Washington Capitals at Tampa Bay Lightning, 2026-10-03

NHL · Oct 3, 2026

Washington Capitals

1–3

Final3-min recap ↗

Tampa Bay Lightning

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The Lightning beat the Capitals 3–1 at Benchmark International Arena. A. Vasilevskiy took first star.

Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Capitals	0	1	0	1	21
Lightning	2	0	1	3	30

★ Three Stars

1A. VasilevskiyTBL

2B. HagelTBL · 0G 2A

3E. LillebergTBL · 0G 0A

Scoring Summary

1st Period

02:26

Charle-Edouard D'Astous (Brandon Hagel, Jake Guentzel)

Watch ↗0-1

16:30

Conor Geekie (Brandon Hagel, Jake Guentzel)

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2nd Period

07:04

Justin Sourdif (Jakob Chychrun, Boone Jenner)

Watch ↗1-2

3rd Period

17:55

Jake Guentzel (Nikita Kucherov, John Carlson)EN

Watch ↗1-3

Penalties

1st Period

08:35

Justin Sourdif#34Holding (drawn by Conor Geekie)

Minor · 2 min

18:02

Ryan McDonagh#27Holding (drawn by Alex Ovechkin)

Minor · 2 min

2nd Period

02:43

Aliaksei Protas#21Tripping (drawn by J.J. Moser)

Minor · 2 min

13:54

Emil Lilleberg#78Fighting (drawn by Vincent Desharnais)

Major · 5 min

13:54

Vincent Desharnais#73Fighting (drawn by Emil Lilleberg)

Major · 5 min

14:56

Pontus Holmberg#29Unsportsmanlike conduct (drawn by Jakob Chychrun)

Minor · 2 min

14:56

Jakob Chychrun#6Unsportsmanlike conduct (drawn by Pontus Holmberg)

Minor · 2 min

3rd Period

00:32

Zemgus Girgensons#28Roughing (drawn by Tom Wilson)

Minor · 2 min

00:32

Tom Wilson#43Roughing (drawn by Zemgus Girgensons)

Minor · 2 min

08:57

Brayden Point#21Holding (drawn by Ryan Leonard)

Minor · 2 min

12:56MF

Martin Fehérváry#42Roughing (drawn by Ilya Mikheyev)

Minor · 2 min

17:55

Tom Wilson#43Misconduct

Misconduct · 10 min

Boxscore

Capitals1

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
J. SourdifC	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	12:24
B. JennerC	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	2	14:57
J. ChychrunD	0	1	1	-1	2	2	0	1	27:11
A. BeauvillierR	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	11:37
A. OvechkinL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	0	13:34
A. ProtasL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	15:21
A. TuchR	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	17:53
C. HutsonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	21:03
D. StromeC	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	1	18:02
I. ProtasL	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9:55
J. KyrouR	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	1	14:45
M. FehérváryD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	2	18:11
M. RoyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:22
P. DuboisC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	2	0	18:34
R. LeonardR	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	14:10
T. LiljegrenD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	3	17:11
T. WilsonR	0	0	0	-1	12	2	3	1	17:49
V. DesharnaisD	0	0	0	0	5	1	4	0	15:25

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
C. LindgrenStart	29	27	2	.931	57:36
L. Thompson	0	0	0	-	0:00

Lightning3

Skater	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	TOI
J. GuentzelC	1	2	3	+3	0	2	1	1	18:18
B. HagelL	0	2	2	+2	0	6	0	0	22:07
C. D'AstousD	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	13:47
C. GeekieC	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	0	9:10
J. CarlsonD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	1	20:35
N. KucherovR	0	1	1	+1	0	3	0	0	22:46
A. CirelliC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	17:42
B. PointC	0	0	0	+2	2	3	0	1	20:32
E. CernakD	0	0	0	+1	0	4	3	3	20:34
E. LillebergD	0	0	0	0	5	1	3	0	10:30
G. GoncalvesC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	15:47
I. MikheyevR	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1	13:57
J. MoserD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	19:23
J. VielL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	8	1	7:34
P. HolmbergR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	15:25
R. McDonaghD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	15:52
V. HedmanD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	4	13:34
Z. GirgensonsC	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	3	14:27

Goalie	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
A. VasilevskiyStart	21	20	1	.952	60:00
D. Hildeby	0	0	0	-	0:00