Overview
- Brandon Hagel netted the go-ahead goal 8:42 into the third, with Jake Guentzel scoring on the power play and Emil Lilleberg adding his first of the season for Tampa Bay.
- Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 of 30 shots to close out the one-goal victory.
- The result extended the Lightning’s surge to seven wins in eight games as Washington’s skid reached one win in its past seven.
- Special teams proved decisive with Tampa converting once and the Capitals going 0-for-1, while Logan Thompson finished with 16 saves and allowed more than two goals for the first time in 10 starts.
- Charle-Edouard D’Astous registered two assists and Hagel reached seven goals in seven games, as Washington’s Tom Wilson received a late game misconduct and Anthony Cirelli remained out with an upper-body injury.