nhl Game Recap
Washington Falls 3-2 to Lightning - Recap
The Lightning earned a 3-2 victory over the Capitals on Saturday at Benchmark International Arena.
Tampa Bay was favored by -147 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 5.5.
Tampa Bay got goals from Brandon Hagel, Emil Lilleberg, and Jake Guentzel in the victory. Lilleberg opened the scoring at 6:07 of the first period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 28 of 30 Washington shots in the victory.
John Carlson, and Brandon Duhaime scored for the Capitals, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Washington got a 16-stop effort from Logan Thompson in the loss.
On the power play, Tampa Bay went 1-for-2, while the Capitals were 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
Tampa Bay lost the shots on goal battle to Washington by a margin of 30-19.
Tampa Bay looks to continue their winning ways next game with a battle against the Rangers. The Capitals will aim to get back on the winning track at Carolina.