Washington Capitals vs Tampa Bay Lightning

NHL

Capitals

34-33-9, 77 PTS

1-5

Final

Lightning

44-26-6, 94 PTS

Benchmark International Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

WSH shoots leftTB shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
WSH	8	10	13	31
TB	13	9	12	34

In net

Darcy Kuemper29/33 SV, .879

Andrei Vasilevskiy30/31 SV, .968

Team	1	2	3	T
WSH	0	1	0	1
TB	2	0	3	5

Who won: Lightning 5-1

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 5-1 on Thursday, March 30, 2023 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning win the series 2-1. The Lightning outscored the Capitals 3-0 in the 3rd period. Pat Maroon led the Lightning in goals (2). Craig Smith led the Capitals in goals (1).

Recap · Mar 30

Pat Maroon scores twice in 3rd, Lightning beat Capitals 5-1

Pat Maroon scored twice in the third period, Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the slumping Washington Capitals 5-1 on Thursday night.

What it means

Season series: TB wins series 2-1.
Capitals 17-19-3 on the road; Lightning 26-7-5 at home.

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Injuries and inactives

Capitals4th in Metropolitan Division

Matt Roy D
Lower Body
Out
Pierre-Luc Dubois LW
Illness
Out
Patrick Thomas C
Upper Body
Injured Reserve
Rasmus Sandin D
Knee, Surgery, right
Injured Reserve

Lightning1st in Atlantic Division

Emil Lilleberg D
Undisclosed
Day-To-Day
Yanni Gourde C
Hip, Surgery
Injured Reserve

Starting goalies

Capitals4th in Metropolitan Division

Darcy Kuemper G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Lightning1st in Atlantic Division

Andrei Vasilevskiy G

Starting goalie, confirmed

Head to head

TB wins series 2-1

Last meeting: Lightning 6, Capitals 3 (Nov 13)

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Game info

Venue: Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL · Attendance 19,092
Officials: Kyle Rehman (Referee), Furman South (Referee), Brad Kovachik (Linesman), Ben O'Quinn (Linesman)