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Tampa Bay Lightning vs Washington Capitals · NHL

Tampa Bay Lightning

1-1-0

3 – 1

Final

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Washington Capitals

1-1-0

Benchmark International Arena · Tampa · USA

Summary

Tampa Bay Lightning finished 3-1 ahead of Washington Capitals at Benchmark International Arena (crowd 19,092). The referee: Kendrick Nicholson.

Overview Player stats Standings

Overview

Starts: 11:00 PM UTC · Oct 3
Event: NHL USA
Ground: Benchmark International Arena · Tampa · USA
Crowd: 19,092
Match officials: Dylan Blujus (Linesman), Kendrick Nicholson (Referee), Jake Brenk (Referee), Kyle Flemington (Linesman)

On TV

Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.

USESPN+Streaming · National
USThe Spot - MTNTV · Home
USMNMTTV · Away

Period by period

Team	1	2	3	T
Lightning	2	0	1	3
Capitals	0	1	0	1

Player stats

Side by side

19Blocked Shots14

30Hits24

5Takeaways3

30Shots21

0Power Play Goals0

3Power Play Opportunities2

0.0Power Play Percentage0.0

0Short Handed Goals0

0Shootout Goals0

30Faceoffs Won18

62.5Faceoff Win Percent37.5

20Giveaways12

5Total Penalties7

13Penalty Minutes25

Tampa Bay Lightning leaders

GoalsJake Guentzel1

AssistsJake Guentzel2

PointsJake Guentzel3

Washington Capitals leaders

GoalsJustin Sourdif1

AssistsBoone Jenner1

PointsJustin Sourdif1

Tampa Bay Lightning

forwards
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Anthony Cirelli C	1	1	0	0	17:42	1:25	1:59	14:18	24	0	0	0	1	0	7	3	70.0	0	0	0
Conor Geekie C	0	3	0	0	9:10	1:04	0:00	8:06	13	1	1	0	2	1	4	2	66.7	0	0	0
Zemgus Girgensons C	3	4	1	0	14:27	0:06	1:06	13:15	21	0	0	0	1	1	10	5	66.7	0	1	2
Gage Goncalves C	0	1	0	-1	15:47	0:33	0:00	15:14	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	0	0
Jake Guentzel C	1	1	0	3	18:18	4:56	0:30	12:52	21	1	1	2	2	0	3	2	60.0	0	0	0
Brandon Hagel LW	0	0	1	2	22:07	4:57	2:52	14:18	22	0	0	2	6	2	1	0	100.0	2	0	0
Pontus Holmberg RW	0	0	0	0	15:25	1:03	0:02	14:20	21	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	1	1	2
Nikita Kucherov RW	0	0	0	1	22:46	5:14	0:01	17:31	20	0	1	1	3	2	1	0	100.0	2	0	0
Ilya Mikheyev RW	1	5	0	0	13:57	0:00	1:32	12:25	18	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Brayden Point C	1	0	0	2	20:32	4:30	0:00	16:02	19	0	0	0	3	3	3	5	37.5	1	1	2
Jeffrey Viel LW	1	8	0	-1	7:34	0:00	0:00	7:34	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

defenses
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
John Carlson D	1	0	0	1	20:35	4:30	0:02	16:03	19	0	0	1	0	3	2	0	0
Erik Cernak D	3	3	0	1	20:34	0:03	2:48	17:43	26	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0
Charle-Edouard D'Astous D	1	0	0	0	13:47	1:30	0:00	12:17	16	1	1	0	3	0	5	0	0
Victor Hedman D	4	0	1	1	13:34	0:09	1:30	11:55	19	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0
Emil Lilleberg D	0	3	1	0	10:30	0:00	0:39	9:51	15	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	5
Ryan McDonagh D	2	0	1	0	15:52	0:00	1:24	14:28	18	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
J.J. Moser D	0	1	0	1	19:23	0:00	1:35	17:48	22	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0

goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Andrei Vasilevskiy G	1	21	0	0	20	.952	17	2	1	60:00	0	0

Washington Capitals

forwards
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Anthony Beauvillier LW	1	2	0	0	11:37	0:00	1:16	10:21	17	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Pierre-Luc Dubois LW	0	2	0	-2	18:34	2:21	0:03	16:10	22	0	0	0	1	1	4	12	25.0	0	0	0
Boone Jenner C	2	0	0	0	14:57	0:00	2:57	12:00	18	0	0	1	3	1	3	5	37.5	0	0	0
Jordan Kyrou RW	1	0	1	-2	14:45	1:45	0:00	13:00	17	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Ryan Leonard RW	0	3	1	0	14:10	1:17	0:00	12:53	17	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Alex Ovechkin LW	0	3	0	-1	13:34	2:41	0:00	10:53	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Aliaksei Protas C	0	0	0	-1	15:21	0:00	1:48	13:33	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Ilya Protas LW	1	0	0	0	9:55	1:39	0:00	8:16	12	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	50.0	0	0	0
Justin Sourdif RW	0	0	0	0	12:24	0:00	0:45	11:39	17	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	100.0	0	1	2
Dylan Strome C	1	2	0	-1	18:02	2:14	0:00	15:48	17	0	0	0	1	1	5	7	41.7	0	0	0
Alex Tuch RW	0	2	0	0	17:53	1:46	1:37	14:30	22	0	2	0	2	3	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Tom Wilson RW	1	2	0	-1	17:49	2:13	3:28	12:08	22	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	2	12

defenses
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Jakob Chychrun D	1	0	0	-1	27:11	2:10	1:29	23:32	27	1	1	2	4	0	1	2
Vincent Desharnais D	0	4	0	0	15:25	0:00	3:20	12:05	21	0	0	1	0	2	1	5
Martin Fehervary D	2	2	0	-1	18:11	0:02	2:04	16:05	23	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Cole Hutson D	1	0	0	0	21:03	1:50	0:34	18:39	27	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Timothy Liljegren D	3	0	0	-1	17:11	0:02	2:25	14:44	22	0	0	1	2	1	0	0
Matt Roy D	0	2	1	0	14:22	0:00	2:14	12:08	16	0	0	0	1	2	0	0

goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Charlie Lindgren G	2	29	0	0	27	.931	24	3	0	57:36	0	0

Standings

2026-27 Metropolitan Division Standings
#	Team	W	L	PTS
1	Carolina	8	2	17
2	NY Rangers	7	3	15
3	NY Islanders	5	3	11
4	Washington	5	4	10
5	New Jersey	5	4	10
6	Philadelphia	3	6	9
7	Pittsburgh	3	6	7
8	Columbus	3	5	6

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings
#	Team	W	L	PTS
1	Boston	7	2	15
2	Tampa Bay	7	2	14
3	Ottawa	7	3	14
4	Florida	5	3	12
5	Toronto	5	4	12
6	Montreal	4	3	10
7	Buffalo	4	4	10
8	Detroit	3	3	9

NHL table

#	Team	P	GD	PTS
1	Hurricanes	82	+56	113
2	Sabres	82	+47	109
3	Lightning	82	+59	106
4	Canadiens	82	+27	106
5	Bruins	82	+22	100
6	Senators	82	+32	99
7	Penguins	82	+25	98
8	Flyers	82	+7	98
9	Capitals	82	+19	95
10	Red Wings	82	-17	92

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