The Washington Capitals (15-6-1) went into Amalie Enviornment and picked up a 5-4 street win over the Tampa Bay Lightning (11-8-2). In what initially seemed like a Lightning win highlighted by ahead Brayden Level selecting up the hat trick, the Capitals battled again.
In addition they managed to spoil Lightning head coach Jon Cooper’s 900th recreation behind the bench.
Massive Night time for Brayden Level Not Sufficient
The Lightning opened the scoring with two targets by Level within the first interval. The primary one was a backhanded shot assisted by Jake Guentzel and the second was a snapshot assisted by Nikita Kucherov and Victor Hedman.
After one, the rating remained 2-0 Lightning.
Scoring remained quiet by 10:31 into the second interval. Then, the Capitals scored two unanswered targets inside two minutes to knot it up 2-2. Andrew Magniapane scored the primary, assisted by Lars Eller and Hendrix Lapierre. Aliaksei Protas was the one to tie it up, assisted by Tom Wilson.
Within the closing seconds of the interval, Mikey Eyssimont scored within the closing second to make it 3-2 on the finish of 40.
Dylan Strome tied it up once more at 3-3 1:37 into the third interval. Then, the strangest method to ever choose up a hat trick occurred. Capitals goalie Charlie Lindgren was dealing with the puck in entrance of the online and as he spun round to discover a teammate, he misplaced it in his personal purpose.
That put the Lightning up once more, 4-3. These are the kind of moments the place you suppose the dagger is in, however the Capitals had some life remaining in them. John Carlson had an unassisted purpose to tie it once more, and Tom Wilson gave the Capitals their first lead of the night time to complete off the scoring.
Lindgren saved 24 of 28 on the night time (.857) whereas Lightning goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy saved 27 of 32 (.844). Each groups went 1-for-3 on the ability play. The Capitals head again to DC to host the New York Islanders on Friday. In the meantime, the Lightning head to Nashville for a rematch with former captain Steven Stamkos and the Predators. Each video games have a puck drop of three p.m. EST.
Three Stars of the Sport:
- Tom Wilson (1-1–2)
- Brayden Pint (3-0–3)
- John Carlson (1-0–1)
