	18:11	0:16	0:30	17:25	1	0	100.0
0	0	-1	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	25	19:29	1:37	0:00	17:52	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	16	9:13	0:00	0:08	9:05	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	16	13:40	1:37	0:00	12:03	4	1	80.0
0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	0	4	1	1	24	15:56	0:23	0:19	15:14	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	20	10:00	0:00	0:55	9:05	2	1	66.7
0	0	-2	1	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	25	18:30	1:37	0:00	16:53	1	2	33.3
0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	25	19:38	1:37	0:00	18:01	5	9	35.7
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	2	0	2	7	0	0	0	18	11:54	0:00	0:38	11:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	27	20:11	0:00	1:20	18:51	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	3	1	1	0	0	5	0	1	34	28:05	1:13	0:18	26:34	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	31	21:08	0:07	1:12	19:49	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	24	15:26	0:40	0:00	14:46	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	25	21:03	0:07	0:48	20:08	0	0	0.0

goalies
Andrei VasilevskiyA. Vasilevskiy#88

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
22	3	19	.864	0	0	0	0	0	59:32	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

NBCSN		1	2	3	T
	Capitals	1	2	1	4
	Lightning	0	0	0	0

1st Period			WSH	TB
1:02		Alex Ovechkin (12) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Evgeny Kuznetsov (13), Tom Wilson (8)	1	0

2nd Period			WSH	TB
8:59		Andre Burakovsky (1) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: Lars Eller (9), Tom Wilson (9)	2	0
16:31		Andre Burakovsky (2) (Even Strength Goal) Assists: John Carlson (13)	3	0

3rd Period			WSH	TB
16:17		Nicklas Backstrom (4) (Empty Net Goal) Unassisted	4	0

0:47

Ovechkin: 'Been waiting for this moment for a long time'

0:47

Capitals
4
Lightning
2

Game 1

5/11

Capitals
6
Lightning
2

Game 2

5/13

Lightning
4
Capitals
2

Game 3

5/15

Lightning
4
Capitals
2

Game 4

5/17

Capitals
2
Lightning
3

Game 5

5/19

Lightning
0
Capitals
3

Game 6

5/21

Capitals
4
Lightning
0

Game 7

5/23

Amalie Arena

8:00 PM, May 23, 2018Coverage: NBCSN

Tampa, FL

Attendance: 19,092

Linesmen:
Derek Amell
Jonny Murray

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	14	5	0	28
New Jersey	13	7	2	28
Washington	13	5	1	27
NY Rangers	12	5	1	25
NY Islanders	7	8	5	19
Columbus	8	9	2	18
Philadelphia	8	10	2	18
Pittsburgh	7	10	4	18

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Toronto	12	6	2	26
Florida	12	7	1	25
Tampa Bay	10	6	2	22
Boston	9	9	3	21
Buffalo	9	9	1	19
Detroit	8	9	2	18
Ottawa	8	10	1	17
Montreal	7	10	2	16

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