Washington Capitals hold off Tampa Bay Lightning in a tight finish

That brings us to the end of a first period — Washington Capitals 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 2. Tampa Bay Lightning edged the shot clock 25-11, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Anthony Mantha opened the scoring for Tampa Bay Lightning on the power play at 0:17, Anthony Cirelli extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning at 2:00, and William Nylander cut the deficit for Washington Capitals on the power play at 2:11.

Dan Vladar was under siege with 22 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Washington Capitals went 1-for-2 while Tampa Bay Lightning went 1-for-3.

Tampa Bay Lightning owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a wild second period — Washington Capitals 3, Tampa Bay Lightning 1. Tampa Bay Lightning edged the shot clock 18-12, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Connor McMichael tied it for Washington Capitals on the power play at 3:43, Tyler Toffoli put Tampa Bay Lightning in front on the power play at 8:32, Philipp Kurashev tied it for Washington Capitals at 9:32, and William Nylander put Washington Capitals in front at 12:30.

Dan Vladar was under siege with 17 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Washington Capitals went 1-for-1 while Tampa Bay Lightning went 1-for-4.

Tampa Bay Lightning owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Washington Capitals 1, Tampa Bay Lightning 1. Tampa Bay Lightning edged the shot clock 11-10, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Pavel Buchnevich tied it for Tampa Bay Lightning at 8:15, then Yanni Gourde put Washington Capitals in front at 18:01.

Dan Vladar was under siege with 10 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Washington Capitals went 0-for-3 while Tampa Bay Lightning went 0-for-3.

Tampa Bay Lightning owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.