nhl Game Recap
Tampa Bay Ices Washington 3-1 - Recap
The Capitals came up short Saturday against the Lightning, falling 3-1.
Tampa Bay won as a -110 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 6.0 were rewarded at the payout window.
Tampa Bay got goals from Brandon Hagel, Gage Goncalves, and Mitchell Chaffee in the victory. Chaffee opened the scoring at 17:11 of the first period.
Andrei Vasilevskiy turned in a 20-save effort for the Lightning.
Alex Ovechkin scored for the Capitals, finding the net behind Andrei Vasilevskiy.
Logan Thompson stopped 16 of 18 shots for the Capitals, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Tampa Bay scored 1 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Washington went 0-for-3 with the man advantage.
Washington outshot Tampa Bay 21-19 in the game.
Next game, Tampa Bay takes its act on the road to face Florida looking for another win. For Washington, they head home to face Ottawa.