Capitals Lose Third Straight, Fall To Lightning, 3-1; Alex Ovechkin Scores Profession Aim 884

The Washington Capitals fell to the Tampa Bay Lightning, 3-1, Saturday afternoon at Capital One Area within the District. The loss drops the Capitals’ report to 38-14-8 (84 factors) on the season.

LINEUP

Logan Thompson (25-3-5, 2.28 GAA, .919 sv%) acquired the beginning between the pipes for the Capitals. Andrei Vasilevskiy (28-15-3, 2.26 GAA, .923 sv%) acquired the beginning in purpose for the visiting Lightning. The beginning ahead strains and defensive pairs for the Capitals:

Alex Ovechkin — Dylan Strome — Aliaksei ProtasConnor McMichael — Pierre-Luc Dubois — Tom WilsonAndrew Mangiapane – Lars Eller — Ethen FrankBrandon Duhaime — Nic Dowd — Taylor Raddysh

Rasmus Sandin — John CarlsonMartin Fehervary — Matt RoyJakob Chychrun — Trevor Van Riemsdyk

Logan ThompsonCharlie Lindgren

Scratched: Jakub Vrana, Dylan McIlrath.

Injured: Sonny Milano (upper-body), Nicklas Backstrom (hip), T.J. Oshie (again).

Re-assigned: Alexander Alexeyev was re-assigned to Hershey on Saturday for a conditioning stint.

1ST PERIOD

The Lightning opened the scoring late within the preliminary body on an influence play tally from Mitchell Chaffee (11) at 17:11. B. Level (30) and N. Kucherov (60) had the helpers.

Cleanin’ up on the facility play ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/5hHVn0Bt3I

— Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) March 1, 2025

And that was it for the primary interval. The Capitals led in five-on-five shot makes an attempt, 10-6. The Lightning led in anticipated targets for, 0.46 to 0.28.

2ND PERIOD

The Capitals and Lightning skated to a scoreless draw within the center body. The Capitals dominated five-on-five shot makes an attempt, 22-10. In addition they held the sting in anticipated targets for,  0.67 to 0.31 within the second interval.

3RD PERIOD

The Lightning made it 2-o early within the last body on a purpose from Gage Goncalves (2) at 6:08. N. Paul (15) had the lone help.

Gage Goncalves doubles the Lightning lead ✌️

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— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) March 1, 2025

The Capitals acquired on the scoreboard late within the last body on Alex Ovechkin’s thirty first purpose of the season at 16:01. Matt Roy (18) had the lone help. Ovechkin has scored 31 targets in 44 video games this season (0.70 G/GP).

ALEX OVECHKIN IS 11 GOALS AWAY FROM HISTORY 🚨 pic.twitter.com/TWJweSpzvZ

— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) March 1, 2025

Ovechkin is 11 targets shy of passing Wayne Gretzky (894g) for probably the most targets in NHL historical past. Ovechkin has recorded 97 factors (51g, 46a) in 83 profession video games versus Tampa Bay. Ovechkin ranks first all-time in profession targets and factors in opposition to the Lightning.

Ovechkin (884g-714a–1,598p in 1,470 GP) is 2 factors shy of changing into the eleventh participant in NHL historical past to achieve the 1,600-point mark and seventh to take action with a single franchise.

The Lightning added an empty internet purpose from Brandon Hagel to make it 3-1, the ultimate.