Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning

Sat, Oct 3, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena · 2026–27 Regular Season

Washington Capitals

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Final

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Washington Capitals 3–1 on Sat, Oct 3, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. Jake Guentzel led the way with 3 points. Andrei Vasilevskiy made 20 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 21–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
WSH	0	1	0	1	21
TBL	2	0	1	3	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:26	TBL	EV	Charle-Edouard D'Astous (1) · wrist	Brandon Hagel (1), Jake Guentzel (1)	0–1
1st	16:30	TBL	EV	Conor Geekie (1) · wrist	Brandon Hagel (2), Jake Guentzel (2)	0–2
2nd	07:04	WSH	EV	Justin Sourdif (1) · tip-in	Jakob Chychrun (2), Boone Jenner (1)	1–2
3rd	17:55	TBL	SH EN	Jake Guentzel (1) · wrist	Nikita Kucherov (1), John Carlson (1)	1–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:35	WSH	Justin Sourdif	holding	2
1st	18:02	TBL	Ryan McDonagh	holding	2
2nd	02:43	WSH	Aliaksei Protas	tripping	2
2nd	13:54	TBL	Emil Lilleberg	fighting	5
2nd	13:54	WSH	Vincent Desharnais	fighting	5
2nd	14:56	TBL	Pontus Holmberg	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
2nd	14:56	WSH	Jakob Chychrun	unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd	00:32	TBL	Zemgus Girgensons	roughing	2
3rd	00:32	WSH	Tom Wilson	roughing	2
3rd	08:57	TBL	Brayden Point	holding	2
3rd	12:56	WSH	Martin Fehérváry	roughing	2
3rd	17:55	WSH	Tom Wilson	misconduct	10

Shot map

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

Expected goals: WSH 2.58 · TBL 3.97 · xG% WSH 39.3

Washington Capitals

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
6	Jakob Chychrun	D	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	1		27:11	27
22	Boone Jenner	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	37.5	14:57	18
34	Justin Sourdif	C	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	100.0	12:24	17
44	Cole Hutson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		21:03	27
80	Pierre-Luc Dubois	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	25.0	18:34	22
42	Martin Fehérváry	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	2		18:11	23
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	41.7	18:02	17
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		17:53	22
43	Tom Wilson	R	0	0	0	-1	12	2	3	1		17:49	22
27	Timothy Liljegren	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	3		17:11	22
73	Vincent Desharnais	D	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	0		15:25	21
21	Aliaksei Protas	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0		15:21	17
25	Jordan Kyrou	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1		14:45	17
3	Matt Roy	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		14:22	16
9	Ryan Leonard	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0		14:10	17
8	Alex Ovechkin	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0		13:34	16
72	Anthony Beauvillier	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1		11:37	17
62	Ilya Protas	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50.0	9:55	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
79	Charlie Lindgren	L	29	27	2	.931	57:36

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
59	Jake Guentzel	C	1	2	3	+3	0	2	1	1	60.0	18:18	21
38	Brandon Hagel	L	0	2	2	+2	0	6	0	0	100.0	22:07	22
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	100.0	22:46	20
74	John Carlson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1		20:35	19
51	Charle-Edouard D'Astous	D	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1		13:47	16
94	Conor Geekie	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	66.7	9:10	13
81	Erik Cernak	D	0	0	0	+1	0	4	3	3		20:34	26
21	Brayden Point	C	0	0	0	+2	2	3	0	1	37.5	20:32	19
90	J.J. Moser	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		19:23	22
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	70.0	17:42	24
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2		15:52	18
93	Gage Goncalves	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		15:47	19
29	Pontus Holmberg	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100.0	15:25	21
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	3	66.7	14:27	21
95	Ilya Mikheyev	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1		13:57	18
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	4		13:34	19
78	Emil Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	0		10:30	15
25	Jeffrey Viel	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	8	1		7:34	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	W	21	20	1	.952	60:00