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Washington Skates Past Tampa Bay 4-3 - Recap

The Capitals earned a 4-3 victory over the Lightning on Friday at Capital One Arena.

The Capitals were a -118 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.5.

Washington got goals from Evgeny Kuznetsov, Dmitry Orlov, Jakub Vrana, and Alex Ovechkin in the victory. Kuznetsov opened the scoring at 5:17 of the second period.

Braden Holtby turned in a 27-save effort for the Capitals.

Tampa Bay got goals from Alex Killorn, Mikhail Sergachev, and Brayden Point in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Tampa Bay got a 31-stop effort from Andrei Vasilevskiy in the loss.

Washington scored 2 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Tampa Bay went 1-for-4 with the man advantage.

Washington outshot Tampa Bay 35-30 in the game.

Washington heads into a battle against the Red Wings. Tampa Bay, meanwhile, will have their next action against Carolina.