Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning

Sat, Nov 8, 2025 · Benchmark International Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

2 – 3

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 3–2 on Sat, Nov 8, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena. Jake Guentzel led the way with 2 points. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 30–20.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	1	1	0	2	30
TBL	2	0	1	3	20

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	04:06	WSH	EV	Brandon Duhaime (1) · snap	Ethen Frank (2), Nic Dowd (3)	1–0
1st	06:07	TBL	EV	Emil Lilleberg (1) · snap	Jake Guentzel (9), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (3)	1–1
1st	15:09	TBL	PP	Jake Guentzel (6) · tip-in	Victor Hedman (12), Brandon Hagel (7)	1–2
2nd	17:08	WSH	EV	John Carlson (4)	Unassisted	2–2
3rd	08:42	TBL	EV	Brandon Hagel (7) · snap	Dominic James (3), Charle-Edouard D'Astous (4)	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	11:07	TBL	Emil Lilleberg	hooking	2
1st	13:59	WSH	Aliaksei Protas	high sticking	2
2nd	16:49	WSH	Ryan Leonard	roughing	2
2nd	16:49	TBL	Jack Finley	roughing	2
3rd	16:12	TBL	Victor Hedman	slashing	2
3rd	16:12	WSH	Tom Wilson	cross checking	2
3rd	18:22	WSH	John Carlson	hooking	2
3rd	19:44	WSH	Tom Wilson	misconduct	10
3rd	20:00	WSH	Jakob Chychrun	fighting	5
3rd	20:00	TBL	Erik Cernak	fighting	5

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: WSH 2.43 · TBL 1.64 · xG% WSH 59.7

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
74	John Carlson	D	1	0	1	+2	2	3	0	0		18:59	23
26	Nic Dowd	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	4	0	66.7	14:20	21
53	Ethen Frank	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1		12:19	16
22	Brandon Duhaime	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0	100.0	11:06	15
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	0	0	0	5	5	1	0		24:58	22
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3		23:08	23
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	61.5	20:44	26
21	Aliaksei Protas	C	0	0	0	+1	2	5	2	1		19:18	25
38	Rasmus Sandin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		18:56	23
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	0	12	2	6	0	50.0	18:11	24
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1		17:49	22
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	2		17:27	21
24	Connor McMichael	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	37.5	17:21	23
72	Anthony Beauvillier	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	100.0	16:08	22
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	2		15:22	21
9	Ryan Leonard	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	1		13:11	15
29	Hendrix Lapierre	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		8:30	10
34	Justin Sourdif	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	66.7	7:31	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
48	Logan Thompson	L	19	16	3	.842	57:54

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	62.5	22:31	29
38	Brandon Hagel	L	1	1	2	0	0	4	1	0	100.0	20:18	23
51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	0	2	2	0	0	1	3	0		19:37	24
78	Emil Lilleberg	D	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	1		20:24	21
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0		17:51	22
17	Dominic James	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	40.0	12:51	15
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0		22:34	26
90	J.J. Moser	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0		20:00	24
21	Brayden Point	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	44.4	19:06	26
81	Erik Cernak	D	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	0		18:58	25
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	3		16:07	18
43	Darren Raddysh	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		15:42	15
37	Yanni Gourde	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	28.6	15:27	22
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	1	54.5	14:15	22
93	Gage Goncalves	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	4	0	50.0	12:26	14
29	Pontus Holmberg	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		10:16	17
62	Jack Finley	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	22.2	9:44	16
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		6:19	7

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	W	30	29	2	.967	59:34